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What business software costs a 25-person service team in 2026

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.

The short answer

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.

Cost for 25 people, tool by tool

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 Productive, Teamwork.com and Paymo.

Tool and planPrice rule25 people, per monthApprovalInvoicing
PLYNTUM ScalePer workspace, up to 25 members$360YesYes, plus recurring
Productive Essential$10 per user$250YesYes
Productive Professional$25 per user$625YesYes
Teamwork.com Basics$9.99 per user, minimum 3$249.75Plan not confirmed on the pricing pageBasic invoices
Teamwork.com Accelerate$24.99 per user, minimum 5$624.75Plan not confirmed on the pricing pageYes, with margin and tax
Scoro€15–€52 ($17–$57) per user, minimum 5; billing cycle not labeled€375–€1,300 ($425–$1,425), plus onboardingTime locking on End-to-endIn the combinations with Invoice
Function Point Standardize$53 per user, plus onboarding fee$1,325, plus onboardingNot shownYes (batch)
Workamajig$47 per user at 25+, billed monthly; one month free with a year prepaid$1,175 on monthly billing ($1,077.08 a month prepaid)Not shownYes, with a general ledger
Rocketlane Standard$49 per team member, minimum 5; implementation charged separately$1,225YesNo (Premium, $69)
monday.com Pro$19 per seat; seats sold from 3$475 for 25 seatsNot listedNot listed
Asana Advanced + Timesheets & Budgets$24.99 + $5.99 per user, 25-seat bucket$774.50Yes, through the add-onNo
ClickUp Business + Harvest Teams$12 + $9 per user; Harvest usage fees extra$525No (ClickUp: Enterprise; Harvest: Enterprise)Yes (Harvest)
Bonsai Premium$29 per user$725Not shownYes
Paymo Pro$16.90 per user (annual; $23.90 monthly)$422.50YesYes
Harvest Enterprise + Forecast$14 + $5 per person; Harvest usage fees extra$475YesYes
Clockify Standard$5.49 per user$137.25YesYes
Bitrix24 Standard / ProfessionalPer organization, up to 50 / 100 users$99 / $199Not shownYes (from Standard)
  • Workamajig 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.
  • monday.com: 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.
  • Asana: its own pages disagree on which plans can buy Timesheets & 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.
  • Harvest 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.

The arithmetic

  • Per seat: 25 × $24.99 = $624.75 a month, or $7,497 a year, on Teamwork.com Accelerate. 25 × $25 = $625 on Productive Professional.
  • Per workspace: $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.
  • Below 25: from 11 to 14 people a $25 seat is cheaper than Scale. The 15-person comparison shows where the two cross.
  • The 26th member 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.

When another option fits better at 25 people

  • You need accounting in the same system. Workamajig includes a general ledger. PLYNTUM is not accounting software.
  • You staff by skill across many projects. Enterprise PSA tools such as Kantata, which publishes no price, go deeper on resource forecasting. See the Kantata alternatives.
  • You need a sales pipeline today. Productive and Scoro have one. PLYNTUM’s CRM is planned.
  • Price is the only criterion. Bitrix24 Standard, at $99 for up to 50 users, costs less than everything here. See the Bitrix24 alternatives.

Other team sizes

The same comparison for other team sizes:

  • 5 people: the smallest bill, and when Launch is enough
  • 10 people: the full study, with its methodology
  • 15 people: where per-workspace pricing is weakest

To add up the tools you pay for today, use the stack calculator. PLYNTUM’s plans are on the pricing page.

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