#28 in Project & Work ManagementUpdated 2026-08

solidtime

by SolidTime · Open-source time tracking with invoicing and project budgets

41.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

solidtime is an open-source time tracker for freelancers and teams. Time is logged through a timer, calendar or spreadsheet-style timesheet, then filtered and grouped by member, project, client, task or tag into reports that export to PDF, CSV or Excel. Projects carry hourly rates and budgets, and billable hours become PDF or EN 16931 e-invoices.

Best for: Freelancers and agencies tracking billable project time and invoicing clients, cloud or self-hosted.
Pricing: Solo plan is free for one user; Professional is €8 per user per month billed annually excluding VAT, with the monthly rate not shown.
Runs on: WebmacOSWindowsLinuxSelf-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hostable or EU-hosted cloud
Desktop activity tracking and idle detection stay local
Invoices cover VAT, discounts and EN 16931 e-invoicing
Reports export to PDF, CSV or Excel, or share as a read-only link

Trade-offs

Invoicing, PDF reports and team access control need the paid plan
The free plan covers one user only
Only the annual per-user rate is shown; the monthly rate is not listed
On-premise pricing sits on a separate tab that was not captured

Pricing

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

solidtime pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in EUR
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
SOLO	—per user	—	1 user Clients, projects, tags and tasks Billable hours and rates Reporting
PROFESSIONAL	—per user	€8	Everything in Solo Invoicing, estimates and rounding PDF and shareable reports Team, project and organisation access control

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: 10 out of 100
Documentation: 30 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 60 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 85 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 65 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: 65 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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