{"compare":false,"blog":false,"article":false,"page":{"title":"What business software costs a 25-person service team in 2026","lead":"For a 25-person agency or service firm, agency and PSA software costs about $250 to $1,425 a month at list prices billed annually (checked 25 September 2026). PLYNTUM Scale covers up to 25 members for $360 a month. Twenty-five seats at $25 cost $625, and Function Point Standardize costs $1,325 before onboarding. Entry plans such as Productive Essential ($250), organization-priced Bitrix24 and time-only tools cost less than Scale.","sections":[{"heading":"The short answer","html":"<p>At 25 people the pricing model decides most of the bill. PLYNTUM Scale is $360 a month billed annually for up to 25 members: $14.40 a person. A per-seat agency tool at $25 a user costs $625. Lighter per-seat tools cost more than Scale at this size too: monday.com Pro is $475 for 25 seats and Paymo Pro $422.50. The entry plans of the agency tools cost less: Productive Essential is $250 and Teamwork.com Basics $249.75, with fewer features than their higher plans.</p>"},{"heading":"Cost for 25 people, tool by tool","html":"<p>List prices billed annually, shown per month, before tax (checked 25 September 2026), unless the row says otherwise. Where a vendor has a seat minimum, the table bills the minimum. “Approval” means a manager approves timesheets on that plan, as the vendor’s pricing page states it. For side-by-side notes on single tools, see the comparisons with <a href=\"{{route:compare/productive}}\">Productive</a>, <a href=\"{{route:compare/teamwork}}\">Teamwork.com</a> and <a href=\"{{route:compare/paymo}}\">Paymo</a>.</p><table><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Tool and plan</th><th scope=\"col\">Price rule</th><th scope=\"col\">25 people, per month</th><th scope=\"col\">Approval</th><th scope=\"col\">Invoicing</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>PLYNTUM Scale</td><td>Per workspace, up to 25 members</td><td>$360</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes, plus recurring</td></tr><tr><td>Productive Essential</td><td>$10 per user</td><td>$250</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Productive Professional</td><td>$25 per user</td><td>$625</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Teamwork.com Basics</td><td>$9.99 per user, minimum 3</td><td>$249.75</td><td>Plan not confirmed on the pricing page</td><td>Basic invoices</td></tr><tr><td>Teamwork.com Accelerate</td><td>$24.99 per user, minimum 5</td><td>$624.75</td><td>Plan not confirmed on the pricing page</td><td>Yes, with margin and tax</td></tr><tr><td>Scoro</td><td>€15–€52 ($17–$57) per user, minimum 5; billing cycle not labeled</td><td>€375–€1,300 ($425–$1,425), plus onboarding</td><td>Time locking on End-to-end</td><td>In the combinations with Invoice</td></tr><tr><td>Function Point Standardize</td><td>$53 per user, plus onboarding fee</td><td>$1,325, plus onboarding</td><td>Not shown</td><td>Yes (batch)</td></tr><tr><td>Workamajig</td><td>$47 per user at 25+, billed monthly; one month free with a year prepaid</td><td>$1,175 on monthly billing ($1,077.08 a month prepaid)</td><td>Not shown</td><td>Yes, with a general ledger</td></tr><tr><td>Rocketlane Standard</td><td>$49 per team member, minimum 5; implementation charged separately</td><td>$1,225</td><td>Yes</td><td>No (Premium, $69)</td></tr><tr><td>monday.com Pro</td><td>$19 per seat; seats sold from 3</td><td>$475 for 25 seats</td><td>Not listed</td><td>Not listed</td></tr><tr><td>Asana Advanced + Timesheets &amp; Budgets</td><td>$24.99 + $5.99 per user, 25-seat bucket</td><td>$774.50</td><td>Yes, through the add-on</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>ClickUp Business + Harvest Teams</td><td>$12 + $9 per user; Harvest usage fees extra</td><td>$525</td><td>No (ClickUp: Enterprise; Harvest: Enterprise)</td><td>Yes (Harvest)</td></tr><tr><td>Bonsai Premium</td><td>$29 per user</td><td>$725</td><td>Not shown</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Paymo Pro</td><td>$16.90 per user (annual; $23.90 monthly)</td><td>$422.50</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Harvest Enterprise + Forecast</td><td>$14 + $5 per person; Harvest usage fees extra</td><td>$475</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Clockify Standard</td><td>$5.49 per user</td><td>$137.25</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Bitrix24 Standard / Professional</td><td>Per organization, up to 50 / 100 users</td><td>$99 / $199</td><td>Not shown</td><td>Yes (from Standard)</td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li><strong>Workamajig</strong> prices are per user on monthly billing. Paying a year upfront makes one month free, which gives the prepaid figure: 11 ÷ 12 of the monthly bill.</li><li><strong>monday.com:</strong> seats are sold from 3; monday.com’s seat picker sets the exact sizes, so confirm the seat count at checkout. The figure is for exactly 25 seats.</li><li><strong>Asana:</strong> its own pages disagree on which plans can buy Timesheets &amp; Budgets. The add-on page lists Starter and above; the add-on card on the pricing page says Enterprise. The figure assumes the add-on can be bought with Advanced, so confirm with Asana.</li><li><strong>Harvest</strong> bills some usage, such as additional invoices, projects, clients and tasks, by use. The amounts are not on Harvest’s pricing page, so the Harvest figures here exclude them.</li></ul>"},{"heading":"The arithmetic","html":"<ul><li><strong>Per seat:</strong> 25 × $24.99 = $624.75 a month, or $7,497 a year, on Teamwork.com Accelerate. 25 × $25 = $625 on Productive Professional.</li><li><strong>Per workspace:</strong> $360 a month, or $4,320 a year, on PLYNTUM Scale. The difference against a $25 seat is $265 a month, or $3,180 a year.</li><li><strong>Below 25:</strong> from 11 to 14 people a $25 seat is cheaper than Scale. The <a href=\"{{route:research/software-cost-15-people}}\">15-person comparison</a> shows where the two cross.</li><li><strong>The 26th member</strong> moves PLYNTUM to Intelligence, which covers up to 50 members for $840 a month billed annually. At 26 people a $25 seat costs $650, so from 26 to 33 people the per-seat tool is cheaper again, and from 34 people Intelligence is cheaper.</li></ul>"},{"heading":"When another option fits better at 25 people","html":"<ul><li><strong>You need accounting in the same system.</strong> Workamajig includes a general ledger. PLYNTUM is not accounting software.</li><li><strong>You staff by skill across many projects.</strong> Enterprise PSA tools such as Kantata, which publishes no price, go deeper on resource forecasting. See the <a href=\"{{route:alternatives/kantata}}\">Kantata alternatives</a>.</li><li><strong>You need a sales pipeline today.</strong> Productive and Scoro have one. PLYNTUM’s CRM is planned.</li><li><strong>Price is the only criterion.</strong> Bitrix24 Standard, at $99 for up to 50 users, costs less than everything here. See the <a href=\"{{route:alternatives/bitrix24}}\">Bitrix24 alternatives</a>.</li></ul>"},{"heading":"Other team sizes","html":"<p>The same comparison for other team sizes:</p><ul><li><a href=\"{{route:research/software-cost-5-people}}\">5 people</a>: the smallest bill, and when Launch is enough</li><li><a href=\"{{route:research/software-pricing-2026}}\">10 people</a>: the full study, with its methodology</li><li><a href=\"{{route:research/software-cost-15-people}}\">15 people</a>: where per-workspace pricing is weakest</li></ul><p>To add up the tools you pay for today, use the <a href=\"{{route:compare/stack-calculator}}\">stack calculator</a>. PLYNTUM’s plans are on the <a href=\"{{route:pricing}}\">pricing page</a>.</p>"},{"heading":"Sources","html":"<p>Every price was checked on the vendor’s own pricing page on 25 September 2026. If something has changed, tell us at info@plyntum.com and we will correct it.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://productive.io/pricing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Productive pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.teamwork.com/pricing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Teamwork.com pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.scoro.com/pricing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Scoro pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://functionpoint.com/pricing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Function Point pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.workamajig.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Workamajig pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.rocketlane.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rocketlane pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://monday.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">monday.com pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://asana.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Asana pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://asana.com/features/resource-management/timesheets-budgets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Asana Timesheets &amp; Budgets pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://clickup.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ClickUp pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.getharvest.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Harvest pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.getharvest.com/forecast/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Harvest Forecast pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.hellobonsai.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bonsai pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.paymoapp.com/pricing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Paymo pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://clockify.me/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Clockify pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.bitrix24.com/prices/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bitrix24 pricing</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.kantata.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kantata pricing</a></li></ul>"}]},"faq":[["What does agency management software cost for 25 people?","At list prices billed annually (checked 25 September 2026): about $625 on Productive Professional or Teamwork.com Accelerate, $475 on monday.com Pro for 25 seats (no invoicing), $1,325 on Function Point Standardize before onboarding, and $360 on PLYNTUM Scale."],["What happens to PLYNTUM’s price at 26 people?","The workspace moves to Intelligence: $1,050 a month, or $840 billed annually, for up to 50 members."],["Does Scale include resource planning?","Yes. The workload and capacity view is on Scale and above, not on Core."],["Is annual billing required?","No. Every PLYNTUM plan can be paid monthly; annual billing is 20% cheaper."]]}