clockodo

Overview

clockodo is a German digital time tracker, from Clockodo GmbH, built for service businesses such as agencies, IT companies, consultancies, architecture and law firms and tax advisors. It records work and project time to the second in the browser, in desktop and mobile apps or through a Chrome extension that starts the stopwatch from a Jira, Trello or Asana ticket, ties each entry to a customer, service and hourly rate to separate billable from non-billable work, and keeps individual hour accounts that track target hours, overtime and absences like holiday and sick leave. A drag-and-drop report builder turns the data into views for HR, project leads and management. An open REST API carries the data into accounting, payroll and project tools such as Lexware Office, sevdesk, easybill, ADDISON OneClick and Personio, and clockodo runs its own MCP server at mcp.clockodo.com through which an AI agent can book times and read projects with the permissions of the user it acts for. The company reports use by more than 15,000 companies.

Best for German SMBs and agencies that need legally compliant work-time tracking.

clockodo is a focused, EU-hosted time tracker aimed at European service firms that need clean records and work-time compliance rather than staff monitoring. Its strengths are the individual hour accounts for overtime, target hours and absences and a flexible report builder, which make it well suited to companies that bill by the hour and answer to German working-time rules. It is not an all-in-one suite: billing and payroll run through integrations rather than native modules, so teams wanting one tool for everything will lean on its API and partners. For straightforward, compliant tracking without screenshots or activity surveillance, it fits well.

Key Facts

Features

Time tracking

Yes, digital stopwatch and project times, billable and non-billable, with individual hour accounts for target hours, overtime and absences

Invoicing

No native invoicing, available through integrations

Reporting and controlling

Yes, drag-and-drop report builder

Integrations and API

Yes, an open REST API, an official MCP server, a Chrome extension and a published list of integrations for accounting, payroll, project management and CRM

Integrations

• Lexware Office
• sevdesk
• easybill
• FastBill
• Billomat
• bexio
• QuickBooks
• weclapp
• Sage
• ADDISON OneClick
• Personio
• Jira
• Asana
• ClickUp
• Trello
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Azure DevOps
• Confluence
• HubSpot
• Zendesk
• Zammad
• Memtime
• Zapier
• Zoho Flow

Deployment and Support

Deployment

• Cloud (SaaS)
• Browser-based

Support

• Email helpdesk
• Phone

Onboarding

• Documentation and knowledge base
• Video tutorials

Company size

• Freelancers
• Small and mid-sized
• Enterprise

Suitability

The table combines the industries the vendor addresses with the company sizes the tool is aimed at. An empty cell means the combination is not stated, not that it is ruled out.

Pros and Cons

Pricing

• Free

  €0

  For solo self-employed, maximum one user. Without locking of time entries, absence management and team features.

• Basic

  €4

  Per user and month. Work time tracking and absence management.

• Pro

  €8

  Per user and month, valid for 12 months, then €10. Adds project time tracking and project controlling.

• Pro Plus

  €10

  Per user and month, valid for 12 months, then €12. Adds single sign-on, budget warnings, priority service and an extended SLA.

Best For

• Agencies
• Consulting
• Technology

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