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App spotlight: Harvest

By Krystina Martinez · September 23, 2024
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Our most precious commodity and constant nemesis is time—especially if your brain perceives time differently. Unfortunately, time management is never straightforward. Unexpected issues crop up and seemingly simple tasks can escalate into complex problems, throwing your project deadlines off course. 

Luckily, you can get a better grip on the clock with Harvest. A time-tracking app, Harvest helps you better estimate project deadlines, bill clients, and control where you spend your energy. With its intuitive interface, you and your team can start tracking hours and projects immediately.

Reap the benefits of time tracking

Time tracking sounds as tedious and unproductive as trying to count grains of sand in an hourglass. That's why Harvest is designed to make time tracking actually useful.

For example, if you do client-based work or bill services by the hour, Harvest can automatically turn those timesheets into invoices. Want to limit scope creep and unreasonable workloads? Just dive into Harvest's visual reports, which are customizable to suit your needs. 

Even better, Harvest gets out of your way. With browser extensions and tons of built-in integrations, you can start the clock wherever you work and get down to business. 

Yield more time savings: Popular Harvest workflows

You can customize time tracking to work the way you do, without spending time on manual admin. Just connect Harvest with Zapier to start automating your work across your favorite apps.

Whether it's creating recurring time entries or setting up new projects and clients, you can create automated workflows called Zaps to preserve your time and energy for what matters most.

Get started quickly with a few of our most popular Harvest workflows: 

Create records in Zapier Tables from new time entries in Harvest

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    When a new time entry is marked in Harvest, this automation promptly creates a record in Zapier Tables. This ensures that all your time tracking records are up-to-date and easily accessible in one place. Make your record-keeping efficient and streamline your workflow with this handy integration.

    Create weekly time entries in Harvest with Schedule by Zapier

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      Streamline your time tracking tasks with this efficient workflow that operates on a weekly schedule set by the Schedule by Zapier app, leading to the creation of a new time entry in the Harvest app. This simple yet powerful connection simplifies tracking your time entries, reducing the necessity for manual inputs. Make your time-management routine smoother and more productive with this weekly operation.

      Create Harvest projects from new Asana projects

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        You've added a project to Asana so you can start scheduling tasks for your team, but don't forget to track your time so you can bill your client correctly. Make the setup easy by using Zapier to automatically create a project in Harvest whenever a new project is created in Asana.

        Create Harvest clients from new QuickBooks Online customers

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          Streamline your bookkeeping processes with this efficient workflow. Every time a new customer is added in QuickBooks Online, a corresponding client will be created in Harvest. This seamless integration helps in reducing manual data entry, ensuring timely client creation in Harvest for efficient project management and invoicing. Stay organized effortlessly!

          Create new Airtable records when timers stop in Harvest

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            Track your work effortlessly with this streamlined workflow. When you stop a timer in Harvest, this workflow creates a new record in Airtable, saving you from manually entering data. Improve your productivity and focus more on your projects by letting this system handle your administrative tasks.

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