European alternatives to Harvest
A straightforward time-tracking and invoicing tool for freelancers and small teams. An independently-owned US company on AWS, under US jurisdiction.
Company information about Harvest
- Company
- Iridesco LLC
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Founded
- 2006
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Independent
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from Harvest
European alternatives to Harvest
Kimai is open-source time-tracking software built by Austrian developer Kevin Papst in Vienna. Self-hosting is free with unlimited users, and the optional Kimai Cloud plan is hosted in Germany.
Automatic, AI-assisted time tracking from Oslo that logs your work in the background so you don't have to run timers. A European alternative to Harvest and Toggl.
A popular time tracker built in Serbia, known for its free unlimited-user plan. Part of the CAKE.com suite – a European-developed alternative to Toggl and Harvest.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.