Timely alternatives
Timely charges a price per user with no free plan, and sends no client invoice of its own: from its Premium plan, it drafts invoices that a paid QuickBooks Online plan sends. It keeps cost rates for Premium, and a currency for each project and the weekly capacity of each person for its Unlimited plan.
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The short answer
This page lists Hourbun, our app, and Avaza, Harpoon, Productive, Moxie and Keito. Each one costs less than Timely for 2 people, or does more on a feature that the pages of Timely limit or leave out.
The apps
6 alternatives to Timely
Hourbun first, as it is our app. Then the others by their price for 2 people, lowest first. Each one costs less than Timely, or does more on a feature in bold.
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1. Hourbun Our app
Freelancers, consultants and small teams who bill their clients by the hour
Hourbun vs Timely2 people, a month
$15 (lower price)
Duo
- Invoices from tracked time (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- A currency for each client or project (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- Weekly capacity of each teammate (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- Cost rates and profit (ahead of Timely)
- Yes For admins and the owner
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2. Avaza
Teams that want projects, tasks, scheduling, chat, timesheets and invoicing in one app
Hourbun vs Avaza2 people, a month
$11.95 (lower price)
Startup
- Invoices from tracked time (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- A currency for each client or project (ahead of Timely)
- Yes A currency for each customer
- Weekly capacity of each teammate (ahead of Timely)
- Yes Available hours of each person in a Staff Utilisation report
- Cost rates and profit (ahead of Timely)
- Yes Cost rates, and a Project Profitability report
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3. Harpoon
Agencies and freelancers that want yearly revenue goals and forecasts beside time tracking and invoicing
Hourbun vs Harpoon2 people, a month
$19 (lower price)
Freelancer
- Invoices from tracked time (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- A currency for each client or project
- No One currency for the whole account
- Weekly capacity of each teammate (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- Cost rates and profit (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
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4. Productive
Agencies and consultancies that want resource planning, project management, a sales CRM and budgets with profitability in one app
Hourbun vs Productive2 people, a month
$36 (lower price)
Essential
- Invoices from tracked time (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- A currency for each client or project (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- Weekly capacity of each teammate (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- Cost rates and profit (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
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5. Moxie
Freelancers and small agencies that want a CRM, proposals, contracts, scheduling and invoices in one app
Hourbun vs Moxie2 people, a month
$40 (lower price)
Teams
- Invoices from tracked time (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- A currency for each client or project (ahead of Timely)
- Yes A currency for each client
- Weekly capacity of each teammate (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- Cost rates and profit
- Partly An effective hourly rate from tracked time and invoices
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6. Keito
Consultancies and service teams that want unlimited users for one price, desktop apps, or billing of AI agent work
Hourbun vs Keito2 people, a month
$49 (lower price)
Pro
- Invoices from tracked time (ahead of Timely)
- Yes
- A currency for each client or project (ahead of Timely)
- Yes A currency for each client
- Weekly capacity of each teammate
- Higher plan From the Pro plan
- Cost rates and profit (ahead of Timely)
- Yes A cost rate for each member, seen by admins only
For comparison
Timely
Teams that want their time captured automatically from their computer activity, and that invoice through QuickBooks Online
Hourbun vs Timely2 people, a month
$78
Premium + QuickBooks Online Simple Start
- Invoices from tracked time
- Partly On Premium and Unlimited: draft invoices from tracked hours, which a QuickBooks Online subscription sends; their paid status syncs back
- A currency for each client or project
- Higher plan A currency for each project, on the Unlimited plan
- Weekly capacity of each teammate
- Higher plan Individual weekly capacity on the Unlimited plan
- Cost rates and profit
- Higher plan Cost rates from the Premium plan
- USD list prices, billed monthly
- ≈ marks an estimate
- Highlight = cheaper than Timely
- Bold row = ahead of Timely
- The example: 2 people · 8 clients · 10 projects · 8 tasks · 10 invoices and $16k invoiced a month
Questions
Questions and answers
What are the alternatives to Timely?
This page lists Hourbun, our app, and Avaza, Harpoon, Productive, Moxie and Keito. Each one costs less than Timely for 2 people, or does more on a feature that the pages of Timely limit or leave out.
Which Timely alternative costs the least?
For 2 people, Avaza costs the least on this page: $11.95 a month on its Startup plan. Hourbun, our app, costs $15 a month on its Duo plan, and Timely $78 a month on its Premium + QuickBooks Online Simple Start plan.
Is Hourbun an alternative to Timely?
Yes. Hourbun makes, sends and collects your invoices in one app, for a flat price per workspace: a team of 10 pays $99 a month. Timely charges for each user and does not send invoices itself: from its Premium plan it makes drafts that a QuickBooks Online subscription sends, so a team of 10 pays $238 a month. Timely fits teams that want time captured automatically from computer activity.
Sources
- Each fact comes from the comparison page of its app, which names its sources
- A feature that no page of an app states is a No
- Prices change: check the pricing page of each app
Avaza, Harpoon, Productive, Moxie, Keito and Timely are trademarks of their owners, and Hourbun is not affiliated with them.