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Hourbun vs TimeCamp

Looking for a TimeCamp alternative with billing rates on every plan? Hourbun turns tracked time into invoices with your rates, expenses and online payment, at a flat price per workspace.

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The short answer

Every Hourbun plan has what you need to bill clients: billable time, rates by client, project, task and person, expenses, fixed fees and card or bank payments into your own Stripe account. TimeCamp charges per user and keeps billing rates, expenses and approvals for Ultimate, at $13.99 per user a month, and takes online payment through a PayPal account that you connect. TimeCamp fits teams that want automatic tracking and a free plan.

Why switch

Why teams pick Hourbun over TimeCamp

  • Billable time and hourly rates by client, project, task and person on every plan: TimeCamp has billable time from Premium and billing rates only on Ultimate
  • Expenses, fixed-fee projects and cost rates with profit on every plan: TimeCamp has them on Ultimate, at $13.99 per user a month
  • Online payment by card or bank debit into your own Stripe account: TimeCamp takes online payment through a PayPal account that you connect
  • A flat price for a larger team: 25 people pay $99 a month on Hourbun, $137.25 on TimeCamp Starter, which has no billable flag
  • Timesheet approvals on the Team plan, $99 a month for up to 30 people: TimeCamp has them on Ultimate
  • Project budgets in hours or money and CSV reports on every plan: TimeCamp has budgets from Premium, and its Free plan exports PDF only

Head to head

At a glance

Hourbun and TimeCamp at a glance
Hourbun TimeCamp
Duo, a month $15 Duo $10.98 (lower price) Starter
Free plan None Unlimited users and projects, with timesheets and the apps; no invoicing
Free trial 14 days, with no card 14 days, no credit card
Client invoices Yes Higher plan From Starter, with the rate set on each line; billing rates on Ultimate
Online payment Yes By card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account Partly Through a PayPal account that you connect, from Starter
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Higher plan On Ultimate
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes Desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux, and mobile 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

TimeCamp

  • A price per user a month on three paid plans
  • Lower when billed yearly; Enterprise on request
  • Free plan for unlimited users
  • Invoicing on Starter; billing rates on Ultimate
What each example pays a month, billed monthly
Hourbun TimeCamp
Solo freelancer 1 person · 5 clients $15 Duo $5.49 (lower price) Starter $3.99 billed yearly
Duo 2 people · 8 clients $15 Duo $10.98 (lower price) Starter $7.98 billed yearly
Small studio 5 people · 15 clients $99 Team $27.45 (lower price) Starter $19.95 billed yearly
Agency 10 people · 30 clients $99 Team $54.90 (lower price) Starter $39.90 billed yearly
Larger team 25 people · 60 clients $99 (lower price) Team Save $38.25 a month $137.25 Starter $99.75 billed yearly
  • USD list prices, billed monthly
  • Before tax and payment fees
  • Highlight = lower price
  • Checked 10 November 2026
Pricing details (9)
  • No invoicing
  • Invoices from tracked hours with the rate set on each invoice line; no billable flag and no billing rates
  • Adds billable time and invoice export to Xero and QuickBooks; rates still set on each invoice line
  • The first plan with billing rates, expenses, fixed-fee projects and timesheet approvals
  • Every plan has unlimited users and projects.
  • TimeCamp invoices tracked time from Starter, with the hourly rate set on each invoice line; billing rates by person and project come only on Ultimate.
  • The AI Time Tracker is billed by token usage, apart from the price per user; TimeCamp estimates about $6 per user a month. The prices here leave it out.
  • Clients can pay invoices online through a PayPal account that you connect.
  • 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 TimeCamp
The features of Hourbun and TimeCamp
Hourbun TimeCamp
Time tracking
Timer Yes Yes
Weekly timesheet grid Yes Yes
Day view Yes Yes
Billable and non-billable time Yes Higher plan From Premium
Hourly rates by client, project, task and person Yes Partly By person, group, project and task, on Ultimate
Calendar view No Yes
Automatic or activity tracking (apps, screenshots, GPS) No Not by design: you track your own time Yes Keyword tracking and GPS on every plan; apps and websites from Premium; screenshots on Ultimate
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes Desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux, and mobile apps
Browser extension No Yes For Chrome and Edge
Invoicing and payments
Invoices from tracked time Yes Higher plan From Starter, with the rate set on each line; billing rates on Ultimate
Invoice lines of your own (a fixed fee, a product) Yes Higher plan From Starter: products, services and blank invoices
Expenses with receipts, billed with a markup Yes Partly On Ultimate: billable expenses with a receipt file
A currency for each client or project Yes Partly A currency on each invoice, from Starter
A tax on each line, and a second tax Yes Partly A tax on each line, from Starter
Online payment of an invoice Yes By card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account Partly Through a PayPal account that you connect, from Starter
Projects and reports
Project budgets in hours or money Yes Higher plan In hours or money, from Premium
Fixed-fee projects Yes Higher plan On Ultimate
Cost rates and profit Yes For admins and the owner Higher plan Cost rates and labor costs on Ultimate
Reports with a CSV export Yes Higher plan From Starter; the Free plan exports PDF only
Weekly capacity of each teammate Yes Higher plan In the Resource Planner, from Premium
Team
Team roles Yes Member, manager, admin and owner Higher plan Supervisor role from Premium; custom roles on Ultimate
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Higher plan On Ultimate
Integrations and data
Accounting sync Partly Xero, one way: issued invoices and credit notes, and their payments if you choose Higher plan Invoice export to Xero and QuickBooks Online, from Premium
QuickBooks No Higher plan QuickBooks Online, from Premium
A public API No Yes On every plan
Project-tool integrations (Asana, Jira and others) No Yes Browser plugin and Trello Power-Up on every plan; task sync from 26 tools, one on Premium and all on Ultimate
Import of a Harvest account, with its invoices, expenses and estimates Yes Also its budgets, receipts and team, after a preview Partly Clients, projects, tasks, users and time entries
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 Clients, projects, tasks, users and time entries
Data export and account deletion Yes A whole workspace as CSV files with receipts, for the owner and admins; your account as JSON Higher plan Data export on Ultimate

Which one fits

Hourbun or TimeCamp?

Choose Hourbun if

  • You bill clients by the hour and want billing rates, expenses and fixed fees on every plan
  • Your clients want to pay by card or bank debit into your own Stripe account
  • Your team has 25 people, who pay $99 a month on Hourbun and $137.25 on TimeCamp Starter
  • You track your own time and do not want activity tracking

Where TimeCamp is better

  • A free plan with unlimited users and projects, and a low price per user: Starter costs $5.49 per user a month
  • Automatic tracking by keywords, apps and websites, GPS and, on Ultimate, screenshots, with desktop and mobile apps
  • Attendance, time off and a resource planner, a public API on every plan, and task sync from 26 tools

Switching

Switch from TimeCamp to Hourbun

Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app, and TimeCamp exports its reports as CSV from the Starter 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 TimeCamp 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 TimeCamp?

For small teams, no: TimeCamp Starter costs $5.49 per user a month, so 5 people pay $27.45, where Hourbun costs $99. Starter has no billable flag and no billing rates, which Hourbun has on every plan, and 25 people pay $99 on Hourbun against $137.25 on TimeCamp Starter.

Does TimeCamp charge per user?

Yes. TimeCamp charges per user a month on Starter ($5.49), Premium ($9.99) and Ultimate ($13.99). Hourbun charges a flat price per workspace: $15 a month for up to 2 people, and $99 for up to 30.

Can clients pay invoices online in TimeCamp and Hourbun?

Hourbun lets clients pay by card or bank debit into your own Stripe account, and adds no fee of its own. TimeCamp takes online payment through a PayPal account that you connect, from Starter.

Does Hourbun track time automatically like TimeCamp?

No. TimeCamp can track time automatically from keywords, apps and websites, and takes screenshots on its Ultimate plan. Hourbun has no activity tracking by design: you track your own time with a timer, a day view or a weekly grid.

Can I move from TimeCamp to Hourbun?

Yes. Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app: export your TimeCamp time as a CSV report (from Starter), upload it, and check the preview. Hourbun adds the clients, projects, tasks and people of the file.

Sources

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

Try Hourbun for free.

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