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# The Harvest alternative built for agencies that bill by the hour
Harvest makes your team start timers and piece invoices together from reports. Rinkta captures billable hours automatically from your work tools — no timers — and turns them into client-ready invoices in one click.
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Harvest makes your team start and stop timers, then piece invoices together from reports. Rinkta plugs into Asana, GitHub, Linear, and Slack, captures billable hours automatically — no timers — and turns them into client-ready invoices in one click.
## What is Harvest?
Harvest is a well-established time-tracking and invoicing tool — timers, timesheets, expense tracking, and client invoices with built-in online payments.
Its strength is a polished, dependable timer-to-invoice flow, with Stripe and PayPal payments built in via Harvest Pay.
## Why agencies look for a Harvest alternative
- Every billable hour depends on a manually started timer or timesheet entry.
- Forgotten timers mean missed hours and end-of-month reconstruction.
- Profitability is hour-report level, not real-time margins per client.
- Per-seat pricing scales with headcount.
## What to look for in a Harvest alternative
- Automatic capture — the best alternative pulls billable work from the tools you already use, with no manual timers or end-of-month reconstruction.
- One-click invoicing — invoices should generate straight from completed work, with your per-client rates, currencies, and taxes already applied.
- Real profitability — you want margins per client, project, and team member in real time, not just a report of the hours that were logged.
- Works with your stack — it should connect to Asana, GitHub, Linear, Slack, and the rest, not force your team into a brand-new system.
- Predictable pricing — flat, transparent pricing beats a per-seat bill that climbs every time you hire someone new.
## Start a free trial of the best Harvest alternative
Capture billable work automatically, invoice in one click, and see real profitability — set up in a coffee break.
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## Rinkta: the Harvest alternative built for agencies
Harvest makes your team start timers and piece invoices together from reports. Rinkta captures billable hours automatically from your work tools — no timers — and turns them into client-ready invoices in one click.
### Your team keeps using Asana. Rinkta watches.
Rinkta plugs into your PM tools and captures tasks as they get completed. No timer to start, no entry to remember, no nudge on Friday afternoon. The billable record builds itself in the background.
### From completed work to a client-ready invoice — no reconstruction.
Harvest generates invoices from time entries. Rinkta generates them from completed work, with per-client rates, currencies, and taxes reused every cycle. Review the AI estimates, send. Minutes, not hours.
### Find out which clients are actually profitable.
Every entry knows its cost and rate, so Rinkta shows real-time profitability per client, project, and team member. Harvest shows you hours. Rinkta shows you whether those hours paid off.
Here’s how Rinkta and Harvest stack up, feature by feature.
Head to head
## Rinkta vs Harvest
How the two compare for agencies billing clients by the hour or project.
| | Rinkta$99/mo flatTeam plan, up to 2000 ops/mo [Start free trial](https://app.rinkta.com/registration/new) | Harvest$11/user/moPro, billed annually |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capturing billable work |
| Automatic capture from work tools | YesAsana, GitHub, Linear, Slack + more | NoManual timers / timesheets |
| AI hour estimation | Yes | No |
| Works without manual timers | Yes | No |
| Billing & profitability |
| One-click invoicing from completed work | YesFrom auto-captured work | YesFrom manual time entries |
| Per-client rates, currencies & tax | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in payment collection | NoUse your existing flow | YesStripe/PayPal via Harvest Pay |
| Real-time profitability by client/project | Yes | PartialPremium tier only |
| Revenue leak detection | Yes | No |
| Getting started & pricing |
| No team training | YesTeam keeps existing tools | NoTeam adopts the timer workflow |
| Pricing model | Flat per workspace ($99–$399/mo) | Per seat ($11/user/mo) |
| Best for | Agencies that want billing automated | Teams wanting timers + built-in payments |
Rinkta
$99/mo flatTeam plan, up to 2000 ops/mo
[Start free trial](https://app.rinkta.com/registration/new)
Capturing billable work
- Automatic capture from work tools
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Asana, GitHub, Linear, Slack + more
- AI hour estimation
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- Works without manual timers
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Billing & profitability
- One-click invoicing from completed work
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From auto-captured work
- Per-client rates, currencies & tax
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- Built-in payment collection
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Use your existing flow
- Real-time profitability by client/project
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- Revenue leak detection
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Getting started & pricing
- No team training
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Team keeps existing tools
- Pricing model
- Flat per workspace ($99–$399/mo)
- Best for
- Agencies that want billing automated
Harvest
$11/user/moPro, billed annually
Capturing billable work
- Automatic capture from work tools
-
Manual timers / timesheets
- AI hour estimation
-
- Works without manual timers
-
Billing & profitability
- One-click invoicing from completed work
-
From manual time entries
- Per-client rates, currencies & tax
-
- Built-in payment collection
-
Stripe/PayPal via Harvest Pay
- Real-time profitability by client/project
-
Premium tier only
- Revenue leak detection
-
Getting started & pricing
- No team training
-
Team adopts the timer workflow
- Pricing model
- Per seat ($11/user/mo)
- Best for
- Teams wanting timers + built-in payments
Pricing accurate as of June 2026. Harvest pricing from getharvest.com/pricing.
## When to choose Rinkta
- You run an agency or studio billing clients by the hour or by project
- Your team already lives in Asana, ClickUp, GitHub, Linear, or Basecamp
- You want billable hours captured automatically — no timers, no manual entry
- You need real-time profitability by client and project, not just hour reports
- Your team is growing and flat pricing beats a per-seat bill
## When Harvest is the better choice
- You need built-in payment collection (Stripe/PayPal via Harvest Pay)
- You’re a solo freelancer on Harvest’s free plan
- You already have QuickBooks or Xero synced to Harvest and it works well
- Your team is under five people and the $99/mo entry point is too much
> "Rinkta has removed much of the busywork when working with multiple clients. It was especially helpful in managing my team output. An elegant solution for small agencies."
— Simas Gradeckas, Founder, Bloom Labs
## Other Harvest alternatives worth knowing
Rinkta isn’t the only option. Here are other tools agencies weigh up, and where each fits.
### Toggl
Simple, popular manual time tracker. Great timers, lighter on invoicing and profitability.
Read the full comparison: [Rinkta vs Toggl](https://rinkta.com/alternatives/toggl)
### Clockify
Free, simple timer. Good on a tight budget; manual tracking, basic billing.
Read the full comparison: [Rinkta vs Clockify](https://rinkta.com/alternatives/clockify)
### Everhour
Time tracking that lives inside your PM tool. Manual entry, no auto-capture.
Read the full comparison: [Rinkta vs Everhour](https://rinkta.com/alternatives/everhour)
FAQ
## Switching from Harvest to Rinkta
How is Rinkta different from Harvest?
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Harvest is a time tracker with invoicing built in — your team starts and stops timers, and those entries become invoices. Rinkta captures completed work from the tools your team already uses (Asana, GitHub, Linear, Slack), estimates hours with AI, and invoices in one click, with real-time profitability by client. The core difference: Harvest requires manual time entry; Rinkta makes it automatic.
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Is Rinkta cheaper than Harvest for an agency?
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It depends on team size. Harvest Pro is $11/user/month, so a 10-person agency pays $110/month and a 20-person agency $220/month. Rinkta is flat per workspace — $99/mo Team, $199/mo Studio, $399/mo Agency. For teams of ten or more, Rinkta is cheaper before you even count the hours saved on invoicing.
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Can I switch from Harvest to Rinkta without losing data?
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Yes. Export your Harvest time entries as CSV for historical continuity and set your client rates in Rinkta once. Going forward, Rinkta connects to your PM tools and captures new entries automatically — most agencies are fully running within a coffee break.
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Harvest has built-in payment collection. Does Rinkta?
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Harvest Pay (Stripe/PayPal) is a genuine Harvest advantage — Rinkta does not currently have built-in payment collection. Rinkta generates client-ready invoices you send and collect on through your existing flow. If built-in online payment is essential to how you bill, Harvest has the edge there.
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Who shouldn’t use Rinkta?
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Solo freelancers and 2–4 person teams where billing admin is light, and teams that specifically need built-in payment collection, are better served by Harvest. Rinkta is built for agencies where billing across a team has become real work.
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