Toggl Track vs Kimai

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Migration notes

Official free importer plugin supports Toggl Track timesheet CSV; required columns and date formats must match. Reporting and invoicing available; expenses and task planning use paid plugins. Validate rates, currencies and timezones during migration.

Sources: www.kimai.org, www.kimai.org · checked 2026-10-21

Toggl TrackPaid incumbent

Entry priceUSD 9 / seat / month

Pricing modelper-seat, billed annual

OwnerToggl

Starter USD9/user/month billed annually; USD12 monthly. Free plan also available. Source

Toggl Track plans reviewed
Starter	entry	USD 12 / user / mo
Premium	business	USD 24 / user / mo
Enterprise	enterprise	Quote only

KimaiOpen-source alternative

Fit for Toggl Track

License

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceNetwork use is distributionSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com

Paid-feature tier C

Self-host

Paid-feature limits3 noted

Kimai plans reviewed
Self-hosted core	free self-hosted core	Free
Professional	vendor commercial cloud	USD 4.99 / user / mo
Professional	vendor commercial cloud	USD 4.99 / user / mo

What you may give up

Expense management plugin
Task planning plugin
Custom fields plugin

Tier C: AGPL-v3 self-hosted core; paid plugins add everyday expenses, task planning and custom fields. Core already provides time tracking, reports and invoicing. First-party Kimai Cloud verified separately. License source

What running it takes

PHP8.2+ and required extensions

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Current Kimai2 requirements from maintained README and installation guide. No SQLite alternative. Native PHP route or Docker; external database remains required. Old1.14 docs list third-party one-click providers but current official installer no longer endorses them, so no shortcut asserted. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.