Akollo vs Toggl Track
Akollo vs Toggl Track: when to choose which
Toggl Track makes timers effortless and now adds tasks and planning. Akollo is built the other way round: a project management app where time, people, budgets and AI share one record.
At a glance
Akollo and Toggl Track, area by area
- Built in
- Paid add-on, price in the cell
- Not offered
| Area | Akollo | Toggl Track |
|---|---|---|
| Projects, boards and timelines | Built inBoards, backlogs, sprints, timeline and approvals. | Built inBoard, task list, calendar and a Gantt-like timeline. |
| Time tracking and timesheets | Built inTimesheets with approval, plus a desktop app that measures time. | Built inTimers on all plans; timesheet approval on Premium and up. |
| Resource and capacity planning | Built inPlanned against available time, per team and period. | Paid add-on, price in the cellCapacity Management is a paid add-on. |
| Budgets and profitability | Built inBudgets, cost rates, budget vs actual and profitability. | Built inEstimates, rates, labour cost and profitability by plan. |
| HR basics: people and time off | Built inEmployee records, org chart, leave requests and approvals. | Paid add-on, price in the cellTime off and holidays; Time Off Pro is a paid add-on. |
| CRM: accounts and pipeline | Built inAccounts, contacts, pipeline and activities. | Not offeredNo CRM found on Toggl's site. |
| AI assistant | Built inAdmins decide who uses it; it answers within each person's permissions. | Built inAI task creator; an MCP server for outside assistants. |
| Self-hosting on your own servers | Built inOur cloud, or your own data centre or cloud account. | Not offeredToggl says its services run on Google Cloud. |
| Product in Turkish | Built inTurkish, English and German, written natively. | Not offeredToggl says the web app is English only. |
| Choice of where data is stored | Built inSelf-hosted, the data stays where you install it. | Not offeredToggl says data is in Iowa, United States. |
Where Akollo is different
From the timer to the whole picture
Toggl Track grew from timers into planning. Akollo grew from projects and people, and time is one of the parts.
- 01
Hours that land in a budget
Approved hours are priced with cost rates and counted against the project budget, so profitability updates as people work.
- 02
People, not just time off
Akollo keeps employee records, the org chart, leave balances and approvals. Capacity planning starts from who actually works here.
- 03
Measure, if you choose to
Manual time entry works everywhere. If your organisation wants it, a desktop app can measure time on the computer, under a policy people can see.
- 04
Your servers, your language
Run Akollo in our cloud or on your own servers, in Turkish, English or German. The AI answers within each person's permissions.
To be fair
When Toggl Track is the better fit
Toggl Track is one of the friendliest ways to track time. For many teams that is exactly the point.
- You want the lightest possible timer on every device
- Your culture rules out screenshots and activity tracking entirely
- A small team that wants to start free and grow into planning
Moving over
Move from Toggl Track
Toggl Track exports reports to CSV. Akollo imports project and task lists from CSV, up to 5,000 rows per file, with a dry run first.
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Export from Toggl Track
Export your projects and tasks from Toggl Track as a CSV file.
- 02
Map the columns
In Akollo, match each column to a work item field. A key column updates items you imported before.
- 03
Dry run first
See how many items would be created, updated or skipped before anything is written.
- 04
Move team by team
Start with one team, add timesheets and capacity, then bring the rest across.
Questions about Toggl Track and Akollo
Does Akollo force screenshots or activity tracking?
No. The desktop app is optional and follows a recording policy your organisation sets, with screenshots only if you turn them on. Many teams use manual time entry only.
Desktop agentIs Akollo a Toggl Track alternative?
If you need time tracking together with projects, people, leave and budgets, yes. If timers alone are what you need, Toggl Track is hard to beat.
Can we bring our Toggl projects?
Yes. Export your projects and tasks as CSV, map the columns in Akollo and check the dry run before importing.
See time, people and budgets in one view
We will show Akollo running on your own projects, with the time tracking set up the way your teams prefer.