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Hourbun vs Teamwork.com

Looking for a Teamwork.com alternative that bills your clients without a 5-seat minimum? Hourbun turns tracked time into invoices on every plan, for a flat price per workspace.

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The short answer

Hourbun gives freelancers and small teams who bill by the hour invoices, estimates, expenses and online payment on every plan, for a flat price per workspace. Teamwork.com invoices from its Accelerate plan, which charges for at least 5 users. Teamwork.com fits agencies that want full project management with their timesheets.

Why switch

Why teams pick Hourbun over Teamwork.com

  • Invoices from tracked time on every plan: Teamwork.com builds client invoices from logged time only from its Accelerate plan, and none on Free or Basics.
  • A flat price per workspace: Teamwork.com charges for each standard user, with at least 5 seats on Accelerate.
  • Less for the same work: a team of 5 pays $99 a month on Hourbun and $149.95 on Teamwork.com Accelerate; a team of 10 pays $99 against $299.90.
  • Tax on invoices, a currency for each client and timesheet approvals at a published price: Teamwork.com has them from Optimize, a plan with no published price.
  • Estimates that a client accepts online: Teamwork.com quotes start on Optimize, and your team sets their status to accepted.
  • Money budgets, fixed-fee projects and profit for admins: Teamwork.com has financial and fixed-fee budgets from its Optimize plan.

Head to head

At a glance

Hourbun and Teamwork.com at a glance
Hourbun Teamwork.com
Duo, a month $15 (lower price) Duo $149.95 Accelerate
Free plan None Up to 5 users and 5 projects, with time logging; no invoices.
Free trial 14 days, with no card 14 days, with no credit card.
Client invoices Yes Higher plan From the Accelerate plan
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Higher plan Weekly or monthly, on the Optimize and Enterprise plans, which have no published price
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes Desktop apps for Windows and Mac, a Timer app (also for Linux), and iOS and Android apps

Same work, two prices

What you'd pay each month

Hourbun costs less in 5 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

Teamwork.com

  • A price for each standard user
  • Basics charges 3 seats at least, Accelerate 5
  • Invoices start on the Accelerate plan
  • Optimize and Enterprise have no published price
What each example pays a month, billed monthly
Hourbun Teamwork.com
Solo freelancer 1 person · 5 clients $15 (lower price) Duo Save $134.95 a month $149.95 Accelerate $124.95 billed yearly
Duo 2 people · 8 clients $15 (lower price) Duo Save $134.95 a month $149.95 Accelerate $124.95 billed yearly
Small studio 5 people · 15 clients $99 (lower price) Team Save $50.95 a month $149.95 Accelerate $124.95 billed yearly
Agency 10 people · 30 clients $99 (lower price) Team Save $200.90 a month $299.90 Accelerate $249.90 billed yearly
Larger team 25 people · 60 clients $99 (lower price) Team Save $650.75 a month $749.75 Accelerate $624.75 billed yearly
  • USD list prices, billed monthly
  • Before tax and payment fees
  • Highlight = lower price
  • Checked 10 November 2026
Pricing details (5)
  • Only standard users take a paid seat; client users and collaborators are free.
  • Basics charges at least 3 users and Accelerate at least 5, so a smaller team pays for the minimum.
  • Invoices with margin, tax and discounts, approvals, multiple currencies and profit start on Optimize, which has no published price.
  • Annual billing: $9.99 a user a month on Basics and $24.99 on Accelerate.
  • 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 Teamwork.com
The features of Hourbun and Teamwork.com
Hourbun Teamwork.com
Time tracking
Timer Yes Yes
Weekly timesheet grid Yes Higher plan A sheet by week or month; timesheets from the Accelerate plan
Day view Yes Higher plan A daily calendar layout; timesheets from the Accelerate plan
Keyboard shortcuts Yes Yes
Billable and non-billable time Yes Yes
Hourly rates by client, project, task and person Yes Higher plan User rates from the Accelerate plan; role and client rates from the Optimize plan
Calendar view No Higher plan A day, week or month calendar of your time, from the Accelerate plan
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes Desktop apps for Windows and Mac, a Timer app (also for Linux), and iOS and Android apps
Browser extension No Yes Chrome
Invoicing and payments
Invoices from tracked time Yes Higher plan From the Accelerate plan
Invoice lines of your own (a fixed fee, a product) Yes Partly A fixed-price invoice in place of time and expenses, from the Accelerate plan
Estimates or quotes that a client accepts online Yes Higher plan Quotes from the Optimize plan, exported as PDF; your team sets a quote to accepted
Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup Yes Higher plan An expense with a file and a markup goes on an invoice, from the Accelerate plan
A currency for each client or project Yes Higher plan A currency for each client, from the Optimize plan
Exchange rates between currencies No Higher plan Market or custom rates, with multi-currency on the Optimize plan
Projects and reports
Project budgets in hours or money Yes Higher plan Time budgets from the Accelerate plan; money budgets from the Optimize plan
Fixed-fee projects Yes Higher plan Fixed-fee budgets from the Optimize plan
Cost rates and profit Yes For admins and the owner Higher plan Profit by project or client from the Optimize plan
Reports with a CSV export Yes Higher plan The Time report exports as PDF, CSV or Excel; time reports from the Basics plan
Weekly capacity of each teammate Yes Higher plan Workloads and live capacity from the Accelerate plan
Team
Team roles Yes Member, manager, admin and owner Yes Standard users, and free client users and collaborators with fewer permissions
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Higher plan Weekly or monthly, on the Optimize and Enterprise plans, which have no published price
Integrations and data
Accounting sync Partly Xero, one way: issued invoices and credit notes, and their payments if you choose Higher plan Exports invoices to Xero, from the Accelerate plan
QuickBooks No Higher plan From the Accelerate plan: invoice export, and a time sync to QuickBooks Online
A public API No Yes 150 requests a minute on the Free, Basics and Accelerate plans
Data export and account deletion Yes A whole workspace as CSV files with receipts, for the owner and admins; your account as JSON Yes A raw database backup of the site, once a day; account deletion after a paid period ends

Which one fits

Hourbun or Teamwork.com?

Choose Hourbun if

  • You are a freelancer or a small team and want client invoices without paying for 5 seats.
  • You want tax on invoices, a currency for each client and timesheet approvals at a published price.
  • You want estimates, deposits, credit notes and recurring invoices next to your timesheets.
  • You move from Teamwork.com or Harvest: Hourbun imports a CSV of time from any app, and a whole Harvest account.

Where Teamwork.com is better

  • Projects and tasks in Gantt, table, list and board views, with automations, templates and a free plan for up to 5 users.
  • Desktop apps, a Timer app for Windows, macOS and Linux, iOS and Android apps, and a Chrome extension.
  • Workload and capacity planning, and free client users and collaborators who do not take a paid seat.

Switching

Switch from Teamwork.com to Hourbun

Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app, and Teamwork.com exports its Time report as CSV from the Basics 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. Your clients, projects, expenses and past invoices can come too: give the Hourbun format guide and your Teamwork.com 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

Does Teamwork.com charge per user?

Yes. Teamwork.com charges for each standard user, with at least 3 seats on Basics and 5 on Accelerate; client users and collaborators are free. Hourbun charges a flat price per workspace, and each plan holds a set number of people.

Can Teamwork.com make invoices from tracked time?

Yes, from the Teamwork.com Accelerate plan, and invoices with tax and discounts from Optimize. Hourbun makes invoices from tracked time on every plan, with tax on each line, recurring invoices, deposits, credit notes and online payment.

Is Hourbun cheaper than Teamwork.com?

Yes, for each of our examples. A freelancer pays $15 a month on Hourbun Duo; the cheapest Teamwork.com plan that invoices, Accelerate, charges for at least 5 users, $149.95 a month. A team of 10 pays $99 on Hourbun and $299.90 on Teamwork.com.

Does Hourbun have apps like Teamwork.com?

Teamwork.com has desktop apps, a Timer app, iOS and Android apps and a Chrome extension. Hourbun is a web app with a layout for phones, and has no desktop app, mobile app or browser extension.

Can I move from Teamwork.com to Hourbun?

Yes. Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app: export your Teamwork.com Time report as CSV, upload it, check the preview, and try Hourbun for 14 days with no card.

Sources

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