Subcontractor Time Tracking.
Two Businesses, One Project.

Bring contractors into client projects without giving them your books. Their hours flow into your project at your rate, and they invoice you from theirs.

Website Redesign · Greenleaf Botanicals

Time this week

2 contractors
Dana Lee, your team18.0 h at $150
Pixel & Co. (contractor)12.5 h at $140
Northwind Dev (contractor)21.0 h at $160
Ready to invoice$7,810.00

Clientary connects your projects to your contractors' businesses.
No timesheets by email, no retyping hours.

Agencies and firms rely on outside specialists, but collecting their hours usually means spreadsheets, emailed timesheets, and invoices to match by hand. With subcontracting in Clientary, contractors track time in their own account and it appears in your project as they go. Try us for Free.

How subcontracting works

One project, seen from both sides.

  1. Invite a contractor

    From any project, invite a contractor by email and set the rate you'll bill their time at.

  2. They join with their own account

    The project appears in their account, with your business as their client. Your client stays private.

  3. Their hours come to you

    Every hour they track appears in your project at your billing rate, ready for your client's invoice.

  4. They invoice you

    Contractors bill your business at their own rate, from the same hours, in their own account.

Built for both sides of the work

Your rate, your margin

Set a billing rate for each contractor. Adjust the rate, discount, or title on any entry before it's invoiced.

The project stays in sync

Name, description, status, budget, and end date flow to each contractor's copy as you change them.

Client details stay yours

Contractors see your business as their client, never your client, your invoices, or your rates.

One set of hours

The hours you bill your client and the hours your contractor bills you are the same entries.

All your billing layouts

Contractor time works with every invoice layout, from a single line to a detailed timesheet.

Budgets include everyone

Contractor hours count toward the project's budget alongside your team's, so overruns show early.

Specialists on demand

Bring in a developer, copywriter, or engineer for one project without adding a seat to your plan.

No timesheets to chase

Hours arrive as contractors log them. Nothing to collect at the end of the month.

Bill with confidence

Every contractor hour on your client's invoice traces back to the entry they logged.

Trusted by service businesses

Freelancers, agencies, and firms run their client work on Clientary. Read their stories.

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Try it free for 14 daysNo credit card, no setup fees. Setup takes minutes.
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Users love Clientary on G2

Most of the time I'm paid within minutes of sending an invoice because it's so easy for someone to check that task off their list. Obviously I like this software, but most importantly to me - my clients like it.

Robin H.

Robin H.

Freelance Writer

With recurring invoices, custom templates, time tracking, expense tracking, automated invoice reminders, and so much more, the toolkit they offer has kept us organized and hugely simplified our bookkeeping. I can't count how many times our clients have asked about our 'amazing' invoicing system.

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Chris M.

Digital Marketer / Founder

When searching for a client management and invoicing system we researched all the tools for SMBs on the market and tested them out, and Clientary was our hands down choice for ease of use and the ability to easily customize client-facing documentation. And of course the very reasonable subscription fee. As they say themselves, "all the functionality we need, and none that we don't."

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Frequently asked questions

How do I add a contractor to a project?

Open the project and invite the contractor by name and email, with an optional message. They accept from the email and join with their own Clientary account, or a new one.

Do contractors see my client or my rates?

No. The contractor's copy of the project lists your business as their client, so they never see your client, your billing rate, or your invoices.

What rate is a contractor's time billed at?

You set a billing rate for each contractor on the project. Their hours arrive in your project at that rate, ready to invoice. You can also change the rate, discount, or title of any of their entries.

How do contractors get paid?

Contractors set their own rate on their copy of the project and invoice your business from their own account, from the same hours they tracked.

What if the contractor already uses Clientary?

They accept into their existing account, where the project appears alongside their own clients and work.

Can I add contractors to my team instead?

Yes. If you'd rather manage someone as part of your team, add them as a team member with a limited role, such as Contributor. Subcontracting suits independent businesses that run their own books.

Ready to bring your contractors in?

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Clientary is a comprehensive suite of tools for professional service businesses. Subcontracting works with project management, time tracking, resource planning, and online invoicing, all in one place.

We're a service that saves you time and improves your client relationships.