Give the job a shared limit
Choose an allowance the team can understand before recording the work.
Track time. Get paid.
Budgets for small businesses
Give your small team a visible limit for each job. Compare recorded work with the budget and catch extra effort before the month-end review.
Free for 14 days — every feature, no credit card, no automatic charge.
Catch the blowout while you can still fix it.
Make extra requests visible
Review new customer requests against the hours already used.
Act before the next visit
Use an alert to check the work still due with the person responsible.
Budget use is different from an invoice balance. Recording hours does not automatically create a customer charge.
Get started with budgets
- 1Agree the job allowance
- 2Set the budget alert threshold
- 3Review hours with the job lead
- 4Confirm any additional customer work
Questions about budgets for small businesses
- Should a small business budget hours or costs?
- Use hours when the main question is how much work remains. Use a cost budget when the delivery cost matters most. TimeLodge supports both, so choose the measure that matches your agreement and how you review jobs.
- Can I use a budget without making it the invoice amount?
- Yes. A budget helps you monitor work; your billing method and client agreement determine the invoice. Review the draft rather than billing the allowance automatically.
Try budgets on your next client project
Start free, set a project budget, and choose the first alert point.
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