AI-powered automatic time tracking — runs in the background recording your activity across apps, documents, meetings, and websites.
Automatic tracking and AI timesheets genuinely save time. Best for consulting firms, agencies, and freelancers billing by the hour.
Starter allows up to 5 users and 20 projects, and Premium allows up to 50 users, which matches a 2-to-50-person team.timely.com
Public API, plan access not stated. Monthly plans cancel any time. Zapier integration listed.
API, native apps, Zapier or Make, and which plan each one needs. Free, no sign-up.
Ask the AI Advisor about your own team, stack and budget. $5 a month.
Last researched: March 2026
Automatic time tracking records your work and AI drafts timesheets so you skip manual timers, and Starter lists in-app support and a free trial.timely.com (source, opens in a new tab)
Starter is $11 per user a month billed monthly or $9 per user a month billed yearly, and Premium is $20 or $16 per user, so cost rises with each person.timely.com (source, opens in a new tab)
Timely lists integrations with tools such as Asana, ClickUp, Trello, Gmail, Google Calendar and QuickBooks, has a documented API, and Zapier lists a Timely integration.timely.com (source, opens in a new tab)timely.com (source, opens in a new tab)
Timely links a public status page and a help center, Starter includes in-app support, and priority support is listed under the Enterprise plan.timely.com (source, opens in a new tab)
Source: Timely·Verified March 2026
Eliminates the discipline problem of manual time entry
AI timesheet drafting saves you time every week
$9/user starting price reasonable for the automation
Starter: max 5 users and 20 projects
Background tracking may raise privacy concerns
PM integrations need Premium at $16/user
AI categorizes time across applications, drafts timesheet entries, detects idle time, and suggests project assignments based on activity patterns.
Source: Timely·Verified March 2026
Timely documents a public API with an OpenAPI spec; the API page does not state plan access.
Monthly plans can be cancelled at any time in settings, and cancellation takes effect immediately with no further charge.
Zapier lists a Timely integration.
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