Miru vs Clockify
Free doesn't mean good enough. Clockify's free tier gets you in the door, then charges $7.99/user for everything useful. Here's the honest comparison.
Quick verdict
Clockify markets itself as "free forever." And technically, it is — if you only need a basic timer. But invoicing? Pro plan. Expenses? Pro plan. Detailed reports? Pro plan. At $7.99/user/month, a 20-person team pays $1,918/year for Clockify Pro. The same team on Miru Pro pays $240/year. And Miru gives you everything on every plan — including CLI, self-hosting, and the full source code.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Miru | Clockify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (5 users) / $1/member/mo | Free (limited) / $7.99/user/mo (Pro) |
| Time Tracking | Timer + manual + CLI | Timer + manual (good) |
| Invoicing | ✓ Full invoicing + payments | ✗ (Pro plan only, basic) |
| Expenses | ✓ | ✗ (not on free plan) |
| Reports | 6 report types | Basic reports (detailed on Pro) |
| Team Management | 5 roles + leave tracking | Basic team features |
| CLI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open Source | ✓ MIT licensed | ✗ |
| Self-Hostable | ✓ | ✗ |
| Dark Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stripe Payments | ✓ Clients pay from invoice | ✗ |
Key differentiators
Actually free
Clockify's free plan strips out invoicing, expenses, and detailed reports — then charges $7.99/user to get them back. Miru's free plan includes everything. No feature gates. No gotchas.
Open source
Miru is MIT licensed and on GitHub. Self-host it. Audit it. Own your data completely. Clockify is a closed-source SaaS product — your data lives on their terms.
CLI-first workflows
Track time from your terminal. Generate invoices from a script. Automate billing with cron jobs. Clockify is browser-only — no CLI, no terminal workflows, no scripting.
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