TimeLog

TimeLog is a project financial management platform that ties project work to staffing, time and expense records, invoicing and reporting. It is best suited to consulting, engineering and architecture firms that sell expertise by the hour or project. Its breadth is useful when project delivery and financial administration need to stay connected, but the entry plan excludes integrations and APIs.

Key features

Planning combines Gantt charts and project budgets with resource allocation based on employee competence and availability. That makes TimeLog a stronger fit for teams that must match specialist staff to project demand than for businesses seeking only a simple timesheet. Time and expense registration also covers travel, absence, flex calculations and overtime, with approval processes for submitted records.

Reporting spans tracked hours and expenses, Excel data extraction, profitability reporting and budget reports with customizable KPIs. This gives project managers and finance teams several ways to track performance against plans. Invoicing ranges from time-spent and fixed-rate billing in Starter to multi-currency invoicing in Growth and automated invoicing in Professional.

Integrations include Microsoft Outlook, Business Central, Zendesk, Jira Cloud, SharePoint, Exact Online, OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive. TimeLog says it connects to more than 25 finance and salary solutions, but access to integrations and APIs starts with Growth; Starter excludes both. That restriction matters if TimeLog needs to exchange data with the rest of a firm's software stack.

TimeLog describes hosting at GlobalConnect’s ISAE 3402-approved data centre in Denmark, HTTPS/SSL data transmission, nightly backups retained for seven days and weekly backups retained for six months. Customers can access their data at any time. Onboarding and implementation services, chat, email and phone support, and an online help centre with articles and videos round out the operational support.

Pricing

TimeLog is paid software with a 14-day trial and no free plan. Prices below are per user per month:

PlanPriceWhat it includesStarter€14 a monthTime and expense logging, project management features, invoicing for time spent and fixed ratesGrowth€34.50 a monthSalary administration, travel logging, billable and non-billable time logging, multi-currency invoicing, integrations and APIsProfessional€53 a monthProject manager’s toolbox, income logging, KPI reporting, automated invoicing, advanced salary administrationEnterpriseCustom pricingLicensed invoicing support, advanced contract management, rate indexing, time and expense logging, API support for TimeLog ResponsiblesStarter is the lower-cost option for teams that can work without salary administration, integrations or API access. Growth is the practical step up for firms needing travel records, multi-currency billing or connections to other systems; its higher per-user price makes those requirements worth checking before committing. Professional targets teams that need income and KPI reporting or automated invoicing. Enterprise is for organizations requiring licensed invoicing support or advanced contract and rate-management capabilities, with custom pricing.

Platforms

TimeLog runs on the web, Windows and macOS, as well as iOS and Android. Its Tracker applications are available for Windows and Mac computers, iPhone, Android phones and Microsoft Outlook.

Who it's for

TimeLog is aimed at project-driven organizations that sell expertise by the hour or project, particularly consulting, engineering and architecture firms. It is most compelling where resource planning, project budgets, time capture, billing and profitability reporting need to work together. A team that only needs basic time tracking may find this range of project-finance and administrative functions unnecessary.

Pros and cons

Pros: Gantt planning, budgets and skills-and-availability-based resource planning connect project commitments to staffing capacity.

Pros: Time, expenses, travel, absence, flex calculations, overtime and approvals cover more of project administration than time entry alone.

Pros: The plans offer a clear progression from basic time-based and fixed-rate invoicing to multi-currency and automated billing.

Cons: Starter has no integrations or APIs, limiting its suitability for firms that need connected workflows without moving up a tier.

Cons: The per-user monthly pricing means the cost grows with the team, and Growth is a substantial step up from Starter for integrations and salary administration.

Cons: There is no free plan for ongoing use after the 14-day trial.

Alternatives

For a free option with a stated five-user allowance and self-hosted, Linux and Windows support, consider project-open; its listed Standard plan also includes 1 GB disk space, 5 GB transfer volume and unlimited database storage. Choose Scoro if its Time-billing plan, priced at $17 a month, better suits your requirements. Deltek Maconomy is an alternative to consider for an enterprise ERP offering for professional services firms, with pricing by demo request.

Other alternatives include Keka, TideFlow, BQE CORE, FunctionFox and Infor Learning Management System.

Browse Agency Project Management Software or Time Tracking Software for more options.

Verdict

Choose TimeLog if your project-based firm needs one system for planning staff, recording project costs and turning tracked work into invoices and performance reports. Its strongest case is the connection between resourcing and project finances; look elsewhere if you need a free tier or require integrations and APIs at the lowest price.