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Time-tracking software for Teams and Slack
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NikaTime (formerly known as Nikabot) is a cloud-based time-tracking and project-management software as a service (SaaS) platform designed for small to medium-sized businesses. It operates primarily as a chatbot integrated into team collaboration tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, automatically prompting team members to log their daily work hours and generating reports for managers, accounting, and project oversight.[1]
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| NikaTime | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Impossible Labs Limited |
| Initial release | 2014 |
| Platform | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Web |
| Type | Time-tracking software, SaaS |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
NikaTime was created by Impossible Labs Limited, a UK-registered design and engineering company with studios in Lisbon, London, and San Francisco.[2] The product originated during an internal hackathon at Impossible and was named after Nika, the company's Lisbon studio manager, who had been responsible for manually tracking project hours across the organisation.[3]
History
NikaTime traces its origins to a "Hackathon Friday" at Impossible, a design and engineering firm that builds products for large technology corporations while also incubating its own startups.[2] The company's Lisbon-based studio manager, Nika, struggled with the manual process of collecting daily project hours from employees and compiling them into reports for Impossible's chief financial officer in London. After reading an article about bots being used inside Slack, Nika proposed building a Slackbot that could automate the task.[3]
Developers at Impossible built the first version of the bot during a hackathon session. The initial product welcomed employees and reminded them to log project hours directly inside Slack. Over time the bot evolved into a round-the-clock assistant capable of generating accounting reports and visualising project progress, which eliminated the need for manual timesheet collection.[3]
The product, originally branded as Nikabot, was later renamed NikaTime and spun out as an independent venture under the Impossible umbrella. According to company data, the platform grew to serve over 6,000 Slack teams worldwide.[2] As of 2025, the company remains unfunded and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.[4]
Features
Time tracking
NikaTime's core function centres on a chatbot that sends each team member a daily message — typically around 5:00 PM — asking what they worked on during the day. Users respond directly within Slack or Microsoft Teams, and the system logs their hours against predefined projects.[1] Administrators can also manually prompt team members who have not yet submitted their hours.[5]
Reporting and analytics
The platform generates Gantt charts, dashboards, and downloadable reports that provide breakdowns of time allocation by team member, project, and role. Key performance indicators are calculated automatically and displayed in a web-based console.[1] In 2024, NikaTime introduced an AI-powered reporting feature using OpenAI's GPT-4 model, accessible through a /ai command, which allows administrators to query their team's data using natural language.[1]
Project and resource management
NikaTime includes tools for tracking time spent across multiple concurrent projects, monitoring project budgets, and managing team workloads. Leave management features allow users to schedule time off, which is factored into workload planning. Organisations can create custom leave types.[1]
Integrations
The platform provides a public API and offers integrations with third-party project management tools, billing software, and other applications. NikaTime can automatically synchronise projects from external project-management platforms and populate custom billable report templates.[1] It is listed on the Microsoft AppSource marketplace and the Slack App Directory.[5][6]
Reception
User reviews on software comparison platforms have highlighted NikaTime's ease of onboarding and its non-intrusive approach to time tracking, with several reviewers noting that the Slack-based workflow removes the need to train employees on separate software.[7] The platform has been compared to competitors such as BigTime, Clockwise, and Tradify in industry analyses.[4]
Criticism has focused on the simplicity of the platform's web dashboard, the absence of built-in invoicing features, and the lack of a notification or approval system for leave requests.[8] Some early users also reported intermittent technical issues with the Slack integration, though the company stated these were subsequently resolved.[7]
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