Guides
Everything you need to get the most out of Rize.
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Start Free TrialGetting Started
Set up Rize, download the app, and start tracking your time automatically.
2 guidesTime Tracking
How automatic tracking works, privacy controls, and categorization rules.
3 guidesTime Entries
Review, edit, and approve time entries for yourself or your team.
1 guideReports & Exports
Generate reports, export data, and use Group By to analyze where time goes.
1 guideTeams & Workspaces
Set up a workspace, invite members, manage roles, and configure team billing.
3 guidesIntegrations
Connect Rize with your calendar, Slack, project management tools, and AI assistants.
3 guidesBilling & Profitability
Manage your subscription, set up clients, and track project profitability.
1 guideAll Guides
Getting Started with Rize
Download Rize, set up your account and tracking schedule, install browser extensions, and start tracking time automatically in under five minutes.
How Automatic Tracking Works
What Rize tracks and never tracks, how live background tracking works, and how to pause tracking, exclude apps, and control privacy settings.
Connecting Integrations
Connect Rize with ClickUp, Linear, Asana, Slack, and Google Calendar, plus AI assistants via MCP, to improve tracking accuracy and project mapping.
Tracking Profitability
Set up hourly, retainer, or hybrid billing models with cost rates so Rize can track profitability for every client and project automatically.
Reports and Exports
Generate time reports in Rize, use Group By to analyze where time goes by client, project, or team member, and export data for billing.
Reviewing Time Entries
How to review, approve, edit, merge, and split your AI-generated time entries in Rize, plus a daily review workflow that keeps your data accurate.
Setting Up a Team
Create a team workspace in Rize, invite members, assign admin and member roles, and establish a review routine that drives adoption.
Categories and Tracking Rules
How Rize auto-categorizes your activity by app, URL, and window title, and how to create tracking rules that improve accuracy over time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Rize: screenshots and privacy, supported platforms, tracking accuracy, manual entries, billing, and canceling your subscription.
Using the Rize Slack Agent
Chat with your Rize time data directly inside Slack. Ask the Slack agent about your hours, team time, project status, and where time is going.
Team Plans and Seats
How Rize team plans are billed per seat -- add members with prorated charges, free seats by deactivating, and manage your subscription without surprises.
Using Rize with AI Assistants (MCP)
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or other AI assistants to your Rize time data via the MCP Server, then query your hours, projects, and reports in plain language.
Privacy and Security
What Rize tracks, what it never tracks (no screenshots or keystrokes), and how to redact data, exclude apps, and control privacy settings.
Setting Up Rize for Accounting and Professional Services Teams
Set up Rize for an accounting or professional services firm -- create your team, define service-line labels that Rize auto-applies to every timesheet, and add clients so billable hours and utilization report themselves.