Huble vs Harvest
Huble vs Harvest: timer + invoicing, or the whole stack?
Harvest is a classic — a clean timer with built-in invoicing. If that's all you need, it's hard to beat. Here's where Huble pulls ahead, and where Harvest is still the right pick.
Last updated: April 2026 · Harvest pricing as of getharvest.com/pricing
Choose Huble if…
- You need activity capture and project margin in the same tool
- You're scaling past 10 people and want capacity planning baked in
- Your team works offline — flights, trains, captive portals
- You want a single tool for tracking, projects, and finances
Choose Harvest if…
- You need native invoicing built into the tracker (we push to QuickBooks / Xero)
- You're a freelancer or 1–10 person team and the integration ecosystem matters more than the activity layer
- You're already deep in the Basecamp ecosystem
- You want a tool with two decades of mature integrations
Choose neither if…
- You actually want a project-management tool first — pick Linear or Asana
- You need full HR + payroll — try Deel or Rippling
- You're 200+ people with custom auth requirements — talk to enterprise vendors
Feature by feature
The honest table.
Time tracking
Manual timer
Huble
Harvest
Offline desktop client
Huble
offline-firstHarvest
—Multiple parallel timers
Huble
Harvest
—Mobile timer
Huble
BetaHarvest
Activity & insights
Active-window tracking
Huble
Harvest
—Productivity-state classification
Huble
Harvest
—Blurred screenshots
Huble
opt-inHarvest
—Reports & finance
Project margin (live)
Huble
Harvest
Budgets onlyCustom report builder
Huble
Harvest
LimitedBillable rates
Huble
Harvest
Invoicing (built-in)
Huble
Push to QuickBooks / XeroHarvest
NativeTeam
Approvals
Huble
Harvest
(Pro)Capacity planning
Huble
Harvest
Add-on (Forecast)Custom roles
Huble
(Business)Harvest
—Pricing
Free tier
Huble
— forever, 1 userHarvest
Free — 1 user, 2 projectsTeam tier price / user
Huble
$12 / moHarvest
$13.75 / moActivity capture cost
Huble
Included on Team+Harvest
Not offeredSecurity
SOC 2
Huble
In progressHarvest
Type IIGDPR-ready
Huble
Harvest
EU data residency
Huble
Business+Harvest
—10-person team, annually
Side-by-side pricing.
$9.60 / user / mo × 10 × 12, annual billing. Activity included.
- Activity capture, screenshots, URL capture — included
- Project margin, approvals, custom reports
- 100+ native integrations
$11 / user / mo × 10 × 12 + Forecast add-on for capacity.
- No activity capture (not offered)
- Native invoicing in the tracker
- Capacity planning requires Forecast add-on
Pricing as published by Harvest.
Why they switched
“Harvest's invoicing is honestly excellent. We left because we couldn't see project margin live — and once you've seen that number, you can't go back.”
Migration
Migrating from Harvest? We import your data.
Clients, projects, tasks, time entries, rates, and invoices. We map, you confirm, we commit. Most teams are fully on Huble within an hour.
FAQ
Switching questions.
Does Huble import Harvest data?
Yes — clients, projects, tasks, time entries, billable rates, and invoices. We preserve invoice numbers so accounting stays continuous.
Can we keep using Harvest invoicing?
Yes — many teams run a hybrid for the first quarter: Huble for tracking + activity, Harvest for invoicing. Two-way sync is on the Q3 roadmap; CSV export today.
What about Forecast (Harvest's capacity planning add-on)?
Huble's capacity planning is built into the People module on Team+. No separate purchase, no separate login.
Can we run both in parallel during a pilot?
Yes — pilot Huble with one project for 2 weeks. We don't double-charge during overlap.
Try Huble for 14 days.
Free for the full trial. No card. Import from Harvest in under an hour.