Productive

Productive is a professional services automation platform built for agencies, consultancies and software studios that bill by the hour or by retainer. Projects, tasks, Gantt charts, docs, comments and file sharing sit in the same system as time tracking, budgets, rate cards, resource planning, time off and invoicing. Because of that, logged hours feed straight into live margin and profitability reporting. The vendor says more than 2,000 companies use it. It suits service firms with roughly 10 to 100 people who want to replace a separate task tool, timesheet app and spreadsheet budgets. It is less suited to teams that only need flexible task boards or sprint planning. Pricing is per user with a 3-seat minimum and no free plan. There is a 14-day trial that needs no credit card. Essential covers budgeting, projects, docs, time tracking, reporting, API access and an AI assistant. Professional adds invoicing and HRIS integrations, rate cards, approvals and advanced reports. Ultimate is quote-only and adds revenue forecasting, Scenario Builder, multiple subsidiaries, a HubSpot integration, webhooks and enforced SSO and 2FA. Integrations include Xero, QuickBooks, Jira and Slack. The reviews also report SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance. The main limitation is breadth: onboarding takes effort and the interface can feel dense. Reviewers also mention occasional slowness on large schedules, and the vendor's pricing page shows conflicting per-user figures.