The Best Time Tracking Plugin for Jira

TMetric is a Jira time tracking plugin that lets teams track time on Jira issues, sync work logs, create timesheets, and report billable hours. Teams can log billable hours directly from Jira tasks while improving project cost tracking and reporting accuracy.

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The Best Time Tracking Plugin for Jira

Connect TMetric to Jira and Start Tracking

  • Sign Up to TMetric

    Sign Up to TMetric

    Create a free TMetric account using the same email you use for Jira

    Sign Up
  • Install Browser Extension

    Install Browser Extension

    Add the TMetric extension to your browser to enable time tracking directly inside Jira

    Install Extension
  • Start Tracking

    Start Tracking

    Log in to your Jira account and track time on tasks right from your workflow

    Start tracking in Jira
The Best Time Tracking Plugin for Jira

Jira Time Reports

TMetric creates Jira time reports by collecting tracked time from Jira issues and turning it into project, task, user, and billable-hour data. These reports make it easy to see how time is distributed across teams and identify where work is running over or under estimates. Managers can quickly detect overdue work by comparing logged time against Jira estimates and deadlines, and adjust priorities before delays grow. The same data helps teams compare estimated vs actual time spent on tasks, improving future planning accuracy. TMetric also simplifies preparing client reports by organizing billable hours by project, user, and issue, giving stakeholders clear visibility into delivered work and costs.

Jira Time Reports

Jira Timesheets

TMetric turns Jira issue activity into timesheets that teams can review, approve, and use for billing or payroll. Time entries are automatically grouped by users, projects, and Jira issues, which removes the need to manually assemble worklogs from multiple tasks. This reduces manual worklog errors such as missing entries, duplicated hours, or incorrect task allocation. Teams can review and adjust timesheets before approval, ensuring accuracy in recorded time and alignment with Jira work logs. Once approved, the data can be used for payroll processing, client billing, and internal reporting. This workflow helps maintain consistent time tracking across projects while keeping all Jira-based activity structured and easy to audit.

Jira Timesheets

Billable Hours Tracking

To track billable hours in Jira, use TMetric to record time on Jira tasks, mark entries as billable, and generate reports for invoicing. This ensures every billable minute is captured directly from Jira activity, reducing missed billable time that often occurs when users rely on memory or manual entry. It also helps eliminate manual billing errors caused by inconsistent spreadsheets or duplicated worklogs. With accurate tracking in place, teams can avoid disputes over project hours by maintaining a clear, timestamped record of work. Clients also gain transparency, since invoices are backed by verifiable Jira task data instead of estimates.

Billable Hours Tracking

Attendance Tracking

TMetric supports attendance tracking by showing when team members start work, stop work, and how many hours they record during the day. This gives Jira teams a clear view of actual working time alongside task-level activity. By connecting attendance data with Jira issues, managers can see not only what work is being done, but also when and how long team members are available. This makes it easier to compare logged issue work with real availability, helping identify gaps between capacity and workload. Managers can spot underutilization, overloaded schedules, or irregular working patterns and adjust assignments accordingly. Attendance data also improves planning accuracy, since Jira tasks can be distributed based on real team capacity rather than assumptions.

Attendance Tracking

Productivity Monitoring

TMetric helps Jira teams monitor productivity by showing where work time goes across issues, apps, projects, and non-Jira activities. This gives managers a clear breakdown of how time is distributed across different types of work instead of only seeing completed tasks in Jira. For example, a project manager can see whether time is concentrated on development, meetings, bug fixing, or unplanned tasks. This makes it easier to understand what drives project progress and where time is being lost. By analyzing these patterns, teams can rebalance workloads, reduce time spent on low-priority activities, and improve planning for future Jira sprints and deliverables.

Productivity Monitoring

Who Uses TMetric for Jira Time Tracking?

  • Software Developers Software Developers
  • Marketers Marketers
  • Designers Designers
  • Accountants Accountants
  • Consultants Consultants
  • See all teams

Time Tracking for Developers

For developers, TMetric connects Jira issue tracking with time records, estimates, project budgets, and client reporting.

  • Eliminate context switching between Jira tasks and time logs
  • Keep sprint estimates accurate with real-time tracking data
  • Monitor task progress and flag scope creep early
  • Capture billable development hours for transparent client reporting
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  • Jira issue tracking linked to time records
  • Sprint estimate accuracy and task progress
  • Project budgets and cost visibility
  • Client-ready reports with billable hours data
Linda Förster

Linda Förster

Project manager at Medudy

TMetric helps provide us with valuable insights into our work patterns, which has resulted in increased efficiency and productivity.

Time Tracking for Marketing and Creative Agencies

TMetric helps agencies track time on Jira tasks, connect hours to client work, and prepare reports for billing and project review.

  • Track all marketing activities and meetings
  • Manage client billing
  • Gain insights into your processes by reporting data
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  • Use of time tracking data to analyze where time goes
  • Budget management
  • Project planning, task estimation, and deadlines
  • Detailed reporting for clients
Brian Reilly

Brian Reilly

Financial Marketer at BankBound

We’ve found TMetric to be both user-friendly and robust. It was easy to set up which allowed us to begin leveraging the tool immediately.

Time Tracking for Designers

Designers can use TMetric with Jira to protect creative focus while still tracking billable work, client projects, and review time.

  • Track billable hours to manage income
  • Increase client satisfaction
  • Get a profitable designer career
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  • Time tracking on client’s project
  • Reporting
  • Inviting a client representative to TMetric workspace to see reports
  • By-the-hour payments
Swen Roethlisberger

Swen Roethlisberger

CEO & Founder of Floowedit

TMetric is faster, more convenient, and cheaper, the support is responsive and they fixed some bugs quickly.

Time Tracking for Accountants

Accountants can use TMetric to track client time, prepare printable invoices, and analyze billable hours from one workspace.

  • Effortless time tracking per client
  • Printable invoices with one click
  • Detailed time analysis for accurate billing
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  • Track billable hours with precision
  • Set up budgets and hourly rates effortlessly
  • Seamless integration with accounting tools
Julie Lunn

Julie Lunn

Small Business Bookkeeper

TMetric's Chrome add-on makes time tracking easier and streamlines accounting procedures by integrating with QuickBooks Online with ease.

Time Tracking for Consulting Business

Consultants can use TMetric with Jira to track billable project work, control budgets, and sync time data for invoicing.

  • Log billable hours on Jira tasks without switching tools
  • Catch missed hours before they fall off an invoice
  • Generate client-ready time reports in minutes, not hours
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  • Jira task time linked to billable project records
  • Missed hours alerts and timesheet completeness
  • Budget control with real-time cost visibility
  • Invoice-ready reports with one-click export
Galeno Chua

Galeno Chua

Founder, Strategist and Coach at The Idea Founding Principal

It’s been pivotal for helping us gather better decision-making information, grow our topline and reduce our bottomline.

How to Use Time Tracking in Jira

  • Step 1

    Locate timer button on a Jira issue

    • Click the Issues tab and select a required issue. A dialog window opens where you can view and edit the contents of the issue. You will see the Start timer button in the upper right corner of the window.

    Locate timer button on a Jira issue

  • Step 2

    Start timer on an issue

    Click the Start timer button and TMetric will start recording your Jira working time. Notice that the Start timer button changes to the Stop timer button and displays the time spent on the issue.

    If you are the workspace owner or assigned admin in TMetric and start the timer for the first time, TMetric pulls out from Jira and adds to your TMetric workspace:

    • issue name
    • issue ID
    • project name
    • labels

    Labels are mapped to the tags existing in the TMetric workspace. If the Allow creating tags on a fly option is enabled in the TMetric workspace then the labels are automatically created.

    The corresponding time entry appears on the Time page in the TMetric web app. You can easily navigate back to the Jira issue simply by clicking the link icon next to the task name (in our case ID is BP-1).

    Start timer on an issue

  • Step 3

    Edit time entry, if necessary

    A time entry with an external task can be edited. You can edit the name of the task, change a project and labels without losing a link to the Jira issue.

    To disassociate the task from the Jira issue, click the cross icon next to the task name in the bottom right corner of the time entry editor.

    Edit time entry, if necessary

  • Step 4

    View a time report

    Reports show the time from different external systems, as well as the time entered manually in TMetric.

    View a time report

  • Step 5

    Configure time synchronization with Jira

    You can configure TMetric to automatically upload data to Jira Software, so you can benefit from using both TMetric and Jira at your workflow. The time logged in TMetric will be synchronized automatically to Jira every hour and can be viewed in the Jira Work log.

    Learn how to setup time sync with Jira.

    You can create and manage Jira integration on the Integrations page of the TMetric app. In particular, you can:

    • Run an immediate synchronization by clicking the Sync Time Now button
    • View log to see the results of synchronization
    • Edit the integration settings
    • Delete an integration. When you delete an integration, all time entries associated with this integration will be unassigned from the relevant Jira instance.

    Configure time synchronization with Jira

    TMetric is a great time tracking web app that allows you to control your time and stay productive throughout the day!

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are answers to common questions about tracking, reporting, and syncing Jira time with TMetric.

Can I track time spent outside Jira?

TMetric is a flexible time tracking solution. While it offers seamless integration with Jira for logging time on Jira issues, you can also track time for activities, projects, or tasks performed outside of Jira. TMetric offers browser extensions, desktop apps, and mobile apps that allow you to track time across all your work, whether it's in other applications, meetings, or even offline.

What advantages does TMetric have over native Jira time tracking?

TMetric offers more flexibility and powerful features compared to Jira’s native time tracking. You get detailed work logs, billable time tracking, project budgeting, invoicing, idle time detection, and team performance reports - all in a user-friendly interface that works across multiple platforms and tools.

Will tracked time appear in Jira or only in TMetric?

You can configure TMetric Jira time tracking extension to automatically upload data to Jira Software, so you can benefit from using both TMetric and Jira at your workflow.

What Jira versions does TMetric support?

TMetric provides integration for both Jira Cloud and Jira Server instances. To ensure compatibility and the best experience, it's always recommended to use updated versions of both Jira and TMetric add-on.

Does TMetric support both Jira Cloud and Jira Server integrations?

Yes, TMetric supports integration with both Jira Cloud and Jira Server. Configure the integration and benefit from using both TMetric and Jira in your workflow.

Is TMetric’s Jira time tracking integration secure and GDPR-compliant?

TMetric’s Jira time-tracking integration is built with strong security measures and GDPR considerations, including encryption, data-sharing controls, and support for a Data Processing Addendum. When properly configured, it can be used securely and in compliance with GDPR requirements.

How much does TMetric’s Jira integration cost, and is there a free trial?

TMetric’s Jira integration is included in the Business plan ($7 per user/month), and TMetric offers a 14-day free trial with full functionality.

Can I start a timer on Jira issues directly from TMetric?

Yes, you can start a timer on Jira issues directly from TMetric. Once you install and configure TMetric browser extension, each Jira task will display a Start timer button. You click it and TMetric starts recording the time spent on the task. At the same time, a time entry appears on the TMetric Time page, where you can start the timer on any Jira issue with one click. TMetric also provides direct backlinks to Jira issues.

Will TMetric sync tracked time back to Jira’s work log automatically?

Yes, as long as you enable time-sync, TMetric will automatically sync tracked time back into Jira work logs.

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