Miru vs Toggl: Time Tracking is Just the Beginning
Toggl is a great timer. Miru is a great timer plus invoicing, expenses, payments, and a CLI. All for $1/member/month. Here's the full comparison.
Vipul A M · · 2 min read 
Miru vs Toggl: Time Tracking is Just the Beginning only makes sense when you follow the money, not the landing page copy.
Toggl is a great timer. Miru is a great timer plus invoicing, expenses, payments, and a CLI. All for $1/member/month. Here’s the full comparison. We write from operating experience, not trend-chasing.
The cost of “just a timer”
Toggl Track pricing:
- Free: Up to 5 users (very limited)
- Starter: $9/user/month
- Premium: $18/user/month
A 15-person team on Toggl Starter pays $135/month for time tracking only. Add FreshBooks Plus for invoicing at $30/month + team members, and you’re looking at $200+/month across two tools.
Miru Pro for that same 15-person team: $15/month. Time tracking, invoicing, expenses, payments, reports, team management, and CLI included.
That’s not a rounding error. That’s $2,000+/year back in your pocket.
What you get with Miru that Toggl doesn’t offer
Invoicing and payments. Create invoices from tracked time. Send them to clients. Clients pay with one click via Stripe. Payment status updates automatically. Toggl has zero invoicing.
Expense management. Log expenses, attach receipts, submit for approval. Track reimbursements. Toggl doesn’t touch expenses.
CLI. miru time create --project-id 42 --duration 120 — track time from your terminal. Generate invoices from shell scripts. Automate everything. Toggl has no CLI.
Open source. Miru’s full codebase is on GitHub under the MIT license. Self-host it. Audit it. Customize it. Toggl is proprietary and SaaS-only.
When Toggl is the right choice
If you genuinely only need a timer — no invoicing, no expenses, no payments — and you value Toggl’s browser extensions and integrations above all else, Toggl is a great product.
When Miru is the right choice
If you bill clients by the hour and need the full picture — hours tracked, invoices sent, payments collected, expenses logged — Miru replaces your entire stack.
You don’t need three tools to run a consulting business. You need one good one.
Time tracking is just the beginning. Start free with Miru and get the rest of the stack for $1/member/month.
Hard Stop
Run both tools for one real month. Keep the one that creates less cleanup and faster cash collection.
Start with Miru or read the docs.
Vipul A M
Co-founder at Saeloun. Building Miru. Rails contributor. Shipping from Pune, India.
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Put it to work
Run one cleaner billing cycle in Miru.
If this article is about tracking time, billing clients, comparing tools, or automating work, Miru is the product version of that idea. Start free, invite the team, and send the next invoice from tracked work.
What you get
- Time tracking, invoices, expenses, and payments in one place.
- Free for up to 5 users. Pro is $1/member/month.
- Open source, with CLI, API, MCP, and self-hosting paths.
The article is the argument. Miru is the workflow.
Track the work, approve the hours, send the invoice, and get paid without bolting together three separate tools.