TimeCamp

What Is TimeCamp?

Manual time tracking has a compliance problem. Employees forget to start the timer. They forget to stop it. They log time at the end of the week from memory, producing records that reflect what they think they did rather than what they actually did. For agencies, consultancies, and law firms billing by the hour, this inaccuracy is not a productivity inconvenience — it is revenue leakage on every project.

TimeCamp was founded in Wroclaw, Poland, in 2009 with a direct answer to this problem: track time automatically, without requiring any user action. The platform monitors which applications, websites, and documents are active on the desktop throughout the day, then matches that activity to client projects using keyword rules the team configures once. A lawyer who opens a specific client folder, drafts a document in Word, and takes a client call on Zoom — TimeCamp logs all of it against the right matter without the lawyer touching a timer.

This automatic tracking is not novel in 2026, but TimeCamp has built the deepest feature set around it: AI-driven project assignment suggestions, AI Timesheets that fill gaps in manual records, over 100 project management and accounting integrations, and a built-in invoicing module that generates client bills directly from tracked hours. Operating as a Polish company under EU law, with data hosted within the EEA, TimeCamp also resolves the data sovereignty question that keeps some European teams away from US-based time tracking tools.

The free plan supports unlimited users with unlimited projects. That is a genuine offer, not a crippled trial.

Key Features

Automatic Time Tracking

The automatic tracking engine monitors active applications, windows, and browser URLs throughout the work session. Each activity — time in VS Code, a Zoom meeting, a Google Doc open in Chrome — appears in the TimeCamp activity timeline. Keyword rules map these activities to client projects: any time in a folder named "ClientX" routes to the ClientX project; any browser session on a specific domain routes to the corresponding account.

Initial setup requires defining keyword rules for the most common activities, which takes an hour or two. After that, the system runs in the background and assigns time without any manual action. The AI Time Tracker layer adds intelligent suggestions: it observes patterns over time and proposes project assignments for unmatched activities, learning from the corrections the user makes.

For knowledge workers who context-switch frequently across multiple clients and projects, this automated capture is meaningfully more accurate than manual tracking. Teams using TimeCamp report filling the 15-20% of working hours that typically go unlogged in manual-tracking environments.

AI Timesheets

The AI Timesheets feature addresses the specific failure mode of the knowledge worker who tracks some time manually but leaves gaps. Rather than leaving those gaps blank — or forcing the user to reconstruct them from calendar entries — AI Timesheets analyses the automatic activity data and proposes entries to fill the untracked periods. The user reviews the suggestions, approves or adjusts them, and submits a complete timesheet in minutes rather than the half-hour reconstruction that most manual trackers require on Friday afternoons.

This feature is available on the Free plan, which is unusual for an AI-driven productivity tool in 2026.

Built-In Invoicing

TimeCamp generates client invoices directly from tracked billable hours. Mark project tasks as billable, assign a billing rate, track time, and the invoice drafts itself. This eliminates the data re-entry between a time tracking tool and a separate invoicing application — a workflow that sounds minor but compounds into significant administrative overhead at scale.

Invoicing is available on the Starter plan at $3.99/user/month. The Ultimate plan adds custom invoice templates and expense tracking to the invoicing module for more comprehensive client billing.

Integrations

Over 100 integrations span the major project management, accounting, CRM, and development platforms: Jira, Asana, Trello, ClickUp, monday.com, GitHub, GitLab, Xero, QuickBooks Online, Salesforce, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Google Workspace. The browser extension for Chrome and Edge embeds a TimeCamp timer directly within these tools, allowing tracking to start from the context of a Jira issue or Asana task without switching applications.

The public REST API supports custom integrations, and TimeCamp data connects to BI tools including Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, and Google Data Studio for advanced analytics.

Attendance and Time-Off Management

Beyond project tracking, TimeCamp includes attendance management: clock-in/out records, overtime calculation, and time-off management with approval workflows. Remote work detection differentiates home and office sessions on the Ultimate plan. For small teams managing attendance alongside project time, this consolidates two separate functions into a single platform.

Pricing

TimeCamp prices in USD across four paid tiers plus a genuinely useful free plan.

The Free plan includes unlimited users, unlimited projects, timesheets, all platform apps, AI Time Tracker, and AI Timesheets. For a team that only needs basic automatic time tracking without billing features, the free plan is a complete product.

The Starter plan at $3.99/user/month (annual) adds invoicing, attendance tracking, time-off management, overtime tracking, and Excel export. For freelancers or small agencies with straightforward client billing needs, Starter delivers strong value at one of the lowest per-user prices in the category.

The Premium plan at $6.99/user/month adds billable rates, project budgets and estimates, app and website tracking, and scheduled email reports. The Ultimate plan at $9.99/user/month is the tier most agencies will land on: it adds timesheet approvals, custom fields, expense tracking, billing rates, pivot table reporting, SSO, and unlimited integrations.

Enterprise is custom-priced and uniquely offers self-hosted or private cloud deployment — the option for teams that need full data control beyond EU cloud hosting.

USD pricing introduces minor billing variability for European customers due to exchange rate fluctuation. It is worth noting when comparing against EUR-priced alternatives like Clockodo or Toggl Track.

EU Compliance & Privacy

TimeCamp is incorporated in Wroclaw, Poland as TimeCamp Sp. z o.o., operating under EU jurisdiction. Data is hosted within the European Economic Area. The Free plan includes two-factor authentication; SSO is available on Ultimate and above. Enterprise customers can opt for self-hosted or private cloud deployment with full data sovereignty.

Audit logs are available on the Enterprise plan for organisations requiring compliance trails. A Data Processing Agreement covers the requirements of GDPR Article 28. For most European business use cases, EU cloud hosting with a Polish data controller satisfies GDPR adequacy without additional cross-border transfer analysis.

One privacy consideration for teams: the screenshots feature on the Ultimate plan captures periodic screen images for productivity monitoring. This capability requires careful communication with employees and a clear policy on what is monitored and why. Teams in jurisdictions with strong employee privacy protections — Germany, France, the Netherlands — should review local labour law before enabling it.

Who It's Best For

Agencies and consultancies where knowledge workers context-switch across multiple client projects throughout the day and manual timer start/stop discipline is unrealistically high.

Freelancers and small teams needing a complete time-and-billing solution at minimum cost. The Free plan with unlimited users plus the $3.99 Starter tier for invoicing is a competitive combination that undercuts most alternatives significantly.

Teams already using Jira, Asana, or ClickUp who want time tracking embedded within their existing project tools via browser extensions rather than a standalone app.

European businesses requiring EU data sovereignty, who want a GDPR-native alternative to Harvest or Hubstaff without sacrificing automatic tracking capability.

The Verdict

TimeCamp does what it promises: automatic time tracking that captures working hours without constant user intervention. The AI Timesheets fill the gaps that even automatic tracking misses, and the built-in invoicing closes the loop between time logged and client billed. The free plan's generosity — unlimited users, unlimited projects, AI features included — makes it the most practical entry point in the category. The main caveats are real: automatic tracking accuracy requires initial configuration work and ongoing corrections; the desktop app can be resource-heavy; and the screenshots feature needs careful handling in European employee-privacy contexts. For teams that have tried and abandoned manual time tracking, TimeCamp offers a structurally different approach worth evaluating.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is TimeCamp really free for unlimited users?

Yes. The Free plan supports unlimited users and unlimited projects with timesheets, all platform apps (web, desktop, mobile, browser extensions), AI Time Tracker, and AI Timesheets — no credit card required. Paid features like invoicing, billable rates, timesheet approvals, and integrations beyond one tool require a paid plan starting at $3.99/user/month.

Is TimeCamp GDPR compliant?

Yes. TimeCamp is a Polish company operating under EU law, with data hosted within the EEA. The platform supports two-factor authentication on all plans, SSO on Ultimate and Enterprise, and audit logs on Enterprise. A Data Processing Agreement is available. Enterprise customers can also deploy self-hosted or private cloud installations for full data control.

How does TimeCamp compare to Clockify?

Both offer unlimited-user free tiers. TimeCamp's core differentiator is automatic time tracking — the AI engine detects application and website usage and assigns time without manual start/stop. Clockify relies on manual timers but is generally faster and simpler to use. TimeCamp also includes built-in invoicing, which Clockify lacks natively. For teams where automatic capture accuracy is more important than UI simplicity, TimeCamp has the advantage.

How accurate is TimeCamp's automatic time tracking?

Accuracy improves significantly after initial keyword rule configuration. For common activities with clear application or URL signals, automatic assignment is highly reliable. For ambiguous activities — general web browsing, email, or undifferentiated document work — manual corrections or AI suggestions are typically needed. Teams consistently report that automatic tracking captures noticeably more billable time than equivalent manual tracking, even accounting for review and correction effort.

Does TimeCamp offer self-hosted deployment?

Yes, but only on the Enterprise plan. Self-hosted and private cloud deployment is available for organisations with strict data residency requirements beyond EU cloud hosting. Custom integrations, audit logs, and dedicated SLA support are included at the Enterprise tier. For teams needing full infrastructure control, this is one of the few time tracking tools in the European market that supports it.