HARVEST ALTERNATIVE
Enlivy vs Harvest
Harvest is a time tracking tool that can invoice, and it is very good at the tracking part. It has no pipeline, no contracts, no recurring billing and no EU e-invoicing. Here is where each one actually wins.
HOW THEY COMPARE
Enlivy vs Harvest, capability by capability
These two barely overlap. Harvest measures the hours and bills them; Enlivy runs the commercial relationship those hours belong to. The table is lopsided in both directions, which is the honest picture.
| Capability | Enlivy This page | Harvest Time tracking & invoicing |
|---|---|---|
| Time tracking & timesheets | Absent | Strong |
| Project budgeting & forecasting | Absent | Strong |
| Expense tracking against projects | Partial | Strong |
| Invoicing & payment collection | Strong | Strong |
| Recurring billing / subscriptions | Strong | Absent |
| Sales pipeline / CRM | Strong | Absent |
| Proposals & contracts with e-signature | Strong | Absent |
| Client self-service portal | Strong | Absent |
| Bank sync & reconciliation | Strong | Absent |
| EU e-invoicing (PEPPOL / ANAF eFactura) | Strong | Absent |
STRENGTHS ON BOTH SIDES
Where each one actually wins
This is the least overlapping comparison on the site, and the most likely to end with keeping both.
Where Harvest wins
Time tracking is Harvest's whole reason to exist and Enlivy has none of it: one-click timers, daily and weekly timesheets, calendar imports, expenses logged against the same project, and budget forecasting that tells you whether a project will make money before it starts. Over fifty integrations, including QuickBooks, Xero and Stripe.
There is a free tier for one person and two projects, and paid seats start at 9 dollars a month.
Where Enlivy wins
Harvest starts at the timesheet, so everything before it is somewhere else: no sales pipeline, no contracts with e-signature, no client portal. Everything after it is missing too: no recurring billing for retainers, no bank reconciliation, and no ANAF eFactura or PEPPOL.
Enlivy covers the relationship the hours are billed under: the deal, the signed contract, the retainer schedule, the compliant invoice and the reconciled payment.
AROUND THE TIMESHEET
Harvest measures the hours. Enlivy runs the account.
The deal that created the project, the contract that priced it, the retainer that repeats it, and the compliant invoice that closes it.
Free to start · No credit card required · EU e-invoicing built in
PRICING
Per seat versus per feature pack
Harvest is cheap per person, which is exactly how it adds up.
Harvest: priced per seat
Free covers one seat and two projects with unlimited invoices. Teams is 9 dollars per seat a month and Enterprise 14, both with unlimited seats but additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks billed by usage on top. Enterprise Plus is quote-only. A ten-person agency is paying for ten seats before any usage.
Enlivy: pay for what you use
Enlivy prices per feature pack: invoicing, contracts, and the sales pipeline are separate packs; payroll comes bundled with invoicing and the customer portal is included.
Adding people to your account doesn't change what you pay, so the two price in opposite directions as the team grows. See plans and pricing.
WHO IT FITS
Who each one actually fits
A quick way to self-select before you read the rest of the page.
Harvest fits you if
- Hours are the product: you bill time, and knowing project profitability matters more than anything else on this page.
- You already have a CRM and an accounting system and just want the tracking layer.
- Your team is small enough that per-seat pricing stays comfortable.
Enlivy fits you if
- You sell retainers or fixed-scope projects and need the deal, contract and recurring invoice connected.
- You invoice into the EU, or specifically into Romania, and need ANAF eFactura or PEPPOL.
- You want the client to have a portal rather than an inbox full of forwarded PDFs.
SWITCHING
Switching from Harvest
Of every comparison on this site, this is the one most likely to end in keeping both. Harvest tracks the hours, Enlivy runs everything around them.
What you run today
- Harvest Timesheets and simple invoices, per seat
- A separate CRM Where the deal lives before there is a project
- An e-signature tool Contracts signed away from the work they scope
- A spreadsheet Retainers Harvest cannot bill on a schedule
What it becomes
Enlivy
- Pipeline, proposal and signed contract in one record
- Billing schedules for retainers and subscriptions
- ANAF eFactura and PEPPOL on every invoice
- A client portal and reconciled bank transactions
What stays where it is
- Harvest time tracking, project budgets
Enlivy has no time tracking and no project budgeting, so if you bill by the hour Harvest stays. This is a split, not a replacement, and the cheapest honest answer is often to run both.
How the move works
- 1
Export your clients
Clients and open invoices come out of Harvest as a spreadsheet.
- 2
Rebuild the commercial side
Deals, contracts and retainer schedules go into Enlivy, linked to each other.
- 3
Keep tracking in Harvest
Hours stay where they are; the invoice that bills them is issued from Enlivy with eFactura.
TRY IT ON ONE RETAINER
You can test this without migrating anything
Create an organization, set up one retainer from signed contract to recurring invoice, and keep tracking hours exactly where you do today.
Free to start · No credit card required · EU e-invoicing built in
HARVEST ALTERNATIVE
Enlivy vs Harvest: common questions
Is Enlivy a replacement for Harvest, or does it work alongside it?
Usually alongside. Harvest tracks time and Enlivy does not track time at all, so if hours are how you bill, Harvest stays. What moves is everything around the timesheet: the pipeline, the signed contract, recurring retainer billing, the client portal and the compliant invoice.
Does Enlivy have time tracking or project budgeting?
No, neither. This is the clearest gap on the page and the comparison table rates it that way. Harvest's timers, timesheets and budget forecasting have no equivalent in Enlivy, and for an agency that prices by the hour that is a genuine reason to keep it.
Can Harvest bill a monthly retainer automatically?
Not on a schedule. Harvest invoices from tracked time and projects rather than from a recurring plan, so retainers usually end up in a spreadsheet or created by hand each month. Enlivy's billing schedules issue those invoices from the signed contract, with eFactura included.
Can Enlivy send an EU e-invoice or ANAF eFactura that Harvest can't?
Yes. Harvest has no PEPPOL or eFactura support, so invoicing into Romania and increasingly across the EU is not something it can do on its own. Enlivy issues both as a built-in part of every invoice.
How does the cost compare as the team grows?
They move in opposite directions. Harvest is priced per seat, 9 dollars a month on Teams and 14 on Enterprise, with extra invoices, projects and clients billed by usage on top. Enlivy prices per feature pack with no per-seat charge, so headcount does not change what you pay.