Financial operating system for independent contractors

Your company finances,
finally under control.

Hammertrack is built for contractors who work on the tools all day and then do paperwork at night. With Hammertrack, enter a receipt or log labor in seconds and never think about it again... Hammertrack applies that entry immediately across all of your project and company numbers.

No credit card required to try it--just your name, company name, and work email.

15-20 seconds

to log a receipt or hours

Snap a photo or enter numbers and tag to a job. Done.

1 "touch"

per transaction, ever

Hammertrack's 'once-and-done' model saves so much time.

4 backups

beyond redundant data storage

Includes a backup in your company's name on Backblaze.

Two options. Different purposes.

Hammertrack Blue and Hammertrack Amber share the same core. Blue: gets you organized and gives you basic financial visibility; Amber: does your bookkeeping and replaces Quickbooks. Here's more on what each one actually does.

Hammertrack Blue
See your numbers

Rapidly manage receipts, log labor hours, track projects, and send invoices.

Project financials are always up to date without mental gymnastics, rough guesses, or spreadsheet hell.

  • Receipt capture — snap a photo, it's logged (pitch the receipt!)
  • Labor logs tagged to projects
  • Real-time job cost and profit/loss totals
  • Overhead vs. project expense separation
  • Project and company financial summaries
  • Instantly generate & send invoices from your mobile

$19 / month

+ $5/mo per additional user

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Hammertrack Amber
Own your numbers

No more bookkeeping, and no more Quickbooks.

Paying a bookkeeper? Fighting with not-so-quick QuickBooks? Amber is worth a look. Bookkeeping and accounting done for you, and a proper dashboard and tax-ready reports for your accountant.

  • Everything in Hammertrack Blue
  • Bank and credit card feed integration
  • Automated transaction reconciliation (bookkeeping)
  • Accountant dashboard w/general ledger & custom mapping
  • Extensive reporting and tax season prep
  • Direct, in-app messaging between you and your accountant

$49 / month

+ $5/mo per additional user

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How it works in practice

The system is designed around a single concept: intake your transaction data as fast as possible and never touch it again.

01

Snap or enter

Get a receipt? Take a photo. Worked on a project? Log your hours. Either takes about 15-20 seconds on your phone.

02

Tag it to a project

Assign each entry to a project or to your company's general expenses. That's how Hammertrack knows what each job actually costs you.

03

Numbers are always current

Project totals update instantly, so you know where any job stands financially at any time — not just when you get around to the spreadsheet three nights from now.

How to choose...

To be honest, you don't get to choose at first--everyone starts with Blue, but there's a great reason for this. Your success with Hammertrack, Blue or Amber, is completely dependent on using it consistently... the goal is build the habit so you input every receipt and log your hours every day.

Blue is fast, streamlined, and organized. After you have used it for a few weeks and developed good habits by adding expenses and labor as they occur, then you can decide between Blue and Amber (or decide to go back to spreadsheets, file folders, and Quickbooks if that works better for you).

Pricing

Both products are priced per month with no commitment of any kind. If you add employees, it's $5/month per additional user. Your accountant's access is free.

Hammertrack Blue

$19/mo

+ $5/mo per additional user

Rapidly manage receipts, log labor hours, track projects, and send invoices.

Try free for a monthSee what's included

Hammertrack Amber

$49/mo

+ $5/mo per additional user

No more bookkeeping, and no more Quickbooks.

Try free for a monthSee what's included

What is required for the trial?

Just your name, company name, and work email is all we need to get you started. That means no credit card!

Built for contractors who work alone or with a small crew.

Hammertrack was built by Vermont carpenters to solve the problems that they've experienced for many years: on the tools all day, paperwork at night, too much money for a bookkeeping service, and the cost of an accounting tool that they barely use (e.g. Quickbooks).

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FAQs

Why don't you have images of the app?

If you are intrigued by the concept of Hammertrack, try it. You'll quickly know whether or not it might be helpful to you.

Why can't I sign up for Amber right away?

We want you to have a great experience with Hammertrack, and getting used to using Blue, even for a short time, will set you up for success.

Who are you guys?

We are carpenters in Vermont... we've worked together at times, but mostly we work on our own, which means we each have to jump through the same paperwork hoops as larger companies. We decided that it's high time that someone made something just for folks like us.

Can Amber truly replace Quickbooks?

Yes. Keep in mind that Quickbooks tries to be everything to everyone. Our view is that one accounting platform can't be perfect for restaurants AND small manufacturers AND law firms AND retailers AND independent contractors and so forth. Even if Quickbooks was designed for project-based businesses like ours (which it isn't), its user interface is geared to bookkeepers and accountants, not people like us.

So, we designed Hammertrack's internal accounting functions to be laser-focused on our niche... nothing extra, no complications, just focused.