PeopleMuster vs Harvest
For a team that logs hours against client projects and also has to run leave, attendance and the org chart, PeopleMuster is the stronger buy. Harvest Teams is $9 per seat a month billed yearly, or $11 monthly. PeopleMuster is $3 per person a month, and the same timesheet feeds utilisation, the capacity plan, leave and the person's HR record.
What each one costs
| Product | Price | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Harvest Free | Free | one seat, two projects |
| Harvest Teams | $9 | per seat / month, billed yearly ($11 billed monthly) |
| Harvest Enterprise | $14 | per seat / month, billed yearly ($17.50 billed monthly) |
| PeopleMuster | $3 | per person / month, every module included, no seat minimum |
Harvest figures read from getharvest.com/pricing on 24 September 2026. Harvest bills per seat and offers a 30-day trial. PeopleMuster bills $3 per person from the first person, with 14 days free and no card, or $30 per person per year on annual billing.
Why teams choose PeopleMuster
- Time logging lives inside the HR system. The person who logs hours is the same record that holds their leave quota, shift, reporting line and assigned laptop, so nothing is re-keyed between two tools.
- Every timesheet carries a status. A sheet moves from draft to submitted, lands in your manager's approvals queue, and the logging window sets how far back anyone may log.
- Utilisation comes straight out of those hours: total hours, utilisation percentage, average daily hours, a weekly trend and a week-over-week comparison, by project and by department. The report posts to Slack on a schedule.
- Approved leave is already in the capacity grid. Your plan for next month shows leave and company holidays as marked days, subtracted before anyone reads the totals.
- Projects know their client. Each one carries the client and contact, a billable or non-billable flag, fixed-price or hourly, milestones, and a warning when no meeting has happened in the number of days you set.
- Three dollars a person, from the first person, with every module included. Harvest Teams is $9 per seat billed yearly and $11 billed monthly.
Questions people ask
How does PeopleMuster time tracking compare with Harvest?
Both log hours against projects. In PeopleMuster the sheet is logged per day, then submitted and approved by a manager inside a logging window an admin sets. Those hours drive the utilisation report and sit beside attendance and leave for the same person, in one database.
What does Harvest cost compared with PeopleMuster?
Harvest has a free plan for one seat and two projects. Harvest Teams is $9 per seat a month billed yearly, or $11 monthly, and Enterprise is $14 yearly or $17.50 monthly. PeopleMuster is $3 per person a month for every module, from the first person, or $30 per person per year on annual billing.
Does PeopleMuster post timesheet reports to Slack?
Yes. The utilisation report has a Send to Slack action, and a scheduled Slack reminder chases the weekly hours submission, so the sheets are in before the report runs. You'll see the weekly trend and the week-over-week change in the same post.