Time tracking and billing for consultants
Start the timer when the call begins, stop it when it ends, and the hour is on today's box for the right client. At month end, pick each client's approved hours and make the invoice in a minute.
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Your hours, without the admin
Consultants lose more to forgotten hours than to slow clients. These are the leaks.
Calls run long and go unrecorded
A thirty-minute call becomes an hour, and by evening you write down thirty minutes.
Start the timer from What are you working on?, pause it, resume it, and stop and save. The time goes on today's box.
You can't tell how much of the week paid
You felt busy all week but only half of it was client work.
The top of your sheet shows hours logged against hours expected, and Hours by person shows your billable share.
Invoicing takes an evening
You open your diary, add up the hours for each client and type an invoice from scratch.
Approved hours wait under each client. Tick them, make the invoice, then email it and record the payment from the invoice.
Associates log time their own way
One uses a notebook, another a spreadsheet, and you merge it all at month end.
Everyone uses the same weekly sheet and timer, and each week comes to you for approval.
A consulting day, captured as it happens
- Start the timer
Pick the client job, add a note on what the call is about and start.
- Pause and switch
Pause for a break or start another job. Starting a new timer saves the one that was running.
- Check the week
On Friday, fill any gaps on the weekly sheet and send the week.
- Invoice the client
Turn each client's approved hours into an invoice with VAT or sales tax, in your books.
Built for people who sell their time
One timer, always ready
Start, pause, resume and save, with a note on what the time was for.
On your phone
Install it from the browser. The phone screen shows one day at a time.
Billable share
Logged, expected and billable hours, so you know what the week earned.
Rates per client job
Each engagement can carry its own rate an hour, or use yours.
Invoices from hours
Pick approved hours by client and make one invoice with a line for each job and rate.
Email and payments
Email the invoice, get a PDF and record the payment, all from the invoice.
Ready before your next call
- Add a job for each client engagement, with a rate an hour.
- Add Proposals and Admin as internal jobs.
- Choose how the timer rounds.
- Install Timesheets on your phone from the browser.
- Add your associates and choose who approves them.
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One account, the same customers, items and team in every app.
ProjectsPlan the engagement there; its hours reach this sheet. CRMNew clients from your pipeline are ready to log time on. ExpenseKeep travel receipts beside the hours you bill.Timesheets for consultants: FAQ
Can I use the timer on my phone?
Yes. Timesheets installs as an app from the browser. The phone screen shows one day at a time, with the timer ready.
What happens if I forget to stop the timer?
You can throw the time away with the X beside Stop and save, and type the right hours in the box instead.
Can I log time for days I forgot?
Yes, for past days in any week that is not sent, approved or locked. You can't log time for days still to come.
Do I need approval if I work alone?
No. Approval is a setting. Turn it on when associates join and you want to check their weeks.
Can I see my billable share of the week?
Yes. Hours by person shows expected, logged and billable hours, and utilisation as billable against expected.
Is it free for a solo consultant?
Yes. Timesheets is free for up to 3 people, with the sheet, timer, clients, jobs and hours reports. Invoices from hours are on Professional.
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