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Time Tracking Comparison

clockodo vs. Tempo Timesheets

At a glance

At a glance

clockodo

Best for

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

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Tempo Timesheets

Best for

Best for teams that already run projects in Jira and need billable hours and timesheet approvals in the same place.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

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Full Comparison

Criterion clockodo Tempo Timesheets
Starting price Free; Basic from €4 / user / month Pro €8 and Pro Plus €10 per user and month, each an introductory rate valid for 12 months, then €10 and €12. Annual payment saves 5 percent in every tariff. The free plan covers one self-employed user. From $1 / user / month Jira Cloud, per user and month, priced in bands by licence size: $1 for 1-10 users, $5.21 for 11-100, $3.66 for 101-250, $1.81 for 251-1,000, $1.01 for 1,001-2,500 and $0.25 to $0.58 above 2,501.
Free trial Free plan for 1 user, plus a 14-day trial for any number of employees without payment details Free trial through the Atlassian Marketplace
API Not stated Yes, a REST API
Languages German, English Not stated
Made in Germany Not stated
Time tracking Yes, digital stopwatch and project times, billable and non-billable, with individual hour accounts for target hours, overtime and absences Yes, manual entry plus suggestions from connected calendars and developer tools, with timesheet submission and manager approval periods
Invoicing No native invoicing, available through integrations No native invoicing; billable hours are reported per customer and exported to financial software, where the invoice is created and sent
Reporting and controlling Yes, drag-and-drop report builder Yes, timesheet, billable hours, burn-up and time spent, productivity and CapEx vs OpEx reporting
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 Yes, a REST API plus Jira, GitHub, Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, Slack and JetBrains and VS Code IDEs
MCP-ready stated Yes No
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support more entries Email helpdesk, Phone Email helpdesk
Onboarding Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials
Company size more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations more entries 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 Jira, GitHub, Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, Slack, JetBrains IDEs, VS Code

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price clockodo Free; Basic from €4 / user / month Tempo Timesheets From $1 / user / month
  • Free trial clockodo Free plan for 1 user, plus a 14-day trial for any number of employees without payment details Tempo Timesheets Free trial through the Atlassian Marketplace
  • Company size clockodo Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Tempo Timesheets Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • Support clockodo Email helpdesk, Phone Tempo Timesheets Email helpdesk
  • MCP-ready clockodo Yes Tempo Timesheets No

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

clockodo

Strengths

  • Made in Germany, GDPR and work-time-law compliant
  • Strong custom report builder
  • Fast, competent support

Limitations

  • No native invoicing, only via integrations
  • Mobile app could be better

Tempo Timesheets

Strengths

  • Hours are logged against Jira issues, with no second tool to maintain
  • Formal approval periods that lock once closed
  • CapEx and OpEx reporting for capitalisation and R&D tax credits

Limitations

  • Requires Jira, so it is not usable on its own
  • Per-user price steps up sharply above the 1-10 user band

Plans

Pricing

clockodo

  • 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.
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Tempo Timesheets

  • 1-10 users $1 Per user / month on Jira Cloud.
  • 11-100 users $5.21 Per user / month on Jira Cloud.
  • 101-250 users $3.66 Per user / month on Jira Cloud.
  • 251-1,000 users $1.81 Per user / month on Jira Cloud.
  • 1,001-2,500 users $1.01 Per user / month on Jira Cloud.
  • 2,501+ users $0.25 to $0.58 Per user / month on Jira Cloud, falling with licence size.
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What users say

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clockodo

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Tempo Timesheets

Ease of use
Not rated yet
User interface
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Onboarding
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Support and service
Not rated yet
Value for money
Not rated yet
Features
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

clockodo https://www.clockodo.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-14

Tempo Timesheets https://www.tempo.io · checked against the official source on 2026-09-04

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.