Comparison

Hourglass vs Toggl

Toggl is an excellent time tracker. Hourglass is a professional services delivery platform.

If you need a simple timer with basic reports, Toggl works well. If you need to understand utilisation, manage project delivery, track budget burn and understand profitability across your team — Hourglass is built specifically for that.

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Toggl

A timer-first app built around individual time logging. Works well for freelancers and small teams that need to track hours against clients and export to CSV. Limited project management, no resource planning, basic reporting.

Hourglass

A platform built around professional services delivery. Connects time tracking to resource planning, project budgets, utilisation reporting and profitability analysis — in one place, for teams of 5–50.

Feature comparison

FeatureHourglassToggl
Time tracking
Weekly calendar view with scheduled assignments
Engineer Planner with drag-and-drop scheduling
Team utilisation dashboard
Budget tracking with RAG health scores
Project profitability reporting
Client billing report (CSV/PDF)Paid add-on
Resource utilisation report
Executive summary report
Time off indicators in planner
Project health (RAG dashboard)
UK-operated, GBP pricing

When to choose Hourglass over Toggl

Your team has more than 3 people and you need to see how workload is distributed

You need to track budget burn against project budgets — not just hours

You want to understand utilisation, not just time logged

You need profitability reporting across projects and clients

You want a resource planner connected to your time tracking

You need to present delivery health to clients or leadership

More than a time tracker.

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