Timesheets that fill themselves in

Track hours where the work happens, approve a whole week in one click, and turn time into invoice-ready data - without chasing anyone on Friday afternoon.

Free forever for up to 10 people. No credit card. No demo required.

Tracker
Tuesday, 17 March · Riley Okafor
Running
02:14:38
Northwind Rebrand · Design review
NWNorthwind - Rebrand Billable3:45
ACArcadia - Q1 Retainer Billable2:10
INInternal - Standup Non-billable0:25
Week 12 · 16–22 March
Auto-filled from tracker, calendar and tickets
38.5 / 40 h
ProjectMonTueWedThuFriTotal
Northwind - Rebrand4.06.53.05.0-18.5
Arcadia - Q1 Retainer2.51.54.02.05.015.0
Internal - Ops1.0-1.01.02.05.0
Daily total7.58.08.08.07.038.5
Billable 33.5 h Non-billable 5.0 h Submitted Friday 16:02
Approvals · Week 12
9 of 12 timesheets submitted
Approve all
RORiley OkaforApproved38.5
JMJun MatsudaApproved40.0
SBSam BergströmNeeds review46.0
ADAmara DialloPending-
TKTomas KralApproved37.0
Overtime flagged automatically above 45 h
Draft invoice · Northwind Ltd
Built from 4 approved timesheets · March 1–31
Send
Design - 3 people @ $145/h62.0 h · $8,990
Engineering - 2 people @ $165/h48.5 h · $8,002
Project management @ $120/h14.0 h · $1,680
Non-billable (excluded)11.5 h · $0
Total due$18,672
Rates pulled per role and per clientExports to Xero, QuickBooks, CSV
Utilization · Last 12 weeks
Billable share of tracked hours, per week
Team of 12
81%Billable utilization
$164Effective hourly rate
4.2 hSaved per person / week
98%Timesheets on time
Week 12 · ReconciledAuto
Tracked in Balance412.5 h
Approved by leads412.5 h
Billed to clients338.0 h
Sent to payroll412.5 h
Unexplained gap0.0 h

Every hour lands once.
And lands correctly.

Most teams keep time in three places: a tracker, a spreadsheet, and someone's memory. The three never agree, and the difference quietly comes out of your margin.

Balance keeps one record from the first started timer to the approved invoice line, so tracked, billed and paid hours reconcile on their own.

Made to fit your size, role & industry

Agencies Consultancies Design Studios Law Firms Contractors Engineering Finance Teams Nonprofits

Track it. Approve it. Bill it. Report it.

Start a timer anywhere, or let Balance draft the week from what your team already did.

  • One-click timers on web, desktop & mobile
  • Draft entries from calendar, Jira, Linear & GitHub
  • Offline capture that syncs when you're back

A weekly grid people actually finish, and an approval queue leads can clear over coffee.

  • Submit a full week in one action
  • Multi-step approval with comments and reopens
  • Reminders that stop when the sheet is in

Approved hours become invoice lines at the right rate, with nothing retyped.

  • Rates per person, role, project or client
  • Retainers, fixed fees and budget caps
  • One-click export to Xero, QuickBooks or CSV

See where the week actually went - before the month closes, not after.

  • Billable utilization by person, team and client
  • Budget burn alerts before you go over
  • Scheduled reports to inboxes and Slack

Hours, overtime and time off leave Balance in the shape payroll expects.

  • Overtime rules, breaks and rounding policies
  • Leave balances that flow into the same sheet
  • Immutable audit trail on every edit
Today · 6 h 20 m tracked
3 sources merged into one day
Running
02:14:38
Northwind Rebrand · Design review
CACalendar · Client workshopSuggested1:30
JIJira · NW-1042 Nav refactorSuggested2:05
GHGitHub · 4 commits, arcadia-webSuggested0:45
Week 12 · 16–22 March
Ready to submit
Submit week
ProjectMonTueWedThuFriTotal
Northwind - Rebrand4.06.53.05.0-18.5
Arcadia - Q1 Retainer2.51.54.02.05.015.0
Internal - Ops1.0-1.01.02.05.0
Daily total7.58.08.08.07.038.5
Approver: Jun MatsudaReminder sent Thu 16:00
Draft invoice · Northwind Ltd
March 1–31 · 4 approved timesheets
Send
Design - 3 people @ $145/h62.0 h · $8,990
Engineering - 2 people @ $165/h48.5 h · $8,002
Project management @ $120/h14.0 h · $1,680
Retainer credit applied−$2,500
Total due$16,172
Budget used 74%Exports to Xero
Utilization · Last 12 weeks
Team of 12
Export
81%Billable utilization
$164Effective rate
74%Budget used
98%Sheets on time
Payroll export · March
Locked after approval · audit trail attached
Ready
RORiley OkaforRegular 160 h+4 OT
JMJun MatsudaRegular 160 h+0 OT
SBSam BergströmRegular 152 h · 1 day leave+6 OT
ADAmara DialloRegular 128 h · part-time+0 OT
Overtime rule: >40 h/week at 1.5×Every edit logged

Start with time tracking. Add approvals, billing and reports whenever your team is ready.

Can your timesheet tool do this?

Less nagging. Fewer spreadsheets. A Friday that ends on Friday.

Close a week in one click

Leads approve a full team's timesheets from a single queue - with anything unusual already flagged.

Approvals · Week 12
Approve all
RORiley OkaforApproved
SBSam Bergström46 h

Turn hours into an invoice

Approved time becomes priced invoice lines at the right rate for every role, project and client.

Design @ $145/h62.0 h
Engineering @ $165/h48.5 h
Total$18,672

Catch a budget before it burns

Balance watches every project against its budget and tells you at 80%, not at 120%.

Arcadia - Q1 Retainer
82% used

Prove what was worked, and when

Every entry, edit and approval keeps its own audit trail - ready when a client or auditor asks.

JMApproved week 12Fri 16:04
ROEdited Wed entryThu 09:12

Small team today.
Free until you're not.

When you're ten people, every hour is either paying for the company or it isn't - and you shouldn't need a procurement cycle to find out which.

So the whole thing is free for teams up to 10: tracking, timesheets, approvals, invoicing exports and reports. No feature gates, no trial clock.

Then $6 per person / month. Billed monthly, cancel any time.

What you get on freeUp to 10
Unlimited projects & clients✓
Timesheets & approvals✓
Billable rates & invoice export✓
Utilization reports✓
Card requiredNo

Everything old timesheet tools forgot about the people filling them in

Balance is quick to fill, hard to fudge, and honest about what it costs.

Two minutes, not twenty

The week arrives pre-drafted from timers, calendar and tickets. People check it and send it, instead of reconstructing it from memory.

Week ready to review
Drafted
CACalendar · 6 events4:15
JIJira · 11 issues9:40

No pricing games

One published price per person. No demo required to see it, no per-module upsell, no annual lock-in to get a straight answer.

Up to 10 peopleFree
Every extra person$6 / month
Setup fee$0

Live this week

Import people and projects from CSV, connect your tools, set your rates. Most teams are tracking real hours the same afternoon.

1Import peopleDone
2Connect calendarDone
3Set ratesNext

Real people answer

Support from a team that has closed a billing month themselves - reachable by chat and email, on the free plan too.

MKMaya from Balancereplied in 4 min
YOCan we split a retainer?You

Utilization from day one

You don't need a data team to see billable share, effective rate and budget burn. The reports are on before you finish onboarding.

81%Billable
$164Eff. rate

Bends to your rules

Week starts on Sunday? Six-minute increments? Approval by client lead, then finance? Custom fields, policies and flows fit your shop.

Rounding6 min
Week startsSunday
Approval steps2

We don't just hand you a timer.

Good software matters. But getting time right also takes decisions - what's billable, who approves, how you round, when you invoice.

Every Balance customer gets a real person for setup and migration, from your old spreadsheet to your first clean invoice.

Your first 14 days with Balance:

  • Day 1 → Workspace, people & projects imported
  • Day 3 → Rates, budgets & billable rules set
  • Day 5 → Calendar & issue tracker connected
  • Day 8 → Team tracking, first week submitted
  • Day 14 → First invoice built straight from approved hours

Time data is payroll data. We treat it that way.

Hours decide what people are paid and what clients are charged. Balance keeps that record locked, logged and yours.

SOC 2 Type II

GDPR Compliance

Encryption at Rest & in Transit

Role-Based & Project-Level Permissions

Immutable Audit Logs

EU & US Data Residency

Give your team their Friday afternoon back.

Every hour your team works is either paying for the company or teaching you something. Balance makes sure you can tell which - starting with this week.

Tell us how your team works and we will have your workspace ready. Free for up to 10 people - see what happens after that.

Contact us to
get started

Tell us how your team works - how you bill, who approves, what you are moving off - and we will set the workspace up around it.

  • A reply from a person within 5 business days
  • A 20-minute call, only if you want one
  • We migrate your existing timesheet data for you
  • Free for up to 10 people - no card, no trial clock

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