See Which Clients Actually Make You Money
Not all clients are equal. Some pay well for few hours. Others drain your time for little return.
You have five clients. You feel busy all the time. But at the end of the month, you wonder where the money went. The answer is usually: one or two clients are consuming most of your time but not paying proportionally.
Income + hours = clarity
Because Backlog tracks both income and hours per client, you can see your effective hourly rate for each one. Open a client's profile, look at the 12-month grid, and compare.
Client A: €8,400 income, 120 hours = €70/hour. Great.
Client B: €2,000 income, 80 hours = €25/hour. Not great.
The conversation you need to have
These numbers don't lie. When you see them clearly, you can make informed decisions: raise rates, reduce scope, or let the client go. Without this data, you're guessing.
No spreadsheet required
In most setups, seeing this data requires exporting from a time tracker, cross-referencing with invoices, and building a spreadsheet. In Backlog, it's already there — one click per client.
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