Miru vs Toggl: Time Tracking is Just the Beginning

We’ll say it upfront: Toggl Track has the best pure time-tracking UX on the market. The one-click timer, the browser extensions, the mobile apps — they’re all excellent.

But here’s the problem. If you bill clients by the hour, time tracking is only half the job. You still need to:

1. Turn those hours into invoices
2. Send those invoices to clients
3. Collect payment
4. Track expenses
5. Run reports on revenue and aging receivables

Toggl doesn’t do any of that. So you end up paying for Toggl plus FreshBooks or QuickBooks plus maybe an expense tracker. Three tools. Three logins. Three bills.

Miru does all of it. One tool. One login. One bill.

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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.