Monday Time Tracking: Best Tools & Setup Guide

Monday.com is more than just a project management tool – it’s a Work OS designed to streamline tasks, track progress, and improve team collaboration. But what about time tracking?

While Monday.com isn’t built primarily for tracking work hours, it offers native tools and integrations to help businesses and freelancers monitor billable and non-billable time. This guide will show you exactly how to set up time tracking on Monday.com and the best tools to optimize your workflow.

What Is Monday.com Time Tracking?

Monday.com offers a built-in time tracking widget that allows users to track time spent on tasks within different boards. However, for more advanced features like reporting, budget tracking, and invoicing, you may need third-party integrations.

1. Go to the Monday.com website and open the dropdown menu labeled ‘Features.’
2. Go to the Monday.com website and open the dropdown menu labeled ‘Features.’
3. For more options, visit the Monday.com App Marketplace and search for “time tracking.”
4. Filter apps by category to find the best solution for your needs.

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How Does Monday’s Native Time Tracking Work?

Monday’s time tracking widget allows you to monitor the time spent on different tasks. It helps with project tracking, but it’s not as advanced as dedicated time tracking tools. Here’s how to enable it:

Steps to Enable Time Tracking in Monday.com:

1. Open the board you want to track time on.
2. Click ‘Add Widget’ in the top left corner of the dashboard.
3. Search for ‘Time Tracking Widget’ and add it to your board.

Once set up, you can:

• See total hours tracked for individuals or teams
• Compare estimated vs. actual time spent
• Generate reports based on tracked time

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6 Best Monday Time Tracking Tools

Now you know about the Monday.com time tracker, let’s compare and contrast it with six of the best time tracking integrations compatible with the software. That way, you can make sure you don’t compromise and settle for a time tracker that isn’t the best fit.

Everhour – best for seamless integration

Everhour is a lightweight but powerful time-tracking tool that integrates directly with Monday.com. Unlike many third-party tools, Everhour works inside Monday’s interface, so you don’t have to switch tabs.

Once you install the Everhour browser extension, you can go into your Monday.com Work OS while Everhour tracks time. Simply install and authorize Everhour as an app on Monday.com using the integrations page, then invite any team members to register with Everhour so you can all access and benefit from the time-tracking features.

Upon integration, Everhour will sync with your Monday.com interface and add an array of time-tracking features you can use. For example, you’ll be able to configure projects as billable or non-billable, see total project hours, use employee time tracking tools, and allow everyone to see the real-time budget for a project.

Features:

• Automatic & manual time tracking for tasks
• Billable & non-billable hours tracking
• Real-time budget tracking & reports
• Team-wide tracking with productivity insights

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Timely – Best for Remote Teams

Timely is designed for teams working across different time zones. It helps managers track productivity without micromanaging.

The primary focus of the app is to facilitate global teamwork and ensure that even if you have employees on the other side of the earth, you can still hold them accountable so you don’t need to worry about being exploited.

With Timely, you’ll have access to a dashboard widget that shows you the current time for all of your employees, regardless of their location. It allows you to track the time all team members spend, so you can coordinate and communicate effectively.

Features:

• Automated time tracking (no manual entry needed!)
• Syncs across devices
• Tracks team hours & productivity trends

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TMetric

Tmetric is a data-based time tracker that provides you with a complete picture of how your company time is being used. More than just a timer, Tmetric offers everything from detailed reports to budget allocation and attendance management.

If you work with a large team or you’re detail-oriented, Tmetric app can help you get a handle on the important metric of time. It even goes as far as to offer screenshot capturing, so you can receive real-time updates of what your team members are working on.

The timekeeping of Tmetric allows you to add time manually, use a timer to track it automatically and find out how much of your team members’ time is idle time. The time data you gather through the app can then be fed into summary reports for performance appraisals at a glance. The reports can be exported as PDFs or CSV, and customized to include your company logo.

Setting budgets for projects can be useful for making sure you stay on track with your goals, while the attendance management features of Tmetric allow you to introduce flexible time-off policies and manage both the billable and non-billable hours of your team.

To integrate TMetric, simply sign up for an account, install the browser extension, and then log in to your Monday.com account to start tracking time.

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Time Reporting Solution

Time Reporting Solution is a straightforward time tracking tool that grants you access to a board that will make it easy to enter time reports into a weekly or monthly timesheet. Team members can submit timesheets which, when approved by team managers, can then trigger automated workflows courtesy of the Monday.com Work OS.

This simplistic time tracking solution takes all the inconvenience of navigating between tabs or browsers away, allowing you to stay on top of your time without ever having to leave the Monday.com interface.

To integrate with Monday.com download the app from Monday.com’s app marketplace, then select ‘time reporting’ from the template center in your workspace. 

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Tracket

Tracket is a time tracking solution that closely integrates with Monday.com so you can monitor the progress you make on individual items and subitems created in the app. With permissions for several people to track time on items or subitems, you can glean valuable insights into where your bottlenecks are, how productive each team member has been, and whether you’re hitting your targets.

With Tracket you can sort your time entries into various categories to label your work and distinguish between different activities. You can also zoom out from individual items and use the board view to see how many hours have been put into work projects for the week for a broad overview of progress.

Timesheet approval allows the team manager to reject or approve submitted timesheets, for accurate payroll and additional accountability. 

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Bottlenecks

Bottlenecks isn’t a time-tracker per se, but what it does offer is time tracking functionality on top of a suite of other useful team-oriented features. If you want to boost productivity in your team and identify the bottlenecks that are holding you back, this is an excellent app to use alongside Monday.com.

With Bottlenecks, you can set custom thresholds and visualize bottlenecks, so they’re no longer vague abstractions but concrete visuals that you can address. You can rank team members using time data according to how long on average it takes them to complete tasks.

By calculating work hours, you can get an idea of who’s thriving and who’s struggling to meet standards. This can inform strategic team meetings, and help you get everyone on the same page and in the right direction.

You can even use the Bottlenecks integration to sort your tasks based on how long it takes to complete them. That way, time management becomes easier as you can prioritize how your team spends its time better.

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Bottom Line

Monday.com’s time tracking features, combined with powerful integrations, can help you manage projects, track work hours, and optimize team productivity. Whether you choose the built-in widget or an advanced tool like Everhour or Timely, selecting the right time tracker depends on your business needs.

Want to get the most out of Monday.com? Try one of the recommended time tracking tools today and start optimizing your workflow!

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