2026-07-20

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

Most “free” plans are a trial with the clock hidden. Ours is a plan. Here is where the edges are.

What is free

Two active people and one active project, with bill rates, the week grid and timer, approvals, reports in hours and dollars, the invoice-ready export and the Harvest importer. Wrap a project, archive it, start the next. The history stays and stays reportable.

What starts the clock

Growing past the plan. A third active person, or a second active project, starts a 14-day trial of the full plan. At the end you choose: subscribe at $9 per active member per month, or archive back down to the free plan. Nothing is deleted either way, and reports, exports and the API never lock.

A Harvest import counts as growing, because it usually is. Loading the sample data does not. Looking around is not the same as growing.

Why archived people are free

A contractor who worked three months last year should not cost a seat forever. Archive them and their hours stay in every report; only active people count.

What is not free

A second organization. The free plan is one. Paying customers create as many as they like, each starting on the free plan on its own.

Creating invoices straight in QuickBooks or Xero (added 2026-09-18). Each connected company costs us money every month, so it is on the paid plan, and in the trial. The same lines as a CSV, the API and the record of what has been invoiced stay free.