Project and task management decision
Everhour
A capable developer can build a useful self-hosted replacement (timers, projects, budgets, reports, alerts) within a week and keep it running for small teams, but you'll miss Everhour's polished native apps, broad integrations and enterprise support.
Visit website↗$10/mo
$120/yr
Not verified against a pricing page.
$50one-off30 h to build
$0/mo8 h/mo upkeep
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 1 seat.
Open-source builds that already do this
Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All Everhour alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Allow team members to start/stop timers tied to tasks/projects, store time entries with billable/non-billable flags and rates, enforce project budgets and emit alerts, and generate downloadable profitability/time reports.
What it still won’t have
- Native desktop/mobile apps and browser extension
- Deep, production-grade integrations (40+ native integrations)
- Enterprise features like SSO/advanced permissions at scale and priority support
- Brand polish, reliability, and ongoing product updates from Everhour team
- Screenshots tracker and specialized Trello power-up
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
Keep paying
Paying is—cheaper in year one.
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 1 seat.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a self-hosted single-tenant time-tracking web app using Next.js (React) frontend, Node.js (Express) API, and PostgreSQL. Implement: user auth and team/seat management; start/stop timer and manual time entry forms; project/task models with hourly rates and budget fields; server-side budget-checking logic and background job to send email/webhook alerts; reporting endpoints that aggregate time by project/client and export CSV; simple admin UI for invoices/exports. Out of scope: native desktop/mobile clients, browser extension, and 3rd-party marketplace integrations. Include input validation, error handling, unit tests for API logic, and a Docker Compose setup for local dev and production deployment.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Build verdict base78
- An open-source build was found+5
- 5 cited sources+3
- Evidence score86
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 5
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productEverhour — Product
- official pricingEverhour — Pricing
- official docsEverhour — Features
- open sourcekimai/kimai
- open sourceever-co/ever-gauzy
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
