Favorite time and project management solution!

As a consulting company we live from the hours we spend at our customers and reliability on the invoicing. Timelog makes our project registration and management efficient. We always have up to date project information and the ease of use for our consultants is an important part.

Pros

As a fast growing consulting company we really need an easy and reliable time and project management solution. Timelog fulfills this completely in the past three years. The resource manager helps us to give realtime insight in available resources or which people have too much pressure on their planning. For the consultants it's also an easy tool to see which new projects are on their planning in the near future. Invoicing was one of the biggest advantages why we have chosen for Timelog. After two days of wrestling with Excel sheets at the end of the month we came across Timelog. With the Exact Online connection it takes us now 1 hour per month. Last but not least I want to mention the great people behind Timelog! Very experienced, always helpful and they solve your problems almost always the same day. They also list very carefully to our feedback and that often results in new features!

Cons

New mobile app, improved resource planner more BI reporting. But I know they are working very hard on these points!

TimeLog helped us improve our workflow and elevate our work efficiency

Great product and amazing service and assistance from very beaning which stated with trail-period through implementation and everyday use.

Pros

TimeLog software was chosen in our company after browsing the market for time registering , resource planning and management tools. TimeLog is so easy to implement and platform is extremely user-friendly with a great support on-line in form of chat and 'Help Center' with detail description text- and video- tutorials.

Cons

It could be nice if different team members (users) in the company can choose different subscription.

OK for handling hours

started in a completely wrong way, thought it could a lot more from the beginning - but a lot more complex. And it still miss the view and inpact on the economy for the future. They do the best to get us going, and we think we are on the way (been that for 9 month now) The daily support are superb.

Pros

Easy to register hours, with a desktop solution and mobile.

Cons

Know they are working on it, but right now is the system not good enough to handle estimate revenue in the future, compared to budgets.

Successful with Timelog since 2008

Pros

Timelog has a great usability, the majority of the functionalities are easy to find and understand and are overall self explanatory. The on-boarding process for new employees is extremely easy and can be done quickly. The billing process is also easy to learn and invoices can be issued within minutes. The time logging process and reminder functions help to keep our business going. Timelog is a very flexible system and we are able to manage and invoice even the most complicated projects in a timely manner. The fact that Timelog is web based makes work very convenient for all employees, project managers and accountants and is an important factor.

Cons

Some versions of Timelog worked better than others. Since we use the system for almost 12 years , there were a few functionalities in older versions that weren't great, but with the newest version right now everything seems to be fine. Some functionalities are only useful for Scandinavian customers, but we usually find a work around.

TimeLog know what we need

Great experience.

Pros

I am truly pleased with the functionality of the program. Virtually all of our often very specific needs can be handled in the program. Ability to personalize several aspects (set-up, searches, etc) makes it even more user friendly. Support team is ALWAYS kind and ready to help and this happens quickly. We have implemented new functions over time with great assistance.

Cons

I look forward to future versions with better reporting. I also find the price expensive for users who only use TimeLog to register their time but as such don't set up projects or work with invoicing or reporting.

TimeLog is great

Everyone is now tracking time in the system, and their registrations are reviewed when the projects are invoiced. We have a perfect status system for our projects, while we now can follow the projects "health", looking at time spend and compare it to time planned. Furthermore we have all informations regarding employees holiday, sickdays and other absence gathered in one system, and can easily export the data to another system (or use it directly)

Pros

You have a great overview both on your projects, on your timetracking and on your invoicing. The intergrations we use, works to our satisfaction and we are preparing to use the system even more, because of it's great opportunities

Cons

Resource planning is a tough nut to crack

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Pros

I like the setup of project and contracts and how this gives me a lot of flexibility in the way we tailor invoices etc to customers

Cons

- When you generate and invoice the details lines comes in a random order and not sorted by date. - Some reports can only be done on week numbers not specifik dates and others the other way around. - It always clear what hourly rate is used. Eg when I set and hourly rate on the project and on the task, then it would be nice to see the price that is used for the resources allocated to the task and not just "not specific price specified"

Best fit application to manage consultants activities by customer side

In 2010, when I grew up my SAP consulting practice in Belgium, I immediatly looked for a package to manage my consultants at customer premises and invoice their periodic fee. I compared other softwares for SME, mostly American ones, and I decided for a European product, from Denmark. From the very beginning I've got a very good service for the spent.

Pros

Verry easy to use. Comprehensive interface Best practices embedded

Cons

Could improve European basic settings such as default holiday calendar for instance (Belgium, France, Germany.

Excellent software

Pros

I am an everyday user of Timelog and every day I am excited to find out about a new feature that we can use as a company. Also, the customer support is always here to give me the answers to my questions, even for something that I am working constantly, there are things that I learn from them that I can very much use in the future.

Cons

I can't think of any con for this software.

Financial Project Management

Pros

The commercial value on the projects from the PM's perspective

Cons

Reporting needs an overhaul, there are many reports but a modernization is desired.

TimeLog is great for Time&Material business'

As a consultancy company we live from billing time/hours and TimeLogs Time-to-Money process is just what I needed, when I joined a previous consultancy company with lots of project, fine turnover and a bottom line like a nightmare. So when I started Carve Consulting in 2013, I wasn't in doubt: TimeLog was a must as the single, administrative tools for all consultants and partners. We use it for time-registration, expenses, project management etc. Even those of my colleagues who haven't great flair for administrative tasks can be helped to do the full process: From time to money. Behind the scenes TimeLog is integrated to e-conomic as our accounting system, which I'm the only one to access. Yes, Carve Consulting is a true TimeLog Company.

Pros

Ease and flexibility of use in the sense, that it allows you combine classic project/time management with the financial details of the underlying contract. In this way the work of collecting the time registrations and converting them to an invoice is doable for everybody. In our business almost every contract have some unique 'details' like pricing, in and out of scope, payment schedules, etc. TimeLog supports these 'details' which enables the Time-to-Money process to be simple. All it takes is to do the initial job of setting-up the project correctly. Garbage in, garbage out.

Cons

All I miss is an app what supports expenses on-the-go: Scan recite. Done. I'm pretty sure it's on its way.

I have worked in multiple system so far, and will definitely recommend TimeLog as my all time favori

Pros

TimeLog is super easy to use and give a superb overview of both financial figures and resources available. Through TimeLog's many reporting options, it is easy to do the reporting needed by the management team. With our usage of TimeLog we are following the development of our resources closely. Their resource planer gives a perfect overview of available resources and when a resource is fully booked. From an employees point of view it is also easy to see which tasks are planned for the future. The invoicing is done flawlessly, and if you keep the system updated with the correct data along the way, it takes me a quarter of the time compared to colleagues using other systems. I would like to highlight TimeLog's support team they are always sweet, patient and extremely helpful, and they truly understand how to create an amazing customer experience!

Cons

Even though we are pleased with the resource planner, it is also one of the features that could use a brush-up. It is a bit difficult to move the allocated hours between days, if you are doing a detailed planning. I know they are working on improving this, which I am looking forward to. I also miss an extension to the pipeline management.

Use Timelog for project administration

Works very well. Does not need much explanation or training. The information flow is logical. If the project is defined well, the effort for administrative processing is minimal.

Pros

1) All finance related data in one place. 2) As a Project Manager, I am able to create draft invoices that I ask the customer to approve before I send the final invoice via our corporate billing process. Mistakes may be identifiedin the draft invoice. This helps both the customer and us to avoid cost for correction of wrong (final) invoices. 3) Data is accurate and reflects the project As-Is. 4) Project import from MS Project. We prepare our projects in MS Project for project offers and planning.

Cons

I use data from reports for reporting to customers. I have to customize the data cosmetically in Excel prior to sending / presenting these to the customer.

Satisfied user

Overall I am a very satisfied user.

Pros

Once you discover how easy it is to work with Timelog. You'll be able to manage all projects in the right direction.

Cons

In the case of holiday and/or leave registration, an email may be sent to the manager with a monthly report from the relevant department. In order to better monitor the occupancy rate. That would make it more complete. Also the update button for the currency is not always up to date. You must delete the concept invoice , then refresh the currency in the project itself , only then you can make a final invoice with the current currency.

TimeLog Projects is easy to use and gives me daily insights into hours on "my" customers

Pros

Timelog is easy to use and gives me insights into hours spend on "my" projects and customers. Our invoicing is also done through Timelog's interface and the integration with other tools works really good. Our experience is that if the project is set up correctly the process from registration to invoice and payment is handled smoothly with integration to Economics.

Cons

As a Consulting Company we had a need for further analytics and reporting and we established Accobat BI for Timelog. A standard report package for timelog users. It fits perfect together with TimeLogs open platform.

Top Tool for Consulting Company

We have Timelog in use since 2008, we are a consulting company that track all project and invoices in Timelog. We are still very satisfied customers. The tool could even handle our yearly 20% growth over the last 9 years (now more then 160 people and many many projects). There was also some steady implementation of new useful features over the last years. The support is also very good. I have seen (and needed to use in parallel) over the last years other tracking tools installed at our customers sites...after this experiences I was always glad we have Timelog in use internally!

Pros

Easy to use and flexible. Good UI.

Cons

Some ways to select multiple items based on a filter could be improved. But manly all is very fine.

Usefull and simple software for timeregistration

Pros

Really great system to log time. You can define the type of project or work, so you get the right structure. The system is very flexible, so you can use only the functions that are best for you. The developers create new functions ongoing so you feel that the software develops.

Cons

There are none - or almost none - notification possibilities in the system. I need for example monthly measurements of some certain numbers with a notification of >whatever<. The report module is inflexible and old fashioned.

TimeLog is a great product for project management and time tracking.

Easy time-tracking, great project management, perfect integration to e-conomic for invoicing.

Pros

If you put a little time into structuring your projects into sub-tasks, time tracking is no longer a pain, but just a natural part of your day-to-day job as a consultant. Before I start a project, I make sure that the sub-tasks are easy to understand and have logical names. Then it's very easy to track time in the TimeLog Tracker on my PC or smartphone. Our invoices are sent via e-conomic and the integration to TimeLog works great!

Cons

TimeLog Manager is a complex product and sometimes the user interface is a bit too complex. But the help system and guides give you good advice on how to move on.

Cutting edge control and overview

Our controlling and project overview in terms of registration and invoiceing is really good. Our quailty in timeregistration has definately been improved after we started using timelog.

Pros

We use and have been using timelog for a while now. The posibilites to make our teamleders approve timeregistration and creative invoice drafts is amazing. one click invoicing is also one of the features we love a lot.

Cons

Estimated hours on fixed price or recuring monthly tasks would be nice.

Good value for money

Pros

It is easy to use and easy to learn, how to use it, plus the process from time tracking to the invoicing is very user friendly.

Cons

The reporting part could be more flexible.

A good Log and projekt maneger

I have uset TimeLog in 10 year. My organisations has great value in the system. Especially project controlling

Pros

Helps me to overlook my projects and time

Cons

Reports that is not yet made, and i have to wait for timeLog to make them

Solid project administration

We have a strong software to administrate our ongoing projects and tasks.

Pros

It is a solid system. And their support function is of high standard. Thet are very open to customers input.

Cons

The control of userrights are difficult.

Easy to use and manage time consumption

Pros

Only one click away in the browser. I often used it on the go.

Cons

We had some feature request. They could have moved a bit faster on it.

Friendly and easy to use UI, comprehensive reports and very useful CRM addon module.

Pros

- great value for money - modern, easy and intuitive user interface (UI) - many features - comprehensive reporting being constantly enhanced - CRM addon module - great tool for consulting companies, like us :-)

Cons

Missing mobile apps, e.g. for the CRM module. The only available app on the appstore is "TimeLog Tracker".

Fit for purpose

Timelog makes our project registration and management efficient. We always have up to date project information and we have never had a functional wish that Timelog was unable to fullfil

Pros

Flexibility, we can configure it ourselves

Cons

Userinterface is becoming a bit outdated

Managing with TimeLog in a consultancy company

TimeLog is a favourable choice as a project managing system. It has many years experience in solving and connecting administrative rutines. There are good functionalities with apps and TL can import / export data with your ERP system

Pros

good functionality, easy to learn

Cons

quarterly fee seems high

From Good to Great

Overall I'm very satisfied with TimeLog but the problem to export information to excel and sometimes also print reports gives you only four stars above instead of five. Export reports to Excel will do TimeLog to a five stars software.

Pros

Easy to learn

Cons

Export reports to excel doesn't work

Very good for our needs - not too expensive but good functionality - Simple to use

Very helpful and honest people. Good at customer service

Pros

Easily implemented, users liked it. Covers time recording and all of our projects are for clients so billing is also v important.

Cons

We are a multi-national and it did not support multiple number formats on one system, therefor we had to have a separate instance for Europe vs ROW. I believe this on the roadmap

TimeLog recommendation

TimeLog is a very helpful tool. It helps keeping track of our projects - and how our ressources are used. It also all the time tell us how much we earn per hour we are using

Pros

The thing I ike most is the flexibility which gives a lot of opportunities

Cons

I'm looking very much forward to the time when the server is working faster

Easy to use

Pros

Timelog is easy to use - both from admin and user point of view.

Cons

I would like to be able to track on value on milestones

User-friendly timetracking

Pros

Good way to get data on different types of projects. Many features.

Cons

A bit difficult to use in the start, because of so many different features.

Value for money

TimeLog is very easy to use. It gives us a great overview of our business. We can take out different reports and review our business.

Pros

The overview that the software gives.

Not user or administrator friendly system

All in all there is basically nothing I like about this system. I would have expected so much based on this is TimeLog's primary product.

Pros

#N/A. I have no comments about anything i like about TimeLog.

Cons

Upgrade was not smoothly, not easy to get data. In general system is very manuel - you can't even export to excel (weekly timesheet status). You cannot generate automatic messages for approvers to approve. Limited and bad functions for sending automatic reminders to users. Difficult to get employee information, very manually. Suddenly TimeLog does not work in internet explorer with no notice, poor reply. Updating vacation - again all manually. You can't register zero hours via mobile. Yellow bans pops up when not registring full week. Difficult to get overview - have to go back/forth in weeks.

Spending time with TimeLog

Very good. Intuitive and comprehensive at the same time.

Pros

The feature set. You can do almost anything possible.

Cons

Some items are linked together in mysterious ways. Changing one thing can lead to a lot of changes elsewhere.

Very user-friendly system

Pros

I find TimeLog very user-friendly. I like the fact that data is automatically saved. The design is simpel and you can easily find what you are looking for.

Cons

For my current level of use, TimeLog is working just fine (I only register normal working hour, holidays ect.). So no suggestions for improvements at the moment.

good

Pros

i gave it a free try and liked it easy to use

Cons

it did not have all the features i needed

Good and effective control of time

Pros

The Timelog system supplies a wide varity of usage possibilites, which goes all the way from registration of time, to control, reporting and optimization. I highly recommend it to any that sells billable hours and wish do so efficiently.

Cons

Few cons with the pros taken into account. Every system has errors, but Timelog has a very customer oriented support staff, that do all they can to help as quickly as possible.

Timelog just works

Pros

App, easy registration of working hours and allocation of time.

Cons

We miss a report where management approval appears pr. project pr. employee pr. month

Keep track of time records

Pros

We have used Timelog at IIH Nordic for several years and the system works well to keep track of time registrations, finances & projects. New features are constantly being added and the timelog team is also very responsive to users' wishes and needs in relation to future releases. The custumer success teams is always very helpful and responds quickly to inquiries.

Cons

There are many reports in the system - however not all of them easy to navigate.

Timerepport from outlook

I like it but had a hard setup-time. Took much longer then I had expected. And i almost gave up...

Pros

I have choosen TimeLog because of the link to Outlook chalender. When it works it´s really helpful. Its nice ta have a proffesional looking timereport for your custoumers. And the statistics.

Cons

That repetitive meetings doesn´t registrate at all time. It´s to many options and sometimes hard to find what you´re looking for in settings.

Time tracking the least painful way

As a freelance consultant, I need to keep track on my hours.

Pros

The web interface is good and the new desktop time tracking application is very useful.

Cons

It often takes a long time to sign in to the web interface.

Great software for managing project times and progress

Pros

It is very easy to use and allows great managing of multiple projects.

Cons

It lacks capability with other business software that would go well with it.