Time tracking · replacement recipe

Go from Harvest to Zoho Invoice

The job: Time tracking (Timers and timesheets, Invoices from tracked time, Time and project reports). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Harvest
Harvest Teams · $11/mo
Year one+$82modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Zoho Invoice
Free plan · $0 a month
Change where you land

The money

$11/mo today , then $0/mo

Harvest Teams

Year one, net+$82
Pays back in4.5 months

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 2 of 3 covered

  • Covered: Timers and timesheets
  • Covered: Invoices from tracked time
  • Not covered: Time and project reports

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Doesn't cover: Time and project reports

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Harvest

    Time, expenses, invoices, estimates, projects, people, clients, contractor data, profitability reports and time activity log reports. Format: Excel or CSV

    Export steps
  2. Set up Zoho Invoice

    Freelancers or pairs with up to 3 projects who log time and bill it on invoices.

    Details
  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at Zoho Invoice, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel Harvest

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: Scheduled cancellation: the end of the current billing period. Immediate close: right away.

    How to cancel Harvest
Open Zoho InvoiceHow to cancel Harvest
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 5 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Timers and timesheets
  • Invoices from tracked time
  • Time and project reports

Not covered

  • Expense tracking
  • Project estimates and budgets
  • Team capacity and utilization reports (Teams)
  • QuickBooks, Xero and Stripe sync (Teams)
  • Timesheet approvals (Enterprise)

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Timers and timesheets, Invoices from tracked time, Time and project reports
  • Export your data from Harvest before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-harvest") on the Stackcut MCP server.

5 ways out, best first

Switch vendorZoho Invoice (free tier)Saves $82 in year one
$11/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $132/yr · payback 4.5 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Free forever: up to 2 users, 3 projects and 500 invoices a year; up to 2 organizations; 'Powered by Zoho Invoice' branding; data of accounts inactive over 180 days is deleted after notice.).
Covers 67% of the core features (not: Time and project reports)
Freelancers or pairs with up to 3 projects who log time and bill it on invoices.
How we got this
You pay now: Harvest Teams$11/user/mo × 1 user$11/mo
New cost: Zoho Invoice (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$11 − $0+$11/mo
Over 12 months+$11 × 12+$132
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$132 − $50+$82
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $132 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Switch vendorInvoice Ninja (free tier)Saves $82 in year one
$11/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $132/yr · payback 4.5 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Hosted Free plan: 5 clients with unlimited invoicing, recurring invoices and auto-billing, projects and billable time, vendors and expenses, client portal, 4 templates; one user; 'Created by Invoice Ninja' branding. The code can also be self-hosted.).
Covers 67% of the core features (not: Time and project reports)
Solo freelancers with up to 5 clients who track billable time on projects and invoice it.
How we got this
You pay now: Harvest Teams$11/user/mo × 1 user$11/mo
New cost: Invoice Ninja (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$11 − $0+$11/mo
Over 12 months+$11 × 12+$132
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$132 − $50+$82
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $132 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Switch vendorClockifyCosts $2 more in year one
$11/mo today → $6.99/mo · setup 1 h · then $48/yr · payback 12.5 mo
Covers 100% of the core features
Teams that invoice tracked hours: $6.99 a seat ($5.49 annual) with approvals and no usage-based charges.
How we got this
You pay now: Harvest Teams$11/user/mo × 1 user$11/mo
New cost: Clockify$6.99/user/mo × 1 user$6.99/mo
Difference each month$11 − $6.99+$4.01/mo
Over 12 months+$4.01 × 12+$48
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$48 − $50−$2
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $48 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Open sourceKimaiCosts $1,328 more in year one
$11/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Teams that can host a PHP app and want timesheets, budgets and invoices from tracked time with unlimited users.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Harvest Teams$11/user/mo × 1 user$11/mo
New cost: Kimaia small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$11 − $5 − $100−$94/mo
Over 12 months−$94 × 12−$1,128
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$1,128 − $200−$1,328
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $72 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Open sourcesolidtimeCosts $1,328 more in year one
$11/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 67% of the core features (not: Invoices from tracked time)
Teams that only need time tracking and reports; invoicing needs solidtime's paid Business license.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Harvest Teams$11/user/mo × 1 user$11/mo
New cost: solidtimea small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$11 − $5 − $100−$94/mo
Over 12 months−$94 × 12−$1,128
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$1,128 − $200−$1,328
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $72 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

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