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Harvest is ideal for teams in client services businesses that need a way to track time and expenses to multiple projects. Harvest’s reporting features help keep projects on time and on budget.
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For time-tracking specifically, we found it better than other platforms such as Toggl. The user experience is super simple and it's got great reporting.
I have had to go back and change my entered time because of this (accidentally tracking 5 hours instead of 5 minutes). It can was confusing to find my monthly timesheet at first.
Overall, we found it very useful as it is easy to use for every kind of business so we will recommend it you as well. Both the client and team would be saved from extra expenses due to tracker system.
The cost tracking is basically useless because there is no history to changed rates, so if something changes it also changes for the past.
I love how easy it is to use and the email reminders for when I've accidentally left the clock running is fantastic. The customer service is also great.
Either it would stop tracking when I wanted it to track, or keep tracking after I paused the timer. This could be user error, as a lot of my coworkers prefer the app, however the app wasn't for me.
Harvest is a good option when it comes to basic time management and invoicing needs. It is easy, friendly and reliable to the point of becoming addictive.
It is extremely hard as a user (not admin) to see and get a summary of this time without having to manually add it all up.
Second, ActiveCollab had awesome customer service when I had any issues or questions. This was a big plus because I then knew I was in good hands.
Instead of resorting to emails fir such clients (which is soooo ineffective and frustrating where project management is concerned), you can get such clients up and running quickly with ActiveCollab.
Moreover, I really admire it because it has rich planning features and also high configuration abilities that automatically streamline my projects into a useful way.
Out of the box it is missing things that I would have expected to be present.
Its really easy to use, it has awesome features to create time and ticket reports, if you want to keep track of your time and tickets it is a perfect tool.
We ended up transferring from ActiveCollab to Teamwork fairly quickly because it caused some business problems for us.
I really like the ability to track time, tasks and progress all in one tool. And the speed in which I can spin up a new project is pretty great.
Simple UI, even a stupid person may understand after simple guidance.
Aleksandr: My name is Aleksandr. I am the COO of Made By WiFi, a wireless network service provider based out of New York City. And I would rate Harvest a five out of five. Before using Harvest, we didn't use any software. It was actually the first program that we used that Made By WiFi at our startup. We didn't really explore anything. We were recommended Harvest by a partner company, and we jumped right into it. We really enjoyed the pricing of Harvest as well as the simplicity of use. We had clients requesting invoices, and we were easily able to turn them around with Harvest, with very little onboarding required. It was incredibly easy to onboard and integrate with Harvest. There was little to no training required. I was able to pick it up in about half an hour of playing with it on my own. I would definitely recommend exploring your needs. Harvest is a great program, though we did outgrow it after about a year, or two once we needed deeper integrations as well as a more branded look to our invoicing and our quotes. Harvest was great for the role that it fit for us, but definitely as we grew, it definitely fell out of what we needed for the company.
Ricardo: Hi, my name's Ricardo. I'm CEO. I give ActiveCollab a five star rating. For more ratings like this click the link below. Before ActiveCollab I was using Trello, which was doing the job all right. But after using Collab for a short time, I realized that it is was more beneficial for our company to use. I chose ActiveCollab because of the ease of use for the communication between our team. Everyone understood how to use it perfectly clearly. That's why we decided to stay with ActiveCollab. When we first started using ActiveCollab we were up and running within a few hours. We had all our projects posted, all of our tasks posted, and the team was already logged in and everyone had their account created. Before we knew it, we were sending messages to each other, adding notes and comments. We've been moving forward since then. My recommendation for any company or someone that's out there looking for a collaboration software such as ActiveCollab is to go ahead and go for it. You're not going to regret it. You're going to have a good time with your team on there. Easy communication, fast tasks, fast comments, email notifications. I highly recommend it.
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