Notes for people leaving Harvest

• Harvest alternatives in 2026, including what Winnows doesn’t have

  The tools people are comparing, the question to ask each, and an plain account of where Winnows fits and where it does not.

• The Harvest switchover month: run both, reconcile at the end

  How to move a team without a hard cutover: import, keep logging in both, re-run for the deltas, and cancel when the report says the numbers match.

  2026-09-07

• The negative-hours problem: what Harvest corrections do to a migration

  One real account carried 15 negative entries worth 52 hours and $3,317. Most importers drop them without a word.

  2026-09-03

• Will my Harvest history reconcile to the cent after import?

  What the import's reconciliation report checks, what it caught in a real account, and what 'rounded to the minute' means.

  2026-09-01

• Six-minute increments and the rounding rule your clients expect

  How to write the rule down, how exact-minute storage reconciles with tenths of an hour, and what to check in any tool.

  2026-08-30

• Bill by the hour, invoice from your books

  The bookkeeper workflow: approved hours become invoice-ready lines in QuickBooks or Xero. Why we stop there on purpose.

  2026-08-26

• How to export everything from Harvest before your renewal

  The five separate exports, the order that keeps names matching, and what each one leaves out.

  2026-08-19

• What Harvest's 2026 pricing actually charges for

  The published structure, a per-seat base plus usage fees, what is and isn't public, and how to estimate your own bill.

  2026-08-14

• Harvest usage fees, explained line by line

  What a project, a client, a task and an invoice each cost you under the 2026 model, why the rate card is not public, and how to read a renewal notice.

  2026-08-12

• Time tracking that does not watch you

  The category is filling with screenshot and activity-score tools. A timesheet is a record you keep. Here is the line we draw.

  2026-08-03

• Two people, one project, free. What that means and what it does not.

  What a free plan is when it is not a trial, how the trial starts only when you grow or import, and why archived people cost nothing.

  2026-07-20

• Leaving any time-tracking tool: the exit test

  Five questions to ask a vendor about your data before you sign up, and what the answers should be.

  2026-07-06