Coveo excels at one specific but valuable thing: making search actually work. If you run an ecommerce site where customers abandon carts because they can't find products, or a support operation where agents waste time hunting for answers, Coveo's AI-powered search genuinely shines. It's the kind of tool that enterprise teams praise in private Slack channels. Timely takes a completely different approach to a universal business problem: nobody knows where their time goes. Its automatic tracking runs quietly in the background, building an honest picture of how you actually spend your day—not how you think you spend it or wish you spent it. The meaningful difference isn't just category—it's accessibility. Coveo requires enterprise budgets, technical implementation, and the kind of scale where shaving seconds off search times translates to millions in revenue. Timely works for a five-person agency or a fifty-person consultancy, delivering immediate value without IT involvement. Coveo's AI quality edges ahead slightly, but that's partly because its use cases demand more sophisticated machine learning than time tracking requires. Choose Coveo if you're leading ecommerce, customer support, or knowledge management at enterprise scale and have the budget to match your ambition. Choose Timely if you bill for your time, manage people who bill for their time, or simply want to understand where your most valuable resource actually disappears to each week.