Time tracking for agencies, shaped to how you actually work.
Most time trackers hand your team a stopwatch and your founder a spreadsheet to interpret it. Forge is different: we build a time tracker shaped to your clients, your projects and your team - so logging is effortless, utilization is visible, and the data is finally accurate enough to price the next job from. You answer a few questions; we build it, host it, and run it.
no code · we run the infrastructure · flat monthly pricingOther time trackers give you a stopwatch. Forge gives you a tracker shaped to your workflow - so the data is actually used.
Logging that actually happens
Effortless entry
Log time daily in seconds, inside the workflow - not a separate app to remember.
Your clients and projects
Pre-filled with the work the team is actually doing, so there's nothing to type.
Billable vs non-billable
Captured cleanly so you see where time really goes.
Daily nudges
Friendly reminders that catch lapses before they become a week of guesses.
What you finally get to see
Real utilization
Per person and per team, weekly - so capacity is a number, not a feeling.
Profitability per client
Which clients earn their margin and which quietly don't.
Effective hourly rate
What each job really earned per hour, not the headline rate.
Capacity planning
Forecast against pipeline instead of guessing whether you can take the work on.
Exports that fit your stack
Clean exports for finance, payroll and reporting tools you already use.
Three steps to a working tracker
Tell us about your agency
A few plain questions - your clients, your roles, what billable means at your shop.
We build it to your shape
We design the tracker around your projects and team - then you sign off in plain English.
It goes live, on your brand
Hosted, maintained and updated by us - your team logs in tomorrow.
How it compares to Toggl, Harvest and Clockify
| Forge | Generic time trackers | |
|---|---|---|
| Shape of the tracker | Built to your clients, projects and roles | Generic - you bend your work around the app |
| Logging accuracy | Pre-filled, daily, inside the workflow | Manual entry that drifts to round-number guesses |
| Utilization & profitability | Built in, reviewed weekly | Reports you build yourself in a spreadsheet |
| Setup & maintenance | We build, host and update it | You configure, train, maintain and upgrade |
| Branded for your agency | On your domain, in your colors | Their product, their brand |
Time data is the foundation under your numbers
Time tracking isn't the goal - it's the input. Accurate time data is what makes utilization a number you can act on, pricing a decision instead of a guess, and capacity planning a forecast instead of a panic. We've written the full picture in the agency time tracking guide.
A tracker shaped to your workflow is also the only one your team will actually use. Most logging fails because it's friction nobody benefits from; Forge makes the data both easy to capture and visibly useful, so the habit sticks.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from Toggl or Harvest?
Toggl, Harvest, Clockify and similar are generic stopwatches you configure yourself. Forge builds a time tracker shaped to your agency - your clients, your projects, your roles, your billable rules - and runs it for you. The shape is what makes the data accurate.
How do I get my team to actually log time?
By removing the friction. Forge pre-fills the work your team is doing, sits inside their existing workflow, and sends daily nudges - so logging takes seconds and happens before memory fades. Most adoption problems are friction problems, and that's what we solve.
Can I see profitability per client and project?
Yes. Time tied to clients, projects and billable vs non-billable rolls up automatically into utilization, gross margin per client, and your real effective hourly rate - the data behind every pricing and capacity decision.
How long until it's running?
Most agencies are live in days. You answer a few questions, we build and sign off on the design in plain English, then we publish. There's no setup, configuration or training to schedule on your side.
Will it integrate with my existing tools?
Forge tools live on your brand and connect to the data sources you already use. Clean exports for payroll, accounting and reporting are built in.
Start from a free template
Grab the static version now, or build the live, hosted tool with Forge.
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