Keito gives PR agencies and public relations firms a dedicated billing workspace: log account hours by client and activity type, separate billable work from admin, and review before monthly retainer invoices are sent.
Retainer review
Account hours this month
214.0h
Active work
24
Reviewed
91%
Ready to bill
$18.4k
Time captured with context
pr agency time tracking
Billing review complete
Client and project checked
Invoice evidence ready
Approved summary prepared
pr agency time tracking needs more than a timer. The billing record has to keep client, project, approval, and invoice context together before the work reaches finance.
Record time by client, project, and team member role so billing reports reflect actual team composition without needing a separate tracking system per person.
Give project leads a combined view of who worked on what, what is billable, and whether the team effort matches the client story before invoice prep starts.
Produce summaries that explain team effort by deliverable, milestone, or service area so clients understand what they are paying for.
PR retainer billing accuracy
PR agencies billing on retainers face a recurring client communication challenge: the retainer covers account management, media relations, campaign execution, and crisis response — but clients increasingly want to understand what hours their retainer actually purchased. When PR account teams cannot produce a clear breakdown of billable activity per client per month, retainer renewal conversations become negotiations rather than value demonstrations. Keito gives PR agencies the structure to log account work by client and activity type as it happens — media pitching, press coverage, campaign planning, client calls, monitoring, and reporting — separate clearly billable account work from admin and business development, and review the monthly billing record before retainer invoices are prepared. The result is a retainer invoice that comes with a defensible activity summary rather than a single line item that clients have learned to question.
Log PR account hours by client and activity — media pitching, campaign work, client calls, monitoring, reporting
Separate billable account work from agency admin, pitch preparation, and non-billable business development
Review monthly billing records before retainer invoices go out — justify scope and demonstrate value
Workflow fit
Keito keeps pr agency time tracking connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Log PR account hours by client and activity — media pitching, campaign work, client calls, monitoring, reporting
Separate billable account work from agency admin, pitch preparation, and non-billable business development
Review monthly billing records before retainer invoices go out — justify scope and demonstrate value
Keito flat pricing means project leads can add contractors, specialists, and reviewers without facing a billing escalation each time the delivery team changes composition.
Keito is designed for teams who move fast. It captures the minimum needed for billing accuracy: client, project, task, and billable status, without turning every entry into a form.
Project leads can see all team contributions to a client engagement, not just their own entries, so the billing review is a single step rather than an aggregation exercise.
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
PR retainer billing clarity vs single-line-item invoices
Keito keeps pr agency time tracking 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 pr agency time tracking 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 pr agency time tracking 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.
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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.
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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.