What Harvest does well
Mature invoicing
Over fifteen years refining the estimate → time → invoice → payment loop. Auto-reminders, online payments, credits: it's all there.
Accounting integrations
QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks: solid two-way sync. If your bookkeeper lives in QuickBooks, Harvest plugs right in.
Expense tracking and rebilling
Snap a receipt, rebill it to the client, see it on the final invoice. Harvest handles that flow end to end.
Detailed reporting
Profitability by project, by person, by task. Useful for an agency that has to defend its margins every quarter.
Where Sablio takes a different turn
- 01
Simple invoicing, no paid add-on
Harvest splits tracking, invoicing, and expenses into priced modules. Sablio includes PDF invoicing in the base plan — no higher tier for it.
- 02
No screenshots, not even optional
Harvest offers a screenshot-based monitoring module (upper-tier add-on). Sablio doesn't offer it, and won't.
- 03
Hosted in Québec
Harvest is US-hosted. Sablio is in Montréal, under Law 25. For certain Québec government or institutional clients, that changes the conversation.
- 04
Local carnet d'atelier
A trace of your work, on your machine, that doesn't sync to the cloud. Nothing equivalent at Harvest.
Side by side
| Aspect | Harvest | Sablio |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | Yes — mature, with online payments | Yes — simple PDF invoices, V1. |
| Expense tracking | Yes, with rebilling | Not in V1. Under consideration. |
| Accounting integrations | QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks | CSV export. Integrations to follow. |
| Monitoring | Screenshots optional | Never. Written commitment. |
| Price | From $12 USD / user / month | $9 CAD solo · $7 CAD / member for teams. |
| Hosting | United States | Montréal, Québec. |
Migrating from Harvest
Harvest lets you export time entries, clients, and projects to CSV from Reports → Time → Export. Sablio reads that format and remaps your clients and projects. Expect two minutes for a freelancer, a bit more if you have dozens of active projects. Historical invoices stay with Harvest — we don't try to re-import them.
Who should stay, who should try
Stay on Harvest if
Your agency rebills expenses every month. Your bookkeeper has a critical QuickBooks flow. You're a 10+ team that needs fine-grained profitability reports. Harvest is a solid pick for that world.
Try Sablio if
You're a freelancer or a 2-10 studio doing simple invoices. You're paying today for modules (expenses, monitoring) you don't use. You'd rather pick a tool that owns being smaller than one that overpromises.
Ready to try?
Private beta in spring 2026. Leave your email and we'll reach out when your turn comes.