Harvest

Pros

I love how easy Harvest is to use and set up for your business. It's simple to create projects as they have enough detail. It's simple to switch tasks while time tracking.

Cons

I did not like the limit on profiles for the free version. I guess I see the why but if you have an established business, you can't just try it out with a full client list.

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Reasons for Switching to Harvest

Pros

I like that it's fairly intuitive. The user interface is clean and friendly. It integrates well with Google Chrome. I find it easy to set up projects and track time.

Cons

I wish on an individual time card you could see what time (clock time) was logged instead of total time. I.e. see that 10 minutes was logged from 9:00-9:10 instead of just 10 minutes total.

Pros

Ease of use. Theres basically nothing you can do wrong.

Cons

The small amount of functionalities and the lack of customization possibilities.

Pros

The integration with other tools like Trello, Asana, and QuickBooks is seamless, allowing for a more streamlined workflow. Additionally, the reporting feature is robust, providing detailed insights into how time is spent, which is crucial for billing clients and managing productivity and what not.

Cons

While Harvest is great overall, it has a few drawbacks. The most significant one for me was the limited functionality of its mobile app. While it works well for basic time tracking, some of the more advanced features, like detailed reporting and invoice generation, are better suited for the desktop version. Depends on what year are you reading this things ofcourse might have gone better.

Additionally, the pricing structure might feel a bit steep for freelancers or small teams, especially when compared to other time-tracking tools that offer similar features at a lower cost. However, comparing features alone doesn’t always capture the full experience of how smoothly the software works in practice.

Pros

I like how if you have to manually enter the number of minutes into the system and it converts the time to the decimal percentage for you. Harvest doesn't make you have to stop and figure it out yourself

Cons

Very touchy. If you accidentally hit enter or esc you must start all over

Pros

Intuitive interface for tracking time on each project, eh? Powerful tools to generate professional invoices, and the price is right, bud

Cons

The interface could be a bit more modern, hey? And some advanced features require a paid subscription

Pros

It is user friendly and I had no freezing issues while using the software.

Cons

It did not have a way to handle multiple search or report prints.

Pros

I love the invoicing option within Harvest.

Cons

Wish I could name projects the same name just with different codes

Pros

intuitive, easy to use software. easy to learn

Cons

when tracking time for the week, i cant add notes. i can only add notes when tracking time for the day

Pros

Harvest is easy to use and helps me track my time for accurate invoicing.

Cons

It could have more features and better integrations. The price is a bit high for freelancers.

Pros

1.Time tracking: Harvest is particularly effective at tracking time for individuals and teams, providing users with detailed reports that help them manage their time more effectively.2.Project management: Harvest's project management features are powerful and user-friendly, allowing users to easily collaborate and manage tasks across multiple projects.3.Invoicing and payments: Harvest streamlines the invoicing process, making it easy to send invoices to clients and track payments.4.Integration: Harvest integrates with a wide range of other software and tools, including accounting and CRM systems, which can help businesses manage their operations more efficiently.

Cons

1.Pricing: Harvest can be expensive for businesses that need to use multiple features or have a larger team.2.Limited customization: Some users may find that Harvest's features are too rigid and don't allow for enough customization to meet their specific needs.3.Reporting limitations: While Harvest provides detailed reports, some users may find that the reporting functionality is limited in certain areas.

Pros

Harvest is just really really really easy to use. Setting it up is fast and painless, administering jobs is easy, filling out timesheets is easy. Our team had a hard time tracking time prior to Harvest, and once we started using this software it became (almost) painless overnight.

Cons

It isn't really a "con" but Harvest is built to serve agencies who have multiple clients and bill them for work performed. We are an internal department within a company, so we had to work around some of the structural elements built into Harvest, but it was no problem. We easily adopted the platform to meet our needs.

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Reasons for Choosing Harvest

Reasons for Switching to Harvest

Pros

I like the description which is being added for each task and has decreased the amount of my effort at the end of the month for submission of my timesheet and I don't need to add further justification for my overtime and other tasks during the official and unofficial hours.

Cons

There is nothing to be least liked about harvest.

Pros

Easy to use time tracking. We use it every day to see how much time we spent on each project and function. We can easily see how much time was spent and how much time was calculated for the task.

Cons

We do not really have any cons. Exept that it takes quite some time to set it up the right way.

Pros

The capabilities and efficiency of this time tracking tool makes everything smooth.
Harvest is so reliable.

Cons

Harvest is so efficient and flawless to use.

Pros

Very easy to use and put desription and to be paid I need to fill the harvest time sheet to send to the manager

Cons

Nothing I have no complaints with regards to Harvest

Pros

Harvest is an intuitive platform for time tracking, tracking billable hours, and invoicing. Harvest is a great platform for consulting and professional services teams

Cons

Harvest’s UI is easy-to-use but publishing additional resources and FAQs could make the experience better

Pros

The best thing about this application is to be able to establish the follow-ups to the times of the tasks to be done during the week. It also allows you to obtain reports that, for example, give information on profit and loss times economically.

Cons

It seems to me that you should consider activating the reminder functions even if there is no active internet signal, it can be inconvenient if you are in an area where there is no coverage.

Pros

One of the things I liked most about Harvest software was its comprehensive time tracking and invoicing features. The software provided a user-friendly interface that made it easy to log hours and track time spent on different projects. The ability to assign specific tasks and set project budgets helped in managing and allocating resources efficiently. The invoicing functionality was also impressive, allowing me to generate professional-looking invoices based on the tracked time and expenses. The integration with popular payment gateways made it convenient for clients to make payments online, streamlining the billing process.

Cons

One thing I liked least was the limited reporting capabilities in the lower-tier plans. Advanced reporting features, such as custom reports and deeper analytics, were only available in the higher-priced plans. This made it challenging to analyze project data and generate in-depth reports for detailed insights. Additionally, the mobile app had some occasional performance issues, such as syncing delays or occasional crashes. However, these issues were not frequent and did not significantly hinder the overall functionality of the software.

Pros

It's crucial to have an understanding of how your time is being used in your business, and Harvest makes this easy to do! I love how easy it is to add projects, track retainer clients, and see a project budget at a glance.

Cons

While I think Harvest is more enjoyable than some other apps, it's hard to get team members to track time so any features that can be added to make that even easier are always welcome.

Pros

it was easy to set up and affordable. As a new business that was budget conscious, this was a great for us

Cons

As we grew and needed more features, harvest just wasn't a fit for us

Pros

No one likes time tracking, that’s why I like the simplicity of Harvest.

Cons

There can be more insight dashboarding for time spent retrospective

Pros

I love how robust Harvest is excellent for tracking all project-related expenses for time and billing. I love that I can plug in different hourly prices per team member or skill set to have a precise report on project costs.

Cons

I don't love Harvest for actually managing project tasks. The highest level, maybe, but not actual PM and forecasting.

Pros

Harvest is extremely easy to use. It requires no special training in order to get in and get to work. It's easy to edit your entries (i.e. start one project and hop to another, add and edits notes, etc.) I appreciate that it lets me know via email if I've accidentally left my timer running, so I can fix it. I get weekly time summary reports so I can see where my billable time has been spent. And I can run reports to see how much time overall has accrued on each project. I used to be spotty at completing timesheets, but this app makes it easy to do. Our small marketing agency does a great job now of tracking time, which has enabled us to negotiate project costs with clients more accurately.

Cons

There is nothing that is difficult to use.

Pros

I've been using Harvest to track my weekly time spent on client work and admin work. The tool is quite easy to use on either desktop or mobile. Harvest also provides you with reports that you can look at by the day, week, or month to see where you spent your time the most.

Cons

The tool is limited if you want to integrate it with other accounting or project management software. Harvest also lacks some important features like sending invoices to clients or having the ability to send out contracts.

Pros

Harvest is easy to use, streamlined, with just the features I need and none of the features I don't. I primarily use it for time tracking and invoicing for my freelance business. There are enough configuration options for me to customize my time tracker and invoices for every client, and it takes just a minute or two to set up clients and send invoices.

Cons

Recently I've moved toward a monthly invoicing cycle, and there is no way for Harvest to automatically generate an invoice on the first of the month for all of the time tracked in the previous month. It's a small annoyance to make/send the invoice myself but a little more automation here would be welcome.

Pros

We spent a long time using Harvest with the development team, it gave us an order of the order of time that we carried out in the work group, it had a good way of measuring what we did, it had real tracking in which you started by turning on the PC and finished turning it off. This somewhat automated the records.

Cons

Extremely basic reports, we believe that it was necessary to obtain more than just time and tasks in the report but rather to obtain access indications of collaborators and in the parts when entering each collaborator who made it, perhaps we needed a little more from harvest.

Pros

I like the most that its easy to setup and use. UI is getting but old but its simple and intuitive.

Cons

Their app constantly bugs out and starts using 20% of the processor. Are they running mining operation!? If you forget you timer over night time cannot be auto corrected. Even when app clearly shows that you have not used computer for 14h ours. When you press button to stop and remove those hours suddenly app forgets what's happening and states that no timer is running.

At this point I consider this as a crypto miner and most likely I pay more a month for this sucker electrical bills than a subscription. They stopped development on the app and most likely whole operation.

Pros

Quality. The UI is very slick; they've really gone deep on how people use the product. Things like keyboard shortcuts and supporting regular vs decimal time when entering timesheets are a real time saver.

Cons

Some of the month-by-month project reporting requires paging through each month. It would be nice to see several months in one view.

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Reasons for Switching to Harvest

Pros

simple to use and integrates to other project management tools, sits as an app or can be used on a browser - includes a mobile app so can track time when out the office on client meetings / visits

Cons

time tracking continues unless you stop the timer so on occasions you close down for the day and if you forget the timer running it will continue until the following day! id does email you but if you don't look at the email then you miss it!

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Reasons for Switching to Harvest

Pros

Easy to use timekeeping + expense system across all employees

Cons

Lack of integration with other agency tools, i.e., Google Suite

Pros

It is easy to use and user friendly, even to those who have never used the platform.

Cons

There is currently no way to link tasks to specific user roles, however that is not a major issue.

Pros

It's easy to use. Time stamps can be adjusted. I LOVE the reports functionality, you can pull reports in a lot of different ways.

Cons

I can't think of any drawbacks to Harvest.

Pros

We were able to implement Harvest within an hour and train all staff within another hour. The ease of use is excellent, and reoccurring invoicing has been super helpful.

Cons

We've had a few issues with numbered invoices going from 100 to 400 (example) and support wasn't the easiest to work with.

Pros

The best thing about Harvest for me is how it well it can be integrated with other tools, so you can log your time from anywhere.

Cons

The only thing I don’t really like about Harvest is that it’s quite pricey.

Pros

Quick and easy to set up, you can bulk upload basic information on projects and clients to get you started. It's biggest selling point for me was it's simplicity and ease of use for time and project tracking.

Cons

Would be beneficial to have different commercials to offer not just seats but site or org based.

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Reasons for Switching to Harvest

Pros

When working with multiple projects and clients, time-tracking can be a must and for me is crucial. What i like most is eas of use because is user friendly and integration options with mobile access.

Cons

Nothing yet, but would be greate to have a desktop app.

Pros

Really easy to track your time against multiple clients and projects.

Cons

There is a limited amount you can do on the free version, but would recommend the paid version as it is really helpful for tracking.

Pros

Harvest has amazing features that makes time tracking smooth.
I like how efficient Harvest has been.
I am impressed by Harvest's reliability.

Cons

Harvest meets our needs.
I do not have dislikes concerning Harvest.

Pros

This time tracking software has been easy to use and accurate.
I like how reliable Harvest has been.

Cons

I have zero reasons to hate Harvest.
Harvest is accurate to use.

Pros

Harvest has the capability to send regular time analysis reports that helps manage where time is being spent between projects.

Cons

Harvest's limited options for billing increments appears to be a drawback. Also, it would be a big plus if workers are able to clock in and out for payroll purposes.

Pros

Harvest has the best time-tracking in the industry, their Mac app is perfect for capturing time throughout the day (and even has a built-in notification if it thinks you've left it running and will auto-adjust accordingly if you let it). It also has deep integrations with other Project Management tools that mean you can easily track time wherever you are. And then you have estimates and invoicing - which again, seamlessly integrate with the time tracking functionality to make your life easy.

Cons

It'd be great if they had an estimate to project function that could auto-setup a job when an estimate is approved. Currently this is the only manual feature. Retainer reports are also a little confusing as they don't obviously isolate actual payments from retainer balance updates.

Pros

Can track things directly from Google Calendar

Cons

Wish there was an option to copy and paste tasks from other days

Pros

Harvest is a convenient tool for keeping tabs on time and money spent on various projects and clients. We use it to monitor expenditures in real time and to plan for future initiatives by analyzing past work and resources.

Cons

There have been no problems where I have been unable to complete a task. There aren't any serious issues, however, the platform might need some further functionality since it's so basic.

Pros

It's helpful and effective at streamlining time schedules.

Cons

The pro subscription cost is slightly more expensive than other options.

Pros

I like its intelligent approach and the ability to track our time, expenses and billing in detail. Harvest gives us a clear view of our resources, allowing us to make informed decisions and stay in control. I also value the security it offers, with measures such as two-factor authentication and data encryption, giving us peace of mind in protecting sensitive information.

Cons

It needs to improve its ability to generate customized reports. Sometimes, we run into limitations when we want to customize reports to fit our needs exactly.

Pros

The multiple devices and ways to launch the tracker make it fit within our workflow, from phone, tablet, browser, or our PM software, time tracking is easy.

Cons

Takes a little time to set up and use efficiently but once you start people getting used to the system it has a good learning curve.

Pros

Harvest was able to produce reporting that we could use for capturing capitalizable time and it was easy to update cost rates.

Cons

Time entry was difficult to do quickly, due to difficulties selecting the correct projects, etc. The reporting was outdated (the file would be sent to your email; you weren't able to just download the file at the time of export). It was difficult to identify the role of the various users without clicking into their profile.

Pros

I like drilling down to specific details about a project while tracking my time; Harvest lets me bill to a project and add auto-populated info about what I'm working on so I can report this info to clients.

The mobile app ran well on my Android phone and was helpful away from my desk.

Cons

I had to manually round my time (our organization bills in increments). This would be a helpful feature if Harvest could do this automatically.

Pros

Simple to track time and have multiple tasks at differnt hourly rates

Cons

The reporting interface could use some uodates.