Clockify
Strong ChoiceTime tracking and timesheet platform with a strong free tier, billable reporting, and team-friendly project tracking.
Tool matchup
Clockify vs Everhour — the best free time tracker vs the best embedded one. For consultants who bill by the hour, the wrong pick costs real money.
Time tracking and timesheet platform with a strong free tier, billable reporting, and team-friendly project tracking.
Time tracking and budgeting system designed to work inside project management tools with billing and estimate controls.
Clockify has the strongest free tier in time tracking — unlimited users, unlimited projects, unlimited tracking. For a solo consultant who just needs to know how many hours went to which client, Clockify's free plan covers everything. The paid plans ($5.49/month on Pro) add billable rates, time rounding, budgets, and branded reports. Everhour's advantage is PM tool integration. If you live in Asana, ClickUp, or Monday.com, Everhour puts a timer button directly on your tasks. No context switching, no forgetting to track. But that integration comes at a higher price — $8.50/user/month minimum, with a 2-seat minimum on the Team plan. For most solo consultants, Clockify is the practical choice. The free tier alone handles basic time tracking and reporting. When you need billable rate calculations or client-facing reports, the $5.49/month Pro plan is still cheaper than Everhour's minimum. Everhour makes sense for consultants who manage complex, multi-phase engagements inside a PM tool and need time entries automatically linked to specific tasks and deliverables. If you are already paying for Asana or ClickUp and want one fewer app to switch between, Everhour's embedded approach removes friction that Clockify cannot match. The deciding question: do you track time by client (Clockify) or by task within a PM tool (Everhour)?
Clockify leads by 9 points (strong advantage).
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Best fit
Best for: Consultants and agencies that need reliable time tracking without upfront software cost.
Why pick it: Robust free plan and straightforward UX make adoption easy for teams that usually resist timesheet tools.
Watch for: If you need deeply embedded billing logic inside PM tools, an integrated tracker may fit better.
Best for: Consulting teams that already run delivery in PM tools and want embedded time-to-budget visibility.
Why pick it: Native PM integrations reduce context switching because time, estimates, and budgets live where work happens.
Watch for: If your team is not using supported PM tools, setup value drops and standalone trackers may be simpler.
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Clockify | Everhour | |
|---|---|---|
| Quick facts | ||
| Pricing sanity | From $5.49/mo | From $8.5/mo |
| Setup speed | 5 min setup | 30 min setup |
| Intelligence | High | Medium |
| Integrations | 5+ | 6+ |
| Score breakdown | ||
| Outcome fit | 20/25 | 19/25 |
| Setup speed | 18/20 | 14/20 |
| Pricing sanity | 13/15 | 11/15 |
| Integrations | 11/15 | 12/15 |
| UX polish | 13/15 | 11/15 |
| Trust & support | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Summary | ||
| Best for | Consultants and agencies that need reliable time tracking without upfront software cost. | Consulting teams that already run delivery in PM tools and want embedded time-to-budget visibility. |
| Key strength | Strong on setup speed | Strong on integrations |
| Main weakness | Strong on integrations | Strong on setup speed |
Common questions
Yes. The free tier includes unlimited users, projects, and time entries. The main limitations are no billable rates, no time rounding, and no custom branding on reports. For basic time tracking, you may never need to upgrade.
Yes, Everhour has a standalone mode with its own task management. But if you are not using it inside Asana or ClickUp, you lose the main advantage — and Clockify or Toggl Track are simpler standalone options.
Guides
A complete operations and finance stack for independent consultants — scheduling, invoicing, bookkeeping, and time tracking with budget tiers, setup sprints, and weekly cadences.
The Consultant's Pricing Playbook: From Hourly to Value-BasedA framework to evaluate five pricing models, calculate what to charge, and build tiered packages — with formulas, scripts, and sourced benchmarks for solo consultants.
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