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Compare Harvest and RescueTime 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (62.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free
Harvest
Star Rating
(830)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansRescueTime
Star Rating
(94)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (62.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 2 pricing plansHarvest vs RescueTime
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Harvest easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Harvest overall.
- Reviewers felt that Harvest meets the needs of their business better than RescueTime.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Harvest is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Harvest over RescueTime.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
RescueTime
RescueTime Lite
Free
- A personalized daily Focus Work goal
- Real time tracking of your daily goal and access to yesterday's results
- A weekly report of your activities, goals and distractions
Free Trial
Harvest
Free Trial is available
RescueTime
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
743
8.6
84
Ease of Use
9.1
742
8.7
84
Ease of Setup
9.0
267
8.3
9
Ease of Admin
8.8
249
8.3
5
Quality of Support
8.7
449
8.1
34
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
217
7.3
5
Product Direction (% positive)
8.0
720
6.7
81
Features by Category
Cost Tracking
8.6
171
Not enough data
8.5
180
Not enough data
8.5
174
Not enough data
Time Tracking
9.3
621
8.2
32
9.2
618
8.6
50
8.9
541
7.6
18
Client Invoicing
8.7
350
Feature Not Available
8.4
266
Feature Not Available
8.3
322
Feature Not Available
Mobile Time Tracking
9.4
563
9.2
56
Administration
8.5
324
Feature Not Available
8.4
332
Feature Not Available
8.4
342
8.4
17
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.7
361
8.1
8
Platform
8.4
388
9.3
23
8.3
261
7.4
17
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
9.1
416
9.0
21
8.6
316
7.5
19
7.7
218
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Harvest and RescueTime are categorized as Time Tracking
Unique Categories
Harvest is categorized as Project Cost Management
RescueTime has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Harvest
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
RescueTime
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
28.0%
Information Technology and Services
14.4%
Computer Software
8.2%
Design
3.9%
Internet
2.8%
Other
42.7%
Higher Education
9.8%
Marketing and Advertising
8.7%
Internet
6.5%
Information Technology and Services
6.5%
Computer Software
6.5%
Other
62.0%
Discussions
What is the ultimate intention for the use of harvest?
3 Comments
JC
Track your time and manage the hours spent on each project. You can even start a timer when you start a task. Read more
What is the best way to keep my team actively logging time?
2 Comments
JS
Have them use a browser plugin that will allow them to more easily manage time. Training and ease of use are the best way to drive adoption. If you have...Read more
What is the easiest way to manage changing pay rate in many projects for a single client?
1 Comment
EC
I believe you can go to Team >Click on yourself>Edit profile>Basic Info. Change your billable rate in there and it should appy to all your projects. Read more
RescueTime has no discussions with answers
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