Harvest
General-purpose time-tracking and invoicing tool, not architecture-specific, that many small firms use to bill clients and track project profitability.
4.4 /5 composite score
C1 5/5 reflects the freemium entry point, C2 4/5 reflects the public API plus webhooks, and C5 4/5 reflects QuickBooks Online, Jira, Asana, Slack, Zapier, and Basecamp integrations. Firm-size fit is solo to small-team.
Worth it
Rubric Scorecard
| Criterion | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Value for the price | 5/5 | Freemium, free tier Source → |
| Agent Friendliness | 4/5 | API: https://help.getharvest.com/api-v2/ |
| Ease of adoption | 4/5 | -- |
| Portability & lock-in | 5/5 | 2 file formats |
| Interoperability | 4/5 | 6 integrations |
Pricing
ModelFreemium
Free tieryes
How we verified this: we checked Harvest against its live site and an independent source — thedigitalprojectmanager.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-06-30.
Evidence
File formats
| Format | Direction | Support |
|---|---|---|
| CSV | unknown | unknown |
| Excel | unknown | unknown |
Integrations
QuickBooks Online Jira Asana Slack Zapier Basecamp
Sources
Also covers
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The accounting-invoicing placement is time-linked invoicing rather than full bookkeeping. C1 5/5 reflects the freemium entry point, C4 5/5 reflects CSV and Excel export, and C5 4/5 reflects QuickBooks Online plus workflow integrations.
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