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Clockify vs Leantime
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Clockify and Leantime — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Clockify vs Leantime: at a glance
What is Clockify?
Clockify's feed is a content marketing pipeline, not a changelog.
Every entry in this feed is a blog post, not a release. The recent run is dominated by competitor comparison and pricing content — Harvest pricing broken down against a flat-rate alternative, Clockify against Hubstaff and Time Doctor, Clockify against Toggl and Harvest — interspersed with how-to pieces on contractor hours, invoicing integrations and budget reports. Bodies are two-line excerpts ending in the standard blog footer.
What is Leantime?
Leantime swaps role ranks for real permissions and syncs with your calendar app.
Leantime moved from 3.10 to 3.14 between October and 10 November. v3.14.0 replaces role-rank checks with specific permission checks across projects, timesheets, users, API keys, to-dos, milestones and sprints, and opens the calendar to plugins; a new CalDAV plugin syncs both ways with Nextcloud, Radicale and Apple Calendar. Earlier releases added mobile push, per-project modules, global search and self-updating plugins.
Clockify vs Leantime: editorial side-by-side
Clockify
2.5PM
Clockify's feed is a content marketing pipeline, not a changelog.
◆ Current state
Every entry in this feed is a blog post, not a release. The recent run is dominated by competitor comparison and pricing content — Harvest pricing broken down against a flat-rate alternative, Clockify against Hubstaff and Time Doctor, Clockify against Toggl and Harvest — interspersed with how-to pieces on contractor hours, invoicing integrations and budget reports. Bodies are two-line excerpts ending in the standard blog footer.
◆ Where it's heading
What this shows is go-to-market posture rather than product direction: the comparison and pricing posts consistently position Clockify's flat rate against competitors' per-seat and usage-based plans, which is the argument the company evidently leads with. No product changes are observable through this source at all, so any read on where the tool itself is heading would be invention.
◆ Prediction
Expect more competitor-pricing and comparison posts on the same cadence. This feed will not reveal product releases — a different source would be needed to track those.
Leantime
5.0PM
Leantime swaps role ranks for real permissions and syncs with your calendar app.
◆ Current state
Leantime moved from 3.10 to 3.14 between October and 10 November. v3.14.0 replaces role-rank checks with specific permission checks across projects, timesheets, users, API keys, to-dos, milestones and sprints, and opens the calendar to plugins; a new CalDAV plugin syncs both ways with Nextcloud, Radicale and Apple Calendar. Earlier releases added mobile push, per-project modules, global search and self-updating plugins.
◆ Where it's heading
The release cadence is roughly one feature version every two weeks, split between finer access control and a plugin marketplace that carries more functionality. Core changes increasingly exist to give plugins stable hooks, as the calendar rework shows.
◆ Prediction
Expect more marketplace plugins built on the new calendar and permission hooks, and further permission work extending to the remaining modules.
Alternatives to Clockify and Leantime
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Clockify or Leantime.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
NocoBase
NocoBase's v3 beta lets apps ship their own CLI, separate from Agents.
Productboard
Productboard's v2 documents API now keeps plain web addresses and emoji as ordinary text.
Hive
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Tracecat
Tracecat 1.5 alpha patches add sub-cases and lock down agent sandboxes.
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Recent activity from Clockify and Leantime
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoLeantimev3.14.0: per-permission access checks and a CalDAV sync plugin
- 14d agoLeantimev3.13.2: digest changes, OIDC PKCE, marketplace install reporting
- 14d agoLeantimev3.13.1: clearer plugin install errors
- 14d agoLeantimev3.13.0: mobile push, per-project modules, Laravel 12
- 29d agoLeantimev3.12.0: self-updating plugins and a shared interface library
- 1mo agoLeantimev3.11.0: global search across the workspace
- 2mo agoClockifyHarvest Pricing in 2026: Plans, Usage Fees & What You’ll Actually Pay
- 5mo agoClockifyClockify vs. Hubstaff vs. Time Doctor: Which One Wins in 2026?
- 5mo agoClockifyClockify vs. Toggl vs. Harvest: Which Is Right for Your Team?
- 10mo agoClockifyWhat Is E-invoicing: Easy Instructions + Cost-Saving Alternative
- 11mo agoClockifyHow to Verify and Track Contractor Hours (For SMBs)
- 1y agoClockifyHow to Sync Clockify With Invoice Apps to Grow Revenue
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Clockify and Leantime?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Leantime is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Clockify better than Leantime?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Leantime is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Clockify?
Top Clockify alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Clockify alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/clockify for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Leantime?
Top Leantime alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Leantime alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/leantime for the full list with editorial commentary on each.