What Everhour Really Costs
The subscription is only 8% of what Everhour actually costs your team. Here's the full picture.
Everhour pricing vs total cost of ownership
A 10-person team at Everhour's published rate of $9/seat/month. The subscription is 8% of the real cost.
Subscription cost
$9/seat x 10 seats x 12 months
$1,020/yr
Labor cost
15 hrs/month x $50/hr loaded rate x 12 months
$9,000/yr
Error & rework cost
$250/month x 12 months
$3,000/yr
Total Cost of Ownership
$13,020/yr
Labor rate based on BLS ECEC June 2025 ($45.65/hr private industry total compensation, rounded to $50). Your actual numbers depend on team size, role mix, and usage. Run it with your own data.
What the invoice doesn't show
The paid plan has a 5-seat minimum, and Everhour's own FAQ is explicit: 'Even if you have 2 or 3 users, you'll be charged for a minimum of 5 seats.' The real entry price is $42.50/mo, not $8.50.
Integrations are the free plan's hard wall: the free tier excludes all native integrations, and if you connect one during the trial, continuing means going paid — or asking support to manually strip the integration and its synced data.
Annual billing saves 15% but is non-refundable: cancel mid-year and Everhour keeps the unused months.
Above Team the ladder goes dark: 'Custom' is quote-only with a 50-seat minimum.
Why this category is changing
Everhour's 'no complicated tiers' pitch is real — one paid plan, all features — but the flat structure moves the pricing pressure to the seat count: the 5-seat minimum more than quadruples the effective per-user price for the freelancer-plus-assistant teams the free tier just expelled for connecting Asana.
Clockify
Free; Basic $3.99, Standard $5.49, Pro $7.99, Enterprise $11.99 per seat/mo billed annually
The category's price floor: a free tier that includes the automatic tracker, and a paid ladder from $3.99/seat. Standard ($5.49/seat annual) covers invoicing and QuickBooks payroll/billing sync — the two features that usually justify far pricier incumbents.
Toggl Track
Free; Starter $9/seat/mo; Premium $14 first year then $18/seat/mo
The free plan carries calendar auto-tracking, keyword-triggered tracking, idle detection, and 100+ browser-extension integrations — automation that is rules-based rather than AI, but included at $0. Paid tiers add billable rates and reporting from $9/seat.
Solidtime
Solo free (cloud), Professional EUR 8/user/mo billed annually, self-hosted $0
Open-source time tracking (AGPL) with timers, timesheets, invoicing, and a self-host option that removes the per-seat meter entirely. The tool departing Harvest customers actually name in migration threads. Not AI-automatic — the savings story is open source and no usage fees.
StackCut doesn't sell or recommend any of these tools. We show them for context. The decision is yours.
How we calculate TCO
Total Cost of Ownership includes subscription fees, labor (valued at $50/hr based on BLS ECEC data), and estimated error costs. Error cost is inherently speculative and can be set to $0 for a conservative estimate. All defaults are sourced from published benchmarks and adjustable in our methodology.
Other time tracking cost breakdowns
What Clockify Really Costs
Clockify runs $3.99-$11.99/seat/mo billed annually — the cheapest ladder in time tracking, with monthly billing ~25% higher and SSO parked on Enterprise.
What Harvest Really Costs
Harvest lists $9-14/seat/mo annual — but 'Flex' usage billing now charges for projects, clients, and invoices above allowances Harvest doesn't publish.
What Hubstaff Really Costs
Hubstaff runs $4.99-$25/seat/mo annual with a 2-seat minimum, add-ons that rebuild the higher tiers, and compliance gated to a $25 Enterprise plan. Full TCO.
What QuickBooks Time Really Costs
QuickBooks Time is a $20-40/mo base fee plus $10-12 per user, and the 90%-off intro covers only the base fee for 3 months. QuickBooks Online required. Real TCO.
What Timely Really Costs
Timely's AI time tracking runs $9-22/user/mo billed yearly, with a hard 5-user cap on Starter and 50 on Premium forcing tier jumps as you hire. Real TCO inside.
What Toggl Track Really Costs
Toggl Track costs $9-18/seat/mo — the advertised $14 Premium is a first-year rate that renews at $18 (+29%), and idle free accounts are deleted after 6 months.
FAQ
Everhour pricing: quick answers
How much does Everhour cost per month?
Everhour lists at $8.50 per user per month. A 10-person team pays $1,020 a year in subscription alone, and an estimated $13,020 a year once the labor and error costs around it are counted.
How much is Everhour per seat?
$102 per seat per year at list price, or $8.50 per seat per month. Across a 10-person team that is $1,020 a year in Everhour license fees on their own, and an estimated $13,020 a year in total cost of ownership once the labor and error costs around the tool are included. The paid plan has a 5-seat minimum, and Everhour's own FAQ is explicit: 'Even if you have 2 or 3 users, you'll be charged for a minimum of 5 seats.' The real entry price is $42.50/mo, not $8.50.
How much does Everhour really cost?
The subscription is only part of it. For a 10-person team, the $1,020/year Everhour subscription grows to an estimated $13,020/year total cost of ownership once labor and error costs are included. StackCut lets you adjust every assumption to your own numbers.
What are the most common Everhour complaints?
Integrations are the free plan's hard wall: the free tier excludes all native integrations, and if you connect one during the trial, continuing means going paid — or asking support to manually strip the integration and its synced data. Annual billing saves 15% but is non-refundable: cancel mid-year and Everhour keeps the unused months. Above Team the ladder goes dark: 'Custom' is quote-only with a 50-seat minimum.
What is the best AI alternative to Everhour?
Teams replacing Everhour most often look at Clockify, Toggl Track, and Solidtime. StackCut takes no referral fees and recommends no specific tool. It shows the financial case so you can decide.
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