Timely

What is Timely?

Timely is an automatic time tracking and timesheet tool for teams and agencies. It records work in the background across web and desktop apps, then helps users turn it into timesheets.

Key features of Timely

• Automatic time tracking: records work across apps without manual timers.
• Memory Tracker: tracks activity in the background.
• AI timesheets: drafts entries for review and approval.
• Billable rates: margin and profitability tracking.
• People dashboard: team capacity and where time goes.
• Time planning: use tracked time for resource planning.
• Enterprise controls: SSO, role-based access and an API.

How Timely works

Users install the tracker, which logs time against apps and documents. Timely suggests how to allocate it to projects, and people confirm entries so timesheets can be approved in a click. Managers use dashboards for capacity and budgets.

Who uses Timely?

The vendor reports more than 5,000 businesses in 160 countries and names Grant Thornton, Bloomberg and STERIS. It is built for agencies, consultancies and professional services teams that bill by time.

Timely pricing

Timely prices per user in USD. Starter is $11 per month ($9 billed yearly) for up to 5 users and 20 projects. Premium is $20 ($16 yearly) for up to 50 users, Unlimited is $28 ($22 yearly) with capacity management and 50+ currencies, and Enterprise is by quote. A Tasks add-on starts at $5 per person. A 14-day free trial with all features needs no credit card.

Timely integrations

The vendor names GitHub, Asana, Zoom, Trello, monday.com, ClickUp, Linear, Zapier, Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, QuickBooks, Toggl, Jira, Todoist and Basecamp.

Timely alternatives

Clockify is a manual and timer-based tracker with a generous free tier, requiring more user input than Timely's automatic capture. Harvest pairs timers with invoicing and expense tracking for small firms. Toggl Track is a simple timer-based tracker popular for freelancers and teams.