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Comparison

Kimai vs Paymo

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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★Kimai55
Paymo43
Score
vioscaleAI score
Kimai55 / 100medium · 56%
Paymo43 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Kimai✗
Paymo✓
Model
Price level
Kimailow
Paymolow
Starting price
Kimai€2.99
Paymo$5.90
Transparent
Kimai✓
Paymo✓
Integrations
Count
Kimai11
Paymo3
Security
Disclosure policy
Kimai✓
Paymo–
Gdpr
Kimai✓
Paymo✓
Pci
Kimai–
Paymo✓
Scorecard
Kimai5.8
Paymo–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Kimai–
Paymo99
Adoption
Dependent repos
Kimai19
Paymo–
Github stars
Kimai5,073
Paymo–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Kimai36
Paymo–
Release
Cadence days
Kimai9
Paymo–
History
Kimai20 items
Paymo–
License
Spdx
KimaiAGPL-3.0
Paymo–
Language
Primary
KimaiPHP
Paymo–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Kimai8 items
Paymo7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Paymo

A web-based project management system that helps businesses organize and track work throughout the project lifecycle, with programmatic access via REST API supporting JSON and XML formats.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

Paymo

from $5.90/moSubscriptionFree tier15-day trial

From free to $16.9/mo with 15-day free trial. Up to 40% discount with annual billing.

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited Time Tracking
    • Unlimited Invoices
    • Unlimited Tasks
    • Task List View
    • Desktop & Mobile Apps
    • +1 more
  • Solo$5.9/mo (first 3 months), then $9.9/mo
    • Unlimited Time Tracking
    • Unlimited Invoices
    • Flat Rate Projects
    • Retainer Projects (limited to 3)
    • Task Kanban View
    • +4 more
  • Plus$10.9/user/mo (first 3 months), then $15.9/user/mo
    • Everything in Solo
    • Recurring Invoices
    • Estimates & Expenses
    • Integrations & API Access
    • 50GB Storage
  • Pro$16.9/mo (first 3 months), then $23.9/mo
    • Everything in Plus
    • Project Schedule Timeline
    • Timesheet Approvals
    • Automatic Ghost Bookings
    • Employee Leave Management
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Kimai✓
Paymo✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Kimai✓
Paymo✓
Self-hosted
Kimai✓
Paymo✗
On-premise
Kimai✓
Paymo✗

Integrations

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

Kimai

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

Paymo

3 total
  • LambdaTest
  • Stripe
  • PayPal
Independently observed
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