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Hourbun vs Clockify

Looking for a Clockify alternative that bills your clients on every plan? Hourbun tracks time and sends invoices, with expenses, budgets and Xero, for one flat price per workspace.

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The short answer

Hourbun has the tools to bill clients on every plan: invoices, expenses, money budgets, a currency for each client and online payment. Clockify costs less per seat, but puts invoices on its Standard plan, expenses and client currencies on Pro, and Xero in a paid add-on. Clockify fits teams that track time only.

Why switch

Why teams pick Hourbun over Clockify

  • Invoices, recurring invoices and reminders of late invoices on every plan: Clockify has them from its Standard plan.
  • Expenses with receipts, money budgets, and cost rates and profit on every plan: Clockify has them from its Pro plan.
  • A currency for each client on every plan: Clockify sets a currency for each client from its Pro plan.
  • A Xero sync of issued invoices and their payments in the price: the Xero add-on of Clockify costs $4.99 a month, from the Standard plan.
  • Invoices in the language of each client: in Clockify, you translate the invoice labels in the invoice settings.
  • One flat price per workspace: Clockify charges a seat for each active or invited user, the owner included.

Head to head

At a glance

Hourbun and Clockify at a glance
Hourbun Clockify
Duo, a month $15 Duo $13.98 (lower price) Standard
Free plan None Up to 5 users, with unlimited time tracking; no billable rates, and PDF exports only.
Free trial 14 days, with no card 7 days of the Pro features, with no card.
Client invoices Yes Higher plan From the Standard plan
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Higher plan From the Standard plan
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android

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

Clockify

  • A price per seat for each active or invited user
  • A free plan and five paid plans
  • 20% off when billed yearly
  • Invoices start on the Standard plan
What each example pays a month, billed monthly
Hourbun Clockify
Solo freelancer 1 person · 5 clients $15 Duo $6.99 (lower price) Standard $5.49 billed yearly
Duo 2 people · 8 clients $15 Duo $13.98 (lower price) Standard $10.98 billed yearly
Small studio 5 people · 15 clients $99 Team $34.95 (lower price) Standard $27.45 billed yearly
Agency 10 people · 30 clients $99 Team $69.90 (lower price) Standard $54.90 billed yearly
Larger team 25 people · 60 clients $99 (lower price) Team Save $75.75 a month $174.75 Standard $137.25 billed yearly
  • USD list prices, billed monthly
  • Before tax and payment fees
  • Highlight = lower price
  • Checked 10 November 2026
Pricing details (6)
  • Clockify Enterprise with the team chat Pumble and the project tool Plaky.
  • Each active or invited user takes a paid seat, the owner included.
  • A user who clocks in only at a kiosk can take a limited seat at a lower price.
  • The Xero add-on is a separate subscription of $4.99 a month.
  • The prices are before tax: Clockify adds VAT where the law makes it collect it.
  • 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 Clockify
The features of Hourbun and Clockify
Hourbun Clockify
Time tracking
Timer Yes Yes
Weekly timesheet grid Yes Yes
Keyboard shortcuts Yes Yes
Billable and non-billable time Yes Higher plan From the Basic plan
Hourly rates by client, project, task and person Yes Higher plan From the Basic plan; task rates from the Standard plan
Calendar view No Yes
Automatic or activity tracking (apps, screenshots, GPS) No Not by design: you track your own time Yes An auto tracker of apps and websites on every plan; GPS and activity monitoring from the Pro plan
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android
Browser extension No Yes Chrome and Firefox
Invoicing and payments
Invoices from tracked time Yes Higher plan From the Standard plan
Invoice lines of your own (a fixed fee, a product) Yes Higher plan From the Standard plan
Recurring invoices Yes Higher plan From the Standard plan
Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup Yes Partly From the Pro plan, with receipts; the help centre names no markup
A currency for each client or project Yes Higher plan A currency for each client, from the Pro plan
A tax on each line, and a second tax Yes Higher plan Two taxes, simple or compound, from the Standard plan
Invoices in your client's language Yes Partly You translate the invoice labels in the invoice settings
Email reminders of late invoices Yes Higher plan From the Standard plan
Projects and reports
Project budgets in hours or money Yes Higher plan Money budgets from the Pro plan
Fixed-fee projects Yes Partly A money budget to follow a fixed-fee project, from the Pro plan
Cost rates and profit Yes For admins and the owner Higher plan From the Pro plan
Reports with a CSV export Yes Higher plan From the Basic plan; PDF only on the Free plan
Weekly capacity of each teammate Yes Yes A daily capacity for each member
Team
Team roles Yes Member, manager, admin and owner Yes Owner, admin, project manager, team manager and member; managers on paid plans
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Higher plan From the Standard plan
Approvals with more than one level No Higher plan Two levels, from the Standard plan (in beta)
Integrations and data
Accounting sync Partly Xero, one way: issued invoices and credit notes, and their payments if you choose Add-on A Xero add-on at $4.99 a month, from the Standard plan: it sends invoices to Xero and syncs their payments back
QuickBooks No Higher plan From the Standard plan: it sends time to QuickBooks Online
A public API No Yes 30 requests an hour on the Free plan
Project-tool integrations (Asana, Jira and others) No Yes A timer in Asana, Jira, Trello and more than 80 other web apps
Import of a Harvest account, with its invoices, expenses and estimates Yes Also its budgets, receipts and team, after a preview Partly A CSV of Harvest time entries, with their clients, projects and tasks
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 Partly Time entries (on a paid plan), clients, projects, tasks, tags and users; expenses cannot be imported
Data export and account deletion Yes A whole workspace as CSV files with receipts, for the owner and admins; your account as JSON Yes An export of the time entries of a year, and account deletion

Which one fits

Hourbun or Clockify?

Choose Hourbun if

  • You want invoices, expenses, budgets and profit without a higher plan.
  • You invoice clients in their own currency and language.
  • You use Xero and want invoices and their payments synced with no add-on fee.
  • You want clients to pay invoices online by card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account.

Where Clockify is better

  • A free plan for up to 5 users, with unlimited time tracking, and paid plans from $4.99 a seat a month.
  • Desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux, mobile apps, browser extensions, a calendar view and an auto tracker of apps and websites.
  • QuickBooks Online, a public API on every plan, and a timer inside Jira, Asana, Trello and more than 80 other web apps.

Switching

Switch from Clockify to Hourbun

Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app, and Clockify exports its reports as CSV from the Basic plan. Upload the file, check the columns and the people that Hourbun proposes, and see a preview of the clients, projects, tasks and time before anything is added. A later CSV adds only the new entries. Your clients, projects, expenses and past invoices can come too: give the Hourbun format guide and your Clockify 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 Clockify?

Not per seat: a team of 5 pays $99 a month on Hourbun and $34.95 on Clockify Standard. Hourbun includes on every plan what Clockify keeps for its Pro plan or a $4.99 add-on: expenses, money budgets, profit, a currency for each client and the Xero sync.

Does Clockify have a free plan?

Yes. Clockify has a free plan for up to 5 users, with unlimited time tracking but no billable rates. Hourbun has no free plan: it has a 14-day trial with no card, and then a flat price per workspace.

Can Clockify make invoices from tracked time?

Yes, from the Clockify Standard plan and up. Hourbun makes invoices from tracked time on every plan, with recurring invoices, deposit invoices, credit notes and online payment.

Does Clockify charge per user?

Yes. Clockify charges for each active or invited user, the owner included, with 20% off when you pay for a year. Hourbun charges a flat price per workspace, and each plan holds a set number of people.

Can I move from Clockify to Hourbun?

Yes. Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app: export your Clockify time as CSV (from the Basic plan), upload it, and check the preview. Hourbun adds the clients, projects, tasks and people of the file. The 14-day trial of Hourbun needs no card.

Sources

  • From the pages of Clockify, unless a source says otherwise
  • A feature that we could not check has no row
  • Prices change: check the pricing page of Clockify
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Clockify is a trademark of CAKE.com Inc., and Hourbun is not affiliated with it.

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