One account, every team you work with
A freelancer joins the teams they work for and keeps their own log. A team lead sees the hours, the income and the project burn as they happen. Coming soon: it is in a private pilot with one business before it opens to everyone.
For the freelancer
Most team tools assume you belong to one company. Freelancers do not, so the account belongs to the person, and teams attach to it.
- Your account stays yours
- You sign up once. A team invites you by email; you accept, and it appears under My teams. Leave a team and its data stays with the team, and you can keep a personal copy of the entries you logged there.
- Several teams at the same time
- An agency on Mondays, a studio on Thursdays, your own clients in between. Each team is listed with its tasks, clients and projects. Your own clients never show to a team.
- Your own log is untouched
- Time logged for a team goes to that team. Your own log, your invoices and your tax estimate are separate, and no team sees them.
- The rate is set once
- The team lead sets your rate for their team, so every hour you log there already carries its value. Your own rate for your own clients is a different number, and it is yours.
For the team
A small business with freelancers on its books sees the work as it is logged, priced at the rate it agreed, against the budget it set.
- 01
Team dashboard
Hours, income and projects at a glance, in tiles you arrange, resize and save as your own layout.
- 02
Team time
Everyone’s logged and scheduled hours, as a list or a calendar, filtered by member, client or project.
- 03
Team clients and projects
The clients the team works for and their projects, each project with a budget.
- 04
Team reports
Income by member, hours by client, a twelve-month trend, and project burn: what a project has cost against its budget, updated as the hours are logged, with amber and red thresholds you set. Export the detail as a CSV.
- 05
My team
Invite a member by email, choose the seat, set the rate you pay them. Membership and seats sit on the Business page.
Who sees what
The line between a person and a team is drawn once, and it holds.
| The freelancer | The team lead | |
|---|---|---|
| Hours logged to a team’s projects | Yes, on My teams | Yes, on Team time and in reports |
| The rate the team pays | Yes, set by the team lead | Yes, set per member |
| Project budgets and burn | No | Yes, on Team reports |
| The freelancer’s own clients, invoices and tax estimate | Yes | No |
| Leaving the team | Any time, with a personal copy of their entries | Sees the seat free up |
Where it is
In a private pilot with one business, being used and changed every week. It opens to everyone when the pilot is done, and the roadmap lists what is coming.
The freelancer side of F The Hours is in the beta now and free while the beta is open. Join it, and your account is the one your teams will attach to.
When billing starts, teams are on the Business plan: two seats included, more added per seat. The figures are on the pricing page.