What is Productive used for?

Productive is a professional services automation platform for agencies and consultancies, covering projects, resource planning, budgets and invoicing. It is a good fit for agencies tracking project margins, consultancies planning staff capacity and IT services firms billing by project.

How much does Productive cost?

Paid plans for Productive start at $12 per seat per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.

Is Productive open source?

No. Productive is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Productive include Worklenz, OpenProject and Leantime.

What are some alternatives to Productive?

Productive competes with Wrike, Teamwork and Asana. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Productive alternatives.

Productive: features, pricing and alternatives

About Productive

Productive is a commercial agency management and professional services automation platform. It puts resource planning, projects and finances in one system so that agencies, consultancies and other service firms can see workloads and profitability together.

Resourcing tools include resource planning, time tracking and time-off management. Project tools include project management, Gantt charts, docs, a sales CRM and an AI notetaker. Financial tools cover budgeting and profitability, invoicing, forecasting, expense management, revenue recognition and a scenario builder, and the platform adds agents, integrations, reporting and automations.

The vendor groups its content by industry: agency, consultancy, IT services, software and high-tech, accounting and finance, and architecture and engineering. Productive is a hosted service with a pricing page, a roadmap, webinars and a community for professionals in the field.

Key features

Resource planning and time tracking
Project management with Gantt charts
Budgeting and profitability tracking
Invoicing and expense management
Revenue recognition and forecasting
Sales CRM with AI notetaker

Good fit for

→Agencies tracking project margins
→Consultancies planning staff capacity
→IT services firms billing by project

Tags: project-management; psa; resource-planning; agencies; invoicing; time-tracking; saas

Productive: questions and answers

What is Productive used for?: Productive is a professional services automation platform for agencies and consultancies, covering projects, resource planning, budgets and invoicing. It is a good fit for agencies tracking project margins, consultancies planning staff capacity and IT services firms billing by project.
How much does Productive cost?: Paid plans for Productive start at $12 per seat per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
Is Productive open source?: No. Productive is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Productive include Worklenz, OpenProject and Leantime.
What are some alternatives to Productive?: Productive competes with Wrike, Teamwork and Asana. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Productive alternatives.