The main Productive.io alternatives for agencies are Teamwork.com, Scoro, Accelo, Kantata, Function Point, Harvest with Forecast, ClickUp, monday.com and PLYNTUM. Productive Professional costs $25 per user a month billed annually, or $250 for 10 users, with a 3-seat minimum (checked 24 October 2026). Teamwork.com Accelerate costs about the same at $249.90 for 10. Scoro suits firms that quote every job. Harvest with Forecast covers time, invoices and scheduling for $140 a month for 10 people. PLYNTUM Core covers up to 10 members for $150 a month, or $120 billed annually. Productive has a sales pipeline; PLYNTUM CRM core also has opportunities and a pipeline for eligible users, with plan, role and permission limits.
"},{"heading":"Why teams look for a Productive alternative","html":"Productive is agency software for resources, projects and finances, made for agencies and consultancies. These are the usual reasons to look elsewhere.
Know what Productive does well before you leave. It has a sales pipeline today, so deals and delivery sit in one system. CRM core is released, subject to plan, role and permissions. Proposal drafts, won-deal handoff and manual forecasts have plan limits; inbox and integrations require separate setup. AI and private capture remain in development. Review CRM access and limits.
"},{"heading":"How we chose these nine","html":"A tool had to pass three tests.
Every figure comes from the vendor’s own pricing page, checked on 25 September 2026 (Productive, Teamwork.com, Harvest and ClickUp on 24 October 2026). Prices are in the vendor’s currency, exclude tax and assume annual billing unless stated. A cost for 10 people is arithmetic on the published price, not a quote. Prices change, so check before you buy.
The tools are not ranked. PLYNTUM is our product: it is on the list, and it is not placed first.
Close, but not in the nine: Workamajig, for full accounting with a general ledger (minimum 10 users), and Paymo or Bonsai for small teams and independents.
"},{"heading":"Nine Productive alternatives","html":"Teamwork.com is professional services software for projects, resources and financials. Basics is $9.99 and Accelerate $24.99 per user a month billed annually; Optimize and Enterprise are on request (checked 24 October 2026). Basics needs at least 3 users and Accelerate at least 5. Ten users on Accelerate cost $249.90 a month, about the same as Productive Professional. There is a free plan for up to 5 users and a 14-day trial.
Its strength is a focus on client projects, with resources and money beside the tasks. It also charges per user, so it fixes a feature problem more than a cost one. PLYNTUM vs Teamwork.com
Best for: teams wanting a like-for-like switch, or a free plan for up to 5 users.
Scoro is one platform for projects, resourcing and finances, aimed at consultancies, agencies and engineering firms. App combinations cost €15–€52 per user a month, minimum 5 users; the billing cycle is not labelled, annual billing saves 13–17%, and onboarding and add-ons cost extra (checked 25 September 2026). For 10 users that is roughly €150–€520 a month depending on the apps: an estimate, not a quote. There is a 14-day trial.
Its strength is the commercial side: quoting, a sales CRM, resource planning, and quoted-vs-actual and work-in-progress reports. PLYNTUM vs Scoro
Best for: firms that quote every job and want the CRM in the same system.
Accelo is professional services automation (PSA) for client work from quote to invoice. It publishes neither a price nor a trial; you ask for a quote (checked 25 September 2026).
Its strength is depth along the whole chain. Quotes, retainers, tickets and contracts connect to the work and to the invoice, which suits established service firms with settled processes. If you are leaving Productive over cost, you cannot compare it before a sales call. PLYNTUM vs Accelo
Best for: established service firms that need retainers, tickets and contracts from quote to invoice.
Kantata, formerly Mavenlink and since merged with Kimble, is PSA for larger services organisations. It does not publish a price (checked 25 September 2026).
Its strength is scale: resource forecasting, matching people to work by skill, and financial management at revenue level. If you have outgrown Productive, Kantata is the step up in depth; if cost is the reason, you cannot check it without asking. PLYNTUM vs Kantata
Best for: larger services organisations that plan people by skill and forecast resources.
Function Point is agency management software for creative and marketing agencies. Standardize is $53 and Optimize $62 per user a month billed annually ($58 and $68 monthly), plus an onboarding fee; no free trial is stated (checked 25 September 2026). Ten users on Standardize cost $530 a month before onboarding, over twice Productive Professional.
Its strength is focus: it is made specifically for creative and marketing agencies. At this price it makes most sense if cost is not why you are leaving. PLYNTUM vs Function Point
Best for: creative and marketing agencies that want software built only for agencies.
Harvest is time tracking with invoicing; resource planning is a separate product, Forecast. Harvest Teams is $9 and Enterprise $14 per seat a month (usage fees may apply), and Forecast $5 per person a month, all billed annually (checked 25 September 2026; Harvest on 24 October 2026). Ten people on Teams plus Forecast cost $140 a month. There is a free plan for 1 user and 2 projects, and a 30-day trial.
Its strength is time tracking that people actually fill in, a long track record and many integrations. Tasks you run in Productive would need another tool. PLYNTUM vs Harvest
Best for: teams whose main need is reliable time tracking and invoicing at low cost.
ClickUp is one app for tasks, docs, goals and chat, for any team. ClickUp Core is $9 and Business $17 per user a month billed annually, and there is a Free Forever plan (checked 24 October 2026); the AI add-on starts at $9 per user (checked 25 September 2026). Ten users on Business cost $170 a month.
Its strengths are the free plan and a very large feature surface. The trade-off is the finance side: invoices live in another system that has to match your hours. PLYNTUM vs ClickUp
Best for: teams that mainly need flexible task management and already invoice elsewhere.
monday.com calls itself an AI work platform; its Work Management product covers projects and tasks. Basic is $9, Standard $12 and Pro $19 per seat a month billed annually, minimum 3 seats, with a free plan for up to 2 seats and a 14-day Pro trial (checked 25 September 2026). Ten seats on Pro cost $190 a month.
Its strength is breadth, with a free plan to start on. Its Work Management plans do not list invoices, expenses or receivables, so it replaces the delivery half of Productive, not the finance half. PLYNTUM vs monday.com
Best for: teams that want a general work platform and invoice from another tool.
PLYNTUM is business management software for service companies: projects, clients, capacity, time, invoices and receivables in one workspace, priced per workspace with members included. Core is $150 a month for 10 members, or $120 billed annually, against $250 for 10 users on Productive Professional (checked 24 October 2026). Launch is $55 for 5 members and Scale $450 for 25; only Launch has a 7-day free trial. The interface is in Georgian and English.
Best for: service teams that want projects, time and invoicing in one tool at one workspace price.
"},{"heading":"How to choose","html":"Start from what you actually use in Productive.
Two checks on price. Productive’s own Essential plan is $10 per user, $100 a month for 10 users (checked 24 October 2026). And above Core, PLYNTUM’s next plan is Scale at $360 a month billed annually, which for 11 to 14 people costs more than Productive Professional ($275–$350). Run your own figures in the stack calculator.
"},{"heading":"Moving from Productive","html":"There is no one-click importer from Productive. Data comes across through CSV exports and manual set-up. Before you cancel, export:
Then run both for two weeks. Log time in both, compare hours per project at the end of each week, and raise the next invoices from PLYNTUM only when the totals match. It is extra work, but it catches missing rates and misfiled hours before a client sees them.
If you pay Productive annually, time the switch for your renewal date; month to month, Professional is $29 per user (checked 24 October 2026). If you depend on the pipeline, check the limits first: PLYNTUM’s CRM core has contacts, organizations, opportunities and a sales pipeline for eligible users, while inbox channels are a separate rollout and proposals are not emailed to clients yet. For help planning a move, get in touch.
"},{"heading":"Sources","html":"Every price was checked on the vendor’s own pricing page on the date shown next to it. If something has changed, tell us at info@plyntum.com and we will correct it.