The verdict
For time tracking, Toggl is the better tool, and it is not close. It tracks across every surface, runs timesheets and approvals, handles billable rates and invoicing, and starts free for up to five users. That is the full job, done properly, at a price a lean founder can stomach.
Motion is excellent at something else. Its AI auto-schedules your tasks onto your calendar, and the time tracking in its Business AI tier is a useful by-product, not a billing-grade system , no timesheets, no invoicing, and it costs 29 USD per seat per month to even reach it.
So the decision is really about what you are buying. Need to measure and bill time? Toggl. Want an AI planner that also gives you a rough sense of where hours went? Motion. Don't buy Motion expecting Toggl's tracking, and don't buy Toggl expecting Motion's calendar.
Side by side
| 9 points compared | ||
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | $19/mo | $9/mo |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Billing & invoicing | No | Yes |
| Reporting | Yes | Yes |
| Team availability view | Yes | Yes |
| Timesheets | No | Yes |
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Plans and pricing
Motion
- Pro AI$19/mo/seat
- Business AI$29/mo/seat
Toggl
- FreeFree
- Starter$12/mo/seat
- Premium$24/mo/seat
Who each is for
Choose Motion if…
Pick Toggl if you track time to bill it. Freelancers, agencies and small B2B teams that live on billable hours get the whole loop: tracking across web, desktop, mobile and a browser extension, timesheets with approvals, billable rates, billing analysis and invoicing, plus 100+ integrations including Jira, Salesforce, Asana and GitHub. It is free for up to five users, so you can prove it pays before you pay , Starter from 10 USD per user per month when you outgrow free.
Choose Toggl if…
Pick Motion if your real problem is planning, not billing. If you are a founder or small team drowning in tasks and you want AI to auto-schedule them around your meetings , with rough task-level time tracking as a bonus , Motion consolidates planning, projects and tracking into one app. Just accept that you do not bill clients by the hour, because Motion has no timesheets and no invoicing, and time tracking only arrives on the 29 USD per seat per month Business AI plan.
Other options worth a look
Organise team meetings and manage shared calendars, synced across web, mobile, and Gmail.