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 timesheets with a free tier for up to 5 users, billable reporting on paid plans, and solid project tracking for consulting work.
Prices checked June 2, 2026clockify.me pricing page
Time tracking and budgeting system designed to work inside project management tools with billing and estimate controls.
Prices checked April 5, 2026everhour.com pricing page
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: Solo consultants and small teams (up to 5) who want free time tracking — or anyone who'll pay from $3.99/user/mo for billable hours and exports.
Why pick it: A free tier for micro-teams and a low $3.99/user/mo entry make it easy to adopt. The interface is simple enough that people who usually resist timesheets actually stick with it.
Watch for: If your team is larger than 5, the free tier no longer covers you, and billable-hour tracking now needs a paid plan. If you want billing baked into your project tool, 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 | Free, paid from $3.99/mo | Free, paid from $8.50/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 | Solo consultants and small teams (up to 5) who want free time tracking — or anyone who'll pay from $3.99/user/mo for billable hours and exports. | 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 | Fewer integrations | Slower to set up |
Pricing
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Basic | $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually$4.99 per seat / month, billed monthly |
Prices checked June 2, 2026clockify.me pricing page
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Team | $8.50 per seat / month, billed annually |
Prices checked April 5, 2026everhour.com pricing page
Cost calculator
$3.99 per month · $47.88 per year
Cheapest plan that fits: Basic, $3.99 per seat or user
$8.50 per month · $102 per year
Cheapest plan that fits: Team, $8.50 per seat or user
Uses list prices from each vendor's pricing page, before tax and discounts. Free plans and custom-quote plans are left out.
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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.
Clockify scores 84/100 and Everhour scores 75/100 on Curalo's consultant rubric. The biggest gap is Setup speed: Clockify 18/20 vs 14/20.
Clockify's cheapest paid plan is Basic at $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually. Everhour's cheapest paid plan is Team at $8.50 per seat / month, billed annually.
Clockify has a free plan. Everhour has a free plan.
Clockify: $3.99 a month on Basic. Everhour: $8.50 a month on Team. Annual list prices where available, before tax.
If your team is larger than 5, the free tier no longer covers you, and billable-hour tracking now needs a paid plan. If you want billing baked into your project tool, an integrated tracker may fit better.
If your team is not using supported PM tools, setup value drops and standalone trackers may be simpler.
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