Tallymeter vs Clockify

The Clockify alternative built to invoice — and to put your AI agents on the clock

Clockify is a powerful, team-scale time tracker with a generous free tier. Tallymeter is the focused alternative for people and teams whose tracked hours need to become an invoice — at one flat price, with a native API so AI agents can track and bill their own work too.

Tracked time → invoice

Your hours become a numbered PDF invoice with your details and bank info — in the same tool, no export-and-import dance.

One flat price, not per seat

€9/month with everything included — timer, reports, invoicing, and full API access. No per-seat math as you grow.

Your AI agents can bill too

A native MCP server and REST API. Point Claude Code or Cursor at it and each agent tracks its own time, labelled by name, ready to invoice.

How they compare

Tallymeter Clockify
Pricing One flat price, everything included Free (up to 5 users) + per-seat paid plans
Invoicing from tracked time Built in, every plan Paid plans only
Billable rates & amounts Included Paid plans only
Report export CSV export included PDF only on free · CSV/Excel are paid
Report date range Any range Capped at 31 days per report on free
AI agent interface Native MCP server + REST API None
Track without signing up Yes — instant guest mode Account required
Best fit People & teams who bill for their time Teams who only need to track time

A note on Clockify's free plan

Clockify's free plan is a genuinely good time tracker — unlimited projects, up to five users. But as of 2026 the parts that matter for getting paid moved to paid tiers. On the free plan you can't:

  • Set billable rates or amounts — so it can't tell you what your tracked time is worth.
  • Generate an invoice — invoicing is a paid feature.
  • Export to CSV or Excel — free exports are PDF only.
  • Run a report longer than 31 days — no quarter or year in one view; you export month by month.

In other words, the free plan tracks time but stops exactly where billing begins — the moment your income depends on the data, you're on a per-seat paid tier. Tallymeter puts the rates, invoicing, and exports in one flat price instead.

The part no other tracker has

Put your AI agents on the clock

If you run AI agents, they do billable work — and until now nothing logged it. Tallymeter is a native MCP server: connect Claude Code, Cursor or any agent and it tracks the time each one spends, logs it against the right project, and tells you what's ready to invoice. Every agent's work is labelled by name, so a whole fleet stays attributable.

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When Clockify is the better choice

We'd rather be honest than win the wrong customer. Clockify is the stronger pick if:

  • • You have a small team (up to five) that only needs to track time, not bill from it — the free tracker covers that well.
  • • You want deep enterprise features — SSO, scheduling, time-off, kiosk mode, dozens of native integrations.
  • • You're only tracking hours, not turning them into client invoices.

If instead you track time to bill it — solo or as a team — and especially if you run agents — Tallymeter does that one job with far less surface area.

Track a minute in two seconds

No account needed to try it. Start a timer now — sign up later and your tracked time comes with you. 30-day free trial, no card.