Paymo

Paymo combines project management with time tracking for freelancers and teams that need to connect recorded work to active projects. It is best suited to a solo operator or small team whose client and project count fits the selected tier. The main attraction is one workspace across desktop, web, and mobile; the main constraint is how quickly the lower tiers’ quotas can become restrictive.

Overview

Paymo is made by a company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Oradea, Bihor, Romania. Its freemium structure lets one person start at no cost, while paid tiers expand users, clients, projects, and storage. That makes it approachable for a trial project, but the free account is not a practical base for a growing agency or multi-person operation.

Key features

Time tracking is central to Paymo’s appeal. It fits freelancers, consultants, and service teams that need to associate time with project work rather than maintain a separate tracker. Guest access is useful when clients need participation without becoming full users, although the plan allowances still determine how many clients and projects you can manage.

There are 14 native integrations, giving established workflows some connection points. The quotas are more consequential than that headline count: Free permits one client and two projects, while Solo permits three clients and five projects. A freelancer with several concurrent customers may therefore outgrow the cheaper paid tier even without needing additional users.

Pricing

Paymo offers a 15-day trial and a free plan. Its pricing note says paid access starts at $5.90/user/mo when billed annually; the monthly plan prices below are billed monthly, so the annual starting figure should not be confused with these listed monthly rates.

The free option has no monetary cost but the narrowest operating envelope. Solo is a modest expansion, not a team plan; Plus is the first tier that removes user, client, and project caps. Pro’s premium is chiefly justified by its 500 GB storage allowance.

Platforms

Paymo runs on the web and has apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. That coverage suits mixed-device households and distributed teams, letting users work across desktop and mobile operating systems instead of being tied to one platform.

Who it's for

Choose Paymo if you are a freelancer who bills for time, a consultant coordinating several projects, or a small team that wants project work and time records together. Free is appropriate only when one client and two projects are genuinely enough. Solo fits a slightly larger individual workload, while Plus is the practical starting point for collaboration. Pro makes sense when shared work generates substantial stored material.

Look elsewhere if your priority is an expansive personal task list rather than client projects, or if your work will quickly exceed Solo’s three-client and five-project limits without requiring the broader Plus feature envelope.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Integrated time tracking: keeps time accounting alongside project work, which is valuable for billable service work.
• Broad device coverage: web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android support mixed-device teams.
• Guest access and integrations: clients can participate, and 14 native integrations provide ways to connect existing tools.
• Clear scaling path: Plus and Pro remove user, client, and project caps.

Cons

• Very tight Free limits: one user, one client, two projects, and 1 GB storage leave little room for a developing practice.
• Solo remains single-user: its higher client and project caps do not help teams that need collaboration.
• Storage jumps are tiered: Solo’s 5 GB can be limiting, while the 50 GB and 500 GB allowances require materially higher monthly plans.

Alternatives

Any.do is a better fit for personal task management, with a free forever Personal plan offering unlimited personal tasks and lists across major desktop and mobile platforms.

Routine suits users wanting a free forever workspace with three integrations, three custom databases, and 250 AI credits.

Taskade AI Agents is worth considering when AI-agent workflows and app-building matter, with a free plan for two users and one AI agent.

TickTick is a task-and-reminder alternative whose free tier includes basic task, reminder, sync, and list features.

Microsoft To Do is the straightforward free choice for task lists synchronized across web, iOS, Android, and Windows.

FlowSavvy is aimed at schedule-based planning, with a Basic tier built around auto-scheduled tasks and a two-week scheduling range.

Ganttic is the stronger alternative when resource planning, Gantt charts, reports, and Kanban boards are central.

Todoist is a focused personal-project and task-management alternative with a free Beginner plan.

For broader category comparisons, see Time Management Apps, Time and Expense Software, Time Billing Software, Time Tracking Software, and Project Management Software.

Verdict

Paymo is a sound choice for freelancers and small teams that need time tracking tied directly to projects and want access from almost any device. Start with Free only for a genuinely tiny workload; Solo is for one person, while Plus is the sensible team tier and Pro is for high storage needs. Look elsewhere if your work is primarily personal task management or if Solo’s client and project ceilings will be hit quickly.