Miru vs Toggl
Toggl Track is a fantastic timer that also exports a PDF invoice, and that is where it stops. No invoice sending. No payments. No expenses. Miru gives you the full stack — and costs less.
Quick verdict
Toggl is the most popular time tracker on the market, and for good reason — the timer UX is excellent. But if you bill clients, you still need a separate tool to send invoices and collect payments. A 10-person team on Toggl Starter pays $90/month for time tracking alone. The same team on Miru pays $10/month and gets time tracking, invoicing, expenses, payments, reports, and a CLI. All-in-one vs piecemeal.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Miru | Toggl Track |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1/member/mo — all features | $9/user/mo (Starter) / $16/user/mo (Premium) |
| Time Tracking | Timer + manual + CLI | Timer + manual (best-in-class) |
| Invoicing | ✓ Full invoicing + payments | PDF export only — no sending, no payments |
| Expenses | ✓ | ✗ (not in base product) |
| Reports | 5 reports + 4 analytics views, all included | Time reports (Premium has more) |
| 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
All-in-one
Toggl tracks time and exports a PDF invoice. To send invoices and get paid, you need a separate tool such as FreshBooks or QuickBooks. To track expenses, you need another tool. Miru does it all in one place.
Much cheaper
Toggl Starter: $9/user/month. Toggl Premium: $16/user/month. Miru: $1/member/month. For a 20-person team, that's $180-$320/mo vs $20/mo. The math is brutal.
Open source
Miru is MIT licensed on GitHub. Self-host it on your own servers. Audit the code. Extend it. Toggl is closed source and SaaS-only.
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