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Hourbun vs Hiveage

Looking for a Hiveage alternative with no limit on clients? Hourbun tracks your time and bills every client for one flat price per workspace.

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The short answer

Hourbun gives you unlimited clients, rates for each person and automatic reminders on every plan, for a flat price per workspace. Hiveage caps the clients of each plan, from 5 to 1,000, and sends automatic payment reminders only on its Pro and Plus plans. Hiveage fits a solo freelancer with five clients or fewer, on its free plan.

Why switch

Why teams pick Hourbun over Hiveage

  • No limit on clients on any plan: each Hiveage plan caps your clients, at 50 on Basic, 250 on Pro and 1,000 on Plus.
  • Two people for $15 a month on the Duo plan: Hiveage Basic holds one team member, and two people need Pro at $29 a month.
  • Hourly rates by client, project, task and person: Hiveage sets an hourly rate for each saved task.
  • Automatic email reminders of late invoices on every plan: Hiveage sends automatic reminders on its Pro and Plus plans.
  • A built-in Xero sync of issued invoices and their payments: Hiveage exports a file that you import into Xero or QuickBooks.
  • A published price for up to 30 people: Hiveage Plus holds 10 team members, and a larger team contacts Hiveage.

Head to head

At a glance

Hourbun and Hiveage at a glance
Hourbun Hiveage
Duo, a month $15 (lower price) Duo $29 Pro
Free plan None A free plan for 5 clients, with unlimited invoices, estimates, time and expense tracking
Free trial 14 days, with no card 14 days of the Pro plan, with no card
Client invoices Yes Yes
Online payment Yes By card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account Yes Through more than 12 gateways, among them Stripe (card and ACH), PayPal, Braintree and Square
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes A web app, with iOS and Android apps

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

Hiveage

  • A flat price for each business, by plan
  • Plans set the most clients, from 5 to 1,000
  • Plans set the most team members, from 1 to 10
  • A lower price when billed yearly
What each example pays a month, billed monthly
Hourbun Hiveage
Solo freelancer 1 person · 5 clients $15 Duo $0 (lower price) Free $0 billed yearly
Duo 2 people · 8 clients $15 (lower price) Duo Save $14 a month $29 Pro $25 billed yearly
Small studio 5 people · 15 clients $99 Team $29 (lower price) Pro $25 billed yearly
Agency 10 people · 30 clients $99 Team $49 (lower price) Plus $42 billed yearly
Larger team 25 people · 60 clients $99 Team Contact sales
  • USD list prices, billed monthly
  • Before tax and payment fees
  • Highlight = lower price
  • Checked 10 November 2026
Pricing details (4)
  • The team size of each plan includes the account owner: 1 on Free and Basic, 5 on Pro, 10 on Plus.
  • A plan applies to one business. Hiveage gives 25% off the plan of businesses 2 to 5 and 35% off from the sixth business.
  • Clients pay online through a gateway that you connect, such as Stripe or PayPal, and the gateway charges its own fees. Hiveage Payments (Worldpay, US only, 2.9% a transaction) takes no new users now.
  • 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 Hiveage
The features of Hourbun and Hiveage
Hourbun Hiveage
Time tracking
Timer Yes Yes
Hourly rates by client, project, task and person Yes Partly An hourly rate for each saved task
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes A web app, with iOS and Android apps
Invoicing and payments
Invoices from tracked time Yes Yes
Invoice lines of your own (a fixed fee, a product) Yes Yes
Recurring invoices Yes Yes
Estimates or quotes that a client accepts online Yes Yes
Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup Yes Partly Receipts attached and expenses billed on invoices; the official pages name no markup
A currency for each client or project Yes Yes A primary currency and other currencies for each client
Exchange rates between currencies No Yes
A tax on each line, and a second tax Yes Yes Unlimited taxes on lines or on the subtotal; compound taxes
Invoices in your client's language Yes Yes
Email reminders of late invoices Yes Higher plan Automatic payment reminders on the Pro and Plus plans
Online payment of an invoice Yes By card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account Yes Through more than 12 gateways, among them Stripe (card and ACH), PayPal, Braintree and Square
Projects and reports
Reports with a CSV export Yes Higher plan Financial reports (aging, revenue by client, invoices, tax), from the Basic plan
Team
Team roles Yes Member, manager, admin and owner Yes Owner, admin, manager, staff and contractor
Integrations and data
Accounting sync Partly Xero, one way: issued invoices and credit notes, and their payments if you choose Partly A file export of contacts, items, invoices and bills to import into Xero or QuickBooks
QuickBooks No Partly A file export for QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop
A public API No Higher plan On the Plus plan
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 Contacts, invoices, estimates, items, time, expenses and mileage
Data export and account deletion Yes A whole workspace as CSV files with receipts, for the owner and admins; your account as JSON Yes

Which one fits

Hourbun or Hiveage?

Choose Hourbun if

  • You have more clients than a Hiveage plan holds, or expect to.
  • You want hourly rates by client, project and person, not only on each task.
  • You want automatic reminders, and a Xero sync of invoices and payments, on every plan.
  • You have more than 10 people, and want a published flat price.

Where Hiveage is better

  • A free plan for one user and five clients, with unlimited invoices, estimates and time tracking.
  • More than 12 payment gateways, among them Stripe, PayPal, Braintree and Square, and auto-charge of recurring invoices.
  • iOS and Android apps, mileage tracking, and many businesses with one login.

Switching

Switch from Hiveage to Hourbun

Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app, and Hiveage exports its time entries as CSV. Upload the file, 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 Hiveage 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 Hiveage?

For two people, yes: Hourbun Duo is $15 a month, and Hiveage needs its Pro plan at $29. Alone with five clients or fewer, the Hiveage free plan costs nothing, and for 5 to 10 people Hiveage Pro and Plus cost less than Hourbun Team at $99, but cap your clients at 250 and 1,000.

Does Hiveage limit clients?

Yes. Each Hiveage plan sets the most clients and team members: 5 clients on Free, 50 on Basic, 250 on Pro and 1,000 on Plus. Hourbun sets no limit on clients on any plan.

Does Hiveage have a free plan?

Yes. Hiveage has a free plan for one user and five clients, with unlimited invoices, estimates and time tracking. Hourbun has no free plan: it has a 14-day trial with no card, then a flat price per workspace.

How do clients pay a Hiveage or an Hourbun invoice online?

Hourbun takes online payment by card or bank debit into your own Stripe account, with only the fees of Stripe. Hiveage connects more than 12 payment gateways, such as Stripe, PayPal and Braintree, and each gateway charges its own fees.

Can I move from Hiveage to Hourbun?

Yes. Hiveage exports your time entries as CSV, and Hourbun imports them with their clients, projects, tasks and people, after a preview. Your Hiveage invoices and expenses can come too, in files of the Hourbun format guide that an AI agent can make from your exports.

Sources

  • From the pages of Hiveage, unless a source says otherwise
  • A feature that we could not check has no row
  • Prices change: check the pricing page of Hiveage
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Hiveage is a trademark of Hiveage, Inc., 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.