Clockify vs Toggl: Why Neither Is Built for Notion Users

Clockify and Toggl Track are two of the most popular time trackers out there. Both are solid. Both have generous free tiers. Both will accurately track your hours.

But if you live in Notion — if your tasks, projects, and workflow all run from there — then comparing these two tools is asking the wrong question entirely.

The core problem with both

Neither Clockify nor Toggl has a native Notion integration. There is no way to connect them directly to your Notion tasks out of the box. You end up running two separate systems: Notion for managing work, and your time tracker for logging hours against it. That split is where the friction lives.

You track time in Clockify or Toggl, but the data never makes it back to your Notion tasks. You end up with two sources of truth, manual re-entry, and a reporting layer that has no idea what you were actually working on.

What Clockify does well

Clockify has an extremely generous free tier: unlimited users, unlimited projects, and solid reporting. For teams that need a standalone tracker and are not using Notion as their task system, it is hard to beat.

What Toggl does well

Toggl has a more polished UI and a better onboarding experience. Its calendar integrations are strong, and the reporting is clean. Free for up to 5 users; paid plans start at $9 per user per month.

Where both fall short for Notion users

If your work lives in Notion, the comparison between Clockify and Toggl becomes almost irrelevant. The real question is: which tool actually connects to Notion? And the honest answer is neither — not natively.

You still have to manually create matching projects in your time tracker. You still have to switch tabs to start a timer. Your time data still lives in a completely separate system from your tasks.

What Notion users actually need

The right answer for a Notion user is not Clockify or Toggl. It is a time tracker that was built around Notion from the start — one where your tasks are already there, your timer starts with one click, and your time data syncs back automatically.

That is what TimeKnot does. Connect your Notion workspace, click play on any task, and your time is logged automatically. Full reports, team tracking, and session history — all built around the tasks you already have in Notion. No duplicate setup. No tab switching. No second system to maintain.

You can even embed the TimeKnot widget directly inside a Notion task page — so your timer and session history live right where the work is.

The verdict

If you do not use Notion, both Clockify and Toggl are solid choices. Pick Clockify if budget matters; pick Toggl if UI polish matters more.

If you use Notion, stop comparing tools that were not built for your workflow. Use TimeKnot — a time tracking system built entirely around Notion, that lives inside it, and keeps everything in one place.