Puuunch vs Harvest
Harvest is a good product, and it does more than Puuunch does. The real question isn’t which has more features — it’s whether you’re paying for invoicing and profitability, or only for hours that actually get logged.
Harvest details read on 5 September 2026, from getharvest.com.
| Criterion | Puuunch | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | CAD $5.50 per active person per month, $4.67 annually | Teams: USD $11 monthly, or $9 annually. Enterprise: USD $17.50, or $14 annually |
| Trial | 7 days, up to 5 people, no card | 30 days no card, plus a free plan at 1 seat and 2 projects |
| Billing currency | CAD | USD — conversion and card fees on top |
| Seats | You pay for active people; archiving frees the seat | Unlimited seats, billed per seat |
| Timesheet approvals | Included, at $5.50 | Enterprise plan — USD $17.50 a seat, or $14 annually |
| Invoicing and payments | No — CSV export to whatever invoices | Yes, included, with Stripe and PayPal |
| Budgets and profitability | Budget in hours, warnings at 80% and 100%; no profitability | Budgets included; profitability on Enterprise |
| Expenses and receipts | Included, week by week | Included |
| Reports | By project and person, CSV export | Extensive; unlimited custom reports on Enterprise |
| Accounting integrations | None — the CSV is the integration | QuickBooks Online, Xero, Asana, Slack |
| Data hosting | AWS in Canada | Google Cloud; no region stated |
| Bringing your data | Harvest CSV export importer, included | CSV export |
So which one should you choose?
Harvest covers more ground. Puuunch covers less, for less, and gets filled in. Here is our answer, in both directions.
Choose Puuunch if
- You already invoice elsewhere — an accountant, software, a spreadsheet — and what’s missing is a reliable record of hours to hand it.
- You want weekly approvals without moving to an Enterprise plan — USD $17.50 a seat — to get them.
- Hosting in Canada and billing in Canadian dollars matter to you.
- The problem is that hours don’t get logged, not that they aren’t analysed enough.
Stay with Harvest if
- Your invoices go out of Harvest and your clients pay inside it. Puuunch doesn’t invoice and won’t.
- You track per-project profitability, and weigh a money estimate against actuals.
- You rely on QuickBooks Online or Xero syncing automatically.
- You need SAML SSO or unlimited custom reports.
If the second column describes you, stay with Harvest — it is the right tool for that, and switching would cost you time for nothing.
Coming from Harvest
Your history comes with you. Puuunch reads a Harvest export and lets you review everything before anything is written.
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Export from Harvest
Reports → Detailed time report, then export as CSV. Column order doesn’t matter — columns are found by name.
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Upload the file
Settings → Import, owner only.
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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
Per seat, yes: CAD $5.50 per active person per month against USD $11 for Harvest’s Teams plan, or $9 billed annually. Timesheet approvals sit on the Enterprise plan, at USD $17.50, or $14 annually. But Harvest includes invoicing and profitability; if you use them, you aren’t comparing the same thing.
Yes. Export Harvest’s detailed time report as CSV, then Settings → Import. Puuunch creates the projects and time entries, and you decide per person before anything is written.
No, and it isn’t planned. Puuunch tracks hours and expenses and exports them to CSV. If your invoices go out of Harvest today, leaving costs you that piece.
Yes, at CAD $5.50. In Harvest they are part of the Enterprise plan: USD $17.50 a seat per month, or $14 billed annually.
Puuunch runs on AWS infrastructure in Canada and is built in Quebec. Harvest states that it relies on Google Cloud, without naming a region.
The Harvest details were read from getharvest.com on 5 September 2026. Another product’s prices and plans can change without this page knowing — check with them before deciding.
Harvest is a trademark of its owner. Puuunch is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Harvest. The details above come from public pages on getharvest.com read on 5 September 2026 and may have changed since.