Honest question for anyone who bills clients by the hour.
For me the work was never the problem. It was everything around the money. Time logged in one tool, invoices built in another, and then writing "just following up on that invoice :)" for the third time.
I'm building Hoursmith to pull that whole loop into one place, from timer to paid invoice, and we're launching here soon. Before we do, I want to hear the real pain:
Genuinely split on this one. Some freelancers add a ~3% surcharge for card payments, others think it's tacky. Where do you land, and does it change with the client or the invoice size?
Building an MCP server so you can ask your AI assistant "who has unbilled hours this week" and it answers from your real data. Genuinely useful, or a solution looking for a problem? Curious how people feel about giving agents access to business data.
Hoursmith takes a billable hour from timer to paid invoice, for freelancers and agencies. Track time, bill expenses to clients, and send branded invoices from your own domain. Get paid online into your own Stripe, with reminders that send themselves.
What's different: flat pricing (never per-seat), invoices are frozen snapshots, and an MCP server so your AI agent can read your timesheet and invoices.
Launch deal: first 100 customers lock 50% off for life.
