What do users say?

The best thing about Harvest is its ability to track employee hours and progress on tasks. However, the timer function received mixed reviews as no system would alert management when an employee had been clocked in for too long. To improve this feature, replacing manual checking-in with a required hourly check-in may have resulted in better accuracy of time tracking for employees' work hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am not satisfied with the current tools that Harvest has for planning and reporting company-wide and individual project costs. Although I appreciate being able to assign tasks related to projects and track their progress in real-time, there are limited options available when forecasting future expenses - especially regarding acquiring new business opportunities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software is good at very basic time tracking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I tried to upload about 100 time entries via a simple .csv (about 30 KB) which errored out several times. Here is the answer their "Escalated Support Team" sent me:

"Hi,

Thank you for your patience here. Andrea shared your message with me; I work on the Escalated Support team here at Harvest.

We took a closer look at your imported file and checked our logs. Unfortunately, as you well know, on this occasion the import did not complete successfully. I don't have a great reason to share for this error: the file was correctly formatted and servers were operational at the time. Every now and then, imported files fail. I wish I had a better answer for you today.

That's especially true because failed imports are very challenging to clean up in Harvest (you're also well aware of this). I want to be transparent with you, especially because you mentioned that importing thousands of entries is a critical part of your workflow: you will encounter these errors from time to time in Harvest. As a team, we are keenly aware of the hurdles that frequent importers face. We have some ideas for how we could make the importing process more user-friendly, but changes to the import process aren't on the docket anytime soon. It's important that you know that as you consider the best tools and processes for your business.

I'm happy to answer any questions or pass along any feedback you have to share about imports in Harvest. Please let me know.

All my best,

Chad"

So, not only can their software not handle a 30 KB import, but they have no idea why it failed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harvest is a great integration with Google Calendar, which saves valuable time in adding meetings to your timesheet; this, as well as the ability to carry over tasks from one week to another, saves me time in what is easily the most tedious part of my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It takes time to switch between live timers for project tracking, and I would love the ability to have built-in administrative/internal tasks that aren't listed like client tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how easy it is to set up a template in Harvest. You can save them for the entire company to use. The ease of finding projects is also a huge bonus! I would recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the cost. It is very pricy to have each employee have their own Harvest login! It doesn't make a lot of sens when a large business has to pay for each login access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harvest's timekeeping system is simple to implement and use. The system permits the creation of multiple projects, each with its own set of tasks, and assigning those tasks to various team members. As a manager, I can track each employee's time on a project and how that time compares to the allotted time. Everyone working on the project has access to their weekly schedules. With the help of a forecasting tool, managers can better determine daily and weekly resource allocations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a manager of multiple business projects, I honestly cannot think of anything I dislike about Harvest. However, a Yubico integration would be an advantage from my perspective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My favorite part of using Harvest is the quote of the day that shows before you start tracking your time. It always makes me stop, breathe and reflect before the working day begins. Not many other software tools do that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the google chrome extension could do with some improvement - I wish it showed the time you've already tracked that day as the browser version does. That way, I wouldn't have to keep a harvest tab open on all of my browsers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So easy to use. Allows us to track time easily to create project-specific invoices and send them to Quickbooks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish the recurring and retainer invoices could be shared with Quickbooks for better cash flow planning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harvest is user-friendly for my entire team. With one 30-minute training session, they were up to speed and ready to start using the software to track their time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The reporting dashboards are limited, I would love to see more visual ways to interpret my data. Would also love to be able to add recurring expenses within the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's an incredibly intuitive and user-friendly tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't think of anything specifically that I dislike about Harvest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great to be able to see how I am spending my time during the week and make sure I am focused on the top priorities. Like the accountability it provides for my team. Great way to do summary at the end of the month Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there were a way to automatically track when I move from one project to another. Hard sometimes to remember to switch times. Also, need a function that is not tied to billable projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.