Time tracking · replacement recipe

Go from Toggl Track to Clockify

The job: Time tracking (Timers, timesheets and calendar tracking, Projects, clients and tasks, Team reports and exports, Billable rates (Starter)). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
Toggl Track
Toggl Track Starter · $12/mo
Year one+$34modeled
To · your pickBest fit
Clockify
Basic plan · $4.99/mo
Change where you land

The money

$12/mo today , then $4.99/mo

Toggl Track Starter

Year one, net+$34
Pays back in7.1 months

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

Does it do the job? 4 of 4 covered

  • Covered: Timers, timesheets and calendar tracking
  • Covered: Projects, clients and tasks
  • Covered: Team reports and exports
  • Covered: Billable rates (Starter)

The work

Setup
About 1 h
Upkeep
None
Watch out
Check first: You only rely on: Timers, timesheets and calendar tracking, Projects, clients and tasks, Team reports and exports…

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from Toggl Track

    Workspace data (such as projects, clients, workspace settings and invoices). Format: JSON; invoices as PDF

    Export steps
  2. Set up Clockify

    Teams that need billable rates and full reports for $4.99 a seat ($3.99 annual) instead of $12.

    Details
  3. Switch links and integrations

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

  4. Cancel Toggl Track

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: The end of the current billing cycle.

    How to cancel Toggl Track
Open ClockifyHow to cancel Toggl Track
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, timesheets and calendar tracking
  • Projects, clients and tasks
  • Team reports and exports
  • Billable rates (Starter)

Not covered

  • Timesheet approvals (Premium)
  • Labor cost and profitability reports (Premium)
  • Integrations and API

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Timers, timesheets and calendar tracking, Projects, clients and tasks, Team reports and exports, Billable rates (Starter)
  • Export your data from Toggl Track before canceling

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

5 ways out, best first

Switch vendorClockify (free tier)Saves $94 in year one
$12/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $144/yr · payback 4.2 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Free for up to 5 users (you plus 4 invited): unlimited tracking, timesheet, calendar, auto tracker, unlimited projects, reports limited to 1 month of data. Paid features can be tried for 7 days.).
Covers 50% of the core features (not: Team reports and exports, Billable rates (Starter))
Teams of up to 5 who need timers and projects but not billable rates or reports beyond one month.
How we got this
You pay now: Toggl Track Starter$12/user/mo × 1 user$12/mo
New cost: Clockify (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$12 − $0+$12/mo
Over 12 months+$12 × 12+$144
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$144 − $50+$94
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $144 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 vendorsolidtime (free tier)Saves $94 in year one
$12/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $144/yr · payback 4.2 mo
If your use fits the free tier (Cloud Solo: free for 1 user with clients, projects, tags, tasks, billable hours and rates, and reporting. The open-source edition is also free to self-host (no invoicing).).
Covers 75% of the core features (not: Team reports and exports)
Solo freelancers: solidtime Cloud Solo is free for one user with billable rates and reports.
How we got this
You pay now: Toggl Track Starter$12/user/mo × 1 user$12/mo
New cost: solidtime (free tier)free plan$0/mo
Difference each month$12 − $0+$12/mo
Over 12 months+$12 × 12+$144
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$144 − $50+$94
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $144 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 vendorClockifySaves $34 in year one
$12/mo today → $4.99/mo · setup 1 h · then $84/yr · payback 7.1 mo
Covers 100% of the core features
Teams that need billable rates and full reports for $4.99 a seat ($3.99 annual) instead of $12.
How we got this
You pay now: Toggl Track Starter$12/user/mo × 1 user$12/mo
New cost: Clockify$4.99/user/mo × 1 user$4.99/mo
Difference each month$12 − $4.99+$7.01/mo
Over 12 months+$7.01 × 12+$84
Setup, once1 h × $50/h−$50
Year one+$84 − $50+$34
  • Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $84 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 $1,316 more in year one
$12/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 rates, reports, an API and invoices at no per-user cost.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Toggl Track Starter$12/user/mo × 1 user$12/mo
New cost: Kimaia small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$12 − $5 − $100−$93/mo
Over 12 months−$93 × 12−$1,116
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$1,116 − $200−$1,316
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $84 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 $1,316 more in year one
$12/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
Covers 100% of the core features
Teams that can run Docker and want a modern time tracker with rates and reports at no per-user cost.
License: open_source
How we got this
You pay now: Toggl Track Starter$12/user/mo × 1 user$12/mo
New cost: solidtimea small server (modeled)$5/mo
Your upkeep time2 h/mo × $50/h$100/mo
Difference each month$12 − $5 − $100−$93/mo
Over 12 months−$93 × 12−$1,116
Setup, once4 h × $50/h−$200
Year one−$1,116 − $200−$1,316
  • Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $84 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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