Guides
Practical notes on tracking time, billing clients and keeping projects on budget, for freelancers and small agencies.
- Harvest’s new pricing, explainedHow Harvest’s seat plus usage pricing works in 2026, what Flex and Unlimited billing mean, what customers reported paying, and what to check before your renewal.
- How to export all your data from HarvestEvery way to get your data out of Harvest: the admin exports, report CSVs, invoice PDFs and the API. Plus what the CSV files don’t keep, and a simple backup checklist.
- Harvest alternatives for small agenciesToggl Track, Clockify, Everhour, Productive, Paymo and Sheaf compared for small agencies leaving Harvest: prices, invoicing, budgets, and which ones import from Harvest.
- How to invoice clients for hourly workRates, rounding, what an invoice needs, how to turn tracked time into clear line items, expenses, and following up on late payments. A practical guide for freelancers and small agencies.
- How to track project budgets in a small agencyHour budgets, fee budgets and monthly retainers: how to choose, when to set alerts, what to do at 80%, and how cost rates show whether a project actually made money.