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HelloTime vs Harvest

The honest comparison. Where Harvest wins, where HelloTime wins, and how to decide.

HelloTime

Time tracking built for Indian teams & global SMBs

₹99 / $4.99 per user / month

  • ✓ 7-day free trial · full Premium, no credit card
  • ✓ Time tracking, timesheets, productivity monitoring
  • ✓ Payroll + GST invoicing via HelloBooks
  • ✓ Privacy-first (opt-in screenshots)
  • ✓ India + global data residency (Azure)
  • ✓ 80+ integrations · published volume discounts

Harvest

Time tracking and invoicing for agencies

$10.80 / user / mo

~₹897 / user / mo · Free tier: Yes (1 user, 2 projects)

Strong billing and invoicing for service businesses; weak productivity monitoring.

Strengths

  • Invoicing built-in (USD)
  • Good project budgets
  • Clean UX

Gaps

  • No productivity monitoring
  • No GST-compliant invoicing
  • No Indian payment gateway support

Why teams pick HelloTime over Harvest.

  • 01

    GST-ready invoicing in HelloBooks

  • 02

    Productivity monitoring built in

  • 03

    ~9x cheaper (₹99 vs ₹897)

Feature-by-feature

CapabilityHelloTimeHarvest
Desktop, web, mobile appsYesYes
Automatic time trackingYesYes
Offline modeYesVaries
Idle detectionYesVaries
Activity levelsYes (privacy-first)Yes
App & URL trackingYes (opt-in)Yes
Optional screenshotsYes (opt-in)No
Project budgets & alertsYesPartial
Online timesheets & approvalsYesYes
PayrollYesNo
GST-compliant invoicing (India)Yes (via HelloBooks)No
Native accounting integrationHelloBooks (built-in)Via QuickBooks / Xero
INR pricingYes (₹99 / user)No
Free trial7-day, no cardYes (1 user, 2 projects)
Starting price₹99 / $4.99$10.80 / user / mo

Pick HelloTime if

  • You bill in INR and need GST-ready invoices
  • You use (or plan to use) HelloBooks for accounting
  • You want productivity monitoring without the surveillance vibe
  • You want the best $/₹ value without losing features

Pick Harvest if

International agencies billing in USD.

Start tracking time in under 2 minutes.

Free forever for up to 5 employees. No credit card. Paid from AED 9/user/month.