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A small business or freelancer asks what the cheapest paid plan costs per user, whether the software can be used for free, how long the paid features can be tried, and whether it is easy to cancel the subscription. These decide 50 points out of 100.
Score shows how the company does on our comparison criteria, on a 0–100 scale. Rankings cannot be bought.
Basic metrics · 73.4
+ A genuinely permanent free tier that allows an unlimited number of users and projects is the most open free version in the comparison
Basic metrics: 73.4, rank 2 · ▲ 1 place
Basic metrics · 68.9
+ Pricing is publicly displayed without contacting the company: Starter 3.99 $, Premium 6.99 $ and Ultimate 9.99 $/user/month with annual billing, and the higher price with monthly billing is itemised separately
Basic metrics: 68.9, rank 5 · ▲ 3 places
Basic metrics · 70.5
+ Pricing is publicly displayed without making contact: Pro 9 $/user/month (108 $/year) and Enterprise 14 $/user/month (168 $/year), and monthly vs. annual billing is clearly itemised
Basic metrics: 70.5, rank 4 · ▲ 1 place
Basic metrics · 74.9
+ Pricing is publicly displayed without contacting the company: Free 0 €, Starter 9 €/licence/month and Premium 14 €/licence/month with annual billing, and the higher price with monthly billing is stated separately
Basic metrics: 74.9, rank 1 · ▼ 3 places
– Cancellation: The cancellation period is not stated on the pricing page or in Toggl Track's terms of use. The terms only say that fees are not refunded in the middle of a billing period.
Basic metrics · 73.0
+ Pricing is publicly displayed without making contact: Starter 9 $, Build 16 $ and Unlimited 22 $/user/month with annual billing, and the more expensive price for monthly billing is itemised separately
Basic metrics: 73.0, rank 3 · ▼ 2 places
Weights are fixed. All companies are measured on the same scale. Read the full methodology.
| Buying motive | What is measured | Scale | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid package QUESTIONWhat does the cheapest paid package cost per month for one user? | Monthly price per user of the cheapest publicly priced paid plan when billed monthly (US dollars, excluding VAT). | 3 dollars or less = 100 points, 20 dollars or more = 0, in between directly proportional. | 22 p |
| Permanent free tier QUESTIONCan I use the program free of charge permanently? | Whether the pricing page has a permanent free tier or only a time-limited trial. | Permanent free tier = 100, 14-day trial only = 20, neither = 0. | 10 p |
| Trial of paid features QUESTIONHow long can I try paid features before paying? | Length of the free trial in days. | 30 days or more = 100 points, 0 days = 0, in between directly proportional. | 8 p |
| Termination QUESTIONCan I easily get out of the order? | Order cancellation as stated on the company's own pages. | Can be cancelled at any time online = 100, cancellation before the end of the billing period = 60, until the end of the subscription period without refund = 30. | 10 p |
| Basic metrics | Digital quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality score | Basic metrics × 0.5 | 50 p |
Time tracking software brings together hour logging, project time, billable time and absences in one place. The key questions in the comparison are whether the real per-user monthly price is revealed without making contact, whether a permanent free tier is offered or only a trial, how time is tracked, and where your data is located before the company becomes locked into the tool. We scored five time tracking software products used in Finland on these transparency metrics.
Per-user monthly price publicly shown without contacting the vendor (25), free version or trial and its limits (number of users) stated (15), time tracking method (timer, manual, clock-in or GPS) and mobile app stated (15), EU or GDPR data location and data protection stated (15), integrations with payroll, invoicing or project management listed (10), contract period and termination stated (10), owning company stated on the site (10)
Transparency is 30% of the basic metrics, i.e. 15% of the total points · these metrics make up its 100 points · the full formula and the other pillars
How to read the comparison correctly: Half of the points come from buyer's questions, i.e. things the buyer finds out before deciding. The other half measures how openly the company publishes its prices, terms and contact details. Clear differences in points indicate a genuine difference: one tells you the price immediately, another only after logging in. Close scores should not be read as a ranking order, because every measurement has a margin of variation. The measurement accuracy and the full calculation formula are open in the methodology.
Customer experience is brought into the assessment separately. We also collect customer feedback and customer experiences about companies through separate surveys. The survey results will be added to the overall assessment later.
The price is per user and grows with headcount. All the paid services in the comparison charge per user per month, so the stated starting price tells you only the cost of one employee. For a team of ten, the monthly bill is tenfold, and in many services essential features (invoicing, profitability reporting, approvals) unlock only on more expensive tiers. Calculate the price by your own headcount and the features you need, not just by the cheapest tier.
The free tier and annual billing are worth reading carefully. Some have a genuinely permanent free tier (Clockify allows an unlimited number of users, TimeCamp unlimited projects), some only a time-limited trial (Timely) or a free tier limited in the number of users (Harvest one user and two projects). The stated lowest price is almost always the annual billing price; monthly billing is typically clearly more expensive. Check the real limits of the free tier and the price of the next tier before you start.
The services are international and data protection varies. None of the tools in the comparison offers a Finnish-language interface. Some host their data in the EU (Toggl Track, Timely), others have data located in the United States by default. If you track employees' time, location or device use, this is personal data processing: check the data location, the data protection agreement and the data protection of any GPS or activity tracking before deployment. We show the owning company for each one.
Every company is measured with the same public formula: half of the points come from buyer's questions and half from basic metrics, which have four pillars: technical quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality score. Ranking cannot be bought, and you can see the origin of each point on the company's profile. Read the full methodology →
The cheapest public entry-level plans in the comparison are TimeCamp's Starter at $3.99/user/month and Clockify's Basic at 3.99 €/user/month (both with annual billing). Toggl Track's Starter is 9 €/licence/month and Harvest's Pro $9/user/month. The actual monthly cost depends on the number of users and the chosen plan.
Yes. Clockify's free tier allows an unlimited number of users and projects, and TimeCamp's free tier unlimited projects. Harvest's free tier is limited to one user and two projects. Timely has no permanent free tier, only a time-limited trial.
The services in the comparison are international, and none of them has a Finnish-language interface or support. The interface and customer support work in English.
Toggl Track (Estonia) and Timely (Norway) host their data in the EU. Harvest's data is located in the United States (AWS). Clockify (US-Serbian) and TimeCamp (Poland) declare GDPR practices, and an EU region may be available, but not always by default. Automatic activity or GPS tracking requires a data protection assessment.
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