Toggl charges $10 per user per month, forever, to store your timers in their cloud. Timevault is time tracking for people who bill: one-click timers that survive a browser restart, projects with clients and hourly rates, weekly timesheets, and reports that compute exactly what to invoice — on your machine or your $5 VPS.
This is the full pricing breakdown: what Toggl actually costs over one, two and three years, what Timevault gives you for $79 paid once, and the honest cases where the subscription is still the right call.
What Toggl actually costs you
Toggl prices per user — $10/user/mo — so the subscription grows with every user you add. The comparison below uses the catalog's annual figure of $120; the per-user table underneath shows how the bill scales either way.
| Timevault | Toggl | |
|---|---|---|
| Sticker price | $79 once | $10/user/mo |
| Cost after 1 year | $79 | $120 |
| Cost after 2 years | $79 | $240 |
| Cost after 3 years | $79 | $360 |
Toggl bills per user, so the total scales with headcount:
| Toggl users | Per year | Over 3 years |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | $120 | $360 |
| 5 users | $600 | $1,800 |
| 10 users | $1,200 | $3,600 |
Three years in, the gap is $281 — and every year after that adds another $120 to the subscription side of the ledger.
Timevault vs Toggl, feature by feature
Price is only half the story — here's how the two line up on the things that decide day-to-day use:
| Timevault | Toggl | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $79 once | $10/user/month |
| Cost over 3 years | $79 | $360 |
| Your data lives | Your server / your PC | Their cloud |
| Billable rates & totals | Yes | Yes |
| Report rounding (5/15 min) | Yes | Paid tier |
| Overlap detection | Yes | No |
| Works offline | Yes | No |
| Source code | MIT, yours | Closed |
What you get for $79, once
Self-hosted time tracking — one-click timers, hourly rates, weekly timesheets, billable reports. The highlights:
- ▶️ One-click timer — Description, project, tags, Enter to start. The timer is server state — reload, close the tab, restart your browser, it keeps counting.
- ✍️ Manual entries — Start + end times, or start + duration ("1:30", "1.5", "90m"). Stop, discard mistakes, or one-click continue any previous entry.
- 💼 Projects, clients & rates — Colors, billable flags and hourly rates per project. Archive finished projects without losing history.
- 📆 Weekly timesheet — A 7-day grid with inline editing of descriptions and durations right in the cell.
Eight months of Toggl pays for Timevault outright — after that, every tracked hour is pure margin.
Switching is 3 steps
- Buy once on Whop. One-time $79 for the packaged Windows installer with everything pre-built.
- Set up projects and rates. Clients, colors, billable flags and hourly rates — archive projects when engagements end.
- Track, then invoice from the report. Run timers or enter time manually, open a report for the billing period, apply 15-minute rounding, and read the exact billable amount off the screen.
When paying Toggl is still the right call
Being straight about it: the subscription earns its keep in three situations. If your team is large enough that Toggl's collaboration features, permissions and admin controls are genuinely load-bearing; if your workflow is built on its integrations and leaving means rebuilding that plumbing; or if you have enterprise requirements — SSO, audit logs, SLAs, a vendor to call — that a pay-once app doesn't come with. Everyone else is paying $10/user/mo for a job that runs fine on hardware they already own.
If that's you, Timevault is $79, once. For the deeper dive, read the Timevault vs Toggl head-to-head or the full Toggl comparison.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/timevault-tracker-mvp. $79 buys the packaged installer, 1-click setup and updates.
What happens to a running timer if my browser crashes?
Nothing — the timer is server state, not a browser widget. Reload the page an hour later and it's still counting from the original start.
Is there a mobile app or idle detection?
No — honestly. Toggl's native apps, idle detection and calendar integrations are real advantages if you track from your phone all day. Timevault is browser + desktop, aimed at people who work at a computer and bill for it.
Does rounding change my data?
Never — rounding is applied at report level only. Your raw entries stay exact, so you can re-run the same period at 5, 15 or no rounding.
Is it multi-user?
It's single-workspace with one password — perfect for a freelancer or a small studio sharing one install. Per-seat team features are exactly the thing Toggl charges monthly for; if you need approval workflows, stay there.
More on Toggl pricing
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Try Timevault — $79, once
Self-hosted time tracking — one-click timers, hourly rates, weekly timesheets, billable reports.