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Time Tracking Comparison

DeskTime vs. Runn

At a glance

At a glance

DeskTime

Best for

Best for managers who want automatic time tracking with productivity analysis across remote and hybrid teams.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Runn

Best for

Best for firms that need 6-month capacity forecasting and what-if scenario planning.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion DeskTime Runn
Starting price lower value Pro from $6.42 / user / month Billed annually; $7.50 per user / month billed monthly. Premium from $9.17 ($10.71 monthly). Enterprise custom for 200+ users. Lite from $7 / resource seat / month Standard $11 per seat and month, Advanced on request. Seats count resources in the planner, not users with a login. Volume discounts start at 100+ seats.
Free trial 14-day free trial 30-day trial of the Standard plan, no card required
Made in Latvia New Zealand
Time tracking Yes, automatic background tracking with app and website logging and productivity scoring Yes, timesheets from the Standard plan
Invoicing Yes, invoices are built from tracked project time and project hourly rates, saved as reusable templates, emailed to the client as a PDF and tracked through created, sent, unpaid, paid and cancelled statuses No native invoicing; rate cards, budgets and margin only
Reporting and controlling Yes, productivity reports, project tracking and an absence calendar Yes, utilization, capacity, performance, workforce and bench reporting, with planned versus actuals against project budgets
Integrations and API Yes, an API and integrations (Jira, Asana, Outlook, Google Calendar, GitLab, Trello) from the Premium tier Yes, an API from the Standard plan, plus HR, time-tracking and automation integrations
AI features Yes Yes
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support more entries Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat Email helpdesk, Chat
Onboarding more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding
Company size more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Jira, Asana, Outlook, Google Calendar, GitLab, Trello more entries Jira, Harvest, Clockify, BambooHR, HiBob, Gusto, Workday, Sage HR, Zapier, n8n

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price DeskTime Pro from $6.42 / user / month Runn Lite from $7 / resource seat / month
  • Free trial DeskTime 14-day free trial Runn 30-day trial of the Standard plan, no card required
  • Company size DeskTime Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Runn Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • Support DeskTime Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat Runn Email helpdesk, Chat
  • Made in DeskTime Latvia Runn New Zealand

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

DeskTime

Strengths

  • Automatic tracking with productivity scoring out of the box
  • Shift scheduling and absence calendar for team management
  • AI-generated summaries of work patterns

Limitations

  • Monitoring focus leans toward oversight
  • Screenshots and API sit behind the Premium tier

Runn

Strengths

  • Saved scenarios let an alternative plan be modelled without touching the live one
  • Rate cards and budgets tie staffing decisions to cost, revenue and margin
  • Wide integration list across HR systems, time trackers and automation tools
  • Clean interface

Limitations

  • Forecast-first, day-to-day scheduling feels secondary
  • No free plan; billing is per resource seat, so people who are planned but never log in still cost a seat
  • Timesheets, integrations and the API need the Standard plan or higher
  • Custom dashboards, workstreams, SAML SSO and SmartMatch AI are Advanced only, and Advanced is quote-only

Plans

Pricing

DeskTime

  • Pro $6.42 Per user / month, billed annually ($7.50 monthly).
  • Premium $9.17 Per user / month, billed annually ($10.71 monthly). Adds screenshots, integrations and API.
  • Enterprise Custom For 200+ users; adds an account manager and training.
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Runn

  • Lite $7 Per resource seat and month. Scheduling, tentative projects, capacity and utilization charts, skills and tags, project financials.
  • Standard $11 Per resource seat and month. Adds timesheets, five custom fields, out-of-the-box integrations, the API and a 30-day audit log.
  • Advanced Not stated On request. Adds unlimited custom fields and reports, workstreams, custom dashboards, SAML SSO, SmartMatch AI and optional implementation and support.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

DeskTime

Ease of use
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Runn

Ease of use
Not rated yet
User interface
Not rated yet
Onboarding
Not rated yet
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

DeskTime https://desktime.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-04

Runn https://www.runn.io · no check date recorded yet

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