Harvest

Vorteile

Harvest makes tracking time very easy for our employees to input and for managers to review and approve. We've used Harvest for tracking production hours for projects as well as working hours for payroll. It's a very handy tool and is really easy to use.

Nachteile

The price seemed a bit steep considering it's a fairly simple tool. It does provide some features, but overall, it really only has one main function, and the price reflected a much more sophisticated software. In fact, we terminated our subscription once we found a cheaper alternative that does the exact same thing.

Vorteile

Harvest is super easy and helpful. I love that it integrates directly with Stripe and Toggl and all kinds of other services. When you set it up with those other services, invoicing just becomes a cakewalk and you almost forget its a thing. That's a characteristic of great software; you forget all about it because it just does its job so perfectly.

Nachteile

I can't think of a single complaint! I was never a heavy user though. I was only ever sending an invoice each month on average.

Vorteile

- Excellent configuration options to customize things like rounding and billable vs. non-billable hours
- Easy to start and stop timers, even when working on multiple tasks
- Clean, clear, professional templates and resources
- Robust reporting feature that makes time accounting easy

Nachteile

There are a few quirks to learn - sometimes I needed to see the comments in the time reports I was generating, sometimes not, so there were a few extra clicks needed - but overall very efficient and easy to use.

Vorteile

Easy-enough interface. With the time budget input I can easily input the allotted times each project. My team members can see these and those assigned to the tasks can budget their time accordingly for each task/project to keep work within budget. And the total time worked seen on the time entries for the week is great too as it's real time so there's no need to manually add the times. We're using Harvest together with a project management software and it works for us.

Nachteile

Sometimes team members add or start the Harvest app and the times worked doesn't show on the team management platform we use unless the time was started within the integrated platform. So the team and our client who checks in there cannot see any time worked from Harvest unless they check on harvest directly. Otherwise, this is a very good time-tracking tool.

Vorteile

I use this software to track time for one of my clients. The time feeds into their accounting and I receive payment from time entered the very next week.

Nachteile

I don't have many dislikes about the software.

Vorteile

Ease of use - easy onboarding for teams and helps create realistic and accurate timesheet and hourly billing reports.

Nachteile

Not supported by bigger financial platforms and not known by larger companies and clients. Not available on all devices.

Vorteile

Harvest has a ton of functionality and features that you can utilize. Beyond time tracking and associated features, it also allows you accounting functionality and invoicing directly from the software.

Nachteile

Although there is an option to invoice from the software, I do not find it all that helpful since there is accounting software that is better suited for these accounting tasks. I feel as though this is a pricey option as you are paying per user.

Vorteile

Harvest is an awesome way to make sure you're accurately tracking project time, which is, of course, crucial to billing clients. I have always had a problem with estimating how long a project will take and using Harvest has helped me streamline estimates a lot better. It also has a neat feature that detects when you've been away from your desk and lets you subtract that time. For example, get up for a break, forget to hit pause — Harvest detects that time for you and allows you to subtract the break minutes from your billable hours.

Nachteile

There's really nothing negative from my experience with Harvest so far. It's easy to use and I'm sure it has more features than what I've been using it for, which has primarily been for tracking billable time.

Vorteile

Harvest is an incredible piece of software for a freelancer. It allows you to seamlessly send bids, create invoices, and track time very accurately from a macOS menubar app and a handy iOS app. It just works. All of the time.

Nachteile

Harvest is slow to evolve the UI controls in the app. This means certain areas feel outdated. However, none of that really matters. The software works incredible well, is consistent, offers robust integration with accounting tools and is incredibly useful.

Vorteile

It's easy to log-in, use, adjust settings, and track your time.

Nachteile

It's no different than any other timetracker or software like it.

Vorteile

Very easy to use and had a lot of potential with the collaborative Forecast world

Nachteile

We initially got introduced to Harvest as well as its counter part Forecast and we planned to use both...felt like a lot of work to implement both things at the same time.

Also wished to be able to put actual times down rather than just a summation of time spent on something.

Vorteile

I love the integration with Asana project management software, you can track your time in each task.

Nachteile

Nothing bad to say. This is a very helpful app.

Vorteile

Harvest is simple to use with a robust set of time tracking, reporting and invoicing features as well as integrations with common project management platforms and cloud-based finance systems.

Nachteile

Since Harvest handles only time tracking, reporting and invoicing, if you're a business who sells their time and you use another third-party tool to manage that work, Harvest is a little distanced and doesn't always provide the deep integration you might like. As a Jira Software user, Tempo was a more obvious choice despite being not quite so fully featured and having to pair it with Clerk Invoices.

Vorteile

Mixed reviews on the pro section like the cons, but the immediate thought you get while you get this, is where to begin. Its a rush to see everything that is offered in the program. Literally everything you need is right in one program. Just not that simple to get used to.

Nachteile

Mixed reviews on this, its simple to use, you get everything you need all in one place. I helped out a friend by looking at this and they tried it out, and I watched every move they made with this. I noticed this gets sort of difficult to use at certain spots. In my opinion, I think this program is slipping below some other programs that are somewhat better to use in other words. Other people may have a better take, or grasp on this program. But not for us to use unfortunately.

Vorteile

I like that they are able to enter in their information themselves and it is easy for them to understand.

Nachteile

The pricing model is per user which has advantages and disadvantages. In some instances, it may make more sense to offer levels for companies.

Vorteile

The software was easy to use and setup. It also has an amazing plugin that allows you to automatically track the work time and autopauses if you forget to open it.

Nachteile

If you are not the administrator or a freelance you fell the pressure of working all the time. I don't think this really helps with the end quality of work.

Vorteile

It's very simple to get going and it has integrations with a lot of existing tools, like Trello, that make it easy.

Nachteile

There are some features missing due to its simplicity which meant we needed to look at other software solutions.

Vorteile

Harvest was easy to implement for our small team. It was reasonably easy to use, but required practice and getting past the learning curve.

Nachteile

We had to develop our own protocols around using the app and defining projects and billing habits. It was challenging to use to evaluate project and team productivity.

Vorteile

This product has may options and is at most time customizable for my needs. They call you back and you get a real person who really tries to fix your issue.

Nachteile

You have to buy individual licences for each log in and they are pricey. The technical support has to take over your computer which can be a pain, for hours at times if they do not know what they are doing. the other problem, they will spend hours on your computer trying to figure out the issue instead of asking for help which again can be frustrating.

Vorteile

Works really well on mobile .I appreciate the simplicity of doing edits and the detail in which you keep time .The UI is easy to navigate .

Nachteile

Setting up reoccuring tasks can be more intuitive .Once you start a billing cycle ,there is not that much room for flexibility .

Vorteile

One thing I liked about this is you could start a timer when you started a job and stop the timer when you ended. This was really useful when we would have workers on a few different sites throughout the day. Especially when we need to know how much time was going to be added to an extra work order.

Nachteile

It didn't integrate with our accounting software too well and we had to enter all of the time cards by hand. But that's the only negative I think we've ever had.

Vorteile

Easy to learn, straightforward UI. I was able to get up and running quickly. Plus the importing and exporting features work well.

Nachteile

Not as integrated with some other similar tools like FreshBooks. Not quite as polished.

Vorteile

Harvest integrates amazingly with a bunch of the other programs I use regularly. The time tracking is really precise and you can easily differentiate between how much resources each task requires .

Nachteile

The interface has an outdated feel to it and can definitely benefit from cosmetic changes . Even with the necessary admin permissions it can be hard to track other people's work .

Vorteile

The idea: that it would track my time easily so I wouldn't have to, and also crate invoices. Unfortunately...it just didn't pan out.

Nachteile

I couldn't manually track my time and add it to a project, then send an invoice independently of that time. I work off fixed project costs, like to manually enter time (not start a stopwatch), so I can track for my own use. Nothing was straightforward or easy on Harvest. The interface was really clunky, too.

Vorteile

Customizable for your practice, they have many good abilities for many reports, and the QC part is very good.

Nachteile

Customer service are not very knowledgeable, they have to take over your computer hours at times and end up with no resolve.

Vorteile

I am very impressed by the visual time table Harvest generates .To see what I've achieved that way really helps me keep going .It also works great with a lot of third part software ,which I appreciate .

Nachteile

To get the maximum from it ,you have to map out your actions in advance ,which can take a while .

Vorteile

Definitely ease of use, ease of updating, and ease of history review of your time spent on different projects and customers.

Nachteile

Fails to curb the behavior most people have of not tracking their time till it's time for submission (once a week). So aside from the super diligent folks, there weren't useful reminder features to get you to use Harvest once a day or more like it's meant to be used. This provides pretty inaccurate data for billing for time.

Vorteile

Harvest is accessible from anywhere, which make it great for any kind of user. The dashboards are also easy to use and understand.

Nachteile

The graphic interface is aging making it seems to be an old application. It is also pricy for small businesses.

Vorteile

As a freelancer, I've used Harvest extensively to track projects, time, and bill my clients. It's a great suite and helps do what it's designed to efficiently.

Nachteile

There are some minor issues with the UI flow that bug me. Some things just seem inefficient as I navigate through certain screens.

Vorteile

We tried harvest in order to track the time on each project.
It's useful and easy to use.
It's a great plug in to manager software to track the time on each task

Nachteile

We needed a way to estimate the time and track it that option wasn't available with harvest and we change for Everhour.

Vorteile

Harvest is an really useful app to have .It tracks and distributes your time efficiently .The invoice system is really useful if you don't have an accounting department to take care of it .

Nachteile

It's usage is fairly limited and I cannot justify the monthly fee ,compared to what you get in return .

Vorteile

Great option for a small company or indivual

Nachteile

Lacks some of the features like integration etc

Vorteile

Very simple to use and you can track your time from anywhere, anytime. Helps analyse where you are spending too much time and not enough so you (and your team) can be more productive. Also useful to help with costing / charging / invoicing.

Nachteile

Some setup time is needed to administrate multiple users, which can be a bit of work if just one person is the administrator; however, a level of "start-up" and "maintenance" effort can be expected for any system.

Vorteile

Harvest implements with JIRA nicely and improves results . Invoice is extremely intuitive and they can be customized as you please . You can compartmentalize the time you spent on a project and also view on which aspects you spent the most of it ,which is great for making adjustments .

Nachteile

I don't think the price is justified and will probably stick to rare usage of the free version . While Harvest does have a mobile app ,the features I most regularly use are not optimized well on it .

Vorteile

This program is good for tracking time and expenses.

Nachteile

I do think there are other cheaper programs such as Toggl that probably do the same thing with a little less functionality.

Vorteile

-An easy way to track a working project
-You can send an invoice directly from harvest
-Expenses feature, I love the option to track the projects by team members.
It's is an amazing time tracking software!

Nachteile

-I wish you can have a pricing plan per project, some times I just need it to a very small amount of time.
and the only options are monthly payments.

Vorteile

I used the free trial of Harvest and I liked how easy to use the software and app was. Despite not having used the app or desktop version before, I was able to quickly set up my tasks in 10 minutes or less.

Nachteile

I would have liked the ability to set goals and focus like in the Forest app, basically, get reminders on how much time I have left on a task since I easily get distracted.