Track billable hours in Keito and invoice through Sage.
Keito gives Sage-connected teams a structured time tracking and billing review workflow — approved hour summaries per client and project, ready to feed into Sage invoicing and financial reporting.
Sage manages accounting and invoicing. Keito manages the time tracking and billing approval that feeds the invoice record.
Keep delivery context attached to time
Group work by client, project, issue, branch, or repository reference so time reports explain what changed, not just who was online.
Review engineering work before billing
Use approvals and project summaries to catch unassigned work, non-billable research, and time that needs a clearer client note.
Report the work in client language
Export clean summaries that connect delivery activity to project budgets, retainers, and invoices without exposing internal noise.
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Sage billing workflow
Build billing-ready hour records that connect to your Sage process
Teams using Sage for accounting often lack a structured time tracking layer. Professionals log hours in spreadsheets, email summaries, or individual apps, and the billing summary has to be assembled manually before it reaches Sage for invoice creation. Keito provides the time tracking and billing review step that sits upstream of Sage — team members log client hours with project context, managers approve the billing record, and the client summary is prepared in a structured format ready for Sage invoice line items.
Log hours with client, project, and service-type context that Sage invoice line items require
Approve billing entries before exporting to Sage so invoices are backed by reviewed records
Produce period-end billing summaries by client and project for Sage invoice creation
Workflow fit
Pre-invoice approval
Keito keeps sage time tracking connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Log hours with client, project, and service-type context that Sage invoice line items require
Approve billing entries before exporting to Sage so invoices are backed by reviewed records
Produce period-end billing summaries by client and project for Sage invoice creation
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What Keito adds to sage time tracking
Developer-friendly time context
Keito is designed for technical teams that need billing records to reflect real delivery work without pushing every developer into finance tooling. The Keito CLI, GitHub Action, and Agent Skill log time from the terminal, CI jobs, pull requests, and AI coding sessions directly.
GitHub Action logs time from issues and PRs
CLI tracking for terminal and CI sessions
Repository and issue references on invoices
Review layer for client work
Managers can separate billable implementation, non-billable discovery, support, and internal work before reports leave the team.
Approval workflow
Billable status by task
Client-ready exports
Billing and project reporting in one flow
Use tracked engineering work for invoice backup, project profitability, and retainer reviews without stitching together several spreadsheets.
Budget and margin context
Expense support
Flat team pricing
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Compare the workflow
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
AreaKeitoTypical setup
Pre-invoice approval
Review and approve all billable time in Keito before preparing the billing summary that goes into Sage, catching errors before they reach the invoice.
Teams that log time directly in Sage or spreadsheets often discover missing or incorrect entries after the invoice has been sent.
Project billing context
Track time by client, project, and engagement type so the Sage invoice line items reflect the actual work delivered — not a total hours figure.
Generic trackers show total hours without the project-level breakdown Sage invoice line items need for client-facing detail.
Financial and billing in one flow
Keito provides the time tracking data that Sage uses for billing, keeping finance and delivery in sync without a separate spreadsheet consolidation step.
Without a structured time tracking layer, billing data and financial records diverge when team members log time inconsistently across multiple tools.
Set up clients and projects in Keito to match your Sage invoice structure. Team members log billable hours throughout the engagement. At billing time, the manager reviews and approves entries, then exports the client billing summary in a format ready for Sage invoice creation.
Does Keito work with Sage Intacct and Sage Business Cloud?
Keito provides billing summaries and exports compatible with Sage invoice workflows. The current integration is workflow-based: Keito provides the time tracking and billing review layer, and you create invoices in Sage from the approved billing summaries. Native API integration with Sage Intacct is on the product roadmap.
What professional services teams use Sage with Keito?
Management consultancies, accounting firms, technology services firms, and professional services organisations using Sage for their financial management typically use Keito for time tracking and billing review. Keito provides the structured billing record that Sage invoicing requires but does not natively capture.
Can Keito track non-billable time alongside billable client hours?
Yes. Every time entry in Keito can be marked billable or non-billable. Non-billable time — internal projects, business development, professional development — is tracked for capacity and reporting purposes but is excluded from the client billing summary exported to Sage.
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Start solo.
Add people when you need them.
Solo is built for one human owner and unlimited AI agents. Pro adds human teammates. Business adds integrations, exports, and online invoice payments.
Solo
One human owner
For independent consultants, freelancers, and small studios running work with AI agents.
AI agents do not count as human seats on any plan.
API on every paid plan
Solo, Pro, and Business can use API keys for agent workflows.
Business-only payments
Stripe payments, exports, Xero, and QuickBooks are on Business.
Build a cleaner billing record for professional services firms and accounting teams using sage intacct, sage business cloud, or sage 50 who need billable hour tracking.
Start with Solo, add people on Pro when you need reviewers or collaborators, and see how Keito turns tracked effort into clearer reports.