Can I migrate from my current tool?

Yes. CSV importer for clients, projects, and time entries — most teams migrate in an afternoon.

Is there a desktop app?

Yes — a native macOS menu bar app on every plan. Start and stop timers, add time, and see your week without opening a browser tab. It signs in with your normal Tempough login (no separate setup), stays in sync with the web in real time, and keeps working offline — entries you log without a connection sync automatically when you're back. Download it from Settings → Desktop app. A Windows version is on the way.

Can I control what different roles see?

Yes. Permission groups bundle granular keys (view team time, approve timesheets, see project health reports, etc.) and you assign them to staff. Admins can revoke the Dashboard entirely for specific roles, or set a per-user default landing page so contributors jump straight to Timesheet and payroll goes straight to Reports.

Does everyone have to use the dashboard?

No. The Dashboard is a permission — turn it off for a role and those users land directly on their chosen default view after sign-in. Individual gauges adapt too: managers see team-wide utilization, contributors see their own.

Who processes invoice payments?

Your own Stripe account. Payments settle directly to your bank — Tempough never holds funds.

Workspace-level isolation so data never crosses between accounts. Two-factor authentication with backup codes. Scoped tokens for integrations and AI access. Every change recorded in a searchable audit log with configurable retention.

Can I connect Claude, Cursor, or Zed?

Yes. Tempough exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server from Partnership up. Each user mints a personal token in Profile → AI access — the AI client then acts as that user, scoped to their permissions. A contributor's AI sees their own time; a manager's AI sees the team. Per-token rate limits and sustained-abuse auto-cooldown built in.

What if I pick the wrong tier?

Move between tiers any time. Features turn on or off tenant-wide when you switch — data stays put, no migration, no downtime. Individual plans can upgrade to Partnership when a co-founder joins, and Partnership plans can move to Team when the business grows past two people.

Does it work for solo freelancers or partnerships?

Yes to both. Free covers the basics — timer, timesheet, projects, and CSV export — for one user, forever. Individual at $8/mo adds invoicing and QuickBooks export. Partnership at $15/mo adds a second seat for a partner or co-founder. All three plans support unlimited clients and projects; the difference is whether you need to send invoices and how many people are logging time.

Are there any add-on fees or metered usage charges?

No. The monthly price on this page is the full cost. Tempough does not charge per email sent, per API call, per integration, or per any other usage metric. No overage charges, no tiered add-ons, no "starter" features that get unlocked for extra money. If you ever see a surprise line item on your invoice, it's a bug — email us and we'll fix it.

Can I see profitability per account manager?

Yes. The margin report can group by team (with Team Pro) — so if your "Account Team A" handles 4 clients and "Account Team B" handles 5, you see their respective contribution margin. Per-person utilization is also viewable so you can spot account managers who are over- or under-utilized.

How do you handle freelancers and contract designers?

Freelancers as users with OT-eligibility off (so OT math doesn't apply) and their own cost rate (typically a 1099 hourly rate). They log time like staff. Their billable hours flow into client invoices normally; their cost hits the margin report. Permission groups let you scope them to their assigned projects only.

What about social-media-management tools, project management tools, etc.?

Tempough doesn't do project management (no kanban, no scheduling individual deliverables) or social media scheduling. We do time + capacity + billing + reporting. Most agencies pair Tempough with Asana / ClickUp / Monday for project management, and a scheduling tool for social. Tempough's API surface makes lightweight integration straightforward.

Can clients see their retainer hours via a portal?

Yes — the client portal includes a project view with hours logged, balance remaining, and the invoice history. Magic-link login, no account setup for the client. Per-client toggle so you can hide the portal for clients where it would be a problem.

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Built for marketing agencies · Retainers + channel reports

Time tracking
for marketing agencies.

Track time by channel, manage retainers cleanly, and see which clients are actually profitable.

Marketing agencies have a specific shape of work: long-running retainers, channel-shaped projects (paid, social, content, SEO), client account managers, and frequent scope creep. Tempough fits because: retainers are first-class, projects support phases (which map cleanly to channels or campaigns), and margin reports tell you whether a $5k/mo retainer is actually covering its delivery cost — which is the single most important question for an agency owner.

Why Tempough fits marketing agencies

Retainer billing built in (not a hack)

Monthly retainers auto-draft as recurring invoices. Each retainer has a configurable budget so you see when a client is eating through their hours faster than usual. Ad-hoc charges add on top — same workspace, same client, no separate billing tool.

Channel-shaped projects via phases

A client engagement breaks into channels (paid social, content, SEO, email) as phases on a single project. Time entries roll up per channel so you can answer "how much did we spend on paid social for Acme this quarter?" without re-grouping data.

Margin reports that show which retainers are profitable

Cost rates per team member × actual hours logged = real cost. Compare to the retainer revenue. The clients who are silently unprofitable show up clearly. Most agencies discover at least one or two surprise unprofitable clients when they first run this report.

Capacity planning + forecast vs. actual

Plan team allocations 2-4 weeks ahead. When you take on a new retainer or campaign, drag-create the assignments and see whether the team has capacity. Forecast-vs-actual variance at the end of each week tells you where your project estimates are systematically wrong.

Approvals + org-chart routing for account team workflows

Each team member has a direct manager (typically their account lead). Weekly timesheets route to that manager, not a fanout to everyone with the approve permission. At 10+ seat agencies this is the difference between approvals working and approvals being ignored.

Branded invoices that match your agency aesthetic

Logo, accent color, customizable copy on outbound invoices. Important when the invoice is itself a brand artifact for a creative agency. White-label option removes Tempough branding entirely on Enterprise.

The features that matter for marketing agencies

Not the full feature list — the ones that map directly onto how marketing agencies actually work.

Retainers + recurring invoices

Monthly auto-draft. Ad-hoc charges on top. Configurable budget per retainer.

Channel-shaped phases

Project → paid / social / content / SEO phases. Hours roll up per channel.

Margin reports

Cost vs. revenue per client / per retainer. OT-aware. Reveals unprofitable accounts.

Forecast + capacity planning

Drag-to-schedule. Time-off integration. Variance reports per campaign.

Approvals + org-chart routing

Direct-manager submission emails. Bulk approve in the manager view.

Branded invoices (Team Pro+)

Logo, accent, custom copy. Client portal accepts brand styling.

Recommended plan

Team Pro

$13/seat/mo billed annually

Team gets you the agency core — forecasting, cost rates, approvals, retainers, margin reports. Team Pro adds branded invoices (which matter when you're a marketing agency shipping outbound documents) and team groupings for splitting reports by account team. Most marketing agencies over 6 seats land on Team Pro.

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Common questions

Two ways. First, change orders — log a scope addition on the project with hours/budget delta, the margin report includes it. Second, ad-hoc charges — add a one-off line item to the next month's retainer invoice for the extra work. Most agencies use both depending on whether the addition is recurring (change order) or one-time (ad-hoc).

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