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title: "Harvest vs QuickBooks Time: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Harvest or QuickBooks Time more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Time and billing software set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Harvest vs QuickBooks Time: Which is searched more?

Is Harvest or QuickBooks Time more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Time and billing software set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Harvest and QuickBooks Time
- **Competitive set**: Time and billing software
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Harvest Share of Search**: 1.4%
- **QuickBooks Time Share of Search**: 4.6%

## Is Harvest or QuickBooks Time more popular in search?

- In September 2026, QuickBooks Time had more branded searches than Harvest among time and billing software worldwide. QuickBooks Time had about 27,100 branded searches, while Harvest had 8,100. QuickBooks Time made up 4.6% of all time and billing software searches we track, and Harvest accounted for 1.4%.
- QuickBooks Time was ahead of Harvest in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Harvest’s share of searches among time and billing software worldwide moved from 1.3% to 1.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 8.1K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, QuickBooks Time’s share of searches among time and billing software worldwide moved from 4.5% to 4.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 33.1K to 27.1K.

## Top time and billing software in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, QuickBooks Time was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Harvest was mentioned in three out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Harvest was listed before QuickBooks Time in three out of four answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clockify | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Harvest | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| FreshBooks | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| QuickBooks Time | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Toggl | 5th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| BigTime | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Replicon | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Bill4Time | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| TimeSolv | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about time and billing software

- Asked ChatGPT "Which time and billing software should I use?": 1. Harvest, 2. Clockify, 3. QuickBooks Time, 4. FreshBooks
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best time and billing software options?": 1. Clockify, 2. FreshBooks, 3. Harvest, 4. Toggl, 5. QuickBooks Time
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best time and billing software for a service business?": 1. FreshBooks, 2. QuickBooks Time, 3. Clockify
- Searched Google, AI Overview "best time billing software": 1. Clockify, 2. Harvest, 3. QuickBooks Time, 4. Toggl
- Searched Google, AI Overview "law firm billing software": 1. Bill4Time

Not named in any answer: BigTime, Replicon and TimeSolv.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for time and billing software worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Replicon overtook QuickBooks Time to rank 5th among time and billing software worldwide, with 5.6% of the searches.
- Harvest’s share of searches among time and billing software worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2% to 1.4% in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for QuickBooks Time worldwide fell 18.1% over 12 measured months, from 33.1K to 27.1K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Harvest estimated searches | Harvest Share of Search | Harvest rank | QuickBooks Time estimated searches | QuickBooks Time Share of Search | QuickBooks Time rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 9.9K | 1.3% | 7 | 33.1K | 4.5% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 9.9K | 1.5% | 7 | 27.1K | 4.2% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 8.1K | 1.3% | 7 | 33.1K | 5.3% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 9.9K | 1.2% | 7 | 33.1K | 4.1% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 9.9K | 1.6% | 7 | 27.1K | 4.4% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.1K | 1.9% | 7 | 27.1K | 4.2% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 9.9K | 1.6% | 7 | 27.1K | 4.4% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 9.9K | 1.7% | 7 | 27.1K | 4.6% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 12.1K | 2% | 7 | 27.1K | 4.4% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 9.9K | 1.9% | 7 | 27.1K | 5.1% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 8.1K | 1.4% | 7 | 27.1K | 4.8% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 8.1K | 1.4% | 7 | 27.1K | 4.6% | 6 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Harvest’s and QuickBooks Time’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Harvest**: Measured on the search term “harvest time tracking”.
- **QuickBooks Time**: Measured on the search term “quickbooks time”.

- [Harvest profile](/demand/global-en/brands/harvest-time)
- [QuickBooks Time profile](/demand/global-en/brands/quickbooks-time)
- [All time and billing software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/time-and-billing-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Harvest or QuickBooks Time more popular in search?

In September 2026, QuickBooks Time had more branded searches than Harvest among time and billing software worldwide. QuickBooks Time had about 27,100 branded searches, while Harvest had 8,100. QuickBooks Time made up 4.6% of all time and billing software searches we track, and Harvest accounted for 1.4%.

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