ZEP vs. TimeMagick

ZEP — The new standard for projects. ZEP is the software for Management Consulting, IT Consulting and Engineering: book hours against clients and projects, steer utilization and margins, from the proposal to the invoice. Four product lines cover the path from the first booked project hour to organization-wide control — you start with the line your business needs today and move up as it grows, keeping your data. ZEP Track — Project Time Tracking: your team books hours against clients and projects, budgets and absences sit in one place, and the payroll export is included. ZEP Control — Project Management: plan tasks and capacity and see what a project earns. Revenue, costs and utilization come out of the hours your team has booked. ZEP Operations — Professional Services Automation: the entire project lifecycle in one system — proposal, booked hours, travel expenses, suppliers, invoicing and the export to project-specific financial accounting. ZEP Business — ERP for Professional Services: run the project business across several entities, with internal cost allocation, document management, HR and resource planning included. The AI chat (ZEP Assistant) is included in all four lines at no extra cost, as are all interfaces: ZEP's own REST and SOAP APIs, single sign-on and an unlimited number of third-party integrations. Get to know ZEP in an online presentation or test it free of charge for 30 days. For teams without a project business, ZEP Clock covers working hours, overtime and absences including the payroll export, with travel expense management and HR available as optional add-ons. It is a line of its own — a switch into the project-based lines is not planned. ZEP GmbH, based in Ditzingen near Stuttgart, has been developing software for project-based companies for more than 25 years. Around 3,000 companies run their project business with ZEP. ZEP is developed and hosted in Germany and certified to ISO 27001.

TimeMagick provides an all-encompassing time tracking solution that connects logged hours to various components like projects, budgets, billing, and profitability. By monitoring time in relation to clients, projects, and tasks, it capitalizes on this information to effectively manage project budgets, authorize billable hours, generate invoices, track expenses, and produce client profitability reports, while also observing activity levels and application as well as website usage, all without the need for screenshot capture. This software is particularly designed for service-oriented businesses that bill clients based on time, such as agencies, engineering and design firms, architectural practices, consultancies, software development teams, marketing studios, and freelancers. TimeMagick includes a desktop application for Windows dedicated to time tracking, a web application for project oversight, billing, and report generation, and mobile applications available for both iOS and Android devices. Importantly, time recorded on desktop and mobile platforms is kept distinct, ensuring transparency. By linking each logged hour to its associated project, budget, invoice, and profit margin, it effectively minimizes the necessity for teams to reconcile timesheets, project plans, invoices, and spreadsheets, thereby fostering improved efficiency and accuracy in billing operations. Moreover, the software's intuitive interface promotes easier navigation, which enhances the management of time-related tasks and contributes to a more organized workflow. As a result, teams can focus on their core activities while relying on TimeMagick to streamline their time tracking and billing processes.