ActiveCollab vs Projector PSA

What users are saying about

Score 7.5 out of 10

Based on 27 reviews and ratings

Score 8.7 out of 10

Based on 13 reviews and ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

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

Enterprise Agile Coach

Tata Consultancy ServicesInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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We think Projector PSA is a great tool to track and manage people in a professional service environment like management consulting. This system is easy to set up, easy to understand and should easily suit the needs of smaller and medium sized firms. It may be less appropriate for firms that rely very heavily on project management through another system (like MS Project) or firms that rely very heavily on a sales pipeline tracking system. While still very much possible to use, you would (I believe) have to do some re-keying between systems

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Stuart Andrew Clark

Manager

Waterstone Management GroupManagement Consulting, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ActiveCollab

Projector PSA

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

ActiveCollab

Projector PSA

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Pros

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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Jorden Beatty

Digital Marketing Director

LGD CommunicationsMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Resource Management - we are a national business and Projector provides us with the capability, in real time, to identify resource availability to meet current and upcoming project requirements. It allows us to
Reporting

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Professional Services

Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Cons

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

Director

ROMI LabMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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One challenge has been the user interface of the management portal, but that is currently being overhauled. The new design is being rolled out incrementally, and so far we've been very impressed with it, both visually and functionally!
Projector is first and foremost a project management tool. Because of this, we had to come up with some workarounds for customized accounting tasks we needed that were not part of the native Projector logic, but we were able to get what we need done.
One thing we did have with our previous PSA tool and that isn't available in Projector is an integration with MS Outlook calendar. That would be a great feature for our team.

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Verified User

Executive in Finance and Accounting

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Projector PSA 10.0

Based on 2 answers

We have been using this tool for a year now and find our use of it continually evolves and broadens. We are also very excited about the overhaul that's under way and feel many of the improvements being put in place will help make us that much more effective and efficient. The Projector team is also very responsive and collaborative in terms of user feedback and improvement suggestions, which helps us know they will work hard to help us get what we need out of the tool.

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Executive in Finance and Accounting

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Usability

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Projector PSA 6.4

Based on 1 answer

Desktop interface feels complex to new users.

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Jim Harter

CLIENT SERVICES

Zuna InfotechInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Reliability and Availability

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Projector PSA 10.0

Based on 1 answer

In 5 years of use we have never experienced an unscheduled outage.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Professional Services

Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Support

ActiveCollab 7.3

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

Executive Vice President

Stevens AdvertisingMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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

Data Analyst | SEO Specialist

Xivic, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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We did pursue Quick Arrow another tool that was similar. We found that be in inflexible in use. Projector allows a lot of flexibility in setup. Our organization has very specific business processes and we were able to set up Projector to work with those processes. Several other systems we tried were not as flexible in allowing set up to our needs.

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Verified User

Director in Finance and Accounting

Marketing and Advertising Company, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

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

Founder & CEO

Project World ImpactInternet, 11-50 employees

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Projector has had a great ROI. We are more efficient with planning, budgeting and analyzing inefficiencies.
Projector has allowed our office across the United States to access the same system and create a central database of all projects and services.

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Verified User

Employee in Finance and Accounting

Public Relations and Communications Company, 51-200 employees

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Screenshots

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Pricing Details

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	$999¹

license

SaaS Edition

Member annually	6.25¹
Addition - Get Paid Bundle Annually	$3¹
Addition - Get Paid Bundle Monthly	$4²
Member monthly	$7²

per member, per month, annual billing
per member, per month, monthly billing

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Projector PSA Editions & Modules

Edition

Team Edition	$15¹
Professional Edition	$25¹
Enterprise Edition	$30¹

per user

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Feature Rating Comparison

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Pros

ActiveCollab

Projector PSA

Cons

ActiveCollab

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Likelihood to Renew

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Usability

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Support

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Alternatives Considered

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Return on Investment

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Screenshots

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Projector PSA

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

ActiveCollab Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

SaaS Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Projector PSA Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

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