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Planned time

Making informed decisions is key to staying profitable. Timely lets you plan your tasks in advance, track both planned and logged time, and make smarter decisions that keep your projects on track, within budget, and more profitable.

Refine your estimates, control your project scope, and boost profit margins

Timely’s clear visibility into how your planned vs. logged time ensures you can make accurate time estimates upfront, assess the scope of work, and keep your project budgets on target. By planning ahead and tracking time as you go, you can catch discrepancies early, make adjustments, and improve profitability through better forecasting.

Sharpen your time estimates by comparing planned vs logged time and nail future forecasts.

Control project scope and stay on task delays to prevent scope creep and keeping projects on budget.

Boost profitability by leveraging time tracked data to track overall project performance and cut inefficiencies.

Key use cases

From initial estimates to final delivery, Timely helps you make smarter decisions. With Planned Time, you can control costs, stay within scope, and adjust as necessary to ensure that every project contributes positively to your bottom line.

Perfect your time estimates and avoid overpromising

Plan time for upcoming work and log hours against it to see how your estimates hold up.
Planned time shows as striped entries next to your solid logged time in the Hours tab.
Use what you learn to set better estimates and budgets for the next project.

Keep projects on track and prevent scope creep

Compare planned and logged time on each project's Status tab.
Get budget notifications when a project reaches 50%, 80% and 100% of its budget.
Adjust planned entries by hand, or drag them in 15-minute increments as plans change.

Planned time reports for better business decisions

Build custom reports that put planned estimates side by side with actual logged time.
Filter by client, project, user or tag to see where estimates were off.
Export logged and planned cost to Excel or CSV alongside your hours.

Optimize Project Budgets and Increase Profit Margins

Quickly spot where projects are veering from the original budget with Planned Time insights.
Adjust project budgets in real-time as changes occur, making sure you keep on track.
Drill down into the detail reports you need to fine-tune your business workflows and boost overall profitability.