{"compare":false,"blog":false,"article":false,"page":{"title":"Software guides and research for service businesses","lead":"Four guides to the software service companies buy, from agency management to PSA and time tracking, and four studies of what those tools cost at list prices for teams of 5, 10, 15 and 25 people. Vendor prices carry the date they were read.","sections":[{"heading":"How to read the guides","html":"<p>Each guide names the tools in its category and what each one does well. Prices are vendor list prices with the date they were read, so a figure can be checked against the vendor’s page. The <a href=\"{{route:guide/business-management-software-georgia}}\">Georgian guide</a> is written for companies in Georgia and covers the Georgian interface, invoices and finances.</p>"},{"heading":"What the cost studies measure","html":"<p>The studies take the cheapest paid plan of each tool that covers a team of the given size, at list prices, and compare the monthly totals. They were checked in September 2026; vendor prices change, so each page carries the date of the reading. The <a href=\"{{route:research/software-pricing-2026}}\">10-person study</a> is the base; the <a href=\"{{route:research/software-cost-5-people}}\">5-person</a>, <a href=\"{{route:research/software-cost-15-people}}\">15-person</a> and <a href=\"{{route:research/software-cost-25-people}}\">25-person</a> studies repeat it for other team sizes.</p>"}]}}