Sablio isn't the only good time-tracking tool. It's the one we make for a specific use, for a specific audience. Other use cases exist, and other tools serve them better than we do.
Here's what the big names do well.
Toggl — the universal widget
Toggl has a browser extension that plugs into pretty much everything: Asana, Trello, GitHub, Google Docs, 70+ apps. You click Start timer from a task card and it's pre-filled.
We don't have that. We have global keyboard shortcuts, but if you live in Asana, Toggl is probably smoother.
Harvest — budget-tiered billing
Harvest lets you create quotes before a project starts, track progress against that quote, and alert when you near an overage. Well thought out for fixed-fee contracts.
Sablio is oriented toward hourly billing. If you bill fixed deliverable, Harvest covers better.
Clockify — serious free tier
Clockify offers a generous free plan. Unlimited users, unlimited projects. If you're starting out with no budget, Clockify is genuinely usable without pulling out a card.
We offer a free trial, then a price. Honest, not free.
Everhour — Asana/Jira sync
If your team lives entirely in Asana or Jira, Everhour reads tasks, lets you time against a specific task, and pushes data back into the project tool. Built for that.
Sablio doesn't pretend to replace your project-management tool. If you want a single tool for both, Everhour is probably your pick.
Timing (Mac) — automatic detection
The Timing app on macOS records every app used and every URL visited in the background, locally. You can rebuild your day from a detailed calendar.
Powerful. Also, for our philosophy, too invasive: we don't capture URLs, we don't do aggressive auto-detection. If that level of detail helps you, Timing is honest about what it does.
Where we sit
Sablio is built for a freelancer or a small workshop that wants: local-first, silence by default, short retention, strong privacy, and simple Québec-ready billing.
If your need is elsewhere — deep Asana integration, complex fixed-fee billing, fully free — another tool will serve you better.
We're not better than the others. We're built for a specific case. Being honest about that is part of the product.
— Patrick