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Comparison

Harvest vs Kimai

On the evidence we track, Kimai leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Harvest48
★Kimai55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Harvest48 / 100low · 26%
Kimai55 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
Harvest✓
Kimai✗
Model
Harvestfreemium
Kimaicommercial
Price level
Harvestlow
Kimailow
Starting price
Harvest–
Kimai€2.99
Transparent
Harvest✗
Kimai✓
Integrations
Count
Harvest40
Kimai11
Security
Disclosure policy
Harvest–
Kimai✓
Gdpr
Harvest–
Kimai✓
Scorecard
Harvest–
Kimai5.8
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Harvest–
Kimai19
Github stars
Harvest–
Kimai5,073
Activity
Commits last 30d
Harvest–
Kimai36
Release
Cadence days
Harvest–
Kimai9
History
Harvest–
Kimai20 items
License
Spdx
Harvest–
KimaiAGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
Harvest–
KimaiPHP
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Harvest5 items
Kimai8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for time tracking. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Manual timesheet entry
Harvest-
Kimai✓
Browser extension stopwatch
Harvest-
Kimai-
Automated background activity tracking
Harvest-
Kimai-
Project and task hierarchy
Harvest-
Kimai✓
Billable hourly rates invoicing
Harvest-
Kimai✓
Employee screenshot surveillance
Harvest-
Kimai-
Idle timeout detection
Harvest-
Kimai-
Geofencing gps tracking mobile
Harvest-
Kimai-
Jira asana trello native extensions
Harvest-
Kimai-
SOC2 type ii
Harvest-
Kimai-
ISO 27001
Harvest-
Kimai-
Pricing model
Harvest-
KimaiPer user monthly

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Harvest

Harvest enables teams to track billable time, automatically generate and send invoices, analyze project profitability, and manage team capacity with integrated reporting and tool connections.

Independently observed

Kimai

Leader

Kimai is an open-source time-tracking application that helps teams and freelancers monitor work hours, manage projects and tasks, and generate invoices for billing. It can be deployed as a cloud service or self-hosted.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Harvest

SubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free 30-day trial. Paid plans starting from approximately $19–24/user/month

as of verify ↗

Kimai

Leader
from €2.99/seat/moSubscription30-day trial

From €2.99/user/month. 30-day free trial available.

  • Standard€2.99/user/month (annual) or €3.99/user/month (monthly)
    • Project time tracking
    • Billable and non-billable hours
    • Invoicing
    • Data export
    • Audit logs
    • +1 more
  • Professional€4.99/user/month (annual)
    • All Standard features
    • Working time account
    • Holidays, vacation, sick leave management
    • Custom fields
    • Task management
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Harvest✓
Kimai✓
iOS
Harvest✓
Kimai✗
Android
Harvest✓
Kimai✗
macOS
Harvest✓
Kimai✗
Windows
Harvest✓
Kimai✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Harvest✓
Kimai✓
Self-hosted
Harvest✗
Kimai✓
On-premise
Harvest✗
Kimai✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Harvest

6 total
  • Asana
  • Trello
  • Jira
  • monday.com
  • Stripe
  • PayPal
Independently observed

Kimai

Leader
11 total
  • Google Workspace
  • Azure AD
  • Authentik
  • LDAP
  • SAML
  • Bexio
  • GrandTotal
  • Excel
  • Chrome
  • Rainmeter
  • KDE Plasmoid
Independently observed
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