Comparison · TriggerFlo vs Harvest

A Harvest alternative with the board built in

Harvest is a serious billing tool with twenty years behind it. TriggerFlo is a timer and a Kanban board in one native app, at a flat price with no usage meter — and a lifetime license if you would rather stop renting software.

Download free See pricing

Free forever up to 3 projects. Pro $45.99/yr, or $119 once. Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android.

The short version

$108

Harvest Teams, one person, one year ($9/seat/mo, billed annually). TriggerFlo Pro is $45.99 — or $119 once, forever.

+ usage

Harvest Teams is priced “starting from”: extra invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed on what you use. TriggerFlo Pro is flat.

$168

Harvest plus Forecast for one person for a year, if you want the scheduling half too. TriggerFlo has the board in the same app.

TriggerFlo vs Harvest, feature by feature

A long-established time tracker built around billing: track hours against a client project, turn them into an invoice, and get paid — with expense tracking and accounting integrations around it.

Price for one person, year one

TriggerFlo
Yes. $45.99/yr, or $119 once for lifetime
Harvest
Partly. $108/yr on Teams ($9/seat/mo annual, $11 monthly)

Free plan

TriggerFlo
Yes. Free forever, up to 3 projects, unlimited tracking
Harvest
Partly. Free forever, but 1 seat and 2 projects

One-time purchase option

Pay once, own it

TriggerFlo
Yes. Lifetime license, $119
Harvest
No. Subscription only

The listed price is the whole price

No metered extras on top of the seat fee

TriggerFlo
Yes. Flat. Unlimited projects, clients and invoices on Pro
Harvest
No. Teams is priced "starting from" — additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed on usage

Kanban board in the same app

Tasks, columns, drag and drop

TriggerFlo
Yes. Board and timer are one product
Harvest
No. Scheduling is Harvest Forecast, a separate $5/person/mo product

Estimate against actual on the card

TriggerFlo
Yes. Every card carries its estimate and its tracked time
Harvest
Partly. Project budgets in Harvest; planned-vs-tracked needs Forecast connected

Invoices from tracked time

TriggerFlo
Yes. Included with Pro at $5.99/mo, PDF and CSV
Harvest
Yes. The core of the product, and on the free plan too

Expense tracking with receipts

TriggerFlo
No. Not built
Harvest
Yes. Included, free plan included

Accounting and payment integrations

TriggerFlo
Partly. REST API, Google Calendar, Spotify
Harvest
Yes. Accounting and payment integrations on Teams

Always-on-top floating timer

TriggerFlo
Yes. Four layouts, stays above other windows
Harvest
Partly. Desktop apps for macOS and Windows

Native Linux desktop app

TriggerFlo
Yes. .deb and .tar.gz, x86_64 and ARM64
Harvest
No. macOS and Windows only

Smartwatch app

TriggerFlo
Yes. Apple Watch and Wear OS
Harvest
No. iPhone and Android apps; no watch app listed

Timesheet approvals and profitability reporting

TriggerFlo
No. Not built
Harvest
Yes. On Enterprise, $14/seat/mo annually

Difference 1

Harvest tracks the hours. Something else has to hold the work.

Harvest is built around the client project and the invoice, not around what you are doing today. Planning who works on what is Harvest Forecast — a separate product, a separate $5 per person per month — and seeing planned against tracked means connecting the two. TriggerFlo puts the board in the same window as the timer, so every card already carries its estimate next to its tracked time and the variance is just visible.

TriggerFlo project board showing cards with estimates, tracked time, subtask progress and due dates.

Difference 2

The invoice comes out of the board you actually worked on

This is the closest fight on the page: invoicing is what Harvest is for, and it does more of it — expenses with receipts, payment and accounting integrations, the whole billing chain. TriggerFlo generates the invoice from the same tracked time sitting on the same cards, included with Pro at a flat price, with no per-invoice usage fee underneath it. If you need the accounting chain, take Harvest. If you need to bill your own hours without a meter running, this is enough.

A TriggerFlo invoice generated from tracked time, ready to export as PDF or CSV.

Which one should you actually pick?

Harvest is a good product. Here is the honest split — the cases where it is the right call, and the cases where TriggerFlo is.

Choose Harvest if…

  • Billing clients is the job, not a side effect of it

    Harvest has spent about two decades on one loop: track hours against a client project, raise the invoice, collect the money, reconcile it in your accounting software. Expenses with receipts, retainers, payment and accounting integrations — that whole chain is the product. TriggerFlo generates invoices from tracked time on Pro, and that is where it stops. If your month ends in a stack of client invoices, Harvest is the more complete answer.

  • You need expenses and reimbursables alongside the hours

    Billable expenses with attached receipts, rolled into the same client invoice as the time, are included even on Harvest’s free plan. TriggerFlo has no expense tracking at all, and putting one in is not on the near roadmap.

  • Somebody has to approve the timesheets

    Timesheet approvals, profitability reporting, an activity log and SAML SSO live on Harvest Enterprise. TriggerFlo has project roles and email invitations; dedicated team plans are still in progress. If an agency finance lead is signing off on hours, Harvest is built for that and TriggerFlo is not.

Choose TriggerFlo if…

  • The board and the timer are the same app

    Harvest tracks time. Harvest Forecast schedules it, as a separate product at $5 per person per month, and seeing planned against tracked means connecting the two. In TriggerFlo every card on the board already carries its own estimate and its own tracked time, in one window, on one bill.

  • A flat price, with no meter running underneath it

    Harvest Teams is quoted "starting from" $9 a seat: additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed based on what you use, so the bill moves with how busy you were. TriggerFlo Pro is $5.99 a month, $45.99 a year, or $119 once — unlimited projects, and the number does not change because you had a good quarter.

  • You can stop renting it

    The lifetime license is one payment of $119, updates included. That is about thirteen months of a single Harvest Teams seat, and Harvest has no equivalent — the meter runs for as long as you use it.

  • Linux, and a watch on your wrist

    Harvest ships desktop apps for macOS and Windows, and mobile apps for iPhone and Android. TriggerFlo adds signed Linux builds for x86_64 and ARM64, Raspberry Pi included, plus Apple Watch and Wear OS apps for starting a timer without finding a screen.

TriggerFlo vs Harvest — common questions

Is TriggerFlo a drop-in replacement for Harvest?

For tracking and invoicing your own client work, largely yes — projects, clients, billable rates, reports, invoices and CSV export all have equivalents. Where it is not a drop-in: TriggerFlo has no expense tracking, no timesheet approvals, and a much shorter list of accounting integrations. If your invoices carry reimbursable expenses or sync into an accounting ledger, check those two gaps before you move.

How much cheaper is TriggerFlo, really?

One person on Harvest Teams is $108 a year at the annual rate, before any usage-based extras. TriggerFlo Pro is $45.99 a year, or $119 once for the lifetime license. If you also use Harvest Forecast for scheduling, add $5 per person per month — $168 a year for the pair, against a one-time $119.

Why does Harvest’s price say "starting from"?

Because the seat fee is a base rate. Harvest’s own pricing page says additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks are billed based on what you use. That is a defensible model — a light month costs less — but it means the quoted $9 is a floor rather than a total. TriggerFlo Pro has no usage component.

Can I import my Harvest data?

Export your time entries from Harvest as CSV, then email support@triggerflo.app and we will help you get them in. There is no one-click importer yet.

Does TriggerFlo work on Linux?

Yes — native .deb and .tar.gz builds for x86_64 and ARM64, plus the web app. Harvest ships desktop apps for macOS and Windows only.

Harvest pricing and features on this page were checked on September 7, 2026 against Harvest pricing , Harvest apps , Harvest Forecast pricing . Plans change; check their site for today's numbers. Spotted something out of date? Tell us at support@triggerflo.app and we will fix it. TriggerFlo is not affiliated with or endorsed by Harvest.

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