Paymo review: Time tracking, project management, and invoicing software for independent professionals.

What Paymo does

Paymo combines time tracking, task management, and invoicing to help professionals manage client work and get paid.

Paymo is a work management platform designed to help independent professionals and small teams handle client work from start to finish. It combines automatic time tracking, task management, and financial tools into a single system. Users can track billable hours via browser, desktop, or mobile apps, and convert those timesheets directly into professional invoices. The platform also offers various task views, including Kanban boards, spreadsheets, and Gantt charts, alongside team scheduling and leave management features.

Pricing operates on a freemium model. The Free plan costs $0 per month and includes unlimited time tracking and invoices, but is strictly limited to one user, one client, two projects, and 1GB of storage. For more capacity, the Solo plan starts at $5.90 per month billed monthly (increasing to $9.90 after three months) and expands limits to three clients, five projects, and 5GB of storage, though it remains restricted to a single user. Growing teams must upgrade to the Plus plan at $10.90 per user per month billed monthly (increasing to $15.90 after three months) or the Pro plan at $16.90 per user per month billed monthly (increasing to $23.90 after three months), both of which remove caps on clients and projects while adding advanced features like profitability tracking and timesheet approvals. A 15-day free trial is available without requiring a credit card.

• Automatic time tracking
• Kanban and Gantt task views
• Invoicing and estimates
• Online payment integration
• Team scheduling and leave planner
• Project profitability tracking

Our take

Paymo is well-suited for freelancers, consultants, and small agencies who need to tightly integrate their time tracking with project management and client billing. By keeping tasks, timers, and invoices in one place, it reduces the administrative overhead of jumping between different apps. However, the strict limits on the Free and Solo plans—particularly the cap of one user and very few clients or projects—mean that even small collaborative teams or busy freelancers will quickly need to move to the per-user Plus or Pro tiers.