Toggl Track vs Clockify
The honest version: both are capable, both have real weaknesses their users write about constantly, and there's a third option this comparison won't hide until the end — it's free, so we can afford to be fair about the first two.
Toggl Track
Free (≤5 users); ~$9–$18/user/mo
The beloved one-click timer — clean, cross-platform, and increasingly expensive for what its own users call its gap: no real invoicing.
Toggl runs $9 (Starter) to $18 (Premium) per user per month — with a $14 first-year promo that quietly renews at $18 — and its most-cited shortcoming is native invoicing: the built-in generator makes one-way, unlinked documents.
- “No native invoicing — the hours dead-end in reports”
- “The $14 promo quietly renewed at $18”
- “Timers fall out of sync between devices”
Clockify
Free (now ≤5 users, features stripped); ~$4–$15/user/mo
The 'free forever' timer that made unlimited-users its brand — until April 2026 capped free at 5 users and stripped billable tracking with no warning.
Clockify's April 2026 change capped free at 5 users and removed billable-hours tracking and reports from it — without prior notice. Paid runs $3.99–$11.99 per user per month annual, with invoicing at Standard and up, feeding CAKE.com's bundle.
- “They gutted the free plan with zero warning — no email, nothing”
- “Billable-hours tracking vanished from free”
- “Bugs eroded our confidence and support shrugged”
timer UX polish is worth paying for.
you want the cheapest paid tiers going.
The option Toggl-vs-Clockify articles skip
Coordinator covers what both do — free, with unlimited users and no usage meters — inside one system that also runs the rest of a small business: real books, projects with job costing, booking pages, client records, and a network where your invoice lands in your client's books. The honest trade: it's web-only today, and each specialist keeps its deepest niche feature — both comparison pages above say exactly which.
Free. No card. About two minutes to set up.
Competitor pricing approximate, from published plans as of August 2026.
Settle it with the free one
Try the third option this afternoon — if it doesn't fit, the other two aren't going anywhere.
Free. No card. About two minutes to set up.