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Velocity6.3

Time tracking and invoicing for teams

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Harvest launches a Premium tier with SSO and Profitability Reporting, then ships a UI refresh.

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◆Current state
Two coordinated April moves drive the period. First, Harvest Premium debuts as a new paid tier carrying SAML-based SSO, an Activity Log, and Profitability Reporting — a deliberate up-market push aimed at agencies and services firms whose finance and IT teams previously asked for those three things and didn't see them. Second, the entire app got a refresh ('A fresh Harvest') with a faster, cleaner interface. Around these are ACH payment support, a Windows desktop app, more flexible invoice sending, and task-level scheduling on the Forecast side. Several entries are duplicated across dates (the blog feed and the changelog feed both publish the same posts).
◆Where it's heading
Harvest is repositioning from 'lightweight time-tracking app for freelancers and small agencies' to 'profitability platform for services businesses'. The Premium tier names exactly the gaps that pushed mid-sized agencies to Replicon, Productive, or Float — SAML SSO, activity audit, and project-level profitability — and bundles them rather than letting them leak revenue out. The UI refresh tells you they're betting the existing customer base will accept a more opinionated interface to host the deeper analytics. Forecast and Harvest are being pulled tighter together as one product narrative.
◆Prediction
Expect role-based access controls and finer-grained admin permissions to follow as the next Premium-tier additions, plus a cross-sell with Forecast bundled into Premium pricing. The duplicate-entries pattern in the feed is fixable: the changelog should consume one canonical source rather than scraping both blog and product-update pages.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    A fresh Harvest

    'A fresh Harvest' announces a UI refresh and faster, cleaner interface across the product. Long-overdue and a sensible companion to the Premium tier launch — the new analytics need surface area to live in.

  2. 2mo ago

    A fresh Harvest (duplicate feed entry)

    Duplicate of the April 29 'A fresh Harvest' entry from the blog feed — same release, captured from a second source.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Introducing Harvest Premium: a new plan with Profitability Reporting, Activity Log, and SAML-based SSO

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    Harvest Premium launches as a new plan combining Profitability Reporting, an Activity Log, and SAML-based SSO. It is the first time Harvest packages enterprise security, audit, and project-finance reporting into a single paid tier — a significant repositioning toward larger services firms.

  4. 2mo ago

    Industry leader award (PR, not a release)

    PR-style post about Harvest being named a Leader in time tracking and project cost management. Marketing content rather than a product change.

  5. 2mo ago

    Product update: Easier, more flexible Harvest invoice sending

    Invoice sending picks up more flexible options — easier flow for non-standard billing cycles. Modest but genuinely useful for agencies that bill on retainer plus add-on hours.

  6. 2mo ago

    Task-Level Scheduling, Profitability Insights, and Easier Navigation: What’s New in Harvest & Forecast

    Task-level scheduling lands in Forecast alongside profitability insights and navigation improvements in Harvest. Each piece is incremental, but together they tighten the Harvest+Forecast bundle into a more coherent services-firm workflow.