Basecamp organizes the project work. Everhour adds embedded time tracking, rates, budgets, and reports for time-and-materials review.
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One click and you're timing. Start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Everhour.
Set a budget, assign rates, and get alerted before you're over.
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Track your budget through time or costs
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Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.
Use this workflow when Basecamp projects hold the client work and you need to see the hours and cost behind each to-do, list, and project. The practical result is a time-and-materials record that connects a person, date, task, hours worked, and notes to the billing setup for the project.
Basecamp to-dos carry the work context: title, notes, assignee, subtasks, due date or date range, recurring schedule, and completion status. Everhour's Basecamp reporting keeps that context in the budget review with project, to-do, list, task ID, and task status fields, so a manager can review spend without losing the task trail.
Time-and-materials billing starts with logged time, then applies the rate rule chosen for the project. Everhour can configure Basecamp projects as billable, fixed fee, or non-billable. For billable work, rates can come from project, member, or custom task settings, and specific tasks can be marked non-billable when they should stay out of the client charge.
A clean time-and-materials record separates internal cost from the amount billed to the client. One developer can log 6 hours on a Basecamp to-do, while the report shows the project, list, to-do, billable time, labor cost, and billable amount. That split keeps margin visible instead of treating every tracked hour as the same financial signal.
A time-and-materials project still needs a budget target. The target can be an hour cap, a money limit, or a client-approved estimate used for review. Actual time should be compared against planned scope while the project is active, because month-end reporting arrives too late to protect the budget.
Threshold alerts make the review operational. Everhour can send automatic budget emails at 50%, 80%, or custom thresholds for Basecamp projects, and admins choose the trigger points. A first alert can prompt scope review, while a later alert can require approval before more billable work continues.
A one-off budget check works when a small project has a few to-dos, one rate, and a short billing cycle. You can review logged hours, compare them with the estimate, and prepare the client detail without building a larger process around it.
A managed workflow fits recurring retainers, multiple contributors, changing rates, or projects where overruns need attention before billing. Everhour connects Basecamp to embedded timers, synced project and to-do metadata, budget alerts, approvals, and reporting, so reviewed time feeds the budget instead of living in scattered notes and spreadsheets.
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The work stays organized by Basecamp project, list, and to-do, while time entries record who worked, when, for how long, and on which task. Rates then turn approved billable time into client-facing amounts. A useful report shows project context, billable time, labor cost, and billable amount together.
Time entries should attach to the to-do that represents the actual work performed. Use the list for grouping and the to-do for billing detail. Card Table cards, Schedule events, and Message Board posts should not be treated as synced task objects in Everhour's documented Basecamp reporting model.
A time-and-materials project bills from hours and rates, so each billable entry affects the client amount. A fixed-fee project measures delivery against an agreed fee, so time and cost reports are used mainly for margin and scope control. Non-billable projects still benefit from cost tracking when internal spend matters.
Use project rates when everyone bills at the same client rate. Use member rates when roles or people have different billable prices. Use custom task rates when a specific type of work needs its own rate. Mark a task non-billable when the time should remain visible but excluded from the invoice.
Useful notes describe the work completed, the task decision, or the client-relevant outcome. Avoid vague entries such as review, updates, or fixes without context. A manager should be able to read the time entry beside the Basecamp to-do and understand why the hour belongs on the bill.
Everhour adds tracking controls to Basecamp through its browser extension and syncs Basecamp projects, lists, to-dos, task IDs, and task status into Everhour reports. The integration works in the browser, and Everhour states that its Basecamp integration does not work in Basecamp native apps.
Everhour lets admins set Basecamp project budgets by hourly rate, fixed fee, or non-billable status, then send automatic budget emails at 50%, 80%, or custom thresholds. Those alerts turn logged time into a live budget signal before the billing cycle closes.
Track time-and-materials work from Basecamp to budget review with embedded timers, synced to-dos, configurable alerts, and reports that keep Everhour cost visibility current.
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