Time Tracking in monday.com: The Ultimate Guide 2026

Why Time Tracking in monday.com Is a Thing

Most teams start with monday.com for project management – and sooner or later the question comes up: "Can we also track time here?" The answer is: Yes, but it depends.

monday.com offers a native Time Tracking column, but it has limitations. There are Marketplace apps that can do significantly more. And recently, monday Vibe introduced the possibility to build a completely custom solution.

This guide gives you the full picture – no marketing speak, honest assessments and a clear recommendation at the end.

Native Time Tracking: The Time Tracking Column

monday.com has a built-in time tracking feature – the Time Tracking column. It can be manually added to any board and works via a start/stop timer.

Important: The column is only available in Pro and Enterprise plans. There is no time tracking in Basic and Standard.

How It Works

In every board item, you can start the timer by clicking the play button. Pausing, manual entries and editing are possible. All intervals are saved in a time log – edited entries are marked in red.

Subitems: The column can also be used in sub-items, but must be added separately per subitem group – no automatic inheritance. Optionally, a sum display can be enabled in the parent item.

Display: Choose between seconds and minutes (seconds are default). On dashboards there's a Time Tracking widget that visualizes time across boards by person and project.

Export: All time data can be exported to Excel – per entry with item name, user and total hours. This enables external reports or billing.

Automations

In the Pro plan, timers can be automatically started or stopped – e.g. "When status changes to 'Working on it', start time tracking". In practice, this only works reliably in linear workflows. When users jump between tasks or work in parallel, things get messy.

What's Good

• Directly integrated – no additional tool, timer right in the task
• Intuitive – start/stop with one click
• Subitems + sums – usable for subtasks too
• Formula evaluation – e.g. SUM({Time Tracking#Hours}) or ROUND(MULTIPLY({Time Tracking#Hours},{Hourly Rate}),2) for cost calculation
• Dashboard widgets – quick management overview
• Mobile ready – timer also via the monday app

What Doesn't Work

• Pro plan only – approx. $19–24 USD per seat/month, all users pay
• No multi-user tracking – only one timer can run per item at a time. For teamwork, others must enter time manually
• No automatic sums – totals only via formulas or widgets, not natively
• Basic reports – no budgets, plan vs. actual, hourly rate billing or profitability analysis
• Manual setup – no global activation, column must be added to each board individually
• No work time tracking – no 8-hour day, no break times, no work schedule calendar

Bottom line: Sufficient for simple internal tracking. As soon as billing, multi-user tracking or deeper reports are needed, you need more.

Marketplace Apps: The Alternatives at a Glance

Beyond the native solution, there are apps in the monday Marketplace and external tools that connect to monday.com. Some run embedded directly within monday, others as standalone services with browser extensions.

Tracket (by Avisi)

Tracket is the most popular time tracking app directly in the monday Marketplace. It runs completely within monday – no tab switching, no external tool.

Key features:

• Timesheets per user (daily/weekly)
• Approval workflow for timesheets
• Custom fields for time entries
• Outlook/Google Calendar integration (events → time entries)
• Automations to transfer hours to number columns

Pricing: Tiered by account size – up to 10 users approx. $60/month (monthly) or $49/month (annually). Equals ~$5–6 per active user.

Ideal for: monday customers who want more professional time tracking without leaving monday. Especially agencies and consultancies with timesheet approvals.

7pace Timetracker

7pace originally comes from the Azure DevOps world and recently launched a native monday.com app in the Marketplace.

Key features:

• Integrated timer directly in monday items
• Timesheet views (daily/weekly/monthly)
• Detailed reports and analytics
• Workload overviews per team and project
• Also available for Azure DevOps and Jira

Pricing: From approx. $12/month for 3 users (monday.com version). Azure DevOps: $8/user/month.

Ideal for: Teams already familiar with 7pace from the Azure DevOps ecosystem who want unified time tracking across platforms. The monday integration is still relatively young – the feature set is growing.

Clockify

Clockify is the price breaker: Free for unlimited users and projects in the basic version.

Key features:

• Timer & manual entries via browser extension
• Reports, dashboards, export (Excel, PDF)
• Optional: kiosk mode, leave management (in higher plans)
• Browser extension for 50+ web apps (Monday, Trello, Jira, etc.)
• Data hosting selectable (EU/US) for GDPR compliance

Pricing: Free: $0 | Basic: $3.99/user | Standard: $5.49/user | Pro: $7.99/user | Enterprise: $11.99/user (monthly).

Ideal for: Budget-conscious teams with a heterogeneous tool landscape. Less suitable if time needs to be visible directly in monday.

Everhour

Everhour integrates deeply into monday – the timer appears directly in the interface via browser extension.

Key features:

• Advanced reports: projects, employees, profitability
• Budgeting & alerts, plan vs. actual per task/project
• Invoice & billing: create invoices directly from hours
• Multi-tool sync: consolidates time from Monday, Asana, Jira, ClickUp, Notion
• Native connections to QuickBooks and Xero

Pricing: $10/user/month (monthly) or $8.50 (annually). Only tracking users count – viewers are free.

Ideal for: Agencies with budget control and invoicing needs. The "only trackers pay" model is a real advantage for larger teams.

TMetric

TMetric offers a lot of functionality for little money – an EU provider with GDPR focus.

Key features:

• Timer button in monday (and 50+ other apps)
• Extensive reporting with graphs and export
• Budgets, hourly rates, automatic invoicing
• Leave/absence management, target vs. actual, overtime reports
• Desktop & mobile apps, EU hosting available

Pricing: Free: $0 (max 5 users) | Professional: $5/user/month | Business: $7/user/month.

Ideal for: Teams with sophisticated time tracking needs and a limited budget. TMetric as a central hub for work time, leave and reporting.

Harvest

Harvest is the classic for billable hours and client billing.

Key features:

• Time tracking focused on billable hours
• Expense tracking: add expenses to projects
• Invoices & payments: create invoices directly from hours
• Timesheet approval for internal sign-off
• Integrations: Asana, Trello, Jira, Slack, QuickBooks, Xero, Stripe, PayPal

Pricing: Free: $0 (1 user, 2 projects) | Pro: $12/user/month (unlimited).

Ideal for: Agencies and freelancers who want the complete workflow from time tracking → invoice → payment in one tool.

Time Doctor

Time Doctor goes beyond time tracking – towards workforce analytics and monitoring.

Key features:

• Timer in Monday + parallel activity tracking
• Screenshots and mouse/keyboard tracking
• Web & app usage reports
• Automatic idle detection
• Payroll function: calculate wages, trigger payments

Pricing: Basic: ~$8/user | Standard: ~$10/user | Premium: ~$20/user (monthly).

Warning: Time Doctor is very monitoring-intensive. For teams with a trust-based culture, this is usually not a match. Use case: remote teams, outsourcing firms, call centres.

Workstatus

Workstatus is an all-in-one platform with GPS tracking, shift planning and monitoring – more of a monday alternative than an add-on.

Key features:

• GPS location + selfie at start (field service)
• Shift planning: shift assignment, overtime tracking
• Stealth mode: covert or visible tracking
• Real-time dashboard: who's working on what, activity score

Pricing: From approx. $2.40/user/month (annually). Very affordable, but not a direct monday add-on.

Classification: More for companies looking for a complete solution with a strong monitoring focus – not for use alongside monday.

Comparison Table: Features and Integrations

Solution	Timer in monday	Reports & Dashboards	Budgets & Billing	Multi-Tool Support	GDPR Hosting
monday native	✅	Basic	❌	❌	✅
Tracket	✅	✅	Basic	❌ (monday only)	✅ (EU)
7pace	✅	✅	❌	✅ (Azure DevOps, Jira)	✅ (DE)
Clockify	Via extension	✅	✅ (from Pro)	✅ (50+ apps)	✅ (EU selectable)
Everhour	Via extension	✅	✅	✅ (6+ PM tools)	✅
TMetric	Via extension	✅	✅	✅ (50+ apps)	✅ (EU)
Harvest	Via extension	✅	✅ (incl. invoicing)	✅	✅
Time Doctor	Via plugin	✅	❌	✅	✅ (ISO27001)
Workstatus	❌	✅	❌	Limited	✅

Pricing Comparison at a Glance

Solution	Free Tier	Entry Price per User/Month	Note
monday native	❌	~$19 (Pro plan required)	All users pay
Tracket	14-day trial	~$5–6	Tiered by account size
7pace	❌	~$4/user	From $12/month for 3 users
Clockify	✅ Unlimited	$0 (Free) / $3.99 (Basic)	Free is often enough
Everhour	14-day trial	$8.50 (annually)	Only trackers pay
TMetric	✅ (5 users)	$4.17 (annually)	Great value for money
Harvest	✅ (1 user)	$12	No tiered feature model
Time Doctor	❌	~$8	Incl. monitoring
Workstatus	14-day trial	~$2.40	Very affordable

(Prices in USD, as of 2026. Local taxes not included.)

New: monday Vibe – Build Custom Time Tracking

Since 2025, monday Vibe offers a completely new option: you can build your own time tracking solution directly in monday.com – as a custom view, dashboard widget or full app.

monday Vibe is the vibe coding platform within monday.com. You describe what you need, and AI generates a working app that runs directly in your monday workspace.

What's Possible

• Custom timer views – exactly the way your team needs them
• Custom dashboards – analyses no standard app offers
• Custom approval workflows – timesheet sign-offs by your rules
• Integration with your data – directly connected to monday boards, columns and automations

When Vibe Makes Sense

monday Vibe is not a replacement for mature apps like Tracket or Everhour – at least not yet. But it's perfect for specific requirements that no off-the-shelf app covers:

• You need time tracking that matches your exact workflow
• You want internal reporting views no standard tool provides
• You have requirements where custom development used to be too expensive

The barrier to entry is low, the flexibility enormous – and the apps run directly in monday, without external dependencies.

Decision Guide: Which Solution Fits?

You need simple internal tracking

→ monday native (if you already have Pro) or Clockify Free

You need timesheet approvals in monday

→ Tracket – everything stays in monday, professional timesheets

You need budget control and invoicing

→ Everhour (if you want to work in monday) or Harvest (if you want a dedicated billing tool)

You need a central time platform across multiple tools

→ Clockify or TMetric – both work everywhere, not just in monday

You need cross-platform tracking including Azure DevOps

→ 7pace – unified time tracking across monday, Jira and Azure DevOps

You need monitoring and workforce analytics

→ Time Doctor – but only if monitoring fits your culture

You need something custom-built

→ monday Vibe – build exactly what you need

Conclusion: There Is No Universal Solution

The right time tracking depends on your organisation. Three questions help with the decision:

1. User adoption: How easy and integrated does it need to be? (The more integrated, the higher the adoption)
2. Feature scope: Do you need budgets, invoices, approvals? (Then native won't cut it)
3. Cost: Do you want to upgrade everyone to Pro – or would you rather pay $5/user for a specialised app?

The native column is a solid starting point. Marketplace apps like Tracket or Everhour solve 90% of requirements. And for the rest, there's now monday Vibe.

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