Toggl Track
Time tracking API for starting/stopping timers, retrieving time entries, managing projects and clients, and generating time reports for billing and productivity analysis.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
API token per user. No scope granularity. GDPR-compliant. Time tracking data reveals work patterns — handle as PII. SOC2 not prominently documented.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You need a simple, widely-used time tracking API for automating time logging, generating reports, or integrating time data into billing workflows.
Avoid When
You need built-in invoicing alongside time tracking — Harvest is a better all-in-one for that use case.
Use Cases
- • Automated time entry creation when agents complete tasks (task completion triggers time log)
- • Fetching time reports for billing summary generation in invoicing workflows
- • Project time analysis — agents querying hours spent across projects for planning
- • Integration with project management tools — syncing tasks to Toggl projects via API
- • Productivity analytics — analyzing time distribution across clients and projects
Not For
- • Invoicing and payment processing (use Harvest for combined time tracking + invoicing)
- • Team scheduling or capacity planning (use a dedicated resource management tool)
- • Real-time employee monitoring or screenshot capture
- • Complex project management beyond time tracking
Interface
Authentication
API token (found in profile settings) used as HTTP Basic Auth username with 'api_token' as password. Email/password also works as Basic Auth. No OAuth — integrations must use user's API token.
Pricing
Free tier is generous for individuals and small teams. API access available on all plans including free. Reports API requires paid plan for detailed breakdowns.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Two API versions (v8 and v9) with different endpoints — use v9 for new integrations
- ⚠ Workspace ID required for all operations — agents must know the workspace_id
- ⚠ Start/stop timer operations are separate from creating/editing time entries — different endpoints
- ⚠ Reports API is separate from the main API (api.track.toggl.com vs api.toggl.com/reports)
- ⚠ API rate limit (1 req/sec) requires explicit throttling in batch operations
- ⚠ Time zones matter — entries stored in UTC but displayed in user's local timezone
- ⚠ Webhooks require workspace admin permissions to configure
Alternatives
Full Evaluation Report
Detailed scoring breakdown, competitive positioning, security analysis, and improvement recommendations for Toggl Track.
Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.