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Introduction to Rize

What Rize is

Rize is a privacy-first automatic time tracker for real client work

Rize runs in the background on macOS and Windows, turns your activity into reviewable time entries, and helps you tag that time to clients, projects, and tasks with AI. It is designed for agencies, client services teams, freelancers, and operators who want accurate time data without manual timers or surveillance software.

Tracks app name, window title, URL, and timestamps
Uses AI plus rules to suggest clients, projects, and tasks
Supports team workspaces, integrations, dashboards, and profitability
Never takes screenshots or records keystrokes
See the recommended setup flowReview privacy and tracking details
Rize home view
The newer Rize experience separates daily review from deeper analysis, so users can move from pending entries to dashboards and reporting without losing context.

What Rize helps you do​

Capture time automatically

Rize watches the active window metadata on your device and builds a timeline of work without making people start and stop timers all day.

Tag work with AI

Suggestions combine your rules, keywords, synced tasks, and activity context so time can land on the right client, project, and task faster.

Turn time into operational insight

Once your team is tagging accurately, you can use dashboards, reports, billable settings, and profitability metrics to understand utilization and margins.

Who Rize is best for​

  • Agency and client-services teams that need accurate, low-friction time data for reporting, utilization, budgets, and profitability.
  • Freelancers, consultants, and solo operators who want tracked time tied to real clients and projects without managing a timer.
  • Team admins who need better visibility into work allocation but do not want to introduce screenshot monitoring or keystroke logging.

What makes Rize different​

  • Automatic first: Rize is built around background tracking and review, not manual timer discipline.
  • Privacy first: Rize captures metadata, not the contents of windows. There are no screenshots and no keylogging.
  • Operationally useful: The goal is not just “productivity.” The goal is clean time data that supports staffing, billing, forecasting, and better team decisions.
  • Trainable: Rize gets better as you add rules, correct suggestions, connect integrations, and build a shared data model for your work.
Privacy matters for adoption

If you are rolling Rize out to a team, the easiest way to build trust is to explain the product clearly: Rize tracks metadata only, users review and approve time, and managers do not need screenshots or invasive surveillance to understand how work is allocated.

Video Overview​

Get a quick overview of Rize and its key features:

Getting Started​

If you are new to Rize, these are the most useful next steps: