Puuunch vs Clockify

Clockify is cheaper than Puuunch, and its free plan covers five people forever. Let’s say that first. The question is what the plan that actually contains approvals and expenses costs.

Clockify details read on 5 September 2026, from clockify.me.

Criterion	Puuunch	Clockify
Price	CAD $5.50 per active person per month, $4.67 annually	USD $4.99 Basic, $6.99 Standard, $9.99 Pro monthly; $3.99, $5.49 and $7.99 annually
Free plan	7-day trial, up to 5 people, no card	Free forever, up to 5 users
Timesheet approvals	Included, at $5.50	Standard plan and above
Expenses and receipts	Included, week by week	Pro plan and above
The equivalent plan	One plan, everything in it	Pro — the first that has approvals and expenses together
Getting your own data out as CSV	Always, on every plan	Basic and above; the free plan exports PDF only
Invoicing	No — CSV export to whatever invoices	Standard plan and above
Budgets and profitability	Budget in hours, warnings at 80% and 100%; no profitability	Pro plan
Single sign-on	No	Enterprise plan
Billing currency	CAD	USD — conversion and card fees on top
Bringing your data	Clockify detailed report importer, included	CSV export, from Basic up

So which one should you choose?

On the sticker price, Clockify wins. On the price of the plan that does the same things, the gap closes. Here is our answer, in both directions.

Choose Puuunch if

You want weekly approvals and expenses in the same plan, without climbing to Pro to get both.
You want CSV export of your own data not to depend on which plan you’re on.
Hosting in Canada, billing in Canadian dollars and a fully bilingual interface matter to you.
You would rather have a handful of screens than a product with a great many more.

Stay with Clockify if

You’re five people or fewer and the free plan covers you. It is free and we are not — that is a real argument.
You track hours and never need anyone to approve them.
You want scheduling, forecasting, profitability or the kiosk.
Per-seat price is the deciding factor and you need neither expenses nor approvals.

If the free plan covers you, take it — we won’t pretend $7 beats free. Come back the day someone has to approve the week.

Coming from Clockify

Your history comes with you. Puuunch reads a Clockify detailed report and lets you review everything before anything is written.

1
Export from Clockify

Reports → Detailed, then Export → CSV. CSV export needs the Basic plan or higher; the free plan exports PDF only.
2
Upload the file

Settings → Import, owner only.
3
Review before anything is written

Puuunch shows the people and projects it found, and you decide per person: invite, match to someone existing, or skip. Nothing is saved until you confirm.

Try it with your own hours.

Your first week is free and takes about a minute to set up.

Frequently asked

Yes, on the sticker. The free plan covers five people and paid plans start at USD $3.99 a seat billed annually. But timesheet approvals start at the Standard plan and expenses at Pro, at USD $7.99 annually or $9.99 monthly. That is the plan to compare against CAD $5.50.

For five people or fewer who only need to track hours, honestly, yes. It stops being enough the day someone has to approve the week, when expenses arrive, or when you want your data back as CSV — CSV export needs a paid plan.

Yes. Reports → Detailed, then Export → CSV, then Settings → Import in Puuunch. Columns are found by name, and either of Clockify’s two duration columns reads correctly.

No. Clockify invoices from the Standard plan up; Puuunch exports CSV to whatever does the invoicing. That is deliberate.

Less, and that is the point: three screens for an employee, one price, approvals and expenses included, hosting in Canada and a fully bilingual interface.

The Clockify details were read from clockify.me on 5 September 2026. Another product’s prices and plans can change without this page knowing — check with them before deciding.

Clockify is a trademark of its owner. Puuunch is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Clockify. The details above come from public pages on clockify.me read on 5 September 2026 and may have changed since.