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url: https://byoxon.com/blog/byoxon-vs-toggl-track/
title: "Byoxon vs Toggl Track: One Connected System vs a Best-in-Class Timer"
description: "Byoxon vs Toggl Track comparison. Current pricing, profitability reporting, invoicing limits and the CRM gap, so you can decide between one platform and a timer plus integrations."
type: blog-post
category: Product Comparison
author: Slava Khristich
published: 2026-08-17
modified: 2026-09-29
read_time: 8 min
---

# Byoxon vs Toggl Track: One Connected System vs a Best-in-Class Timer

*This article compares Byoxon (BoB) and Toggl Track side by side, explaining the difference between a platform that runs the whole commercial workflow and a tool built around an excellent timer. It covers current pricing for both, including Toggl Track's first-year Premium rate, and shows where the scope gap actually sits.*

- Toggl Track is a best-in-class time tracker that now also reports profitability, sets labor costs, generates invoice PDFs and manages time off.
- Toggl Track has no native CRM or deal pipeline, so the front of the commercial workflow lives in another system.
- Byoxon (BoB) covers lead, deal, project, hours, invoice and margin in one record, at a higher per-seat price.

Toggl Track has one of the best reputations in time tracking, and it earned it. The timer starts in one click, the reports are clean, and teams adopt it without training.

Byoxon starts from a different question. Its product, BeOnBoard (BoB), treats tracked time as one input into a live profit-and-loss statement, alongside a CRM pipeline, invoicing and people management.

One correction before the comparison starts. Toggl Track is no longer a bare timer. It reports profitability, sets labor costs, generates invoices and manages time off. The real difference is narrower and more specific than most comparison pages claim.

## Byoxon vs Toggl Track at a glance

| Capability | BoB (Byoxon) | Toggl Track |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Entry paid price | $24.95/user/month (1–10 users) | $9/user/month (Starter, billed annually) |
| Profitability tier price | Included at every paid tier | $14/user/month first year, then $18 (Premium, annual) |
| Free plan | Up to 5 users, no feature limitations | Yes, user-capped; PDF invoices carry the Toggl logo |
| Time tracking | Manual entry and automated timers | Manual entry, live timers, autotracker, idle detection |
| Billable and cost rates | Yes | Billable rates from Starter; labor costs from Premium |
| Profitability reporting | Real-time P&L, included at every paid tier | Profitability report on Premium and Enterprise |
| Invoicing | Built in, invoices stored in the platform | Generated as a PDF from a report; not stored in the app |
| Payment collection | Included | Not included; QuickBooks integration from Starter |
| CRM / deal pipeline | Built-in CRM with pipeline stages and deal tracking | No native CRM; integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot and others |
| HR, PTO, recruitment | Employee profiles, PTO, recruitment, vendor management | Time Off management, enabled on request; no recruitment |
| Best fit | Teams running pipeline, delivery and margin in one system | Teams whose central need is accurate, frictionless time data |

Pricing above comes from each vendor's own pricing page as of August 2026. Toggl Track's own page states a user limit on the Free plan without naming the number; third-party reviews report five.

## Where Toggl Track is the better choice

- **Adoption is close to effortless.** The timer, browser extension, desktop apps and autotracker are best in class. If people forget to log hours, Toggl Track solves that better than most platforms.
- **It costs far less per seat.** A ten-person team on Starter pays roughly $90 per month on annual billing. The same team on Byoxon pays $249.50.
- **It fits an existing stack.** If you already run Salesforce or HubSpot and Xero or QuickBooks, you do not need another CRM. You need clean time data feeding what you own.
- **The integration surface is wider.** More than 100 integrations through the browser extension, plus native Jira and Salesforce connections on Premium.
- **The free plan is genuinely usable.** Unlimited projects and clients on a free tier is a real offer, not a demo.

## The gap is the pipeline, not the timer

A services business runs one continuous chain: a lead arrives, a deal closes at a price, a project gets staffed, hours accumulate, an invoice goes out, and a margin either appears or does not.

Toggl Track covers that chain strongly from project set-up onward. It does not cover the front of it. There is no native CRM, no deal pipeline and no quote-to-project handoff. Toggl Track's answer is integration, and it is a reasonable answer.

Byoxon covers the whole chain in one database.

### What one system changes in practice

The price you quoted and the cost you incurred live in the same record. When a deal closes in Byoxon at an agreed rate, the project inherits that rate. Hours logged against it hit a P&L that already knows what you promised. No export, no join key, no reconciliation step.

With a two-tool setup, that link is something you maintain. Client names must match across systems. Rate changes must be updated twice. Someone has to notice when a scope change in the CRM never reached the tracker.

The cost of one system is the obvious one. You are replacing a CRM you may already like, and you are paying more per seat.

## Pricing: two curves that move in opposite directions

Byoxon prices by volume. The more seats you add, the less each one costs, and the feature set does not change between bands.

| Team size | Price per user / month |
| --- | --- |
| 1–10 users | $24.95 |
| 11–49 users | $21.95 |
| 50–199 users | $18.95 |
| 200+ users | $15.95 |
| Free plan | $0 for up to 5 users, no feature limitations |

Toggl Track prices by feature tier. The seat count does not change the rate below Enterprise; the capabilities you need do.

| Plan | Annual billing | What it unlocks |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0, user-capped | Time tracking, basic reports, calendar and 100+ integrations |
| Starter | $9/user/month | Billable rates, tasks, project estimates and alerts, QuickBooks |
| Premium | $14/user/month first year, then $18 | Profitability analysis, labor costs, fixed-fee projects, approvals, SSO, Jira and Salesforce |
| Enterprise | Custom | Multiple workspaces, volume discounts, dedicated success manager |

Two consequences follow. First, the tier you actually need is Premium, not Starter, if margin reporting is the point of the purchase. Second, Toggl Track's published Premium annual rate is a first-year rate; model year two at $18.

Even at $18, Toggl Track is materially cheaper per seat than Byoxon below 50 users. The honest comparison is Toggl Track Premium plus your CRM plus your billing tool against one Byoxon subscription.

## Profitability: where the margin number lives

Toggl Track's profitability report is a real feature and a good one. It combines billable rates with labor costs to show time, revenue, billable percentage, labor cost, profit and profitability, broken down by member, project, client, task or tag.

Two constraints come with it. It sits on Premium and above, and it is scoped to what Toggl Track knows — tracked time, rates and costs. Fixed-fee revenue recognition, non-labor project costs and subcontractor spend live elsewhere.

Byoxon computes P&L continuously against the commercial terms already stored on the deal, and includes it at every paid tier.

## Invoicing: the detail most comparisons miss

Toggl Track does generate invoices. You filter a Summary or Detailed report, choose Export, then Create Invoice, edit the billing details and download a PDF.

The constraint is documented in Toggl Track's own knowledge base: generated invoices are not saved within the app. There is no stored invoice history, no aging view and no payment collection. The intended path for a real billing workflow is the QuickBooks integration, available from Starter.

Byoxon stores invoices as records inside the platform and connects them back to the project and the deal.

## Which one fits your team

**Choose Toggl Track when:**

- Accurate, low-friction time capture is the problem you are solving
- Your CRM and accounting stack is already chosen and working
- Per-seat cost is a hard constraint
- You are comfortable maintaining integrations between systems

**Choose Byoxon when:**

- You want pipeline, delivery, billing and margin in one record
- Reconciling tools before a management meeting is a recurring cost
- Profitability needs to be visible during delivery, not after invoicing
- You are consolidating subscriptions rather than adding one

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Toggl Track have a built-in CRM?

No. Toggl Track has no native CRM or deal pipeline. It connects to external CRMs instead, including a native Salesforce integration on its Premium plan and third-party connections to HubSpot and Pipedrive.

### Can Toggl Track show project profitability?

Yes, on the Premium and Enterprise plans. The profitability report uses billable rates and labor costs to show revenue, labor cost, profit and profitability by member, project, client, task or tag. Byoxon differs by computing P&L in real time against the deal terms and including it at every paid tier.

### Does Toggl Track do invoicing?

Partly. You can create an invoice from a Summary or Detailed report and download it as a PDF. Toggl Track's knowledge base states that generated invoices are not saved within the app, and there is no built-in payment collection.

### Why does Byoxon cost more per user than Toggl Track?

Byoxon's per-user price covers CRM, time tracking, invoicing, HR and project analytics in one subscription, so the fair comparison is against your combined tool spend. Toggl Track's $14 Premium annual rate also applies to the first year only and renews at $18.

### Can I try Byoxon before paying?

Yes. Byoxon offers a free plan for up to five users with no feature limitations.

## The bottom line

Toggl Track is an excellent time tracker that has grown a credible financial layer around itself. If time data is your bottleneck and your CRM and accounting are settled, it is the cheaper and lighter answer.

Byoxon answers a different question: what did we promise, what is it costing us, and are we still ahead — asked continuously, from one record.

Count the systems you reconcile before a management meeting. If the answer is one, keep the timer. If it is three, the consolidation is worth pricing.

## Related

- [Byoxon vs Harvest](https://byoxon.com/blog/byoxon-vs-harvest.md): Real-time project P&L versus invoice-first time tracking.
- [Byoxon vs Clockify](https://byoxon.com/blog/byoxon-vs-clockify.md): Free time tracking versus full operational visibility.
- [Byoxon vs Kantata](https://byoxon.com/blog/byoxon-vs-kantata.md): Enterprise PSA versus modern service operations.
- [Byoxon vs Timely](https://byoxon.com/blog/byoxon-vs-timely-time-tracking-vs-running-the-business.md): Automatic time tracking versus running the whole business.
- [Project cost management software](https://byoxon.com/project-cost-management-software.md): Budgeting, labour cost and margin tracking at the project level.
- [Free time tracking calculator](https://byoxon.com/free-time-tracking-calculator.md): Free tool for calculating tracked hours and billable totals.