hrglass vs. Harvest
hrglass can be a perfect Harvest alternative. Both handle time tracking and invoicing, but hrglass adds full project management, estimates, contracts, taxes, account credit, custom reports, and business branding in one integrated platform.
Feature Comparison
Project & Task Management
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- Projects with budgets & status tracking
- Multiple project views (Kanban, List, Card)
- Custom task & project statuses
- Task priority levels
- Task billingProject Level Only
- Hourly Rate Tasks
- Non-billable Tasks
- Fixed Rate Tasks
- Multiplier Rate Tasks (e.g. Overtime 1.5x)
- Bulk task actions (status, assignee, archive)
- Project notes
- Global search (entire Workspace in one place)
- Personal To-Do list (separate from billable tasks)
- Integrated calendar view (deadlines, tasks, invoices)add-on
Time-Tracking
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- One-click live timers
- Manual time entry
- Non-billable time tracking
- Per-user billable & internal rates
- Calendar integration (Google, Outlook)Coming Soon
- Timesheet submission & approval workflowComing SoonEnterprise Only
- Desktop & mobile appsComing 2027
Estimates & Contracts
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Harvest
- Client-facing estimate with public share link
- Client accept / decline flow
- Estimate → invoice conversion
- Estimate → full project conversion
- Contract Templates
- Attach Contracts to Estimates
- Contract acceptance for Estimate approval
Invoicing
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Harvest
- Auto-generate invoices from tracked time & expenses
- Multi-project invoices
- Taxes (custom per Project)
- Multiple invoice templatesShared Template
- Client credit / prepaid balance (apply to invoices)
- Overdue invoice reminders (automated)
- Invoice history log per invoice
- Custom invoice numbering
- Recurring / retainer invoicesComing Soon
- Multiple currenciesComing 2027
Payments
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Harvest
- Stripe payments
- PayPal payments
- Clients pay online (pay button on invoice)
- Manual payment guidance (Zelle, Venmo, Check)
Client & Contact Management
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Harvest
- Client profiles
- Multiple contacts per client
- Billing contact email preference (primary invoice Contact)
- Client credit / prepaid balance tracking
- Client Details Dashboard (See all projects, invoices)
- Client archive & restore
Services Catalog
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Harvest
- Reusable service items with default rates
- Service linking to tasks, estimates & invoices
- Rate locking on service-backed line items
- Attach Services to Estimate Tasks
Tax Management
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Harvest
- Tax rates on invoices & estimates
- Compound tax support
- Unlimited Tax Rates or Fees on Invoices
- Tax summary report
Expenses
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Harvest
- Expense tracking with categories
- Receipt uploads
- Expense approval flow
- Roll billable expenses into invoices
- Track non-billable expenses
- Expenses Dashboard and filters
- Milage Tracker
- Expense Taxes
- Expense Markup Percent
- Recurring Expenses
- Partial expense billing tracking
Reporting
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Harvest
- Time & project reports
- Dashboard KPIs
- Team utilization reporting
- Project profitability reportingEnterprise Only
- Custom report builder with filters & grouping
- Saved reports
- Projects with balances at a glance
- Tax summary report
- Resource forecastingadd-on
- Activity / audit logEnterprise Only
- Detailed Custom Reports
- Export CSV
Team & Permissions
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- Assign team members to Projects/Tasks
- In-app and email notifications
- Role-based access control
- Owners-only financial visibility (rates, totals, invoices)
- Assign To-Do's to team members
- Multiple workspaces under one account
- SAML / SSOComing SoonEnterprise Only
- Google SSO sign-inComing Soon
Data & Security
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Harvest
- Archive & restore (clients, projects, tasks)
- Strict per-workspace data isolation
- 30-day soft delete with restore
- Deleted items restore page
Notifications
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- Email notifications
- Per-user notification preferences
- Overdue invoice alerts
- In-app notification center (bell)
- Project & task deadline reminders
- To-Do reminders