Miru vs Toggl
Toggl Track is a fantastic timer. But that's all it is. No invoicing. No expenses. No payments. Miru gives you the full stack — and costs less.
Quick verdict
Toggl is the most popular time tracker on the market, and for good reason — the timer UX is excellent. But if you bill clients, you still need a separate tool for invoicing and payments. A 10-person team on Toggl Starter pays $90/month for time tracking alone. The same team on Miru pays $10/month and gets time tracking, invoicing, expenses, payments, reports, and a CLI. All-in-one vs piecemeal.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Miru | Toggl Track |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1/member/mo — all features | $9/user/mo (Starter) / $18/user/mo (Premium) |
| Time Tracking | Timer + manual + CLI | Timer + manual (best-in-class) |
| Invoicing | ✓ Full invoicing + payments | ✗ |
| Expenses | ✓ | ✗ (not in base product) |
| Reports | 6 report types | Time reports (Premium has more) |
| Team Management | 5 roles + leave tracking | Basic team features |
| CLI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open Source | ✓ MIT licensed | ✗ |
| Self-Hostable | ✓ | ✗ |
| Dark Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stripe Payments | ✓ Clients pay from invoice | ✗ |
Key differentiators
All-in-one
Toggl tracks time. That's it. To invoice clients, you need FreshBooks or QuickBooks. To track expenses, you need another tool. Miru does it all in one place.
Much cheaper
Toggl Starter: $9/user/month. Toggl Premium: $18/user/month. Miru: $1/member/month. For a 20-person team, that's $180-$360/mo vs $20/mo. The math is brutal.
Open source
Miru is MIT licensed on GitHub. Self-host it on your own servers. Audit the code. Extend it. Toggl is closed source and SaaS-only.
Switch from Toggl today
Get time tracking and everything else for $1/member/month.