--- description: Review of Productive Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Productive | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Billing and Invoicing Software](/directory/263/billing-invoicing-software/software) > [Productive](/software/176476/productive) # Productive Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/176476/productive Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/176476/productive?page=2) > Productive is an all encompassing agency management platform. It is an ideal fit for software development, marketing and design agencies or consultancies that are looking for a "single source of truth" tool. It includes sales pipeline management, resource planning / scheduling, time tracking, project management, budgeting, invoicing and profitability reporting. It also comes with a free client portal. One of Productive's biggest benefits is its strong reporting that is focused on profitability. It tracks not only rates and revenues, but also employee salaries and company overheads, providing users with a clear understanding of their agency's financial health. Its forecasting features also enable users to predict future budget spend and profit margins. Productive integrates with your Xero or QuickBooks Online account, with many more applications being supported with its Zapier link. It is a fast and user friendly, cloud based tool with a very active development roadmap that is constantly improved and upgraded with new features. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 104 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 104 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Productive - **Location**: San Francisco, US - **Founded**: 2014 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 12.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Free trial available. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong SAR China and 33 more ## Features - "What If" Scenarios - @mentions - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Accounting - Accounting Integration - Activity Dashboard - Activity Planning - Activity Tracking - Ad hoc Reporting - Agile Methodologies - Alerts/Notifications - Approval Process Control - Approval Workflow - Assignment Management - Attendance Management - Attendance Tracking - Audit Trail - Automatic Time Capture - Availability Management ## Integrations (22 total) - ADP Workforce Now - AlexisHR - BambooHR - CharlieHR - ExactSpent - Fortnox - Google Calendar - Gusto - HubSpot CRM - Humaans - Jira - Justworks - Lucca - Microsoft Outlook - Personio ... and 7 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Billing and Invoicing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/263/billing-invoicing-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Billing and Invoicing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/263/billing-invoicing-software/software) - [Rostering Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/497/employee-scheduling/software) - [Capacity Planning Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/3279/capacity-planning/software) - [Marketing Planning Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4631/marketing-planning/software) - [ERP Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4365/erp/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I also like the Notion type documents. Could have more options though > > **Cons**: - The CRM is a bit basic. Notes and followups could be more intuitive and organized. - The navigation inside the app is not always clear and I found myself often searching for the way to get to where I need. - When adding time outside the dates of a budget, the error preventing me from adding it was annoying. I would have prefferred a warning and be able to choose to add it anyway. - I'd like to be able to quickly create a task from the time tracking entry on the calendar view if I found myself on working on something that was not initially listed. - Managing billing and budget is not user friendly, especially when pre-selling hours. > > It does what I need it to do and for a price that is worth it. Again, tracking project profitability is my main reason to use it. ----- ### "Reliable Project Management with Powerful Time Tracking" — 5.0/5 > **Leo** | *4 September 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: - Very well-structured project and budget management. - Powerful time tracking that helps us monitor work and productivity. - Full control and visibility over project progress from start to finish. - API integrations allow us to import data from our HR application and provide detailed timesheets for clients. - Intuitive interface that makes it easy for the team to adopt. - Reporting features that keep everything transparent. > > **Cons**: - Some features (like invoicing) are not relevant for us, since we use our existing CRM system. - Certain security features are only available in the Ultimate plan, but we cannot fully benefit from the entire scope of that edition as we primarily use Productive for project tracking. > > Overall, Productive has been a reliable and powerful tool for managing projects, budgets, and time tracking. It allows us to track resources, costs, and progress in one place, giving us full control over our projects and saving significant time compared to using separate tools. With API integrations, we can seamlessly connect data from our HR system and deliver detailed timesheets to clients, further improving efficiency and transparency. Even though we don’t use every feature, the core functions we rely on work smoothly and provide us with confidence in our project and budget management. ----- ### "Productive reveiw" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *14 February 2024* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Scheduling, Task management and Time management, Customers help > > **Cons**: It is sometimes slow, after update a lot of things are not working, some updates make my job harder > > It could be more connected and adapted to the needs of a particular job ----- ### "Productive for collaboration" — 5.0/5 > **Julia** | *1 September 2025* | Management Consulting | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We work in a lot of different teams and customers. Productive has made the collaboration SO much easier. Easy for customers to understand and for my teams to manage. Project collaboration is great\! > > **Cons**: Resourcing can be a bit off, some buggs. Would also love if there was an easier connection with the budget so we don't have to update on two places. > > Really, really like it. Productive has helped our organization develop our project management a lot. Am very please with the support and overall updates regarding the product. Feels like you listens to what we need. ----- ### "Productive: The All-in-One Powerhouse" — 5.0/5 > **Robert** | *9 July 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Customer support overall - your chatbot is exquisite and your team aswell, frequent development of new modules and features, \!\!\!POLARIS\!\!\!, pulse feature and \[sensitive content hidden\] > > **Cons**: DOCs, limited nesting of tasks (subtask cannot have another subtask), missing template center for reports, few specific things for our country in invoicing (double tax for both currencies etc) > > We have already tried 5 services such as yours during our existence (harvest, JIRA etc.) and I have to say that Productive is really IT - the master product for everything what you need to run agency ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/176476/productive?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/176476/productive) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data