Harvest alternative · updated 2026-08-03
The honest Harvest alternative for small teams
Lyto is a Harvest alternative for teams of one to ten people who want time tracking and invoicing joined to the rest of the business. Lyto Tally tracks billable hours and Sum turns them into invoices, inside one suite with CRM, helpdesk and tasks, at €13 per seat per month — €10 billed annually. Harvest is $11 per seat per month for its Pro plan (July 2026) and pairs time tracking with invoicing, but the CRM, helpdesk and project work still live in other tools.
Lyto · all 7 apps
from €10 / seat / mo
billed annually · €13 monthly
Harvest · time tracking & invoicing
Free $0 1 seat, 2 projects
Pro $11 / seat / mo annual billing
Premium $14 / seat / mo annual billing
prices as of July 2026
How does Lyto compare to Harvest?
| Lyto (Tally) | Harvest | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | €13 / seat / mo, or €10 billed annually — time and invoicing plus five more apps | $11 / seat / mo (Pro) — time tracking and invoicing |
| What you get for it | Time, invoicing, CRM, helpdesk, tasks and reporting in one login | Time tracking and invoicing; CRM and support are elsewhere |
| The client behind the work | Lives in Pipeline, on the same shared customer record | A client entry in Harvest, separate from your CRM |
| Project management | Workstream tasks in the same suite feed the tracked time | Basic project tracking; deeper PM needs another tool |
| Hosting & data | EU-hosted and GDPR-native by design | US-based provider |
| Free trial | 14 days, card required — disclosed up front | 30-day trial; free tier limited to one seat |
Competitor prices checked July 2026; see their pricing page for current figures.
Why look past Harvest at one to ten people?
Harvest is a well-made tool that does two things a services team genuinely needs: track time and turn it into invoices. It is a step ahead of a pure tracker for exactly that reason. But it stops at that pair. The client whose hours you are tracking still lives in a separate CRM, their support requests in a separate inbox, and any real project management in yet another tool. A consultancy ends up running Harvest alongside two or three other subscriptions, each with its own client list to keep in step.
For teams reassessing Harvest on price or after a change of ownership, that surrounding stack is the real cost to weigh — not just the seat.
How is Lyto Tally different?
Tally and Sum together cover Harvest’s ground — tracking and billing — inside the Lyto suite, built for one-to-ten-person teams:
- Time and invoicing, connected further. Tracked hours feed a Sum invoice for a client that also lives in Pipeline and Solve — one shared record.
- The rest of the business too. CRM, helpdesk, tasks and reporting are in the same login, not the next subscription.
- EU-hosted, GDPR-native. No US parent, no CLOUD Act exposure — built for European services firms by default.
- Flat per-seat pricing. €13 per seat, or €10 billed annually — the whole suite, not a two-app tool.
Where is Harvest still the better pick?
If you want a focused, mature time-and-invoicing tool and have no need for the CRM, helpdesk or task management that surround it, Harvest does its pair well and its integrations are broad. Lyto wins when you would otherwise buy those other tools separately, or when EU hosting and one connected record matter more than a specialist’s depth.
What does the suite change day to day?
Log hours in Tally and they are ready to bill in Sum, against the client you sell to in Pipeline and support in Solve — no second CRM, no synced client list. One login, one shared record, one flat bill: the two jobs Harvest does, plus the four around them that a services team was paying for anyway.
Questions people ask about switching
Harvest already does time tracking and invoicing — what does Lyto add?
Harvest does that pair well. Lyto covers the same two jobs and connects them to the rest of the business: the client you track hours against lives in Pipeline, their support emails in Solve, and their tasks in Workstream — one shared record. So instead of Harvest plus a separate CRM and helpdesk, a services team runs time, billing, sales and support from one €13 seat, with the pieces already joined up.
Is Lyto a good fit after Harvest's pricing changes?
Many teams reassessing Harvest are doing so on price and value. Lyto is €13 per seat (€10 billed annually) and that seat is not just time and invoicing — it is six more connected apps. So the comparison is rarely seat-for-seat: it is Harvest plus whatever CRM and support tools you also pay for, against one Lyto seat that includes them. Re-check both vendors' current prices when you decide.
Is Lyto hosted in the EU like some Harvest alternatives?
Yes. Lyto is EU-hosted and GDPR-native by design — no US parent company and no CLOUD Act exposure — which matters to European services firms handling client data. Harvest is a US-based provider. For an EU consultancy or agency that has to answer data-residency questions in its own contracts, that difference can decide the tool.
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