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Hourbun vs Avaza

Looking for an Avaza alternative with no cap on projects or invoices? Hourbun tracks time and bills your clients for one flat price per workspace.

By Fred Wu, maker of Hourbun · Checked · Report a mistake

The short answer

Hourbun bills your hours with no cap on projects or invoices, and one flat price for up to 30 people. Avaza caps active projects and invoices a month on its Startup and Basic plans, and adds $7 a month for each user above those of the plan. Avaza fits a team that wants projects, Gantt charts and chat in the same app.

Why switch

Why teams pick Hourbun over Avaza

  • A team of 25 pays $99 a month on Hourbun Team, and $145.95 on Avaza Business.
  • No fee for each teammate within the seats of the plan: Avaza adds $7 a month for each user above the users of the plan.
  • No cap on active projects or invoices a month: Avaza Startup holds 20 active projects and 50 invoices a month, and Basic 50 and 100.
  • Hourly rates by client, as well as by project, task and person: Avaza sets rates by person, work category or project.
  • Invoices in the language of each client, from a language set on the client: in Avaza you write the labels of a template in that language.
  • Reports with a CSV export: Avaza exports reports to Excel, PDF and Word, and you save a CSV file from Excel.

Head to head

At a glance

Hourbun and Avaza at a glance
Hourbun Avaza
Duo, a month $15 Duo $11.95 (lower price) Startup
Free plan None 1 Timesheet/Expense user and 1 Admin/Finance user, 5 active projects, 10 customers and 5 invoices a month; Avaza does not email invoices on it.
Free trial 14 days, with no card 14 days of every feature, with no credit card.
Client invoices Yes Yes
Online payment Yes By card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account Yes Stripe, PayPal or Payoneer; cards, wallets and bank debits through Stripe
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Yes
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes iPhone, iPad and Android; a Timesheets app for Mac and Windows

Same work, two prices

What you'd pay each month

Hourbun costs less in 1 of 5 examples below.

Hourbun

  • One flat price per workspace
  • Duo up to 2 seats · Team up to 30
  • 14-day free trial, no card

Avaza

  • A flat price per plan, with users included
  • Each extra user costs $7 a month on paid plans
  • Plans cap active projects and invoices a month
  • Annual billing costs 10 months: 2 months free
What each example pays a month, billed monthly
Hourbun Avaza
Solo freelancer 1 person · 5 clients $15 Duo $11.95 (lower price) Startup $9.96 billed yearly
Duo 2 people · 8 clients $15 Duo $11.95 (lower price) Startup $9.96 billed yearly
Small studio 5 people · 15 clients $99 Team $23.95 (lower price) Basic $19.96 billed yearly
Agency 10 people · 30 clients $99 Team $47.95 (lower price) Business $39.96 billed yearly
Larger team 25 people · 60 clients $99 (lower price) Team Save $46.95 a month $145.95 Business $121.63 billed yearly
  • USD list prices, billed monthly
  • Before tax and payment fees
  • Highlight = lower price
  • Checked 10 November 2026
Pricing details (7)
  • On the Free plan, Avaza does not email invoices, estimates or reminders: you download the PDF.
  • Each plan includes Timesheet/Expense users (2 on Startup, 5 on Basic, 10 on Business) and Admin/Finance users. An Administrator logs time without a Timesheet/Expense licence, so the table counts the owner as the Administrator and each other person as a Timesheet/Expense user.
  • Each extra Timesheet/Expense user costs $7 a month, or $70 a year on an annual plan. Each paid plan caps the extra users, and Avaza does not publish the caps.
  • Startup holds 20 active projects and 50 invoices a month, Basic 50 and 100, Business no limit. Archived projects do not count.
  • Admin/Finance, Resource Scheduling and Chat users are counted apart; extra Admin/Finance users are on Basic and Business only.
  • Prices in US dollars, before tax: Avaza adds VAT for customers in the UK and the Isle of Man.
  • The usage of each example: Solo freelancer: 1 person · 5 clients · 6 projects · 5 tasks · 6 invoices and $7.5k invoiced a month. Duo: 2 people · 8 clients · 10 projects · 8 tasks · 10 invoices and $16k invoiced a month. Small studio: 5 people · 15 clients · 20 projects · 10 tasks · 20 invoices and $40k invoiced a month. Agency: 10 people · 30 clients · 40 projects · 15 tasks · 40 invoices and $90k invoiced a month. Larger team: 25 people · 60 clients · 80 projects · 20 tasks · 80 invoices and $220k invoiced a month.

Feature by feature

Features

  • Yes
  • Partly
  • No
  • Only the rows that we could check on a page of Avaza
The features of Hourbun and Avaza
Hourbun Avaza
Time tracking
Timer Yes Yes
Weekly timesheet grid Yes Yes
Day view Yes Yes
Keyboard shortcuts Yes Partly In the Avaza Timesheets desktop app for Mac and Windows
Billable and non-billable time Yes Yes Each work category is billable or not billable
Hourly rates by client, project, task and person Yes Partly By person, work category or project
Calendar view No Partly A calendar of tasks by their dates
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes iPhone, iPad and Android; a Timesheets app for Mac and Windows
Invoicing and payments
Invoices from tracked time Yes Yes
Invoice lines of your own (a fixed fee, a product) Yes Yes Lines of inventory items, and fixed amounts of tasks
Recurring invoices Yes Yes
Estimates or quotes that a client accepts online Yes Yes
Deposit invoices Yes Partly An advance invoice, carried to later invoices with a credit note
Credit notes Yes Yes
Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup Yes Yes A markup in percent or a fixed amount, by expense category
A currency for each client or project Yes Yes A currency for each customer
Exchange rates between currencies No Yes
A tax on each line, and a second tax Yes Yes A tax on each line; a tax can have several components, one compound
Invoices in your client's language Yes Partly You write the invoice labels of a template in another language
Email reminders of late invoices Yes Higher plan Up to five automatic reminders, on the paid plans
Online payment of an invoice Yes By card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account Yes Stripe, PayPal or Payoneer; cards, wallets and bank debits through Stripe
Projects and reports
Project budgets in hours or money Yes Yes
Fixed-fee projects Yes Yes
Cost rates and profit Yes For admins and the owner Yes Cost rates, and a Project Profitability report
Reports with a CSV export Yes Partly Excel, PDF and Word exports; for CSV, you save the Excel file as CSV
Weekly capacity of each teammate Yes Yes Available hours of each person in a Staff Utilisation report
Team
Team roles Yes Member, manager, admin and owner Yes Administrator, Finance Manager, Project Manager, Timesheet Approver and other roles
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Yes
Integrations and data
Accounting sync Partly Xero, one way: issued invoices and credit notes, and their payments if you choose Yes Xero, two way: invoices, supplier bills and payments
QuickBooks No Yes QuickBooks Online: invoices, and payments both ways
A public API No Yes
Project-tool integrations (Asana, Jira and others) No Partly GitHub is built in; Trello, Jira and Slack through Zapier
Import from any app by CSV, with past invoices and expenses Yes Time, clients and projects too; a format guide with a prompt for an AI agent Yes Companies, contacts, projects, tasks, timesheets, expenses, items and invoices
Data export and account deletion Yes A whole workspace as CSV files with receipts, for the owner and admins; your account as JSON Partly Data deletion on a request to support; exports of reports and raw data

Which one fits

Hourbun or Avaza?

Choose Hourbun if

  • You have a large team and want one flat price, with no fee for each extra user.
  • You run many projects or send many invoices, and want no monthly cap on them.
  • You set rates by client, and send invoices in your client's language.
  • You move from Avaza or Harvest: Hourbun imports a CSV of time from any app, and a whole Harvest account.

Where Avaza is better

  • A free plan with no end date, for 1 timesheet user and 1 admin, with 5 active projects, 10 customers and 5 invoices a month.
  • Projects and tasks in list, board, Gantt and calendar views, with resource scheduling and team chat in the same app.
  • Mobile and desktop apps, two-way Xero and QuickBooks Online sync, and a public REST API.

Switching

Switch from Avaza to Hourbun

Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app. Export your timesheet entries from the Exports reports of Avaza, save the Excel file as CSV, upload it, check the columns and the people that Hourbun proposes, and see a preview before anything is added. Your clients, projects, expenses and past invoices can come too: give the Hourbun format guide and your Avaza exports to an AI agent, and upload the files that it makes. The 14-day trial of Hourbun needs no card.

Questions

Questions and answers

Is Hourbun cheaper than Avaza?

For a team of 25, yes: Hourbun Team is $99 a month, and Avaza Business is $145.95. For 1 to 10 people the Avaza Startup, Basic and Business plans cost less, but Startup and Basic cap active projects and invoices a month, and Hourbun does not.

Does Avaza charge per user?

Partly. Each Avaza plan includes a set number of users, and each extra user costs $7 a month. Hourbun charges a flat price per workspace, with no fee for each teammate within the seats of the plan.

Does Avaza have a free plan?

Yes. Avaza has a free plan for 1 timesheet user and 1 admin, with 5 active projects, 10 customers and 5 invoices a month; on it, Avaza does not email invoices and estimates for you. Hourbun has no free plan: it has a 14-day trial with no card, and then a flat price per workspace.

Does Hourbun have apps like Avaza?

Hourbun is a web app with a layout for phones, and has no desktop or mobile app. Avaza has mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android, and an Avaza Timesheets desktop app for Mac and Windows.

Can I move from Avaza to Hourbun?

Yes. Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app: export your timesheet entries from the Exports reports of Avaza, save the Excel file as CSV, upload it, and check the preview. Try Hourbun for 14 days with no card.

Sources

  • From the pages of Avaza, unless a source says otherwise
  • A feature that we could not check has no row
  • Prices change: check the pricing page of Avaza
All sources (35)

Avaza is a trademark of Avaza Limited, and Hourbun is not affiliated with it.

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14 days, no card. Add a client, track your first hour, and send the invoice.