# Hourtick Review Time tracking, tasks, and team chat for human teams and AI agents, free for unlimited people up to 500 MB/month. ## Editor's Score: 74/100 Capability scores well because the AI agent integration via MCP is a genuine differentiator: no named directory competitor lets you @mention Claude or GPT, have them log billable hours, and see those hours on the same invoice as human work. The flat usage-based pricing at $29/month for unlimited people is exceptional value against per-seat rivals that charge $66 to $216/month for a team of 12, earning a high value sub-score. Ease of use reflects a clean two-tier model with no feature gating and a Mac menu bar timer, though the absence of a Windows desktop app is a real friction point for mixed-OS teams. Delivery lands low not because of any documented scandal or lawsuit, but because no independent user reviews for Hourtick were found in search, the tool appears new enough that third-party review sites return a different product entirely, and the social presence could not be confirmed, making it impossible to assess real-world reliability or user satisfaction beyond the vendor's own claims. ## Pros - Flat usage-based pricing means a 50-person team pays the same $29/month as a 5-person team, with no per-seat fees on either plan. - AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Muse) can be @mentioned in the workspace, log their own time, and appear on the same billable reports as human staff via a public MCP server. - Every feature including timesheet approvals, billable rates, REST API, and MCP server access is available on the free plan with no feature gating between tiers. ## Cons - Mac-only native timer: there is no Windows or Linux desktop app, which excludes teams not on macOS from the menu bar experience. - The 500 MB free tier is consumed faster than it sounds once team chat and file uploads are active; the pricing page notes that a person using tasks and chat all day uses about 35 MB per month, meaning a 14-person active team hits the ceiling. - No employee monitoring at all: teams that need screenshots, app tracking, or URL logging to satisfy client audit requirements or internal compliance policies cannot use Hourtick for that purpose, and no paid tier adds it. ## Pricing Freemium. A free tier is available. - Free: $0 - Pro: $29/month Pricing reflects what we saw at the time of review (2026-10). Confirm current pricing on the official site. Category: AI Agents & Automation (https://aitoolseekers.com/category/ai-agents-automation) Official site: https://hourtick.com/ Last verified by a human: 2026-10-05 Reviewed by a human at AI Tool Seekers, a hand-reviewed AI tools directory. Every listed tool is verified by a person before publishing. Scores are editorial opinions from a fixed rubric (capability, ease of use, value, delivery on promise) and cannot be bought; there is no pay-to-rank. Directory: https://aitoolseekers.com This review: https://aitoolseekers.com/tools/hourtick Methodology: https://aitoolseekers.com/how-verification-works ## Verdict Hourtick is the clearest option for teams that want to track both human and AI agent work in one place without paying per seat. Its flat usage-based pricing undercuts every per-seat rival at almost any team size, but the 500 MB free tier fills up fast once chat and files enter the picture. Teams that need employee monitoring, GPS tracking, or payroll integrations should look at Hubstaff instead. Best for: Teams billing both human and AI agent hours who refuse per-seat pricing Not for: Teams needing employee monitoring, screenshots, GPS, or payroll ## Overview Hourtick is a time tracking, task management, and team chat tool built around one unusual idea: AI agents are team members too. You can @mention Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, or Muse directly in the workspace, hand them tasks, and watch them log their own time and cost alongside your human staff. A public MCP server makes this possible without custom glue code, and the site lists an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, an API playground, and personal API tokens for teams that want to go deeper. What separates Hourtick from every named competitor on its own pricing page is the billing model. Clockify, Harvest, and Toggl Track all charge per seat. Hourtick charges for data: 500 MB free, $29/month for 5 GB, $10/month per extra GB after that. For a team of 12, the site's own comparison puts Clockify Standard at $66/month and Toggl Track Premium at $216/month versus $0 or $29 for Hourtick. That math gets more dramatic as headcount grows. The feature set is tighter than it first looks. Every plan includes the Mac menu bar timer, a task board and list, team chat with channels and threads, timesheet approvals, billable rates, budget tracking, CSV export, offline sync, and the REST API and MCP server. There is no feature gating between Free and Pro; the only difference is the usage ceiling. The tool explicitly does not take screenshots, record apps, or log keystrokes, which is a deliberate product decision, not an omission. ## Who should use it Agencies and consulting teams that bill hours to clients and are already using AI agents for parts of the work will get the most from Hourtick. The ability to see human and agent hours on the same timesheet, mark them invoiced, and lock them against drift is genuinely useful for anyone who needs to show clients exactly what was done and by whom. The flat pricing also makes it attractive for growing teams: a 20-person shop pays the same $29/month as a 5-person one, as long as usage stays under 5 GB. Teams that need to monitor employee activity, track GPS location for field workers, or run payroll through their time tracking tool should look elsewhere. Hourtick deliberately excludes screenshots and activity monitoring. Cronloop, also in this directory, is a better fit if your primary need is scheduling unattended AI agents to run on a recurring basis rather than tracking billable hours across a mixed human-and-agent team. ## FAQ Q: Is the free plan actually free for a large team, or are there hidden per-seat costs? A: Genuinely free for unlimited people with no credit card required. The only cost trigger is workspace usage exceeding 500 MB in a month. A team of 100 people who only track time (about 5 MB per person per month) would use roughly 500 MB and stay on the free plan. Q: What counts toward the 500 MB usage limit? A: Usage is the sum of stored data (time entries, tasks, comments, chat messages, AI agent records, uploaded files) plus data sent and received by Hourtick's servers that month (page loads, timer syncs, live chat, API and MCP calls). Stored data carries over month to month; data in and out resets on the 1st. Q: Which AI agents can Hourtick work with? A: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and Muse are listed as supported. Agents connect via the public MCP server. The site also describes agents handing work to other agents within the same workspace. Q: Does Hourtick take screenshots or monitor employee activity? A: No. The site states explicitly that screens, apps, and keystrokes are never recorded. People track their own time; there is no passive monitoring on any plan. Q: Is there a Windows or Linux desktop app? A: The native timer is Mac-only (menu bar). Windows and Linux users access Hourtick through the web app, which includes day and week views but not the menu bar timer. Q: How does the $29/month Pro plan compare to per-seat competitors at scale? A: Hourtick's own pricing page compares a team of 12: Clockify Standard at $66/month, Harvest at $108/month, and Toggl Track Premium at $216/month versus $29/month for Hourtick Pro. The gap widens with headcount since Hourtick never charges per person.