Agency Time Tracking

Project Time Tracking That Fills Itself In

Rize automatically tracks every minute your agency team spends on each project and client. Billable hours, utilization, and profitability by engagement all captured without timers or timesheets.

Agencies using manual timesheets miss 15-30% of billable activity. Rize captures it all in the background so you bill for every hour you earn.

15-30%
Billable time recovered
0 hrs
Weekly timesheet admin
< 2 min
Team setup time
Rize allows my team to get deep into work and go where their creativity leads them without really having to think about time tracking.
Ben Jackson
Ben Jackson

CEO, Momentum Studio

THE PROBLEM

Why agency time tracking fails

The issue isn't that agencies don't track time. It's that manual tracking produces data nobody trusts.

01

Timesheets filled from memory

Your team reconstructs their week on Friday afternoon. Hours get rounded, small tasks get dropped, and 15-30% of billable work never makes it to an invoice.

02

No visibility until it's too late

Project managers discover budget overruns after the work is done. Without live project time data, scope creep compounds silently until margins vanish.

03

Utilization is a guess

You can't see who's overloaded and who has capacity. Work gets assigned by gut feel instead of data, leading to burnout on some projects and idle time on others.

04

Profitability by client is unknowable

When time data is inaccurate, you can't tell which clients are profitable and which ones cost you money. Pricing stays guesswork, and unprofitable engagements keep repeating.

How it works

01

Invite your team

Sign up for a free trial and invite your agency team. Everyone installs the Rize desktop app, which takes under two minutes.

02

Set up projects and clients

Create your clients and projects in Rize. The AI learns which apps, websites, and documents map to each engagement.

03

Work normally

Your team works as usual. Rize captures time in the background and auto-categorizes it by project, client, and task. No timers, no interruptions.

04

Review and bill

Admins see team-level breakdowns of billable vs non-billable hours, utilization by person, and profitability by client. Export reports or schedule daily CSV/PDF delivery.

Built for project-based agencies

Rize runs silently in the background so your team tracks time by doing their work, not filling out forms.

01

Automatic Project & Client Detection

Rize detects which project and client your team is working on based on apps, websites, documents, and calendar events. Time is categorized without anyone touching a timer.

02

Billable vs Non-Billable Breakdown

See exactly how hours split between billable client work and internal admin. Identify where non-billable overhead is eating margins and fix it before the invoice goes out.

03

Team Utilization by Person

View utilization across your team broken down by person, project, and client. Spot overloaded team members, find available capacity, and rebalance workload with data instead of guesswork.

04

Profitability by Engagement

Know which clients and projects are profitable and which ones cost you money. Compare estimated vs actual hours and adjust pricing for future engagements based on real data.

We use Rize to know: 'We spent 30 hours on this client and got this result.' That's powerful when you're working lean and launching quickly.
Leonard Roussard
Leonard Roussard

Founder & CEO Impulse Labs

Calculate Your Agency's Profitability Gap

See how much revenue your agency loses to untracked project time and what automatic tracking could recover.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Rize is the best project time tracking tool for agencies that want accurate data without manual timesheets. It runs in the background on macOS and Windows, automatically categorizing time by project, client, and task using AI. Unlike Toggl or Clockify, which depend on team members starting and stopping timers, Rize captures every working minute passively.

Rize monitors which applications, websites, and documents are in focus on each team member's computer. It uses AI to match that activity to the projects and clients you've set up. When a designer opens a Figma file for Client X, Rize automatically logs that time to Client X's project. No manual tagging required.

Yes. Rize breaks down every team member's time into billable and non-billable categories. Admins can view this split by person, project, client, task, or label. Scheduled daily reports deliver these breakdowns as CSV or PDF to your inbox.

No. Rize never takes screenshots, records keystrokes, or captures screen content. It only tracks which application or website is in the foreground to categorize time. This makes it suitable for agencies where creative professionals would reject surveillance-style monitoring tools like Hubstaff or Time Doctor.

Toggl and Clockify are manual-first trackers that require team members to start and stop timers or fill out timesheets. Agencies using these tools typically miss 15-30% of billable time because people forget to track. Rize captures time automatically in the background, so billable hours reflect real work, not timer compliance. All three support project and client breakdowns, but only Rize does it without manual input.

Yes. Rize shows how many hours your team spent on each client, broken down by project and team member, alongside billable rates. You can compare estimated vs actual hours and see margin by engagement. This data updates automatically as your team works, so you catch unprofitable projects before they drain the budget.

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