DeskTime vs Everhour Comparison

Why choose DeskTime

• Lower estimated cost for 10 users: $70/mo vs $85/mo
• Higher Security score (8/10 vs 5/10)
• Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 6/10)
• Better fit for remote teams (8/10 vs 6/10)

Why choose Everhour

• Has a free plan (DeskTime does not)
• Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 6/10)
• Higher Support score (8/10 vs 6/10)
• Better fit for agencies (9/10 vs 7/10)
• Better fit for consultancies (8/10 vs 6/10)

DeskTime

Pros

• Tracking runs automatically in the background, so staff do not have to start or stop timers, which reviewers on G2 cite most often.
• ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certification, plus EU-based operation, helps buyers who must comply with GDPR.
• Project time tracking calculates costs from hourly rates, which helps agencies bill clients.
• Premium combines shift scheduling and an absence calendar with time tracking, so these do not need a separate tool.
• Per-user pricing starts at about 6.42 USD a month on annual billing, which is low for this category.

Cons

• Reviewers describe the URL tracking and screenshots as intrusive, and these features may need a legal basis in some jurisdictions.
• Capterra and G2 users report instability, such as tracking stopping or activity being marked as neutral.
• It has no Kanban boards, Gantt charts or task management of its own, so it depends on tools like Jira, Asana or Trello.
• Reviewers say time spent in meetings and offline work are tracked poorly.
• Screenshots and the API are only on Premium.

Everhour

Pros

• More than 20 native integrations, including Asana, ClickUp, Monday, Jira and Linear, put a timer directly on tasks, and reviewers praise these integrations most.
• A browser extension adds tracking to more than 20 other web apps, such as Figma, HubSpot and Zendesk.
• Budgets with alerts, expense tracking and invoicing that syncs to QuickBooks, Xero or FreshBooks cover billable work end to end.
• The Team plan costs 8.50 USD per seat per month on yearly billing, and the free plan covers up to 5 seats.
• Reviewers often single out the customer support, and Everhour holds about a 4.8 out of 5 average across 139 SpotSaaS ratings.

Cons

• It is not a standalone PM suite: it has no Gantt charts, docs or whiteboards.
• The free plan has no integrations, which are the product's main value.
• Paid plans require 5 seats and payment by card only, and unused time is not refunded when you cancel.
• Its security documentation relies on AWS's SOC 2 compliance rather than its own report, and it does not run formal periodic risk assessments.
• Some users report hours that failed to record, too many reminder alerts, and limited chart-style reporting.