--- description: Review of ActiveCollab 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: ActiveCollab | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Marketing Project Management Software](/directory/1815/marketing/software) > [ActiveCollab](/software/32141/active-collab) # ActiveCollab Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/32141/active-collab Page: 1 / 18\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/32141/active-collab?page=2) > ActiveCollab is a simple, yet powerful productivity and collaboration workspace helping service businesses thrive. It's your go-to tool if you're looking to streamline your workflows, improve teamwork, and scale. It's got all you need to manage your projects, time, and money: features for capacity planning and workload management, time tracking, project management, team collaboration, client communication, invoicing, budgeting, and reporting. No matter how big or small your team is, with ActiveCollab, you can collaborate effectively, making sure nothing slips through the cracks. ActiveCollab helps you make better decisions and track progress throughout a project lifecycle, so you can ultimately deliver projects on time and within budget. What sets ActiveCollab apart is our customer-centric approach to building an excellent product that's reliable and easy to use. Say goodbye to confusing dashboards and steep learning curves: we aim to keep it simple, so you can focus on what you do best. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 412 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 412 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Active Collab - **Founded**: 2007 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: USD 11.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: ActiveCollab offers 4 pricing plans, depending on the size of your team and needs of your businesses. You can choose whether to pay on a monthly or a yearly basis. Users usually select to pay annually as it's a better deal. Nonprofit institutions get 50% off their plan. We also offer special rates to larger companies. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish - **Available Countries**: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Finland and 47 more ## Features - @mentions - AI Copilot - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Accounting Integration - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Agile Methodologies - Alerts/Notifications - Assignment Management - Availability Management - Bar Chart - Billable & Non-Billable Hours - Billable Items Tracking - Billing & Invoicing - Brainstorming - Budget Management - Budget Tracking - Budgeting/Forecasting - Calendar Management ## Integrations (9 total) - Dropbox Business - Google Drive - PayPal - PayPal Enterprise Payments - QuickBooks Online Advanced - Slack - Stripe - TestLodge - Zapier ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Marketing Project Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/1815/marketing/software) ## Related Categories - [Marketing Project Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/1815/marketing/software) - [Online Project Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/436/web-based/software) - [Task Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/1412/task-management/software) - [Gantt Chart Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/3449/gantt-chart/software) - [Small Business Project Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/3618/small-business/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It is a valuable software, which really helps its users on a daily basis and is very flexible in its operation. We greatly appreciate his progress and are reassured about his future. Keep up the good work\! ----- ### "Finally a project management system small businesses can afford" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *10 October 2022* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Visually easy to see what projects and tasks are priority. I also love the budget tracker which allows me to make sure projects stay on budget. This program is extremely easy to learn to use as both an administrator and a day-to-day user. I have worked with so many project management systems in my career (some at a much higher price point) and ActiveCollab is a true competitor for a fraction of the cost. > > **Cons**: When pulling invoices, I wish we had more options as to how to import the time entry notes. Because we require our team to place notes as to what they were doing for the hours logged - we do spend more time than desired editing invoices once the data is pulled in. > > We have been using ActiveCollab for around 4 years now and they continue to work on ways to fineness the tool for the better. The support team has always been very responsive -- although we have only had a few SOS calls they AC team reacted quickly and we were able to continue work with very little interruption. ----- ### "Keeps getting better" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *24 July 2019* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Active Collab is efficient, friendly, and structured just right for our team's work. The reporting, activity stream, project, task, and subtask organization are all well-calibrated for daily use to organize work and to report on projects. > > **Cons**: I wish AC integrated with Jira. Our development unit uses Jira, but the complexity means it's a no-go for our unit's daily use. The lack of integration means that sometimes members of our team have to ping-pong between both products, or fail to understand what's happening there. A preview of a Jira ticket in AC would be totally sufficient. ----- ### "A simple Project Manager's review" — 5.0/5 > **Mohamed** | *20 April 2023* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Project view grouping and filtering with grid and table layout. This is a killer feature for my use case.Very simple yet comprehensive overall system design. This is important for me as my coworkers came from different backgrounds.Activity View is very effective to have an overall view on what's going on without wasting a lot of time.Mobile Application gets the job done. No bugs, no unexpected behavior. > > **Cons**: The optional GetPaid (invoicing and payment management) paid add-on is honestly not for me. It's a very nice and really good addition for more simple uses case like when we just started business, but It definitely needs more attention to fit our needs. We finally opted for a more specialized product to keep track of our finance. > > Overall very smooth experience for me. Fast bandwidth. Bug free experience. ----- ### "Not Just Project Management\! Superior Time Tracking and Reporting for Clients Too\!" — 5.0/5 > **Malcolm** | *9 March 2022* | Design | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Time tracking. It's wonderful. We are able to track our time down to the specific task within projects. We can also label each project by client and bill clients based on the time we've specifically tracked for each task and project. All of this tracking also allows for reporting to our clients - down to being able to let them know how much time was spent on each task. Customer service is also amazing. One of our team members has made suggestions for new/alternate features/revised functionality, and things were updated fairly quickly\! So good. Thank you\! > > **Cons**: I'd love to see the organization of the projects in a different way. Organized instead by client on the main page. The main page is otherwise less organized than I need it to be. ----- Page: 1 / 18\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/32141/active-collab?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/32141/active-collab) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data