Timesheets that start from the weekly plan, not from an empty grid
AI-assisted tracking and planned hours guide people through their timesheets, so your data is current at month-end.
Timesheet submissions and flexible approvals
Planned versus actual visible the moment hours land
Trusted by ambitious
high-growth technical teams
Timesheets that arrive on time make the month-end close possible
Getting timesheets in at the end of the week is hard. When people see their planned hours on the timesheet, filling in the entries takes a minute, and the data that reaches finance is closer to what happened.
Plans and timesheets in one system
Planned hours visible on the timesheet.
Approvals that hold
Project managers approve timesheets and can unlock entries for editing. Finance gets clean hours at month-end.
Timesheets to billing
Approved timesheets go straight to billing, so the chasing happened during the month, not at the close.
Timesheets and plans in one
People logging time see exactly what they were planned for, down to the task, instead of trying to remember what they were scheduled for.
Planned hours visible on the timesheet
Split time across projects, tasks and billing types
Public holiday entries handled automatically
Reminders that go out before the deadline, not after
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Give managers something worth approving
Approvers see the plan next to what was logged, so an unusual week is obvious instead of buried in a grid.
Planned versus actual on every row
Project and line manager approval routes
Locking once a period is closed
Full audit trail of edits and approvals
Feed finance without re-keying
Approved hours drive project financials, revenue recognition and invoicing directly, so month-end stops being a data migration.
Billable hours straight into invoicing
Revenue recognised as work is delivered
Cost and margin updated per project
Accounting integrations with QuickBooks and Xero
What firms that run on Operating say
"Operating played a key role in improving our profitability and utilization. By optimizing processes and tracking, we achieved 40% growth."
Anna Lehto
"Last year, pre-Operating, we absorbed $250,000 in unbilled work due to inefficiencies. This year, it's down to $25,000."
James Shaw
"We plan our tentative projects, forecast our revenue, and analyze any deviations in actual hours spent with Operating. There's no going back to the old ways."
Timo Hyväoja
"We're about 150 people, in different locations and countries. We can keep things efficient and people-focused with a common view of our sales pipeline, allocations, and our team's skills and interests."
Ville Loppinen
"I used to spend 3 hours per week updating data from CRM to resource allocation sheets. It only takes me 15-20 minutes with Operating."
Alisha David
"Fewer Excel sheets, a reliable future outlook—what's not to like! Centralizing our capacity planning and skill matrix Excels into Operating has made running the business easier."
John Kavaleff
"We used to jump between HubSpot and Harvest all the time, but with Operating, it's all just there, working together."
Shawn St Mart
"We switched to Operating to spend less time juggling tools and more time on client work. The reports, plus HubSpot and HiBob integrations, make that easy."
Petya Raykovska
"Operating is great—it's a new approach compared to our homegrown spreadsheet setup, but we're quickly getting smarter and gaining clarity, especially for staffing new projects."
Brittany Meeks
"We replaced our complex finance projection spreadsheet, and now our HiBob leaves are visible in Operating, keeping our calculations up-to-date."
Jacqueline Enoch
"Centralizing our capacity planning and skill matrix Excels into Operating has made running the business easier."
John Kavaleff
"Operating is the glue between Harvest time tracking, HubSpot, and our reporting. Both the native integrations, and the APIs are great!"
James Shaw
"We connected Operating to NetSuite ERP via APIs and integrated HiBob using the ready-made integration, replacing our homegrown, disconnected systems."
Perttu Paarma
"Operating replaced a ton of spreadsheets that used to link our CRM and time tracking systems."
Ville Loppinen
"Operating replaced a bunch of custom built reports and eliminated the hassle of connecting pipeline, allocations and time tracking."
Adam Grønbeck Andersen
"Operating integrates with HubSpot and Harvest, automatically importing data to plan optimal project teams and workloads."
Alisha David
"We integrated MS Dynamics CRM to Operating via the API, and use the ready-made Harvest integration. We also visualize our data in PowerBI."
Timo Hyväoja
"It's great to have one place to plan all the projects and teams."
John Kavaleff
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