Short answer
The best Toggl alternative for most teams is Clockify (89/100). Approvals, invoicing and time off from $5.49 a seat billed annually; free for up to 5 users.
- Clockify (89/100): best overall alternative.
- Everhour (85/100): best for Asana and Jira users.
- Hubstaff (84/100): best for remote teams.
- Harvest (83/100): best for invoicing clients.
- Timely (78/100): best for automatic tracking.
Toggl Track has one of the easiest timers in the category, but teams often look elsewhere when they grow. Common reasons are the 3-user free plan, approvals and SSO that need Premium at $16 a user billed annually, and add-ons for time off and capacity planning.
Why teams look for Toggl alternatives
- Small free plan. Toggl's free plan covers up to 3 users; Clockify and Everhour are free for 5, and TimeCamp has no user limit.
- Approvals on Premium. Timesheet approvals, labor costs and profitability reports need Premium, at $16 a user billed annually or $24 monthly.
- Paid add-ons. Time off management ($2 a user) and capacity management ($5 a user billed annually) are sold separately.
- No automatic capture. Time is recorded with timers or calendar entries; tools like Timely draft timesheets from background activity.
The alternatives
Starting price$3.99/user/moBasic, billed annually ($4.99 monthly); approvals and invoicing on Standard ($5.49)
Free trial / planFree plan (up to 5 users); 7-day trial, no card
Vettlo score89/100
Clockify is a time tracker from CAKE.com with timers, timesheets, a kiosk and reports. The free plan covers up to 5 users with unlimited tracking and projects; Basic ($3.99 per seat billed annually) adds billable rates; Standard ($5.49) adds approvals, invoicing, time off and locked timesheets; Pro ($7.99) adds budgets, GPS, scheduling, expenses and labor cost; Enterprise ($11.99) adds SSO, SCIM and an audit log.
What you gain over Toggl
- Approvals, invoicing and time off from $5.49 a seat billed annually
- Free for up to 5 users
What you give up
- Budgets and GPS need Pro ($7.99)
- 7-day trial
Skip it if: You want time captured automatically from your apps rather than started with a timer.
Read our full Clockify review →
Starting price$8.50/user/moTeam, billed yearly, 5-seat minimum ($10 monthly)
Free trial / planFree plan (up to 5 users, no integrations); 14-day trial, no card
Vettlo score85/100
Everhour is a time tracker that adds timers to project management tools such as Asana and Jira. The free plan covers up to 5 users with time tracking, projects and reports but no integrations or financial metrics; the Team plan ($8.50 per seat billed yearly, minimum 5 seats) adds native integrations, billing, budgets, invoicing, scheduling, time off, time approval and SSO.
What you gain over Toggl
- Approvals, budgets, invoicing and SSO on one $8.50 plan
- Rated 4.7/5 on G2
What you give up
- 5-seat minimum
- No integrations on the free plan
Skip it if: You're a team of one or two who'd pay for 5 seats.
Read our full Everhour review →
Starting price$4.99/user/moStarter, billed annually ($7 monthly); approvals and payroll on Team ($10)
Free trial / planFree plan (1 seat); 14-day trial, no card
Vettlo score84/100
Hubstaff is a time tracker for distributed teams with activity levels, screenshots, app and URL tracking, and payroll. Free covers 1 seat; Starter ($4.99 per seat billed annually) includes 500 screenshots per seat a month and client invoices; Grow ($7.50) adds project budgets, expenses and 1 integration; Team ($10) adds timesheet approvals, full payroll, scheduling, time off and unlimited screenshots and integrations; Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM and HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance.
What you gain over Toggl
- Approvals, payroll and scheduling on Team ($10)
- Screenshots and activity levels on every plan
What you give up
- Free plan covers 1 seat
- SSO needs Enterprise
Skip it if: Your team would see screenshots and activity tracking as surveillance.
Read our full Hubstaff review →
Starting price$9/user/moTeams, billed annually ($11 monthly); Enterprise $14 ($17.50 monthly)
Free trial / planFree plan (1 seat, 2 projects); 30-day trial, no card
Vettlo score83/100
Harvest is a time tracking and invoicing tool for client work, with expenses, project estimates and payment integrations. Free covers 1 seat and 2 projects and includes invoicing; Teams ($9 per seat billed annually) adds unlimited seats, team reporting, billable and cost rates, and accounting and payment integrations; Enterprise ($14) adds profitability reporting, timesheet approvals, SAML SSO, an activity log and required notes.
What you gain over Toggl
- Invoicing on every plan, including Free
- 30-day trial without a card
What you give up
- Approvals and SSO need Enterprise ($14)
- Free plan covers 1 seat and 2 projects
Skip it if: You need approvals but don't want to pay $14 a seat for them.
Read our full Harvest review →
Starting price$9/user/moStarter, billed yearly, up to 5 users ($11 monthly); Premium $16
Free trial / plan14-day trial (no free tier)
Vettlo score78/100
Timely records activity in the background and drafts timesheets with AI, so people review time instead of starting timers. Starter ($9 per user billed yearly) covers up to 5 users and 20 projects with billable rates and one-off budgets; Premium ($16) allows up to 50 users and adds recurring budgets, internal cost rates and teams; Unlimited ($22) adds locked time, multiple currencies and Azure AD.
What you gain over Toggl
- Background tracking with AI-drafted timesheets
- Rated 4.8/5 on G2
What you give up
- No free plan
- Starter capped at 5 users
Skip it if: You want a free plan or a basic timer for a large team.
Read our full Timely review →
How we picked these alternatives
Every tool here comes from our time tracking software shortlist. We ordered them by how well each one solves the most common reasons teams leave Toggl, not only by overall score. See our methodology.
Toggl alternatives FAQ
What is the best alternative to Toggl Track?
Clockify for most teams: it's free for 5 users and includes approvals and invoicing on Standard at $5.49 a seat billed annually, against $16 for Toggl Premium. Timely is the pick if you want time captured automatically.
Is there a free alternative to Toggl?
Yes. TimeCamp's free plan has unlimited users and projects, and Clockify and Everhour are free for up to 5 users. Toggl's own free plan covers up to 3 users.
Which Toggl alternative is cheapest?
Clockify Basic and TimeCamp Starter both start at $3.99 a user a month billed annually. For approvals, Clockify Standard at $5.49 is the cheapest.
Vettlo Editorial TeamResearched and written by the Vettlo editorial team using our methodology. Prices and plan details come from each vendor's public pricing page.