Bill.com vs Harvest
Bill.com and Harvest are both invoicing software. Bill.com is a commercial product from BILL Holdings. Harvest is a commercial product from Harvest.
Which to pick
- Pick Bill.com when
- A US small or midsize company or its accounting firm wants to automate bill approval and payment runs.
- Pick Harvest when
- An agency or consultancy bills by the hour and wants staff to track time easily against project budgets.
Side by side
Accounts payable and receivable automation for US businesses: capture bills, route approvals, pay by ACH or card, and send invoices, synced with accounting systems.
Time and expense tracking with project budgets, reports and invoicing from tracked hours, integrated with QuickBooks and Xero.
Transaction fees on top of seat pricing, and it is centred on the US.
Resource planning needs the separate Forecast product, and per-seat pricing adds up for larger teams.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and mobile app
Cloud service, mobile app, desktop app and browser extension
Not published (both)
Closed source, sold by BILL Holdings
Closed source, sold by Harvest
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code. (both)
363 Wikipedia readers a month on phones
503 Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Other comparisons
More invoicing apps
Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.