What time tracking software integrates with payroll and project management tools?

Several modern tools combine **time tracking** with integrations to both **payroll** and **project management**—either natively or via connectors like Zapier/API. Here are strong options, grouped by how tightly integrated they are:

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### 1. All‑in‑one project management with time tracking + integrations

These tools are primarily project management platforms with built‑in time tracking and ways to connect to payroll.

**ProjectManager**

- **Project management:** Full PM suite (Gantt charts, task lists, Kanban boards, dashboards) with native time tracking and timesheets tied to tasks and projects.[4]

- **Payroll integration:** Designed to “log hours, streamline payroll and save money with accurate and secure project time management software.”[4] Timesheets can be imported/exported and connected to other apps via integrations, Zapier, or API, which is how you’d link to payroll systems.[4]

- **Other integrations:** Connects with 1,000+ apps (Google, Microsoft, Jira, Slack, Zapier, custom API) so you can tie time data to both PM and HR/payroll tools.[4]

**TrackingTime**

- **Project management:** Provides boards, timelines, and task lists plus reports, so you can manage projects and track time in one platform.[3]

- **PM integrations:** Adds a “time layer” on top of existing tools including **Asana, ClickUp, Jira, and Monday.com**, so you keep your PM stack and add time tracking.[3]

- **Payroll:** Markets “simplify payroll” as a key use case by connecting tasks directly to tracked hours, billable rates, and costs; payroll exports or integrations are typically via its reporting/exports and connected tools.[3]

Good if you want PM + time tracking in one place and will connect to payroll via exports, accounting tools, or Zapier.

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### 2. Time tracking with explicit payroll integrations (and PM via connectors)

**ExakTime (by Arcoro)**

- **Time tracking:** Cloud‑based time and attendance with mobile and GPS tracking, job costing, and compliance features.[2]

- **Payroll integration:** Built specifically to integrate with leading payroll systems through its AccountLinx and SyncLynx connectors.[2] It syncs time data directly into payroll, eliminating manual entry.[2]

- **Supported payroll tools:** Integrates with **ADP, Sage, QuickBooks, Viewpoint Construction Software, Foundation Software**, and others.[2]

- **Project/job management:** Supports job costing and syncing with accounting systems, so time is tracked against jobs/projects in your financial system.[2]

Best suited if **payroll accuracy and compliance** are the priority and you’re happy using your existing PM/accounting for project work.

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### 3. Flexible time trackers that can sit between payroll and PM

These tools aren’t full PM suites but integrate with (or export to) both project and payroll/accounting systems.

**My Hours**

- **Time tracking:** Tracks time by project and task, supports hourly rates, and generates invoices and rich reports.[5]

- **Payroll:** Helps “speed up payroll and billing” and allows you to export detailed time data for payroll processing.[5]

- **PM & business system integrations:** Lets you “pull objects from your project management, ERP or CRM into My Hours” and “push time logged…into your accounting or ERP systems,” avoiding double entry.[5] This makes it a connector between project tools and accounting/payroll.

**Clockify**

- **Time tracking:** Free project time tracker used by teams and large companies for project profitability, productivity, and payroll calculations.[6]

- **Project management:** Offers basic project/task setup, and integrates with **Plaky**, a free project and task management tool, so you can track time directly on PM tasks.[6]

- **Payroll:** Used to track hours for payroll; integrations and exports can feed into payroll or accounting platforms.[6]

Good if you want a **lightweight layer** that feeds both your PM tool and your payroll/accounting system.

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### 4. Integration platforms that tie multiple tools together

If you already have a specific payroll system and project management app and just need them to share time data, an integration platform may be better than switching core tools.

**CloudQix**

- **Role:** An integration/automation platform that connects **time-tracking, payroll, and project management systems** into a “unified automation environment.”[1]

- **How it works:** Uses APIs and data synchronization so “time entries, wage rules, approvals, and project information can flow between systems without manual updates.”[1]

- **Use case:** Ideal if, for example, you want to keep **Jira + Gusto** or **Asana + ADP** and just automate the data transfer between time tracking, payroll, and PM without changing any of them.[1]

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### 5. How to pick the right option

When evaluating tools, you’ll want to check:

- **Primary need**

- Heavy project planning & visibility → ProjectManager or TrackingTime.[3][4]

- Deep payroll integration & compliance → ExakTime or a time tracker tightly supported by your payroll provider.[2]

- Minimal change, just connectivity → CloudQix or similar integration platform.[1]

- **Your existing stack**

- Already on Asana/Jira/ClickUp/Monday → TrackingTime is designed to add time tracking on top of those.[3]

- Already on ADP/Sage/QuickBooks, etc. → ExakTime is tailored for that set.[2]

- **Data flow you want**

- Time entered in PM → flows automatically to payroll.

- Or time entered in a dedicated time app → pushed to both payroll and PM.

If you share which payroll system and which PM tool you use now, I can narrow this down to 2–3 best‑fit products and explain exactly how they would connect in your environment.