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ActiveCollab vs Hiveage

ActiveCollab
33 Ratings
Hiveage
3 Ratings

ActiveCollab

33 Ratings
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Score 8 out of 100

Based on 33 reviews and ratings

Hiveage

3 Ratings
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Score 8.1 out of 100

Based on 3 reviews and ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

ActiveCollab

Scenarios where ActiveCollab works well1) ActiveCollab works well for small teams specifically T&M teams.Its invoicing feature is unique & can make your life easy.2) It is very easy to use & posses good range of filters like on the task list, we can drag/drop tasks, Filter by assignee's,
tasks lists, due dates, or completed tasks. 3) It has some simple but awesome features like when you're in
the middle of writing something i.e a comment on story and get interrupted,
it retains what you wrote.4) It allows you to tag team members in threads of comments to grab their attention, its really needed when teams are distributed. Thus helping team members to collaborate easily & stay on same page.5) It integrates pretty well with other web apps like quickbooks , Slack, Trello, HubSpot, Zapier etcScenarios where ActiveCollab did not work well1) Tasks can not have multiple assignee's here so if two members are working on same task it did not allow you to reflect that.2) Sorting capability is not their under invoicing3) It did not work well for larger teams4) Search option is not very detailed & you may end up wasting lot of time searching one particular bug or issue.












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Sourav Singla ,Safe Agilist, CSP, ICP-ACC, CSM, CSPO, SSM, LSSG | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sourav Singla ,Safe Agilist, CSP, ICP-ACC, CSM, CSPO, SSM, LSSG
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Hiveage

For a very small business or a freelancer this is an excellent billing/invoicing system. Easy to get set up and configured quickly so you can get paid online quickly. It works very well for what it is intended. But for a growing small business it doesn't have the more complex accounting/bookkeeping features you might need. There is some limitation to customization as well.

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Jen Garfinkel-Canseco | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Feature Rating Comparison

Project Management

ActiveCollab
7.9
Hiveage
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Task Management
ActiveCollab
8.3
Hiveage
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Resource Management
ActiveCollab
7.0
Hiveage
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Gantt Charts
ActiveCollab
8.8
Hiveage
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Scheduling
ActiveCollab
6.3
Hiveage
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Workflow Automation
ActiveCollab
7.0
Hiveage
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Team Collaboration
ActiveCollab
7.2
Hiveage
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Support for Agile Methodology
ActiveCollab
8.9
Hiveage
—
Support for Waterfall Methodology
ActiveCollab
7.0
Hiveage
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Document Management
ActiveCollab
8.0
Hiveage
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Email integration
ActiveCollab
8.4
Hiveage
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Mobile Access
ActiveCollab
9.7
Hiveage
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Timesheet Tracking
ActiveCollab
9.9
Hiveage
—
Change request and Case Management
ActiveCollab
8.8
Hiveage
—
Budget and Expense Management
ActiveCollab
5.9
Hiveage
—

Professional Services Automation

ActiveCollab
7.5
Hiveage
—
Quotes/estimates
ActiveCollab
6.9
Hiveage
—
Invoicing
ActiveCollab
6.9
Hiveage
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Project & financial reporting
ActiveCollab
8.4
Hiveage
—
Integration with accounting software
ActiveCollab
7.8
Hiveage
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Pros

ActiveCollab

  • Great for project and task assignments, project workflow and communications.
  • Solid web-based platform that doesn't require software downloads, also includes great mobile platform.
  • Great reporting tools for managing billing, estimating, project workflow and other essential project details.
  • Allows for both the agency and its clients to interact on a single platform using role-specific permissions.

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Hiveage

  • Setting up to receive online payments from a number of payment processors was quick and easy, and the range of processors was excellent.
  • Invoicing and recurring invoicing were easy and straightforward to use, and clients liked it as well.
  • The entire system is user-friendly and very easy to use for anyone. It has all the basics you need for billing/invoicing for a small business and is especially ideal for freelancers.

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Jen Garfinkel-Canseco | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons

ActiveCollab

  • Individual comments cannot be linked to. This makes it more difficult to reference a comment or question.
  • Unnecessary features cannot be turned off. Since we use it primarily for communication, it would be ideal to turn off tasks etc. that are not needed or be able to move discussions as the first screen.
  • There isn't an easy way to set up different projects under the same client.

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Nancy Ross | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Hiveage

  • Mobile app still needed some work, but they were going in the right direction.
  • Would like to see them add more accounting/bookkeeping functions.
  • Preferred the old pricing structure vs the current one.

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Jen Garfinkel-Canseco | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Support Rating

ActiveCollab

ActiveCollab 7.2
Based on 3 answers
The support team is responsive to requests and their annual support fees are reasonable. Honestly, we don't have to contact them much. Updates happen automatically and the platform is very solid and does not require a lot of support. Documentation is good and the platform is easy to learn.

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Mike Muller | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Hiveage

No score
No answers yet
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Alternatives Considered

ActiveCollab

I have used multiple project management platforms such as ActiveCollab, JIRA, Trello, etc. Trello has great visualization with their (Kanban Board) board system and support drag and drop functionality for managing tasks. ActiveCollab, however, does not have the fancy visualization, but is very powerful when it comes to ticketing, task management, task delegation, time tracking, etc.

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Ali Zakeri | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Hiveage

Hiveage and FreshBooks are actually pretty comparable. I tested both before choosing Hiveage. At the time that I chose Hiveage, the reason for choosing it was that the pricing was cheaper with their old pricing structure (you could select what features you did and didn't need as "modules" and just pay for what you used). The pricing is now comparable and both offer the same features, and similar ease-of-use.

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Jen Garfinkel-Canseco | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment

ActiveCollab

  • It has saved us a TON of money (literally thousands) in project management software.
  • It has helped us gain clients because we can show them the template of what they will see and give them access to it. When others don't have software that does this.
  • Positive impact on ROI based on the time it's saving compared to our previous PM software.

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Chris Lesner | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Hiveage

  • Hiveage was perfect for my small business when I was smaller, and it worked well to get invoices paid online from clients quickly and easily.
  • The invoices were professional-looking, and the ease of use to make payments made clients happy.
  • Keeping track of time for billing to specific projects was advantageous as well.

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Jen Garfinkel-Canseco | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Screenshots

Hiveage

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Pricing Details

ActiveCollab

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
$6.25*

* per member, per month, annual billing

ActiveCollab Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition
Self-Hosted Plan$999.001
  1. license
SaaS Edition
ActiveCollab Project Management$7.001
  1. per member/per month
Additional Pricing Details
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Hiveage

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Hiveage Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details
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Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend

ActiveCollab
7.4
Hiveage
8.0

Support Rating

ActiveCollab
7.2
Hiveage
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