QuickBooks Time Pricing 2026
QuickBooks Time starts from $20/month base + $10/user/month (Premium, standalone Time). What follows is what that figure does and does not cover, what drives the total, and what comparable time & attendance tools charge.
See full QuickBooks Time overview — features, integrations & alternatives- Pricing model
- Per-user subscription, tiered (Premium / Elite)
- Starting price
- From $20/month base + $10/user/month (Premium, standalone Time)
- Free trial
- Yes
Standalone QuickBooks Time: Premium is $20/month base plus $10/user/month; Elite is $40/month base plus $12/user/month (adds geofencing, mileage tracking, project estimates-vs-actuals and project activity feed). QuickBooks also sells combined Workforce (time + full-service payroll) Premium and Elite plans at higher base/per-employee rates. Discounted pricing is available for businesses with 50+ employees via sales contact. Prices are list prices at time of research and Intuit runs frequent limited-time promotional discounts on top of them.
What QuickBooks Time costs at 25, 100 and 500 seats
Annual software spend computed at $10/user/month — QuickBooks Time's published per-seat rate. That is not always the same as the headline "starting from" price, which often refers to a single-user or entry plan. Implementation, integrations and support are on top.
| Seats | QuickBooks Time / year | Category range / year |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | $3,000 | $675 – $1,800 |
| 100 | $12,000 | $2,700 – $7,200 |
| 500 | $60,000 | $13,500 – $36,000 |
Category range is the 25th–75th percentile of published per-seat rates across 7 time & attendance products, median $3/user/month.
What comparable time & attendance tools charge
Published per-seat rates from other products in this category, cheapest first. QuickBooks Time sits above the category median on published rates.
What does QuickBooks Time cost?
QuickBooks Time publishes a list price. Enter your seat count for an annual figure at that rate.
QuickBooks Time pricing FAQs
How much does QuickBooks Time cost?
QuickBooks Time starts from $20/month base + $10/user/month (Premium, standalone Time). At that rate a 100-seat deployment is about $12,000 a year before implementation and add-ons. Standalone QuickBooks Time: Premium is $20/month base plus $10/user/month; Elite is $40/month base plus $12/user/month (adds geofencing, mileage tracking, project estimates-vs-actuals and project activity feed). QuickBooks also sells combined Workforce (time + full-service payroll) Premium and Elite plans at higher base/per-employee rates. Discounted pricing is available for businesses with 50+ employees via sales contact. Prices are list prices at time of research and Intuit runs frequent limited-time promotional discounts on top of them.
What drives the cost of QuickBooks Time?
Standalone QuickBooks Time: Premium is $20/month base plus $10/user/month; Elite is $40/month base plus $12/user/month (adds geofencing, mileage tracking, project estimates-vs-actuals and project activity feed). QuickBooks also sells combined Workforce (time + full-service payroll) Premium and Elite plans at higher base/per-employee rates. Discounted pricing is available for businesses with 50+ employees via sales contact. Prices are list prices at time of research and Intuit runs frequent limited-time promotional discounts on top of them.
What are the alternatives to QuickBooks Time and what do they cost?
Among time & attendance products that publish a rate, When I Work is the cheapest at about $2.5 per user per month and ADP Workforce Now the most expensive at about $48. Published rates bound the negotiation even when QuickBooks Time itself is quote-based.
Is QuickBooks Time pricing negotiable?
Published list rates are the starting point, not the floor. Annual commitment, multi-year terms and seat volume are the usual levers, and vendors in this category commonly discount for committed seat counts. Bring a competing published rate to the conversation.