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Everything Qatalyst does, on one page.

Before you buy, see exactly what's included. Qatalyst puts time, billing, payments, a client portal, expenses, mileage, banking and reports in one workspace, at one flat price for your whole team. Every item below is live in the product today.

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  • No credit card
  • Every feature included
  • From $9.99/month after the trial
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What's included

The whole product, in every plan.

No add-ons and no feature tiers. Every plan gets everything on this list; the only thing that changes is how many people are on the team.

Time tracking

  • A running timer or manual entries, billed to a client or a project
  • A fast sheet for logging a week of entries at once
  • Hourly time and flat fees side by side
  • Billable and non-billable time kept apart
  • Up to three named hourly rates per person
  • Google or Microsoft calendar sync

Invoicing and billing

  • Invoices built from unbilled time, expenses and mileage
  • Sequential numbering with your own prefix
  • Your logo and brand colour on every invoice
  • Lines grouped by project, each with its own subtotal
  • Tax and tip, set once for the whole firm
  • Status that moves from Finalized to Viewed to Paid by itself
  • Late fees after a grace period you choose
  • Write-offs, voids and opening balances

Payments and reminders

  • Clients pay by card online through Stripe
  • Record payments by cheque, transfer, cash and a dozen more methods
  • Part payments, overpayments and refunds handled properly
  • Prepayments and retainers held as account credit
  • Automatic reminder rules as invoices age
  • Bulk payment requests from one screen

Client portal

  • One secure link per client — no password, no sign-up
  • Invoices they can view and pay
  • Documents to approve or send back, with an optional signed copy
  • Progress updates that build into a running log
  • Project status at a glance
  • Free for every client

Expenses and receipts

  • Receipts attached as a photo or PDF
  • One firm-wide list of expense categories, managed by owners and admins
  • Billable expenses that join the client's unbilled work
  • Tax and tip kept as separate amounts
  • Expenses by category report with drill-down and export

Mileage

  • Log a trip by distance, odometer readings or live GPS
  • A firm-wide rate, or a rate per trip
  • Miles or kilometres
  • Vehicles and start and end addresses
  • Trips billed to clients like any other work

Banking (optional)

  • Bank, savings, credit card and cash accounts with live balances
  • Each payment lands in the account set for its method
  • Expenses paid from an account, paid personally, or not paid yet
  • Reimbursements for expenses and mileage, paid in one go
  • Bank fees, interest, transfers, owner draws and loans
  • A monthly statement check that ticks off the register
  • Hand-entered: nothing connects to your bank

Reports

  • Financial overview and receivables aging
  • Revenue by person: logged, billed, collected and still owed
  • Expenses by category
  • A simple profit and loss for any period
  • CSV export from every report

Team, roles and approvals

  • Four roles: Owner, Admin, Manager and Member
  • Teams with a lead and coordinators
  • A manager approves time, expenses and mileage before they bill
  • Confidential clients, visible only to the people on them
  • Switches for who can invoice, record payments and write off

Clients, leads and projects

  • Client records with contacts, defaults and payment terms
  • Projects with their own status and contacts
  • Public lead forms and a simple pipeline
  • Digital business cards with a QR code and view counts
  • Notes and a calendar

Security and languages

  • Two-factor authentication and passkeys
  • Every sign-in attempt recorded
  • Each firm's data kept separate
  • Your data is never sold or used for training
  • The app in 21 languages
Side by side

Feature by feature, with named products.

Each product checked against its own website, with the page linked behind every mark. Where Qatalyst falls short, the table says so too.

  • Included
  • Partly, or higher plans only
  • Not shown on their website
  • Not offered
FeatureQatalystToggl TrackHarvestFreshBooksBonsaiJoistInvoice2go
Timer time trackingQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: IncludedHarvest: IncludedFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: IncludedJoist: Not shown on their websiteInvoice2go: Included
Manager approves timesheetsQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Partly, or higher plans onlyPremium plan and upHarvest: Partly, or higher plans onlyEnterprise plan onlyFreshBooks: Not shown on their websiteBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyTimesheet locking, Elite onlyJoist: Not shown on their websiteInvoice2go: Not shown on their website
Invoices from tracked timeQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Partly, or higher plans onlyPDF exportHarvest: IncludedFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyEssentials plan and upJoist: Not shown on their websiteInvoice2go: Included
Online card paymentsQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: Partly, or higher plans onlyTeams plan and upFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyEssentials plan and upJoist: IncludedInvoice2go: Included
Automatic payment remindersQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: IncludedFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyEssentials plan and upJoist: IncludedInvoice2go: Included
Client portalQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Not offeredHarvest: Not shown on their websiteFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyEssentials plan and upJoist: Partly, or higher plans onlyEstimates by linkInvoice2go: Not shown on their website
Expenses with receiptsQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: IncludedFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyEssentials plan and upJoist: IncludedInvoice2go: Partly, or higher plans onlyReceipt capture not listed
Mileage trackingQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: Not shown on their websiteFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: Not shown on their websiteJoist: Not shown on their websiteInvoice2go: Not shown on their website
Live GPS mileageQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Not offeredHarvest: Not shown on their websiteFreshBooks: Partly, or higher plans onlyAutomatic on AndroidBonsai: Not shown on their websiteJoist: Not shown on their websiteInvoice2go: Not shown on their website
Client estimates and quotesQatalyst: Not offeredToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: Not shown on their websiteFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: IncludedJoist: IncludedInvoice2go: Included
Proposals or contracts with e-signatureQatalyst: Partly, or higher plans onlyDocument sign-offToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: Not shown on their websiteFreshBooks: Partly, or higher plans onlyPlus plan and upBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyEssentials plan and upJoist: Partly, or higher plans onlyOn estimatesInvoice2go: Not shown on their website
Automatic bank feedQatalyst: Not offeredToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: Not shown on their websiteFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyExpenses onlyJoist: Not shown on their websiteInvoice2go: Partly, or higher plans onlyIts own bank account
Bank balances and statement checkQatalyst: IncludedEntered by handToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: Not shown on their websiteFreshBooks: Partly, or higher plans onlyPlus plan and upBonsai: Not shown on their websiteJoist: Not shown on their websiteInvoice2go: Not shown on their website
Profit and lossQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Partly, or higher plans onlyProfitability report, Premium and upHarvest: Partly, or higher plans onlyProfitability report, Enterprise onlyFreshBooks: Partly, or higher plans onlyPlus plan and upBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyPremium plan and upJoist: Partly, or higher plans onlyRevenue reportsInvoice2go: Not shown on their website
Lead forms and pipelineQatalyst: IncludedToggl Track: Not shown on their websiteHarvest: Not shown on their websiteFreshBooks: Not shown on their websiteBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyPremium plan and upJoist: Partly, or higher plans onlyLead sourcesInvoice2go: Not shown on their website
Roles and permissionsQatalyst: IncludedFour rolesToggl Track: IncludedHarvest: Partly, or higher plans onlyCustom permissionsFreshBooks: Partly, or higher plans onlyTeam members are a paid add-onBonsai: Partly, or higher plans onlyElite plan onlyJoist: Not shown on their websiteInvoice2go: Partly, or higher plans onlyTeam access
Native iPhone and Android appsQatalyst: Not offeredWorks in the phone's browserToggl Track: IncludedHarvest: IncludedFreshBooks: IncludedBonsai: IncludedJoist: IncludedInvoice2go: Included
How it's pricedFlat price by team sizePer userPer userPlan plus per team memberPer userFlat price per planFlat price per plan, unlimited team

Checked on October 18, 2026 against each company's own website — select a mark to open the page it came from. “Not shown on their website” means we couldn't find it there, not that the product doesn't have it. Plans and features change; check each company's site for the latest. Product names belong to their owners.

What it replaces

What it usually takes to get the same thing.

Firms that bill for their time often piece this together from several separate tools, each with its own subscription, login and copy of the client list. Here's the typical stack, by kind of tool, and where each part lives in Qatalyst.

A time tracker

Timers, timesheets and team hours.

Time tracking, approvals and revenue by person.

An invoicing and payments app

Invoices, online card payments and reminders.

Invoicing, Stripe payments, reminders and receivables aging.

A client portal or file-sharing tool

A place for clients to see invoices and approve documents.

The client portal, free for every client.

An expense and receipt app

Receipts, categories and reimbursements.

Expenses, expense categories and reimbursements.

A mileage app

Trip logs and mileage rates.

Mileage by distance, odometer or GPS.

A bookkeeping tool, for the day-to-day picture

Account balances, a monthly statement check, profit and loss.

Optional banking with balances, statement checks and profit and loss.

A lead form and simple CRM

Enquiry forms and a pipeline of prospects.

Lead forms, the pipeline and digital business cards.

In Qatalyst these share one client list, one login and one price, so an expense logged in the morning is on the invoice in the afternoon without being typed twice.

Straight answers

What Qatalyst doesn't do.

So you know before you start, not after.

No live bank feed

Banking is entered by hand and checked against your statement each month. Nothing connects to your bank.

Not a replacement for your accountant

Profit and loss is a cash summary for running the firm, not a tax return, payroll or a full set of accounts.

No accounting-software export yet

Reports export to CSV, which your accountant can open, but there's no direct export to an accounting package.

No legal trust accounting

Client money held in trust under legal-practice rules isn't handled. Prepayments are tracked as ordinary account credit.

No app marketplace

Qatalyst connects to Stripe for payments and to Google or Microsoft for email and calendars. Beyond that, it's one product rather than a hub of add-ons.

Up to 20 people self-serve

Larger firms are set up with our team on the Enterprise plan.

Your price

One flat price for the whole team.

Not per user. Pick your team size and see exactly what Qatalyst costs, monthly or yearly. Every plan includes everything above, with a 90-day free trial and no card to start.

How many members?7
1510152020+
Studio6–10 members
$59.99/ month

as low as $6 / member

60% under per-seat pricing

Start 90 days free

All six bands

How the bands work

  • Your band is set by the number of members in the workspace — the owner included. Pending invites don’t count until accepted.
  • Add someone and the price moves up automatically; you confirm the change first, and the difference is prorated.
  • Remove someone and the lower price takes effect at your next renewal — no mid-cycle credit, no games.
  • Savings compare each band to paying $15 per member — a common per-seat rate for tools like this.
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Questions people ask before switching

Is every feature on this page included in every plan?

Yes. Plans differ only by team size. Banking is optional and switched on in Settings, but it's included in every plan too.

Do my clients need an account?

No. Each client opens their portal from a secure link, with nothing to register or remember, and the portal costs nothing extra.

Can I bring my existing clients and open invoices?

Yes. Add your clients, then record what each one already owes as an opening balance, so receivables are right from day one.

Does Qatalyst connect to my bank?

No. Banking is hand-entered on purpose: payments and expenses you record land in your accounts, and a monthly statement check keeps them honest.

How long is the free trial?

90 days, with no card needed to start. You add a card only when you decide to continue.

Last reviewed October 18, 2026. This page describes Qatalyst's own features as they stand today. Other products change often; check each vendor's own site for their current features and prices. Product names belong to their owners.

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