Kimai vs Timely
No clear leader: Kimai (55.3) and Timely (55.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for time tracking. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Kimai
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.
Timely
An AI-powered time tracking platform that captures work activity across your applications and editors, automatically creates timesheets, and provides insights into productivity and project profitability without requiring manual time entry.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Kimai
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
Timely
From $9/user/month (annual billing) to $28/month
- Starter$9/user/month billed annually, $11/month
- Premium$16/user/month billed annually, $20/month
- Unlimited$22/user/month billed annually, $28/month
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Kimai
- Google Workspace
- Azure AD
- Authentik
- LDAP
- SAML
- Bexio
- GrandTotal
- Excel
- Chrome
- Rainmeter
- KDE Plasmoid
Timely
- Jira
- Asana
- Linear
- ClickUp
- Clubhouse
- Basecamp
- Xero
- QuickBooks
- FreshBooks
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Slack
- Gmail
- Microsoft Teams
- Git
- Google Calendar
- Outlook
- monday.com
- Trello
Kimai or Timely: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.