Harvest alternatives
Harvest alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Harvest: Quoted privately, charged per person per month, with the top tier priced per seat again.
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What people compare Harvest with
Harvest charges per person, per month, with profitability reporting, timesheet approvals and unlimited custom reports held back for its top tier, and its free plan is capped at one seat and two projects. Owners look for an alternative when the seat cost keeps rising with every contractor added, whatever hours that person logs.
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Time Billing for Claude Code
The open-source time tracking and invoicing that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Harvest data brought across.
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How to choose a Harvest alternative
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What the bill is tied to
Harvest charges per person, per month, and moves the profit reports, approvals and unlimited custom reports to a higher tier that is also priced per seat. Check whether the bill grows every time you add a contractor, even one who logs a few hours a week.
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Whether your records stay yours
Years of hours, rates and invoices can sit inside a vendor's account, and leaving usually means a CSV export that loses budgets and approvals. Ask whether your history lives in a database you own, one your accountant can look through without a login.
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Whether it fits your own rules and fields
A fixed menu of reports rarely answers questions like which fixed fee jobs earned under a target rate once design time is counted. Check whether you can ask any question about hours, margin and unbilled work, not just the ones built into the dashboard.
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What the switch involves
Moving usually starts with an export of your detailed time report, which carries clients, projects, tasks, people and hours. Budgets, approvals and timers rarely come across automatically, so ask what has to be rebuilt by hand and how long that takes.
The option that fits
Own your version of Time Billing for Claude Code
Enterprise DNA builds Time Billing for Claude Code around how your business already runs, brings your Harvest history across and runs it for you. You pay one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, with no per-seat pricing added as your team grows. Your hours, rates and invoices sit in a database you own, and you ask for what you can bill today in plain language, no dashboard hunting required.
- check Built around your business, not a generic template
- check Your Harvest history imported, rates and clients included
- check One setup fee, then a monthly retainer, no per-seat pricing
Make it yours
Design your own Harvest replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Harvest. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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3. Make it fit
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Answered from your own database
Good morning. Here is what needs you today.
We build it from the open-source base, bring your Harvest data across and run it for you.
Questions
Harvest alternatives, answered
What does Harvest actually charge for? expand_more
Harvest bills per person, per month, and puts profitability reporting, timesheet approvals and unlimited custom reports on its top tier. The free plan is capped at one seat and two projects, so it is not built for running a real month of billing.
Can I keep my Harvest data if I switch? expand_more
Yes. Exporting the detailed time report as a CSV carries across clients, projects, tasks, people, hours, notes and rates. Budgets, approvals and timers do not come across automatically, so those need to be set again by hand.
Is there a free way to try an alternative first? expand_more
Yes. There is a free, open source version you can run yourself under an MIT licence, with no account or vendor to leave. It uses the same plain records, so you can test it against your own hours before deciding on anything more.
What if I want it run for me instead of doing it myself? expand_more
Enterprise DNA can build your own version of Time Billing for Claude Code, bring your Harvest data across and run it for your business. That comes with one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, with no per-seat charges added as your team grows.
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