Software guides and research for service businesses
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.
Guides and research
Buyer guides to the software categories service companies choose, and what the tools cost at list prices.
Agency management software guide 2026
Fourteen agency management and agency project management tools compared on published prices, invoicing, time approval and profitability, read September 2026.
Read the guideGuideBest PSA software
Best PSA software for agencies and consultancies in 2026: nine tools compared on published prices for 10 people, free trials, strengths and limits.
Read the guideGuideBest time tracking software
Toggl Track, Clockify, Harvest, Everhour, Timely, TimeCamp, Paymo and PLYNTUM compared: cost for 10 users, approvals, invoicing and automatic capture.
Read the guideGuideBusiness software for Georgian companies
What accounting software, task tools and spreadsheets each cover for a Georgian agency, and what a Georgian-language workspace adds. Prices per workspace.
Read the guideResearchSoftware pricing 2026: a 10-person team
List prices of 18 PSA, agency, work management and time-tracking tools for a 10-person service team, read on vendors’ own pages in September 2026.
Read the studyResearchSoftware cost: a 5-person team
What agency, PSA and time-tracking software costs a 5-person team per month: 13 tools on list prices checked 25 September 2026, with the arithmetic.
Read the studyResearchSoftware cost: a 15-person team
What agency, PSA and time-tracking software costs a 15-person team per month: tools on list prices checked 25 September 2026, per seat vs per workspace.
Read the studyResearchSoftware cost: a 25-person team
What agency, PSA and work-management software costs a 25-person team per month, on list prices checked 25 September 2026: per seat vs per workspace.
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How to read the guides
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 Georgian guide is written for companies in Georgia and covers the Georgian interface, invoices and finances.
What the cost studies measure
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 10-person study is the base; the 5-person, 15-person and 25-person studies repeat it for other team sizes.
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