See how your team's time is spent across projects, clients and delivery work.
Hourglass helps agencies, consultancies and professional services teams improve utilisation, delivery visibility and project profitability — from a single platform.
Free plan · No credit card required · UK-based
8
Built-in reports
100%
Data isolated per org
5–50
Team size sweet spot
UK
Built & operated
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The problems every professional services firm knows.
Most teams track time. Very few teams understand what that time data actually means for delivery, utilisation and profitability.
No clear view of where time is actually going
Engineers are busy. Clients are demanding. But when a project overruns, no one can explain why — because time data lives in spreadsheets, email threads, and memory.
Utilisation is a guess, not a number
You know some people are overloaded and others are underused — but you cannot quantify it, cannot report it, and cannot fix what you cannot see.
Project overruns that surprise everyone
Budgets burn quietly. By the time you notice a project is in trouble, it's already 30% over. There's no early warning, no RAG status, no live burn rate.
Profitability is hard to understand, harder to improve
Revenue is easy to track. Profit per project, per client, per team? That requires pulling data from three different places and rebuilding a spreadsheet every month.
Hourglass is built to solve exactly these problems. Not with complexity — with the right data, in one place.
From time tracking to delivery insight.
Every part of Hourglass is designed around a single goal: turning logged time into decisions that improve delivery, utilisation and profitability.
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Team Utilisation & Capacity Planning
A drag-and-drop weekly planner showing every engineer's scheduled work, time off, and capacity. PMs can spot underutilised engineers and overloaded ones at a glance — and rebalance in seconds.
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Accurate Time Tracking with Zero Friction
A weekly calendar pre-filled with scheduled assignments. Engineers log time in one click — no blank forms, no double entry, no forgotten submissions. A persistent live timer is available from any page.
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8 Built-In Reports, Zero Configuration
Every report professional services firms actually need — from utilisation and profitability to client billing and executive summaries — available instantly across any date range, team, or project.
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Project Profitability & Budget Control
Compare planned vs actual hours against billing rates. Track budget burn with live RAG scores. Know which projects are profitable and which are quietly draining margin — before it's too late.
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Project Delivery Management
Full project lifecycle visibility from kick-off to close. Track status, budget health, assigned team, and time logged against every project. Escalate risks before they become incidents.
Teams & Roles
Five roles, named teams, and one-click filters across the planner, projects and all reports. Granular access control without complexity.
Secure by Default
Row-level security at the database level enforces per-organisation isolation. Your client data is never a config flag away from leaking.
Time Off Management
Record and track holiday, sick leave and other absences. Time off appears directly in the planner so scheduling stays accurate.
8 reports. Every answer included.
Professional services firms run on data. Hourglass includes every report you need — from individual utilisation to executive summaries — across any date range, team or project, with CSV and PDF export built in.
Team Performance
See logged hours, utilisation rate and output per engineer across any time period. Identify who is overloaded and who has capacity.
Project Profitability
Compare planned vs actual hours against billing rates. Understand true margin per project and surface unprofitable work before it repeats.
Budget Tracking
Track budget consumption in real time with RAG health scores. Know instantly which projects are on track and which are at risk.
Client Billing
Generate billing-ready summaries by client and project. Export to CSV or PDF for invoicing without manually compiling time data.
Executive Summary
A single-page view of organisational performance: total hours, billable percentage, project health and profitability for leadership reporting.
Resource Utilisation
Understand billable vs non-billable time split across the team. Identify utilisation trends and make informed resourcing decisions.
Time Audit Log
A full chronological record of all time entries with approval status. Essential for compliance, billing disputes and capacity audits.
Project Health
RAG status, budget burn percentage, overdue tasks and delivery risk for every active project — in one dashboard view.
Questions professional services teams ask about Hourglass.
How do agencies improve team utilisation?
By making utilisation visible in real time. Hourglass shows planned vs logged hours per engineer per week, highlights over and under-utilisation, and lets project managers rebalance workloads before delivery suffers.
How do consulting firms track project profitability?
By connecting time logged to billing rates and project budgets. Hourglass calculates cost vs revenue per project automatically, showing true margin without manual spreadsheets.
What is the best software for professional services delivery management?
Hourglass is built specifically for professional services firms. It combines time tracking, resource planning, delivery visibility and profitability reporting in one platform — without the complexity of enterprise PSA tools.
How do you prevent project overruns in a professional services firm?
With live budget tracking and RAG health scores. Hourglass shows budget burn rate in real time, flags projects at risk, and gives PMs the data to intervene before overruns happen.
How do professional services firms reduce reporting effort?
By using a platform where all data is captured at source. Hourglass generates 8 report types — from executive summaries to client billing — instantly, across any date range, without manual data collection.
Free resource
Delivery Visibility Health Check
A practical self-assessment for professional services teams. Understand where your delivery visibility gaps are, what they're costing you, and which metrics to track first.
More than a time tracker.
Hourglass isn't built to count hours. It's built to turn hours into delivery intelligence.
Pricing
Start free.
Scale when ready.
All prices in GBP. No hidden fees. Cancel any time.
Starter
Up to 3 users · forever
- Time tracking
- Project management
- Basic reports (3)
- Up to 3 members
Pro
- Everything in Starter
- Engineer Planner
- All 8 reports
- Teams & roles
- Budget tracking & RAG scores
- Time off management
- CSV & PDF export
Business
- Everything in Pro
- Priority support
- Custom billing rates
- Full audit log
- SLA guarantee
- Dedicated onboarding
Turn time into delivery insight.
Know where your team's time goes. Understand what it means for utilisation, delivery and profitability.