HARVEST ALTERNATIVES
Has your professional services firm outgrown Harvest’s time tracking app?
BigTime goes beyond the limits of Harvest for time tracking and helps your firm manage projects, resources, and billing.
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Trusted by over 2,700 professional services firms
BigTime beats Harvest time app when it comes to:
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Scalability for larger teams running complex, multi-phase projects.
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Comprehensive capacity planning, workload balancing, and resource forecasting.
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Invoicing that covers multiple billing types (fixed fee, T&M, retainer, and percent complete).
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Integration with QuickBooks Desktop and Online to support the accounting process.
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Quality of support, customer service, and product direction according to G2 reviews.
BigTime vs Harvest time sheets for Professional Services Firms
See how we compare head-to-head
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| Time Tracking | Customizable timesheets, approval workflows, and real-time project-based tracking for multiple teams | Simple time tracking with start/stop timers and basic reporting |
| Expense Management | Configurable categories to submit, track, and approve expense reports that flow directly to invoices for faster time to billingMulti-currency supportInclude vendor and third-party expenses | Submit, track, and approve expense reports with detailed reportingMulti-currency support |
| Project management | Built-in project management with Gantt charts, project budgets, resource allocation, and milestones | Basic project and task tracking; not suited for complex project planning |
| Invoicing | Ideal for professional services firms handling complex projects with varied billing needs (e.g., time & materials, retainers, fixed fee)Robust review and approval workflows | Offers basic invoicing features, such as recurring invoices and time-to-invoice integration |
| Integrations | Integrates with a wide range of professional tools such as Salesforce, Jira, QuickBooks, and Slack | Offers integrations with a smaller range of tools like Xero, QuickBooks, and Asana |
| Reporting | Customizable reports with real-time data and extensive filtering optionsComprehensive views into time tracking, project, expense, and profitability reports tailored for complex, multi-phase projectsAdvanced resource planning and utilization reports | Simple reporting features with straightforward project and time-trackingReports are quick to generate and offer basic insights into time worked, expenses, and invoicing |
| Mobile App | Time tracking, expense reporting, and project management capabilities | Basic time and expense tracking |
Time Tracking
Customizable timesheets, approval workflows, and real-time project-based tracking for multiple teams
Simple time tracking with start/stop timers and basic reporting
Expense Management
Configurable categories to submit, track, and approve expense reports that flow directly to invoices for faster time to billingMulti-currency supportInclude vendor and third-party expenses
Submit, track, and approve expense reports with detailed reportingMulti-currency support
Project management
Built-in project management with Gantt charts, project budgets, resource allocation, and milestones
Basic project and task tracking; not suited for complex project planning
Invoicing
Ideal for professional services firms handling complex projects with varied billing needs (e.g., time & materials, retainers, fixed fee)Robust review and approval workflows
Offers basic invoicing features, such as recurring invoices and time-to-invoice integration
Integrations
Integrates with a wide range of professional tools such as Salesforce, Jira, QuickBooks, and Slack
Offers integrations with a smaller range of tools like Xero, QuickBooks, and Asana
Reporting
Customizable reports with real-time data and extensive filtering optionsComprehensive views into time tracking, project, expense, and profitability reports tailored for complex, multi-phase projectsAdvanced resource planning and utilization reports
Simple reporting features with straightforward project and time-trackingReports are quick to generate and offer basic insights into time worked, expenses, and invoicing
Mobile App
Time tracking, expense reporting, and project management capabilities
Basic time and expense tracking
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Efficient and thorough onboarding
We know it’s a bit daunting to switch over from your current solution. With BigTime, your tedious workarounds will be a thing of the past, sooner than you think. Our success team is committed to the shortest and soundest onboarding process.
Ongoing and on-demand support
There’s a reason our team has the highest satisfaction score in the PSA software category, our US-based support members are available and hands-on every day to answer questions and keep you moving in the right direction.
“We needed a system that allowed allocations to track project profitability by project and by month/general timeframe. The customization and reporting in BigTime are much more robust”
Alex Hayes
Vice President, Boost Profits