Hourtick for marketing agencies
Time tracking for marketing agencies and retainers
Marketing retainers are notorious for scope creep. Hourtick tracks every hour against each retainer's budget and shows account managers where the time really goes — content, ads, reporting or meetings.
- Free for your whole team, forever
- No credit card
- Every feature included
Scope creep radar
Budget burn turns amber at 85%, red past 100%.
Meeting cost
See how many hours Meetings take per client.
One flat price
Free for the whole agency; $29/month when you need 5 GB.
The real product
What marketing agencies get, free
Timer, timesheet, tasks, chat and reports in one place, the same for the whole team. Free from the first hour.
The problem
- Retainers that quietly overrun
- Meetings eating billable time
- Per-seat costs as the team grows
How marketing agencies set up Hourtick
- 1
One project per retainer with a monthly hours budget.
- 2
Task types: Content, Paid media, SEO, Reporting, Meetings.
- 3
Track from the menu bar or web; ⌘K to switch fast.
- 4
Review burn weekly; talk to the client before the overrun.
Start tracking your team's time in a minute
Create a free workspace, invite your team with a link and start the timer.
- Free for your whole team, forever
- No credit card
- Every feature included
In practice
A 10-person performance agency finds reporting takes twice the scoped hours on two clients and renegotiates.
Included, free
- Mac menu bar timer
- Timesheet approvals
- Billable rates and budgets
- Reports and CSV export
- Invoiced locks
- Offline sync
Frequently asked questions
Monthly budgets and fixed fees?
Projects have an hours budget. A fixed monthly fee, such as a retainer or a service contract, is an agreement on the client: each month becomes a charge on the next invoice.
Do clients see anything?
No, Hourtick is internal. Share reports via CSV if needed.
Pricing?
Free for your whole firm with 500 MB of usage a month, or $29/month for 5 GB — never a per-seat bill when you hire.
Free tools for marketing agencies
Billable hours calculator
Free billable hours calculator: paste time from Toggl, Harvest or Clockify, round to 6 or 15 minutes, apply rates and write-downs, see utilization.
Utilization rate calculator
Calculate billable utilization: billable hours ÷ available hours. Free calculator for teams and individuals, with benchmarks explained.
Other teams using Hourtick
Track your first hour in a minute.
Free for your whole team, forever. Every feature included.