For consultants
Time tracking for consultants who bill their hours
When you bill by the hour, the hours have to be right and the report has to be clean — because it's going straight to a client alongside an invoice. You don't need a heavyweight platform for that; you need an accurate timer and a tidy export.
Janus keeps it simple: a one-click timer, work split by client and project, and a CSV or branded PDF you can attach to an invoice. And if you bring on subcontractors, the flat plan (up to 250 users for $29.99/month) means you won't outgrow it.
The thing most billable-hours tools get wrong for consultants is that they assume you live inside their app all day. You don't — you live in the work: a client call, a deck, a codebase, a spreadsheet. A time tracker that demands constant attention just becomes another tab you forget about, and a forgotten timer is the single biggest source of under-billing. Janus is designed to stay out of the way and still capture the truth: one click to start, manual entry for the hour you forgot to time, and a gentle nudge before the week closes so nothing slips through to the invoice.
Trust is the other half of the job. When you bill by the hour, the report you hand a client is the thing standing between your invoice and an awkward 'can you break this down for me?' email. A clean, per-project export — line items a client can actually read — gets invoices approved faster and protects the relationship. Janus's reports are built to be that backup document: tidy enough to attach to an invoice without reformatting, detailed enough that the client never has to ask what they're paying for.
Why consultants pick Janus
Accurate hours, one click
Start and stop in a click, or add an entry by hand. No fiddly setup between you and an accurate timesheet.
Reports that attach to an invoice
Export a clean per-project CSV or branded PDF your client can read at a glance — the backup that makes an invoice easy to approve.
Keep clients and projects separate
Track across multiple clients and projects without them bleeding into each other, so each invoice reflects exactly its own work.
Won't outgrow you
Solo today, a small practice with subcontractors tomorrow — the flat 250-user plan covers the whole arc at one price.
What Janus won't do
Tracking is manual and intentional — Janus does not silently watch your screen and guess your hours, and it does not generate invoices. If you want automatic time capture or built-in billing, Janus isn't that tool; it's the accurate timer and clean report that sits next to your invoicing app.
FAQ
- Is Janus overkill for one person?
- No — it's deliberately lean. A solo consultant uses the same one-click timer and export; you just don't touch the team features until you need them.
- Does it create invoices?
- No. Janus gives you the accurate billable-hours report; you attach it to the invoice your billing tool generates.
- Can I track several clients at once?
- Yes. Organize work by client and project, and each report breaks the hours down per engagement.
- What if I forget to start the timer?
- Add the entry by hand — set the date, the start and end, the project, and you're done. Reminders before the week closes also catch the days you missed, so the billable record stays honest without you policing it.
- Will Janus still fit if I grow into a small practice?
- Yes. The same one-click timer and exports carry you from solo to a handful of subcontractors, and the flat 250-user plan means adding people doesn't change the price — you just won't outgrow the tool the way you would a single-seat freelancer app.
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