# Timero

> Timero is time tracking and hour reporting for client work. Freelancers and agencies log hours on a calendar or with a live timer, see what is left on each client's budget, and send each client a clear PDF or CSV report of the work.

## Key facts

- Free plan: 1 person, any number of clients, 3 budgets, PDF and CSV reports, no card.
- Paid plans, one price for the whole account (not per person): Basic €12.99 a month or €129.90 a year, up to 2 people; Plus €34.99 a month or €349.90 a year, up to 10 people; Pro €39.99 a month or €399.90 a year, up to 50 people.
- Every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Prices in euros.
- Log hours on a calendar (with Google Calendar shown on your week), with a live timer, or by checking in and out.
- Client budgets: hour banks and monthly retainers, with what is left and a warning before a client goes over.
- Reports: hours per client and project, exported as PDF or CSV, ready to send to a client.
- AI assistants: a remote MCP server at https://timero.work/api/mcp. Claude and ChatGPT connect with a sign-in button.
- Data is stored in the EU. Analytics and advertising cookies stay off until a visitor accepts them.
- Made by Kendoo Tech Consulting LTD. Contact: hello@timero.work.

## Main pages

- [Home](https://timero.work): what Timero is and who it is for
- [Pricing](https://timero.work/pricing): plans, prices, trial and billing questions
- [Features](https://timero.work/features): screenshots of the calendar, dashboard, budgets, reports and mobile view
- [Budgets](https://timero.work/budgets): hour banks, retainers, expiry and the order hours are charged in
- [AI assistants (MCP)](https://timero.work/mcp): connect Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code or Cursor
- [Demo video](https://timero.work/demo): the product running, in 90 seconds
- [Guides](https://timero.work/guides): short video guides, one topic each
- [Time tracking for agencies that bill on retainers](https://timero.work/for/agencies): Time tracking for agencies: several budgets per client, a live over-budget warning, team roles and invoice-ready reports. Free plan, no card.

## Comparisons

- [Harvest alternative for agencies on retainers](https://timero.work/compare/harvest-alternative): Several budgets per client, and a warning when work runs past a retainer, before the month closes. A Harvest alternative built for agencies.
- [Toggl alternative for agencies with retainers](https://timero.work/compare/toggl-alternative): Timero is a Toggl alternative for agencies: several budgets per client, a live over-budget warning, and reports your accountant can invoice from.

## Connect an assistant

- [Log time from Claude: Timero connector](https://timero.work/mcp/claude): Connect Claude to Timero and log time, run the timer, check what is left on a client retainer and pull reports by asking. Sign-in button, no key to paste.
- [ChatGPT time tracking: the Timero connector](https://timero.work/mcp/chatgpt): Connect ChatGPT to Timero. Log time, run the timer, check client budgets and pull reports from a chat. Sign in once, approve one workspace.
- [Claude Code time tracking with Timero MCP](https://timero.work/mcp/claude-code): Track client time from Claude Code. One command adds Timero as an MCP server; then log time, start the timer and pull reports without leaving the terminal.
- [Cursor time tracking: Timero MCP server](https://timero.work/mcp/cursor): Add Timero to Cursor as an MCP server and log client time, run the timer and check budgets from the editor. Pro plan, API key, two minutes.

## Guides

- [Get started](https://timero.work/guides/get-started): Create your account, name your workspace, add your first client and project, see what the Free plan includes, and log your first hours.
- [Logging time](https://timero.work/guides/logging-time): Two ways to get hours into Timero: the + button for a quick entry, or dragging straight onto the calendar.
- [Check in and check out](https://timero.work/guides/check-in-and-check-out): Start a live timer when you sit down, and let Timero write the entry when you finish.
- [Clients and projects](https://timero.work/guides/clients-and-projects): Organise the work: colours, archiving, and keeping a long client list readable.
- [Reports and exports](https://timero.work/guides/reports-and-exports): Turn logged hours into something you can send: the client report PDF, CSV, and the detailed work log.
- [Your team](https://timero.work/guides/your-team): Invite people, choose what each of them can see, and check who is on the clock.
- [Workspace settings](https://timero.work/guides/workspace-settings): Hours rounding, a minimum charge per entry, which day your week starts on, and hour bank reminders.
- [Your data](https://timero.work/guides/your-data): Bring your history in from another tracker, and take it out again whenever you want.
- [Hour banks and retainers](https://timero.work/guides/hour-banks-and-retainers): The two ways a client buys your time, and when each one fits.
- [Adding a budget](https://timero.work/guides/adding-a-budget): Hours, the dates it runs between, the purchase order it came in on, and whether it is paid.
- [Scoping a budget](https://timero.work/guides/scoping-a-budget): Cover all of a client's work, or only the projects the money was for.
- [More than one budget](https://timero.work/guides/several-budgets): Monthly retainers and an hour bank on the same client, and how each hour is charged to exactly one of them.
- [Hours remaining](https://timero.work/guides/hours-remaining): Spotting an overage while you can still do something about it.
- [Expiry and forfeited hours](https://timero.work/guides/expiry-and-forfeited-hours): What happens to hours a client bought but never used.
- [Hours no budget covered](https://timero.work/guides/hours-no-budget-covered): When work has no budget, decide what happens to it: cover it from a bank, bill it separately, don't charge, or keep it as owed.
- [Connect an AI assistant](https://timero.work/guides/connect-an-ai-assistant): Let Claude or ChatGPT log and look up hours in your workspace, on every plan; Claude Code and Cursor need Pro.

## Trust

- [How Timero is built and run](https://timero.work/craft)
- [Security](https://timero.work/security)
- [Privacy policy](https://timero.work/privacy)
- [Sub-processors](https://timero.work/sub-processors)
- [Terms of service](https://timero.work/terms)