The self-hosted Clockify alternative
Clockora — Self-hosted staff timesheet — hours by project, exact totals, approvals. No invoicing. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Clockify every month.
Stop renting Clockify
6 months of Clockify equals this one-time price.
Assumption: TAIL2 2026-09-07: the page renders EUROS to a European reader — same numerals, different symbol — while its OWN structured data declares "priceCurrency": "USD", so the dollars here are the vendor's denomination and the euro is our geography. Up to 5 users the free tier wins outright; from the 6th the per-seat meter starts and never stops, and a 20-person team pays back Clockora in about four weeks. Figure shown for 3 seats on Basic.
How Clockify pricing grows with you
Clockify charges per seat, and every active or invited team member — owners, admins, managers, and members alike — occupies one billed seat.
“Every active or invited user listed on your Team page occupies one paid seat.” — their own page, read 2026-08-11
What Clockify does that we don't
Clockify offers a genuinely free tier that lets a small team track unlimited time and invite a few people at no cost.
“You can track as much time as you want and invite up to 4 people for free.” — their own page
Who should stay with Clockify
If you need built-in invoicing or billable rates, stay where you are — Clockora records hours only and handles no invoicing, billing rates, or money of any kind. Full honest limitations are on the product page.
Why owning beats renting Clockify
- One payment. No monthly, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. It never lives in Clockify's cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records and users are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset or price-hiked out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up, and apply updates yourself — see the product page for honest limitations, and the full Clockora vs Clockify comparison.
Sources
- Clockify — price checked 2026-09-03 —
source “US$3.99 / 5.49 / 7.99 / 11.99 / 12.99 per seat /month billed annually (or US$4.99 / 6.99 / 9.99 / 14.99 / 15.99 if billed monthly); free plan "Up to 5 users" (verified 2026-09-03)”
Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory — every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.