DeskTime tracks screen activity and application usage. Keito tracks billable client work, project context, and approval status — the record your finance team actually needs for invoicing.
Monthly review
Client billing
$27.9k
Active work
24
Reviewed
91%
Ready to bill
$18.4k
Time captured with context
DeskTime alternative
Billing review complete
Client and project checked
Invoice evidence ready
Approved summary prepared
DeskTime alternative needs more than a timer. The billing record has to keep client, project, approval, and invoice context together before the work reaches finance.
Migrate client and project structure to Keito so the tracking workflow is familiar from day one — the same fields, the same billing discipline, without the pricing model that drove the switch.
Run the same approval step you relied on before, with the added assurance that the review covers project context, expenses, and billable status in one place.
Use the same billing data to produce client summaries and invoice backup without paying per seat each time the team or contractor roster changes.
Billing-first alternative
DeskTime is built around productivity monitoring: it measures time in applications, captures screenshots, and tracks URL activity to give managers a picture of how employees spend their time. That approach generates employee friction, undermines trust in remote teams, and still does not produce the billing evidence that professional services firms need for client invoices. Keito takes the opposite approach. Instead of monitoring what software is open, Keito tracks what client work was done: time is captured with client, project, and task context, reviewed before it becomes invoice evidence, and exported as clean billing summaries. Teams get the billing clarity they need without the surveillance overhead they did not want.
Track client work by project and billable status rather than application usage
Review time entries before they reach finance or the client
Bill from approved records without screen monitoring or productivity scores
Workflow fit
Keito keeps DeskTime alternative connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Track client work by project and billable status rather than application usage
Review time entries before they reach finance or the client
Bill from approved records without screen monitoring or productivity scores
Keito is built around the same time capture, review, and invoice summary cycle used by the leading billing-focused time trackers — without the per-seat pricing model.
Add contractors, reviewers, and finance users to the billing workflow without checking whether each addition will increase the monthly tool spend.
Track AI agent costs by client and project alongside your team's billable hours so the full delivery effort is visible in one billing workspace.
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
Billing-first vs surveillance
Keito keeps DeskTime alternative tied to clients, projects, billable status, approvals, and billing summaries in one workspace.
Typical setups capture time in one tool and rebuild the billing explanation later from exports, comments, or spreadsheet cleanup.
Review before invoicing
Managers review entries before they become invoice evidence, so missing context is fixed internally rather than during a client dispute.
Raw timer exports usually reach finance before delivery leads have confirmed whether the work is billable, complete, or client-ready.
Predictable team pricing
Flat-rate plans let delivery staff, reviewers, contractors, and finance users participate without per-seat pricing friction.
Per-seat time trackers make teams choose between clean billing participation and controlling tool spend.
Use a workspace where time is captured against the right client and project, reviewed before invoicing, and exported as billing evidence. Keito is built around that workflow, so DeskTime alternative is not separated from the approval and invoice context it needs.
Yes. Keito tracks work by client, project, person, billable status, and review state, then turns approved records into client-ready summaries. That makes it useful when DeskTime alternative needs to support billing, profitability, and client reporting rather than just attendance.
A generic timer records duration. Keito records billable context: who did the work, which client and project it belongs to, whether it has been reviewed, and how it should appear in billing evidence.
Solo is built for one human owner and unlimited AI agents. Pro adds human teammates. Business adds integrations, exports, and online invoice payments.
One human owner
For independent consultants, freelancers, and small studios running work with AI agents.
Team collaboration
For teams that need shared workspaces, approvals, and team-level project visibility.
Advanced operations
For organizations that need integrations, exports, online payments, and stronger controls.
AI agents do not count as human seats on any plan.
Solo, Pro, and Business can use API keys for agent workflows.
Stripe payments, exports, Xero, and QuickBooks are on Business.
Start with Solo, add people on Pro when you need reviewers or collaborators, and see how Keito turns tracked effort into clearer reports.