Miru vs solidtime
Miru
miru.so
solidtime
solidtime.ioSide by side
| Figure | Miru | solidtime |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.83/mo | €4.08/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 10 |
| Spec score · Time Billing Software | 9.0 (#6) | 8.6 (#12) |
| Desktop app | The desktop timer is local-first and supports menu-bar controls, timer stacking, idle recovery and synchronization with Miru Web. | Yes |
| Headquarters | India | Vienna, Austria |
| Intended users | Miru says it is best for agencies, consultants, freelancers, startups, and service teams that track billable hours and send invoices. | The cloud pricing page describes Solo for freelancers and Professional for teams billing clients who need access controls, estimates, and richer reporting. |
| Invoicing | Miru generates invoices from tracked hours, supports line items, taxes, discounts and branded PDFs, and emails invoices to clients. | The product offers invoices from billable time, including PDF and structured e-invoice output, tax rates, discounts, and EU reverse-charge. |
| Payments | Clients can pay invoices through Stripe Checkout, after which Miru records the invoice as paid. | Paid-plan card payments are handled by Paddle as Merchant of Record, and Solidtime says it does not receive or store card details. |
| Product | Miru is open-source time tracking, invoicing, expenses, payments, and reporting for teams that bill by the hour. | Solidtime describes itself as open-source time-tracking software for teams and freelancers. |
| Reporting | Reports show paid, pending, overdue, and projected revenue, along with project and team analytics. | Reports can be filtered and grouped by member, project, client, task, tag, or billable state, then shared or exported as PDF, CSV, or Excel. |
| Self-hosting | The self-hosting documentation covers Docker, environment variables, PostgreSQL, email delivery and Linux production deployment. | Solidtime offers self-hosted deployment, with a free open-source option and paid on-premise licenses. |
| Support | The hosted plan includes priority email support, self-hosted users get community support on Discord, and the managed plan lists monitoring and support. | The Professional cloud plan includes priority support; the on-premise comparison lists priority support for Enterprise but not Open Source or Business. |
Plans
Miru
- Self-hostedFree
- Miru Cloud$1 a month
- Miru Cloud Annual$10 a year
- Managed Miru$1,000 a month
solidtime
- Professional€8 a month
- Open SourceFree
- Business€199 a year
- Open SourceFree
- SoloFree
- Professional (annual billing)€8 a month
- Professional (monthly billing)€9 a month
- Business (comparison starting price)€49 a year
- Business€199 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Miru
Miru is open-source software for teams that bill by the hour, combining time tracking, invoicing, expenses, payments, and reporting. Users can record time with timers or manual entries, submit work for weekly approval, and set rates for each team member. Invoices can be generated from approved or tracked work and include expenses, taxes, and discounts. Reports cover paid, pending, overdue, and projected revenue, plus project and team analytics. Miru supports a client portal and expense billing, but not recurring invoices. Integrations include Stripe, Google Calendar, SMTP email, CSV and PDF export, CSV import, REST API, CLI, Zapier, Make, and n8n. It can export clients, invoices, and recorded payments to QuickBooks Online through a one-way sync. The local-first desktop timer syncs with Miru and runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows; iOS and Android apps are in beta. Customers can self-host the MIT-licensed Rails app, but must manage operations, backups, upgrades, and security maintenance. The self-hosted plan is free. Miru Cloud is $1 a month, billed Or $10/member/year.; hosted data is encrypted at rest and in transit.
solidtime
Solidtime is open-source time-tracking software for teams and freelancers, available as a cloud service or self-hosted deployment. A live timer, drag-and-drop calendar, and weekly timesheet record work organized by client, project, task, and tag; projects can also have rates and budgets. Reports can be filtered by those categories and billable status, then shared or exported as PDF, CSV, or Excel. Invoices can be generated from billable time with PDF and structured e-invoice output, tax rates, discounts, and EU reverse-charge. The desktop app detects the active app and document, and pauses the timer when it detects idle time; that activity stays on the device until converted into a time entry. Desktop versions are offered for macOS, Windows 10/11, and Linux. The Professional plan is €8 a month when billed annually, excluding VAT, or €9 a month billed monthly, excluding VAT. The Open Source plan is free and includes self-hosted deployment.