Teamwork manages agency projects well. Keito adds the billing discipline that Teamwork's time tracking lacks — client context, approval workflows, and invoice-ready summaries for the agencies that need both.
Monthly close
Agency billing
$31.5k
Active clients
9
Hours reviewed
412h
Retainers
6
Teamwork projects referenced
Multiple client retainers
Account manager review
All client hours approved
Monthly invoices ready
By client and service line
Teamwork tracks the project. Keito tracks what the project costs the client.
Group work by client, project, issue, branch, or repository reference so time reports explain what changed, not just who was online.
Use approvals and project summaries to catch unassigned work, non-billable research, and time that needs a clearer client note.
Export clean summaries that connect delivery activity to project budgets, retainers, and invoices without exposing internal noise.
Agency billing alongside Teamwork
Agencies using Teamwork often hit a billing workflow gap: Teamwork is good at managing tasks and milestones, but its time tracking is not designed for the approval workflows and client-facing billing summaries that agency billing requires. Keito fills that gap — delivery teams reference Teamwork projects when logging time in Keito, account managers approve entries before billing, and clients receive summaries that match the project and retainer language they recognise.
Reference Teamwork project and milestone names in Keito time entries for billing context
Account manager approval step before any hours become client billing evidence
Produce retainer and project summaries that match Teamwork project language
Workflow fit
Keito keeps teamwork time tracking connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Reference Teamwork project and milestone names in Keito time entries for billing context
Account manager approval step before any hours become client billing evidence
Produce retainer and project summaries that match Teamwork project language
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.
Managers can separate billable implementation, non-billable discovery, support, and internal work before reports leave the team.
Use tracked engineering work for invoice backup, project profitability, and retainer reviews without stitching together several spreadsheets.
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
Billing approval
Dedicated approval workflow connects tracked hours to client billing evidence.
Teamwork's time tracking does not have a standalone approval workflow for client billing review.
Team pricing
Flat-rate team plans include account managers, contractors, and finance reviewers at no extra cost.
Teamwork per-seat pricing makes it expensive to include all billing participants.
Client summaries
Export client-ready billing summaries by retainer, project, and service line.
Teamwork's time reports are project-management focused, not client-billing focused.
The most effective approach is to use Keito alongside Teamwork. Delivery teams log time in Keito with references to the Teamwork project and milestone, account managers approve entries before billing, and client summaries export from Keito for invoice preparation.
No. Keito is the billing and time tracking layer; Teamwork remains the project management system. Agencies continue using Teamwork for task management, milestones, and client communication, while Keito handles the billing record and approval workflow.
Yes. Keito lets you set up retainer clients with monthly budgets and track hours against each retainer separately. Delivery teams reference the Teamwork project when logging time, and account managers review hours against the retainer balance before invoicing.
Teamwork's time tracking is built for project management visibility, not for the client billing approval workflow. Agencies that send invoices with line-item billing evidence need a dedicated billing record that has been reviewed by account managers before it reaches the client.
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.