# Pike for Harvest: switch without losing history

> Pike integrates with Harvest: clients, projects with budgets and hourly rates, tasks, users, and time entries import into Pike, with optional nightly sync while your team switches over. Harvest Forecast assignments can import as Pike allocations.

Canonical URL: https://usepike.com/integrations/harvest
Last updated: 2026-10-26

## At a glance

- **Direction:** Harvest to Pike. Pike does not write to Harvest.
- **Who sets it up:** Workspace admins.
- **Daily sync:** Off by default. Imports new time entries every night when on.
- **Plan:** All plans
- **Documentation:** [Harvest docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/harvest)

## What syncs between Harvest and Pike

| Harvest | Pike | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clients | Customers |  |
| Projects | Projects | Fixed fee or T&M, budget, and hourly rates |
| Tasks | Tasks |  |
| Users | Members | Matched by email |
| Time entries | Time entries | With notes, billable flag, and billed status |
| Invoices | Read-only invoice history |  |
| Forecast assignments | Allocations | When **Import Forecast** is on |

## How to connect Harvest

1. Go to **Workspace settings → Integrations → Harvest**, click **Add integration**, and authorize Harvest.
2. Turn on **Import Forecast** if you use Harvest Forecast.
3. Click **Import data**. Turn on **Daily sync** to keep importing new time each night.

Full setup steps and field mappings are in the [Harvest integration docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/harvest).

## How agencies use Pike with Harvest

- **Start reporting on day one.** Historical time with billable and billed status comes across, so utilization and margin reports cover past months.
- **Switch team by team.** Daily sync imports new Harvest time every night, so one team can move to Pike while others finish the month in Harvest.
- **Keep your resource plan.** Forecast assignments become Pike allocations, so capacity planning carries on without rebuilding the schedule.

## Limits to know before you connect

- Invoices from Harvest import as read-only history.
- Pike does not write to Harvest.

## Harvest integration questions

### Can I import my Harvest data into Pike?

Yes. The Harvest integration imports clients, projects with budgets and rates, tasks, users, and time entries with notes, billable flag, and billed status.

### Can Pike import Harvest Forecast?

Yes. Turn on Import Forecast in the Harvest integration, and Forecast assignments import as Pike allocations.

### Can I run Harvest and Pike side by side while we switch?

Yes. Turn on Daily sync in the Harvest integration, and Pike imports new Harvest time entries every night.

## Related

- [Toggl Track](https://usepike.com/integrations/toggl): Import clients, projects, and time entries.
- [Clockify](https://usepike.com/integrations/clockify): Import projects, tasks, and time entries.
- [Harvest vs Pike](https://usepike.com/alternatives/harvest-vs-pike): How the two compare for agencies.