Timevault and Toggl solve the same problem from opposite directions: one is source-available software you can own outright for $29, the other is a subscription at $10/user/mo run entirely on someone else's servers.
Head to head
| Timevault | Toggl | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29 once | $10/user/month |
| Cost over 3 years | $29 | $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 Timevault does well
- 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.
What Toggl still does better
There's a real reason Toggl costs what it does: a bigger team, broader integrations and dedicated support behind it. If that ecosystem is genuinely what you need, it's worth paying for.
Which one should you pick
If your workflow depends on Toggl's specific integrations or you'd rather not run anything yourself, stay put — that's a legitimate call. If you're comfortable owning the tool and want to stop paying $10/user/mo for a job your own hardware can do, Timevault pays for itself and then some: three months of Toggl pays for Timevault outright — after that, every tracked hour is pure margin.
Try Timevault — $29, once
Self-hosted time tracking — one-click timers, hourly rates, weekly timesheets, billable reports.