Compare Timely
eZacto vs Timely.
Billed monthly, hosted eZacto would be $10 a person, where Timely Starter is $11, Premium $20 and Unlimited $28. Billed yearly it would be $9 a month, the same as Starter, without Starter’s limits of 5 users and 20 projects. Premium and Unlimited cost more either way.
Timely prices as published on . Every price is per person, in USD.
Do the simple math
- eZacto, hosted (proposed)
- / month
- Timely Starter Up to 5 users and 20 projects
- / month
- Timely Premium Up to 50 users
- / month
- Timely Unlimited
- / month
You’d save $1,680/yr vs Timely Premium
Timely Starter allows at most 5 users, so it is not an option for 14 people.
USD, before any applicable tax. Timely’s figures are its published per-user prices; its pricing page lists no usage-based fees. Its Tasks add-on, from $5 per person, is not included. An estimate, not a subscription and not a bill.
eZacto and Timely, side by side
Timely prices as published on
| eZacto every plan | Timely Starter | Timely Premium | Timely Unlimited | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price per seat | $10 a month, or $9 billed yearly ($108 a year). Proposed; free to self-host. | $11 a month, or $9 billed annually ($108 a year) | $20 a month, or $16 billed annually ($192 a year) | $28 a month, or $22 billed annually ($264 a year) |
| Users | No cap | Up to 5 | Up to 50 | No cap |
| Projects | No cap | Up to 20 | No cap | No cap |
| Usage-based fees | None | None listed | None listed | None listed |
| Invoicing | Included | Not listed | Created in Timely, sent to QuickBooks Online | Created in Timely, sent to QuickBooks Online |
| Accounting integrations | QuickBooks Online, Stripe, BILL and Wise | Not listed | QuickBooks Online | QuickBooks Online |
| Billable rates | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Profitability reporting | Included | Not listed | Internal cost rates, to set against billable rates | Internal cost rates, to set against billable rates |
| Timesheet approvals | Included | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Locked timesheets | Included | Unlimited only | Unlimited only | Included |
| Required notes | Included | Premium and up | Included | Included |
| Automatic time tracking | No. Timers and manual entry. | Included | Included | Included |
| Project-management sync | Not yet. eZacto for Chrome tracks time against the Jira or Asana issue you have open. | Premium and up | Included | Included |
| Sharing hours with clients | Client portal, as an open-source add-on | Snapshot report links | Snapshot report links | Snapshot, live and branded reports |
| Exports | CSV, Excel and PDF | PDF, CSV and XLS | PDF, CSV and XLS | PDF, CSV and XLS |
| Single sign-on | Not yet. Google, Apple and GitHub sign-in instead. | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed; Azure AD user management |
| API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source and self-hosting | Yes, AGPL v3 | No | No | No |
Notes
- Timely’s prices and plan features are from its pricing page as published on Oct 7, 2026, which marks yearly billing as saving up to 22%. Timely also offers Enterprise (priced by its sales team) and a Tasks add-on from $5 per person.
- Invoicing: Timely’s pricing page lists a QuickBooks Online integration on Premium and Unlimited, described as creating invoices in Timely and sending them to QuickBooks Online, and its invoices page describes an invoice tab. The pricing page does not say whether Starter can create invoices, so its cell says “Not listed”.
- Approvals: no plan lists an approval step. Premium and Unlimited list time entry states, and Unlimited lists locked time.
- Profitability: Premium and Unlimited list internal cost rates, to compare what work costs with what it bills; no profitability report is listed.
- Automatic time tracking, which records activity on your computer and drafts timesheets from it, is the centre of Timely and is not something eZacto does.
- “Not listed” and “None listed” mean Timely’s pricing page does not list it. eZacto’s hosted prices are a proposal: nothing here is for sale yet.
- eZacto is an independent project by CONFLICT LLC and is not affiliated with Timely, which belongs to its respective owner.
Sources
- Timely pricing page: prices, plans, user and project limits and plan features, checked Oct 7, 2026
- Timely: invoices: how Timely describes creating invoices, checked Oct 7, 2026
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