Toggl Track Pricing UK Explained 2026
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What Toggl Track Actually Costs
Toggl Track is the most pleasant time tracker on the market and one of the more expensive. Here are the numbers, because a pricing guide that describes the tiers without naming a figure is not much use.
Per user per month, in US dollars:
| Plan | Annual billing | Monthly billing | Annual ~GBP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | £0 |
| Starter | $9 | around $10–$12 | £6.77 |
| Premium | $18 | around $20 | £13.53 |
| Enterprise | Custom quote | Custom quote | — |
The annual figures are solid — two independent sources agree on $9 and $18. Monthly is less settled: Starter is quoted at both $10 and $12 across reputable sources, Premium consistently at $20. Check the live page before budgeting monthly.
Sterling converts at roughly £1 = $1.33, the rate in late October 2026, before VAT. Expect UK VAT at 20% on top, as with comparable tools — so Starter lands near £8.12 and Premium near £16.24 per seat per month. Confirm the inclusive figure at checkout.
On the Billing Currency, Which Is Worth Being Careful About
Toggl publishes in US dollars. It is often said that UK customers are simply “charged in GBP at the prevailing exchange rate via their payment provider,” which blurs two quite different things.
If Toggl bills you in USD, your card issuer converts it and may add a foreign transaction fee of 2–3%. If Toggl bills in GBP, it sets the rate itself and there is no card conversion. Those produce different numbers on your statement, and I could not confirm which applies from any source I checked.
So treat the dollar price as the real price, add VAT, and check the billing currency at checkout if the difference matters to you.
The Annual Discount Is Smaller Than Usually Claimed
Toggl markets annual billing as getting you three months free, which implies 25%. The published figures do not quite bear that out uniformly: Starter at $12 monthly to $9 annual is 25%, but at $10 monthly it is 10%, and Premium at $20 to $18 is 10%.
So the blanket claim that annual saves “around 20%” across the board overstates it for Premium. On a team of six on Premium, 10% is about $144 a year rather than the $288 a 20% discount would give — worth knowing before you commit twelve months.
Free Plan — $0, Up to 5 Users
Genuinely usable rather than a trial in disguise. You can track time, create projects and clients, and read basic reports without paying.
The limits:
- Up to 5 users
- Unlimited time entries and projects
- Basic reporting — summaries and weekly view
- No billable rates — you cannot attach an hourly rate and have Toggl calculate earnings
- No time rounding
- No saved or scheduled reports
- No project budget or cost tracking
- Fewer integrations than paid tiers
Who it suits: a sole trader who wants to know where the day goes and is not yet billing by the hour, or a team of up to five tracking time for their own purposes.
What forces an upgrade: billable rates, almost always. The moment you want Toggl to calculate what a client owes, you are on Starter.
Starter — $9 Annual
The tier that makes Toggl useful for billing.
What you gain:
- Billable rates — per user, project or client
- Billable time reporting — billable against non-billable
- Time rounding, which matters for clean invoicing
- Saved and scheduled reports, delivered automatically
- Tasks within projects for more granular tracking
- Integrations with Jira, Asana and others
- Excel and PDF export
- Time estimates with alerts
Who it suits: freelancers invoicing by the hour and small consultancies tracking billable time across clients. If you want clean client-time records feeding your accounts, this is the minimum tier that delivers.
At £6.77 before VAT, or about £8.12 with it, this is where the price comparison with rivals starts to bite — see below.
Premium — $18 Annual
Where Toggl earns its reporting reputation, aimed at teams managing project profitability.
What you gain over Starter:
- Project budgets and forecasts — fixed-fee or hourly budgets tracked in real time
- Labour cost tracking — internal cost rates separate from billable rates, giving a true margin view
- Team scheduling and workload insight — who is over- or under-utilised
- Project status alerts when a budget is approached
- Personalised email reports for clients
- Priority support, plus additional admin controls and permissions
Who it suits: agencies and studios of roughly five to twenty people running concurrent projects who need to know which ones make money. If you have ever finished a project with a sinking feeling that you underquoted, labour cost tracking is the feature that prevents a repeat.
At £13.53 before VAT, about £16.24 with it, Premium is a serious per-seat commitment — six seats is roughly £1,170 a year including VAT. It needs to be answering a real profitability question.
Enterprise — Custom
Everything in Premium plus SAML single sign-on, a dedicated account manager, custom contract terms and priority onboarding. Quote-only, aimed at larger organisations.
How It Compares on Price
Toggl is not the cheapest, and it is worth being precise about by how much. Entry paid tiers, annual billing, in USD:
| Tool | Entry paid tier | ~GBP |
|---|---|---|
| Clockify Basic | $3.99 | £3.00 |
| TimeCamp Starter | $3.99 | £3.00 |
| Timeular Personal | $7.50 | £5.64 |
| Toggl Track Starter | $9 | £6.77 |
| Harvest Teams | around $9 | £6.77 |
The Comparison That Actually Matters
Since billable rates are the upgrade trigger, that is the feature to price:
| Tool | Billable rates from |
|---|---|
| Clockify | Basic, $3.99 |
| Toggl Track | Starter, $9 |
| TimeCamp | Ultimate, $9.99 |
Clockify gives you billable rates for 44% of Toggl’s price. TimeCamp, despite a cheaper entry tier, puts rates three tiers up at $9.99 — making it more expensive than Toggl for this specific job, which is the opposite of how the comparison is usually framed.
And One Correction on the Free Tiers
Clockify is routinely described as having a free tier with no user cap. It has not since April 2026 — it is capped at five users, exactly like Toggl’s. Billable rates and kiosk mode left Clockify’s free plan at the same time.
The genuinely uncapped free tier belongs to TimeCamp: unlimited users and projects.
| Tool | Free tier users |
|---|---|
| TimeCamp | Unlimited |
| Toggl Track | 5 |
| Clockify | 5 |
| Harvest | 1, with 2 projects |
So if an uncapped free plan is what you are after, TimeCamp is the answer and Clockify no longer is. Our Clockify and TimeCamp comparison covers that pair, and the Clockify pricing guide has its full tier list.
So Why Pay for Toggl?
Three reasons that survive scrutiny:
The timer experience. It is a browser extension click or a keyboard shortcut, syncs instantly, and the mobile app is quick enough to use mid-task. This matters more than it sounds: the enemy of accurate tracking is friction, not forgetfulness, and a tracker that is annoying gets abandoned inside a fortnight. Toggl has the least friction of anything here.
Reporting quality. Well-designed, readable, and they export cleanly — which counts when the report goes to a client.
Reliability and longevity. The timer works across web, mobile and desktop, and Toggl is an established company rather than a project that might disappear.
What you are paying for is usability, not features per pound. If budget is the binding constraint, Clockify does the same job for less. Our Clockify alternatives comparison sets out the wider field, and Clockify against Harvest covers the agency end.
Records, Self-Assessment and MTD
Toggl is not accounting software and does not connect to HMRC. What it produces is the time-and-billing layer that feeds whatever does.
MTD for Income Tax is not forthcoming — it has applied since 6 April 2026 to sole traders and landlords with more than £50,000 of qualifying income, measured on gross income before expenses. Thresholds fall to £30,000 in April 2027 and £20,000 in April 2028.
In scope you file quarterly updates by 7 August, 7 November, 7 February and 7 May, then a Final Declaration by 31 January. The quarterly filings are in addition to that year-end submission, not a replacement for it.
That changes what a time tracker is for. Under annual filing, reconstructing your billable year in January was survivable. On a quarterly cycle your records need to be current four times over, which is a stronger argument for Starter’s saved and scheduled reports than anything in Toggl’s own marketing.
On retention: keep business records for at least five years after the 31 January submission deadline for that tax year. So 2024–25 records, filed by 31 January 2026, run to at least January 2031. Export reports to PDF or CSV at each year end and archive them.
Many UK freelancers pair Toggl with FreeAgent, Xero or QuickBooks — and note that FreeAgent is free with NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Mettle business accounts, which changes the total cost of a Toggl-plus-accounting setup considerably. Our FreeAgent review and guide to MTD for VAT against MTD for Income Tax cover that side.
FAQ
How much is Toggl Track?
Free for up to 5 users. Starter $9 per user per month on annual billing, Premium $18. Monthly is around $10–$12 and $20 respectively. Enterprise is quote-only.
Is Toggl Track priced in pounds?
Prices are published in US dollars. Whether UK customers are billed in USD — with their card converting and possibly adding a foreign transaction fee — or in GBP is not something I could confirm, so check at checkout. Either way, expect VAT at 20% on top.
What does Starter cost in sterling?
About £6.77 per seat per month before VAT at current rates, or roughly £8.12 with it. Premium is about £13.53 and £16.24.
Is the free plan enough for a freelancer?
Only if you are not billing by the hour. Billable rates are not on the free plan, so if you want Toggl to calculate what a client owes, you need Starter.
How much does annual billing save?
Less than usually claimed. Premium is about 10% ($20 to $18). Starter is 10% or 25% depending on which monthly figure applies. Toggl markets it as three months free; the published numbers do not support 25% across both tiers.
Is Clockify’s free plan really more generous?
Not on users any more. Clockify has been capped at five users since April 2026, the same as Toggl. Clockify’s advantage is on paid pricing — billable rates at $3.99 against Toggl’s $9. The uncapped free tier is TimeCamp’s.
Does Toggl Track work with Making Tax Digital?
Not directly — it is a time tracker, not accounting software. Export reports and feed them to software that files. MTD for Income Tax has applied since April 2026 above £50,000 of gross qualifying income.
How long should I keep the records?
At least five years after the 31 January deadline for the relevant tax year.
When should I move from Starter to Premium?
When you run fixed-fee projects and need to know their margin, or when your team is big enough that workload balancing matters. Labour cost tracking — your internal cost against your client rate — is the feature that justifies the jump, and it is not available lower down.
Who Should Pay for Toggl Track?
Sole traders tracking time for their own benefit: the free plan, within five users. Use it until you hit a real limit.
Freelancers billing by the hour: Starter at $9, about £8.12 a seat including VAT. Be aware Clockify does billable rates for $3.99 — if the £4-a-month difference matters more than the interface, that is the rational choice.
Agencies managing project budgets: Premium at $18, about £16.24 including VAT. Project budgets and labour cost tracking are the genuine reasons to be here, and six seats is roughly £1,170 a year.
Anyone choosing on price: Clockify or TimeCamp at $3.99, and TimeCamp if you need an uncapped free tier.
Toggl is not trying to be the cheapest — it is trying to be the one you actually keep using, and it largely succeeds. Whether that premium is worth roughly double Clockify’s price depends on how much a pleasant interface is worth to you, which is a real consideration rather than a soft one: an abandoned tracker produces no records at all.
For the workflow around whichever you choose, see tracking billable hours as a UK freelancer.
Pricing and features correct at time of writing, published in US dollars; sterling figures are illustrative conversions at $1.33 and exclude VAT unless stated. Monthly figures vary across sources — confirm current pricing and billing currency on Toggl’s website before purchasing. This article is general information, not tax advice; confirm your MTD position and record-keeping obligations with HMRC or a qualified adviser.
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