#36 in Project & Work ManagementUpdated 2026-08

Kimai

by Kimai · Open-source time tracking, hosted or self-hosted

35.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Kimai is a hosted time-tracking application for teams, covering project time tracking, billable and non-billable hours, invoicing and reporting. Data exports to PDF, ODS, XLSX, HTML and CSV, and a JSON REST API connects it to other applications. A role concept limits what each user can see, and every data change is written to an audit log.

Best for: Teams up to 250+ users wanting EU-hosted, open-source time tracking with invoicing
Pricing: No free plan: €2.99 per user/month for Standard and €3.99 per user/month for Professional after a 30-day free trial, excluding tax.

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Open source, usable self-hosted or as a hosted cloud plan
Hosted in Germany and described as GDPR compliant
Exports data and invoices to PDF, ODS, XLSX, HTML and CSV
JSON REST API for querying and creating data

Trade-offs

No free plan; only a 30-day trial before per-user billing starts
SSO, expenses and working time accounts need the Professional plan
Standard backups are weekly; daily backups only on Professional
Annual billing is advertised as 20% cheaper but the same €2.99 is shown

Pricing

Published plans from Kimai’s own pricing page, in EUR. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Kimai pricing tiers, monthly rates in EUR
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Standard	€2.99per user	Project time tracking, billable and non-billable hours Invoicing with 5 custom invoice templates Data export and audit logs Weekly backups, email/personal support
Professional	€3.99per user	Everything in Standard, plus 10 invoice templates Working hour account, holidays, vacation and sick leave Expense tracking, custom fields, task management, Kiosk Mode SAML SSO, custom domain with SSL, IP restrictions, daily backups

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 20 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 45 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 90 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 50 out of 100
Operational trust: 40 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 40 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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