Comparison

Hourglass vs Harvest

Harvest tracks time and generates invoices. Hourglass does both — and adds real-time project profitability, team utilisation, resource planning and 8 built-in reports.

If you need a platform that connects time tracking to delivery management, invoicing, utilisation visibility and profitability insight — without stitching together multiple tools — Hourglass is purpose-built for professional services teams.

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Harvest

A time tracking tool with invoice generation and basic project budgets. Works well for billing clients from tracked hours. No resource planner, limited utilisation or profitability analysis.

Hourglass

A full PSA platform combining time tracking, invoice generation, delivery management, team utilisation, resource planning and real-time project profitability — purpose-built for UK professional services firms.

Feature comparison

FeatureHourglassHarvest
Time tracking
Invoice generation
Weekly calendar view with scheduled assignments
Engineer Planner with drag-and-drop scheduling
Team utilisation dashboardLimited
Budget tracking with RAG health scoresBasic
Project profitability reportingLimited
Resource utilisation report
Executive summary report
Time off indicators in planner
Project health dashboard (RAG)
Role-based access (5 roles)Limited
AI report summaries
AI budget risk analysis
AI anomaly detection
UK-operated, GBP pricing

When to choose Hourglass over Harvest

You need resource planning connected to your time tracking — not just a timer

You want to see utilisation across the team, not just hours per project

You need invoicing, profitability and utilisation in one platform — not separate tools

Your PMs need delivery visibility: budget burn, RAG scores, team assignments

You need 8 report types built in, not one basic export

You want a UK-operated platform with GBP pricing and UK GDPR compliance