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Hourbun vs Toggl

Looking for a Toggl alternative that also sends your invoices? Hourbun tracks your time, invoices it and takes online payments, for one flat price per workspace.

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

The short answer

Hourbun turns your tracked time into invoices that clients pay online, into your own Stripe account. Toggl has no invoicing: it exports billable time for another tool, and charges per user. Toggl fits teams that plan tasks and capacity, and invoice elsewhere.

Why switch

Why teams pick Hourbun over Toggl

  • Invoices from tracked time on every plan: Toggl has no invoicing, and exports billable time as CSV, XLSX or PDF for another tool
  • Clients pay invoices online by card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account: Toggl has no online payment of invoices
  • Recurring invoices, deposit invoices, credit notes and reminders of late invoices: Toggl has none of these
  • One flat price: a team of 10 pays $99 a month on Hourbun and $120 on Toggl Starter, and a team of 25 pays $99 against $300
  • Billable rates, CSV reports and fixed-fee projects on every plan: Toggl has billable rates from Starter and fixed fees on Premium
  • A one-way Xero sync of issued invoices and their payments: Toggl does not support the Xero integration of Toggl Track

Head to head

At a glance

Hourbun and Toggl at a glance
Hourbun Toggl
Duo, a month $15 (lower price) Duo $24 Starter, with no client invoices
Free plan None Free for up to 3 members: time tracking, projects, tasks and tags, with no billable rates
Free trial 14 days, with no card 30 days of Premium, with no payment method
Client invoices Yes No Exports billable time as CSV, XLSX or PDF for another invoicing tool
Online payment Yes By card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account No
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Higher plan On the Premium plan
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes Windows, macOS, iOS and Android

Same work, two prices

What you'd pay each month

Hourbun costs less in 3 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

Toggl

  • A price per user a month on Starter and Premium
  • Up to 33% off when billed yearly
  • Free plan for up to 3 members
  • Enterprise priced on request
What each example pays a month, billed monthly
Hourbun Toggl
Solo freelancer 1 person · 5 clients $15 Duo $12 (lower price) Starter, with no client invoices $9 billed yearly
Duo 2 people · 8 clients $15 (lower price) Duo Save $9 a month $24 Starter, with no client invoices $18 billed yearly
Small studio 5 people · 15 clients $99 Team $60 (lower price) Starter, with no client invoices $45 billed yearly
Agency 10 people · 30 clients $99 (lower price) Team Save $21 a month $120 Starter, with no client invoices $90 billed yearly
Larger team 25 people · 60 clients $99 (lower price) Team Save $201 a month $300 Starter, with no client invoices $225 billed yearly
  • USD list prices, billed monthly
  • Before tax and payment fees
  • Highlight = lower price
  • Checked 10 November 2026
Pricing details (5)
  • Toggl has no plan with client invoices, so the prices are of its time tracking plans.
  • Toggl has no client invoicing: the examples use Starter, the first plan with billable rates. The Free plan, for up to 3 members, has no billable rates.
  • Toggl bills per license: removing a person does not release the license until an admin does it.
  • Add-ons per user a month: Time Off Management, and Capacity Management (less when billed yearly).
  • 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 Toggl
The features of Hourbun and Toggl
Hourbun Toggl
Time tracking
Timer Yes Yes
Weekly timesheet grid Yes Yes
Day view Yes Yes
Keyboard shortcuts Yes Yes
Billable and non-billable time Yes Higher plan From the Starter plan
Hourly rates by client, project, task and person Yes Partly By workspace, person and project from the Starter plan, and a person on a project on Premium; no client or task rates
Calendar view No Yes
Automatic or activity tracking (apps, screenshots, GPS) No Not by design: you track your own time Partly Apps and websites in the desktop apps, private to each person; no screenshots
Desktop or mobile apps No A web app with a layout for phones Yes Windows, macOS, iOS and Android
Browser extension No Yes Chrome, Firefox and Edge
Invoicing and payments
Invoices from tracked time Yes No Exports billable time as CSV, XLSX or PDF for another invoicing tool
Invoice lines of your own (a fixed fee, a product) Yes No
Recurring invoices Yes No
Deposit invoices Yes No
Credit notes Yes No
A currency for each client or project Yes Higher plan A currency for each rate, so for each project, from the Starter plan
Exchange rates between currencies No Higher plan Reports convert amounts at the rate of each date; amounts need billable rates, from the Starter plan
A tax on each line, and a second tax Yes No
Invoices in your client's language Yes No
Email reminders of late invoices Yes No
Online payment of an invoice Yes By card or bank debit, into your own Stripe account No
Projects and reports
Project budgets in hours or money Yes Higher plan Time estimates from the Starter plan; fixed fees on Premium
Fixed-fee projects Yes Higher plan On the Premium plan
Cost rates and profit Yes For admins and the owner Higher plan Labor costs and profitability reports on the Premium plan
Reports with a CSV export Yes Higher plan From the Starter plan; PDF export on Free
Weekly capacity of each teammate Yes Higher plan From the Starter plan; on Free, your own capacity only
Team
Team roles Yes Member, manager, admin and owner Yes Access levels such as Member, Project Manager and Admin
Timesheet approvals Higher plan On the Team plan Higher plan On the Premium plan
Integrations and data
Accounting sync Partly Xero, one way: issued invoices and credit notes, and their payments if you choose No The Xero integration of Toggl Track is not supported in Toggl
QuickBooks No No The QuickBooks Online integration of Toggl Track is not supported in Toggl
A public API No Yes On every plan; on Free, 30 report-data requests a month
Project-tool integrations (Asana, Jira and others) No Yes Jira and Asana sync on Premium; the browser extension adds a timer to web pages on every plan
Import of a Harvest account, with its invoices, expenses and estimates Yes Also its budgets, receipts and team, after a preview Partly Clients, projects with budgets, tasks, rates and 12 months of time, on a paid plan; no invoices or expenses
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 Members, clients, projects, tasks 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 Yes Export of your data, and closure of the account, which deletes its data

Which one fits

Hourbun or Toggl?

Choose Hourbun if

  • You bill clients and want invoices made from your tracked time in the same app
  • You want clients to pay invoices online into your own Stripe account
  • You want one flat price that does not grow with each user
  • You keep your books in Xero

Where Toggl is better

  • A free plan for up to 3 members
  • Desktop apps for Windows and macOS, mobile apps for iOS and Android, browser extensions, and automatic tracking of apps and websites
  • Planning in the same app: tasks, boards, a timeline and the capacity of each person, with a public API on every plan

Switching

Switch from Toggl to Hourbun

Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app, and Toggl 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 Toggl 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 Toggl make client invoices?

Hourbun makes invoices from tracked time on every plan, and clients can pay them online into your own Stripe account. Toggl has no built-in invoicing: it exports billable time and amounts as CSV, XLSX or PDF for another invoicing tool.

Is Hourbun cheaper than Toggl?

It depends on the team. A team of 10 pays $99 a month on Hourbun and $120 on Toggl Starter, and a team of 25 pays $99 against $300. A solo freelancer or a team of 5 pays less on Toggl Starter ($12 and $60, against $15 and $99 on Hourbun), but Toggl has no invoicing in that price.

Does Toggl charge per user?

Yes. Toggl charges per user a month on its Starter and Premium plans, less when billed yearly, and has a free plan for up to 3 members. Hourbun charges a flat price per workspace, by plan, with a 14-day trial and no card needed.

Do Toggl and Hourbun have timesheet approvals?

Yes. Hourbun has timesheet approvals on its Team plan, a flat price for the workspace. Toggl has them on its Premium plan, priced per user.

Can I move from Toggl to Hourbun?

Yes. Hourbun imports a CSV of time entries from any app: export your Toggl time as CSV (from the Starter 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 Toggl, unless a source says otherwise
  • A feature that we could not check has no row
  • Prices change: check the pricing page of Toggl
All sources (18)

Toggl is a trademark of Toggl OÜ, 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.