Spec me a project/timesheet/task management solution

[reefoid]

I'm a freelance web developer and for the last couple of years I've been using the community edition of Feng Office to track clients/tasks/timesheets. I host it myself but its a bit clunky and missing some of the stuff you get with their paid hosted solution so I'm looking to move to a fully hosted solution. Unfortunately Feng's paid plans start at $59 a month which is too much.

So can anyone recommend an alternative hosted solution that meets the following requirements:

• Needs to have a timer for recording time against tasks (needs to have manual entry as well, but timer functionality is a must)
• No storage required for documents, etc
• The ability to allow other users access to view data (not edit)
• No more than £15 per month
• Ability to report by time period/client/project/task
• It either needs to be a mobile friendly solution, or have an Android app that will allow me to update and track time when onsite with clients.
• Not essential, but preferably have the ability to generate branded invoices from timesheets (5-10 a month)

Someone recommended Wave Accounting. I've taken a look but think that might be slightly overkill for my needs.

So OCUKer's, what do you use that might fit the bill?

Thanks

 

[Tripnologist]

Have you looked at Basecamp yet? It's really good, but may be a bit overkill for your needs.
The lowest tier pricing is roughly £14/month and allows you to have 10 active projects at any given time. Finished projects can be archived and don't count against your allowance, unless you reopen them.

Edit: I've just read that the latest version of Basecamp no longer has time tracking, but does have plugins. (I used to use Basecamp a couple years ago, but switched to Trello as it's free, but it doesn't do everything you need, though there might be plugins.)

 

[reefoid]

Thanks, have taken a glance and looks like a possibility.

A couple of questions:

• I can't see if it has a timer function - this is critical to me as I need to record time as granularly as possible. Does it do this?
• Pricing is shown as $1 a day, so around £20 a month which is OK at a push, but my bank charges for foreign transactions - is there a way round that?

edit - your edit beat me to it - no time tracking is a deal breaker for me.

Thanks anyway.

 

[!bluetonic!]

We use Basecamp at work, but Podio came second.

https://podio.com/

 

[Benihana]

I'd second Podio, but thats because I know the guys that built it! We use it at work also, pretty flexible tool IMHO.

 

[LazyManc]

www.freeagent.com is absolutely brilliant, couldn't live without it now. It fills most of your requirements but also does a lot more for you on the accounting side, you can even automatically import your account statements to track against payments / bills.

 

[reefoid]

Thanks for all your suggestions guys.

For anyone that's looking for something similar, I've ended up going with Mavenlink. It ticks all my requirements and since I use Google Apps it ties in with my mail/Drive/calendar very nicely.

 

[sniffy]

Bump. Anymore suggestions? My manager had us test a few out but he's been rather fickle about making a definitive choice. Just trying to find out some other alternatives.

Cheers.

 

[Th3M8dH8tt3r]

Invoice2Go is pretty sweet. Been using it for years. Has good gateway integration.