Like Retainerkit — for freelancers, not 10-seat agencies.
Retainerkit starts at $49/mo and assumes your team. We start at free and assume it’s just you. Same burn-down chart your client sees — one-fifth the price, no portal to configure, no per-seat fees to explain.
Free forever for your first retainer · no credit card.
How HourTab is different
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Priced for solo, not for teams.
Free for your first retainer forever. $9/mo for up to 10. $19/mo adds a branded subdomain and a second teammate. Retainerkit’s entry tier is $49/mo and goes up from there.
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No client portal.
Retainerkit requires you to configure per-client portal access. We send a URL. Your client bookmarks it. No admin, no role setup, no “please forward this to your finance contact” step.
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CSV in ten seconds.
Paste a Toggl, Harvest, or Clockify export. No OAuth integration to configure, no IT security review for the integration. You can switch trackers any time — nothing to re-connect.
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Everything else — out of scope.
No invoicing (Bonsai does that). No project management (Notion does that). No calendar (Calendly does that). We do one thing: the public retainer burn-down URL. That’s the whole product.
Side-by-side
- Agency-tier pricing
- Per-client portal setup
- Per-seat pricing beyond that
- Up to 10 retainers
- No client login — just a URL
- Custom slug, no HourTab branding
- CSV in + CSV out
- Unlimited retainers
- Branded subdomain
- 2 team seats, per-client logo
Pricing compared as of 2026-04. Retainerkit tiers change — see their current page before committing.