Tideoo might be your pick if…
You want time tracking, invoicing, payment confirmation and client credit in one calm tool — with seats included for your team and no charges that grow with your client list.
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A Harvest alternative built around getting paid
Harvest has earned its reputation for simple time tracking and invoicing. Tideoo keeps that same calm loop — track, bill, get paid — and completes it with payment confirmation, client conversations and client credit, with plans that include seats and only ask for more when your team grows.
Free plan · 14-day trial for $3 on paid plans · Seats included, extras only when you grow · Set up in minutes
At a glance
Two good tools, two different centers of gravity
Harvest might be your pick if…
Your team lives in Harvest's timesheets and reporting, or you rely on its ecosystem of 50+ integrations and its desktop and mobile apps.
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Tideoo and Harvest, side by side
| Feature | Tideoo | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ||
| Invoicing from tracked time & expenses | ||
| Partial payments with optional minimums | Partial payments | |
| Invoice version history & safe editing | ||
| Payments & getting paid | ||
| Receiving methods on every invoice — bank, crypto or custom | Via Stripe & PayPal payment links | |
| Clients report payments with proof attached | ||
| One-click confirm or reject, with a full audit trail | ||
| Invoice-specific conversation with your client | ||
| Clients act without an account — verified by an email code | ||
| Client credit | ||
| Retainers & prepayments as a client credit balance | Retainer invoices | |
| Apply partial or full credit to invoices | ||
| Overpayments kept as client credit | ||
| Auditable credit ledger | ||
| Time & expenses | ||
| One-click timer & manual entries | ||
| Weekly timesheets | ||
| Expenses with receipts & markup | Receipts (no markup) | |
| Timesheet approvals | On Enterprise | |
| Reporting | ||
| Revenue, outstanding & overdue reports | ||
| Client credit held report | ||
| Per-client currencies | ||
| Deep integration catalog (50+ tools) | ||
| Pricing & teams | ||
| Free plan | 1 seat · 2 projects | |
| Seats included in every plan | 1, 3 or 10 — extra seats from $5/seat/mo | Per seat, plus usage-based billing |
| Trial | $3 for 14 days | |
| Team workspaces with roles & invites | ||
Third-party details are based on publicly available information as of September 2026 and may change — check Harvest's site for current plans and features.
See Tideoo pricingWhy Tideoo
Where Tideoo shines
Seats included, priced for the team you have
Every plan bundles seats — Solo and Free include 1, Pro includes 3 and Business includes 10. Add extra seats only when your team grows, at a simple per-seat price with no seat minimums.
Payment day, handled
Clients report their payment — bank transfer, crypto, PayPal — right from the invoice link, with proof attached. You confirm with one click, and every step is auditable.
Client credit for retainers
Prepayments, retainers and overpayments become a credit balance you can apply to future invoices — partially or in full — with a ledger entry for every movement.
Calm by design
No configuration project before your first invoice. Add a client, start a timer, send the invoice — in minutes. The interface stays out of the way so you can get back to work.
Pricing, side by side
Seats included. Extra only when you grow.
Every Tideoo plan bundles seats for your team, and you add more only when you need them — no per-seat minimums, no revenue share, and a 14-day trial for $3 on paid plans.
tideooFree
1 seat · 3 clients · 5 invoices a month
$0
Solo
$89.99/yr · 1 seat
$9.99/mo
Pro
$189.99/yr · 3 seats included · +$7.00/seat/mo
$19.99/mo
Business
$389.99/yr · 10 seats included · +$5.00/seat/mo
$39.99/mo
- Seats included on every paid plan — 1, 3 or 10
- Extra seats only when you grow — from $5/seat/month
- 14-day trial for $3 on paid plans
- Nothing taken from your payments — no revenue share
Harvest
Harvest's plans are priced per seat — Teams from $9/seat/month billed annually ($11 monthly) — with a usage-based billing layer for invoices, projects, clients and tasks introduced in 2026. The Free plan covers one seat and two projects.
Details are based on publicly available information as of September 2026 and may change. We think Harvest is a good tool — this page simply highlights where Tideoo fits best.
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Common questions
For freelancers, consultants and small studios, yes — you get the same core loop of time tracking, expenses and invoicing, plus built-in payment confirmation, client conversations and client credit, with seats included for your team. Larger teams that depend on Harvest's 50+ integrations may prefer to keep it.
Tideoo bills per workspace, not per person: every plan includes seats (1 on Solo, 3 on Pro and 10 on Business), and you only buy extra seats when your team outgrows them — from $5/seat/month. There is no seat minimum and no usage-based charge as your clients, projects and invoices grow, plus a free plan for your first 3 clients.
Yes. Add your clients and projects, set up your invoice details once, and you can send your first Tideoo invoice the same afternoon. Harvest exports time and expense reports, so your history stays yours.
No. Clients open a secure link to view, download, pay and message. Sensitive actions — like reporting a payment — are verified with a one-time code sent to their email.
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