# Page 6 | Harvest Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 6 - Is Harvest the right Professional Services Automation solution for you? Explore 644 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/75598/Harvest/reviews --- Harvest 4.6 (644) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 6 - Reviews of Harvest ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 126-150 of 644 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Mark M. Senior Recruiter Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Manage your work flow within your time" February 5, 2021 5.0 I have found it super easy to use. The data record of reminders is all safe. The pricing is handy by two methods i.e. by its free or subscription deals. I am so comfortable after using it on our phones because it just needs a few clicks plus we can also make expenses through mobile app. 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. We found this platform, a strengthening tool for professionals. Pros It is a time tracking software which was combined with Twitter to facilitate its users to track time with their tweets as well. Today it is globally used in many meetings and business by many clients for work procedures. We have found it easy to handle despite the working platform. Cons I found that there was lack of connection between the website and app. It was pretty difficult to constantly have a check on the app. We found this the app did not function properly for tasks assignment to the workers. Moreover it is going well and giving great performance. Review Source RS Randall S. owner Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for time and billing; hard to integrate with accounting" March 12, 2020 4.0 Ease of timekeeping and billing has improved. Integration with the rest of my accounting system has become harder. Pros I started using it because I did not find the timekeeping functions of Quickbooks easy enough to use. On that point, Harvest is much better--it is excellent at keeping track of time. In addition, Harvest makes it quite easy to bill clients for time and to follow up with repeated billings if needed. Cons I'll mention two things. First, the method of dealing with retainers needs some serious work to be useful for lawyers. If I have an outstanding invoice and a client sends me a retainer, I cannot have payment toward the invoice taken out of the retainer without a fairly convoluted process. Second, it is hard to integrate with Quickbooks. I need Quickbooks (or I suppose, something similar) to keep track of all my financial records. But when I am using Harvest for timekeeping and billing, I wind up making many of the entries twice. Reason for choosing Harvest Price was a factor. Mostly it was the well-designed interface and ease of use. Switched from [QuickBooks Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/174984/QuickBooks-Enterprise/) Timekeeping and editing invoices was awkward. Review Source AC Amanda C. Class Coordinator Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Harvest is my indispensable freelancing software" March 17, 2020 5.0 Customer support is amazing. I really love this software, and will continue to use it indefinitely. Pros There is so much to love about Harvest! First, it works, really really well. You set up your project - and YES projects can have sub-projects - and you start your timer. As long as you can remember to start and stop your timer, this is perfect. Every two weeks, or every month, when you need to send invoices, all you do is "create an invoice" and the software auto-generates the invoice, in as much or little detail as you'd like, taking all your time and translating that into a professional invoice. I love the graphics that help track how much money you are making. AND you can even input what you are spending versus what you are charging, in order to ensure that you are actually charging enough to cover all your costs. There is a great place to input expenses and receipts -- this software does it all, for a quite affordable rate. Cons The most challenging thing about this software is that you MUST set it up correctly. Take the time at the beginning to get your rates set, ensure that what is a 'billed' and a 'not billed' expense are correct. At the beginning, I was often accidentally putting time into 'not-billed' tasks, when it was just my mistake in setting up my categories. Review Source Bart M. Founder / CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Invoicing made easy" November 24, 2020 5.0 We started using Harvest years ago with my previous company and it was our go-to solution with our new company. No questions asked. It just works and that is why I would recommend it to everyone looking for a simple solution. Pros It just works. Creating an offer, turning it into an invoice, setting everything up... it just works easy. In contrast with many software you can use for invoicing, Harvest doesn't try to do it all, it just keeps things simple. Probably too simple at times, but I never ran into any issues as we have straightforward product & services lines to add to our invoices. Cons The fact that the time tracking is included and cannot be ignored as easily as the optional planning tool (that they sell separately) was a small frustration at first. Afterwards, I just tended to directly surf to the Invoices overview and avoid the timetracking part all together. For some it is probably thé selling feature as time tracking looks very easy, but our company doens't keep track of detailed time tracking so we never used that part thoroughly. Alternatives considered [Teamleader](https://www.capterra.com/p/153190/Teamleader/) Reason for choosing Harvest We tested teamleader, but it was too featureful. Interesting as it could have been, we didn't want to switch our complete workflow to match that of Teamleader so we continued looking for a tool that was good at invoicing. Period. Harvest was that tool. Review Source Jennifer R. Owner Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Don't fear, Harvest is here!" June 26, 2020 5.0 Harvest saves me so much time by tracking my work hours. Invoicing is a breeze. My clients have an easy time paying invoices through a couple of clicks of buttons. Harvest offers many integrated payment options that I have found to fill my company's needs and were quick to set up. The simplicity of the layout of the website makes everything so simple. Pros Harvest tracks my time with the click of a button. I select the project and hit go. Then I stop the timer when complete. Invoices are made at the end of the month very quickly. It takes less than a minute to create and send each invoice to my clients. Never once have I had an issue with the site being down, or any other inconveniences. The Chrome extension helps a lot. Cons I have little use for most of the reports, however, they may be geared towards larger companies. Otherwise, this software is great. Review Source Response from Harvest July 1, 2020 Thank you for your trust in Harvest and for taking the time to write this review. We appreciate it! KW Katelyn W. Account Strategist Public Relations and Communications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Harvest is a great way to keep prices on track!" February 23, 2022 5.0 Easy usage and provides great insight to the overall company and individual time allotment. Pros The chrome extension was an excellent addition for easy time tracking. Usage for billing purposes was also excellent as we were able to see how we were dedicating our time to each project piece as well as billed vs non-billed work. Cons Sometimes it would automatically choose a project type for you that was completely off base but easy to adjust Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Development Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "I don't admin Harvest. I only enter time into Harvest. I don't like Harvest. " January 11, 2018 3.0 I personally get no benefits from this software. I'm not a fan. Pros So overall I'm not a fan. That said, documenting expenses is the best I've ever seen in Harvest. It's really well done and simple. Nice and clean, get your photos, get your monies and go. Big fan. That is where my love affair ends with this app. From an administrative point, maybe there are incredible advantages over other offerings. The world may have never experienced such a revolutionary piece of software and I, in turn, am a simpleton; stuck in a world of misunderstanding. Cons If you write a app which tracks hourly time and tries to put it into buckets for easy expensing, the time-tracking app should be simple for the multitude of non-admin users. Simply put, it's cumbersome and annoying.... and I say that because someone is going to take stronger language less seriously. Forget the fact that you have to enter in time \_Daily\_. When I say daily, I don't mean that you click on the day, you do the thing and save. I mean that it shows you one day per page at a time. No calendar to quickly go through a week, no monthly review where you can quickly fill in gaps. One page == one day. You can bring stuff over from the last-entered day, but the hours aren't filled in... just the buckets. This leads to an incredibly slow, painful, and frankly uninteresting experience. For a bunch of users who want to do their job instead of fiddling around with tracking how long they've done their job, asking them to use Harvest is basically asking them to make none of their time billable unless threatened with homelessness. It's incredibly painful to use. To be sure, I'm not a fan of time-tracking apps anyway. I akin them to asking your employees to lie to you and giving them a form in which to do it... but Harvest makes the fun of lying to your employer the low-light of your day. It's not fair. Review Source April S. Project Manager Market Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great program with a lot of features" April 27, 2019 4.0 My overall experience with Harvest is as a project manager and using it to track employees time, and set up and manage budgets for projects. Pros What I liked most about this software is that it has a ton of features for time keeping, budgeting, and payroll. This is one of the more comprehensive time keeping programs I have seen. It has different levels for employees and managers to log in. It is super easy for employees and contractors to log in adn out to keep accurate track of time and hours. It has budgeting functions for payroll, projects, etc. I really liked this program! Cons The one big negative I can say about this program is the cost. They charge per person using it and it can get pretty pricey when you have a lot of employees or contractors using it. It would be better if they offered it for a flat rate or monthly flat rate. Review Source JH Jenny H. Lead Developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfect Product for a Sole Propietor" March 28, 2023 5.0 I've been using Harvest for nearly 10 years now. I love that it's feature-rich without being overcomplicated. I couldn't be happier. Pros Harvest is affordable, but so feature rich and easy to use. I can track my time (I actually integrate with Timeular for this, but tracking directly in Harvest is easy, too.) keep track of project budgets, invoice and get paid via Strip integration, then reconcile everything when it's time to do account and taxes. Cons Occasionally I have trouble navigating to the information I want. Updating an invoice without updating timesheets should be easier. Alternatives considered [TOGGLE](https://www.capterra.com/p/200059/Toggle/)[Basecamp](https://www.capterra.com/p/56808/Basecamp/)[QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) Reason for choosing Harvest The price was right and it had the primary features I needed - easy to track time by project and ability to send invoices. Review Source Magaly D. Assistant Business Manager Textiles Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "One of the main time tracking systems" September 23, 2023 4.0 The cost is acceptable for its functions, very easy to use and helps to improve day-to-day times. 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. Review Source Jahangir A. Administrative Support Executive Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Smart Solution for all kinds time management, tracking & reporting." October 9, 2018 5.0 I used to use this software tools for my team as well as for my other team from 2014 to 2017. I should appreciate Harvest team for this amazing online time management tools which are helping now millions of people to track the time including multiple features. I especially love their friendly eye-catching interface including time tracking options feature. I used to submit my all project times I had spent easily without any tension as it showing real time. Pretty amazing! Pros 1\. simple website design with eye-catching visualization for the essential option. 2. Can be integrated almost any latest software tools like Asana(I used to do this) is amazing sync 3. Reminder for time tracking and project reminder including project owner. 4. Can control and create layer like approval method Cons 1\. Very Pricy in terms of the competitors on the market 2. Need AI support to catch auto standard time frame for each project. 3. Apps crashed and lost time sometimes without an unknown error 4. Should work on popular project time analysis to make real-time auto time support Review Source Carol V. Nanotechnology Research Assistant Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Always Choose Harvest!" May 12, 2021 5.0 Ultimately, I recommend Harvest for any small business who needs an easy way to track time! There's nothing complicated about this service and I enjoy it. Pros Our company utilizes the free version of Harvest for all of our employees. I love how this is inexpensive to have, and since we're a smaller company, we don't need anything too complicated to track our time. Our employees have told us that it is easy to use to track time, send invoices, and generate reports. There isn't any learning curve, and it is an organized system. I personally enjoy how I can organize the time into separate categories so I can see how my employees utilize their time, and generate a report to see where all the time is going into. Cons I have no complaints! It would be nice to generate an overall report for the year, but Harvest only does weekly reports for a set period of time, not 1 report for the whole year. Review Source IC Iñaki C. Head of International Division Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A time & money saver" August 9, 2023 5.0 Pros It is so easy to track time every day, see what other team mates are working on and review the expenses / costs of a project vs the revenue it brings, helping us improve our processes Cons Overall I feel it's a great product with very little lacking, can't complain Review Source Seamus M. Account & Support Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Super to tracking and charging my time" November 22, 2018 5.0 Pros I loved how I could track my time spent on tasks in a live timer mode or I could retrofit the time accordingly based on an educated guess of a task I completed. I could easily extract my time logs to justify the costs of completing particular tasks to a client, which is massively important when it comes to software development as costs can often grown substantially. Cons On occasion I would have started the timer to track my work and I may have been disrupted by an important call or a task. The timer would continue to track the time which is expected, however, I have seen times whereby the tracking went over the weekend. A prompt after a particular time period such as hour intervals to check if you still need to live track should be included. Review Source Josh A. Founder & CMO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent price & functionality was exactly what I needed" January 26, 2021 5.0 My experience with harvest was exceptional. The only reason I turned it off (recently) was because I wanted an all-in-one solution and went to Quickbooks - that eliminated some cost and centralized everything. I also no longer had the need for time tracking, which was a huge value and reason for me using Harvest. Pros Easy to use. Very intuitive and was easy to track my time with clients & then to issue invoices. It was reliable, I never had any problems with it not working as expected. It integrated with Quickbooks nicely, which was a huge plus. Cons I didn't love the cost to add additional users. In general, the cost for 1 person was quite low, but it felt expensive to then add on additional users. Alternatives considered [Zoho Expense](https://www.capterra.com/p/142384/Zoho-Expense/) Review Source Jonathan S. Designer Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Harvest is an Essential Tool for Creative Freelancers" July 17, 2019 5.0 I've tried numerous other invoicing tools but none compare to the stability, quality, and reliability of Harvest. For the money you just can't beat it. Pros Harvest makes it super easy to track time and expenses, invoice clients, and collect payments via Stripe or ACH. Cons Because it is such a stable piece of software, they are very slow to add new features, and certain areas of the user interface feel dated. That being said, it is rock solid, fast, and extremely reliable. Alternatives considered [FreshBooks](https://www.capterra.com/p/142390/FreshBooks/)[Xero](https://www.capterra.com/p/120109/Xero/)[Fiverr](https://www.capterra.com/p/239416/Fiverr/) Reason for choosing Harvest Harvest is dependable and has features that out-perform the competition in just about every aspect. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Police Officer Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Time Tracking Made Easy - And Works With Asana! " January 24, 2019 5.0 Awesome! Would recommend to anyone who is looking for a time tracking tool. If you use Asana, it's gold. Pros Two things make me love it. 1) It works with Asana. The integration allows me to easily log time with tasks and keeps my notes and tasks clean. Keeps me from leaving out details when I go back to check. 2) Running reports to track my team's time is extremely easy. Just click a button and you can start tracking your time spent on a project. Use it at my agency! Cons Occasionally checking on back time would get wonky, but was easy enough to edit with date checks. Just need to confirm when things are billable vs non-billable to make sure it shows in reports right. Not really an issue with the software, more something that end users need to be aware of. Review Source Dennis M. Marketing Director Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Literally Save Time & Make Money" August 11, 2021 5.0 I definitely feel like I have a better grasp on where my time is going and where my money is coming from. Pros Harvest has completely changed the way my work pipeline works. Gone are writing down dates and times in hopes of keeping an appropriate grasp on how much time I am spending on each client. Better time tracking allows for me to better understand redundancies, as well as charge clients appropriately. Cons Harvest is simple, which is a good thing. But it's also a bad thing, when you look at auto generating invoices and comparisons based on week to week, plus money made per account, per hour, it is lacking. But currently there are still ways to do this with a bit of math. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sales Marketing Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Big feature list for time & project tracking but pricey" May 5, 2022 5.0 Harvest does everything we need and is easy to use. However there's definitely features we don't need or use that we're paying extra for. Pros Lots of great features and the UI makes Harvest nice to use. It's easy to pull time reports for specific resources and projects. Cons It's definitely expensive. We are exploring other, more cost-effective solutions in what is now a crowded marketplace. Alternatives considered [BambooHR](https://www.capterra.com/p/110968/BambooHR/)[Clockify](https://www.capterra.com/p/169607/Clockify/) Reason for choosing Harvest It's easy to use and the time tracking and reporting fits our use case very well. Review Source Brionne G. Visual Designer (contracted through Shaw Bransford & Roth) Public Policy Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Free Version Good for Freelancing" May 4, 2018 5.0 Invoices for freelance work. Pros I use the free version since I don't have a lot of freelance clients and it does everything I need. I like that I can just go in and create an invoice instantly, or I can track my time throughout a project when the pay is hourly (not project based) and create an invoice based on the time totals. I also like that they let you upload your personal logo and they pull it into the invoice. I think the invoice is also set up very clearly. Cons When you set up a project in Harvest, you are automatically the project manager and I cannot figure out how to make myself the designer and have my hours charged accordingly. I also like if you create an invoice, then have to add additional hours worked because the client asked for more edits at the end, the total time spent is not automatically updated in the invoice like it was in the first draft of the invoice and I cannot figure out how to make this happen. The software could be organized better to where you can click and edit things in-line, instead of flipping from page to page to page. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Frontend Developer/Designer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The linchpin for my business" December 6, 2017 5.0 Pros Harvest keeps me on time, on budget, profitable, and professional. I could not run my business without it. The price is very reasonable (I hope it stays that way!) and the support team is always fantastic. It's the one tool I use that just never has problems. With other tools and services, I lose time dealing with bugs and UI failures. But I have come to trust and rely on Harvest. And that's why I recommend it to anyone who asks. Cons At one time I tried to use the Mac time tracking app. I ran into synchronization issues between the 4 computers that I use regularly. I don't hold that against Harvest, and maybe it's been fixed by now. But I'm really happy with the web interface, so that's adequate for me. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Co-Founder Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Harvest is tried and true." May 2, 2019 4.0 Pros I've been using Harvest since the day I made the leap to full-time self-employment, and I don't think I would have been able to continue working as I do without it. It's a great resource for time-keeping, invoicing, and monitoring overall project timeline. It's integrations make client billing and tax time a breeze. Cons Some functionality and customization for how you bill or log hours, against client $ deposits, is tricky. It does not do a great job of accounting for paid deposits for projects. Instead, I have to remember to manually subtract the amount that was deposited to a project, against the first batch of hours on the first invoice. That is a clunky way of accomplishing such a task. Review Source TF Taryn F. Healing Coach E-Learning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Seemingly All-in-One Platform... But I still switched" December 1, 2022 3.0 A great platform for folks with 1-2 projects they'd like to track time for. I even used it to track how much time I was spending on homework one semester! If you're a sole-proprietor with lots of ongoing projects for different companies, know you will need to majorly upgrade. Pros I used Harvest for two years when I became a contractor for a tech company. It has many of the features that make it easy to track time, invoice on that time and keep projects separate. My absolute favorite feature they had is the time-tracking extension so you could see your time and pause it easily. As I was starting to consider other software, they did add integration with Asana which was super handy, although not very intuitive. Cons What made me end up switching platforms is I began working a lot of contract gigs and there were limits on how many projects I could have without having to upgrade to a new plan. I also found their website complicated to navigate. Great features -- tricky to find and use. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director Of Digital Media Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy Time Tracking and Management Software that Creates a Powerful Partner to Forecast" May 6, 2019 5.0 Highly efficient time tracking and management tool that does exactly what you need it to. Pros Time tracking is easy and efficient, and works anywhere you need it to (multiple browsers, phone, browser extensions, etc). Tracking while working on tasks is simple with the built-in timer, and checking/managing your time is as simple as clicking on the browser extension. The platform is highly user-friendly and only gets more useful/powerful if notes by employees are mandatory in project tracking. Looking at time spent on tasks or projects is easy. This tool is only made more powerful by its partner platform, Forecast. Integrating the two is a smart move. Cons I wish there was a way to pop a reminder for employees to leave notes about the work they completed. These notes are wildly helpful in managing projects with multiple moving parts or long timelines. Review Source Amy H. UX+UI Designer Design Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great software for the administrator, lacking some functionality for the users" February 28, 2021 5.0 Pros This is great for ease of use and for keeping time tracking central. Although the UI needs work, the UX is very good and makes a cumbersome, laborious task such as time tracking easy and quick. Whereas in other softwares you have to go hunt for the task to track and find the project listing, go to the card, then track - Harvest just has these options all in one panel. For admins, the info collected is quantified in a very visual and excellent way allowing us to track time and project expenses. Cons For those not assigned as administrators, you can't see the time estimates for tasks - only projects. This is a massive issue as it means that for one project, I don't know as a designer how much time is allowed for design vs development - only the whole project. As a contractor I work for as a separate client, they also use harvest. I bill at the end of projects and also based on monthly enhancements based on hourly cost. 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. Massive issue Review Source Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.