ActiveCollab vs Deltek TrafficLIVE

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

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

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Deltek TrafficLIVE

Traffic is suitable for most agencies, regardless of size. You don't need to use all of the features in order to get good results. And it can be linked to Maconomy which is useful for larger agencies. We have around 80 employees and it works great.

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James Carrington

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

DeleteMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ActiveCollab

7.4

Deltek TrafficLIVE

6.8

Task Management

9.3

7.4

Resource Management

7.5

7.8

Gantt Charts

6.1

4.7

Scheduling

6.5

8.1

Workflow Automation

7.0

7.3

Team Collaboration

8.6

6.4

Support for Agile Methodology

6.7

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Support for Waterfall Methodology

7.0

7.1

Document Management

8.9

5.6

Email integration

8.0

5.5

Mobile Access

6.8

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Timesheet Tracking

8.5

7.5

Change request and Case Management

5.3

7.3

Budget and Expense Management

7.1

7.4

ActiveCollab

6.3

Deltek TrafficLIVE

7.4

Quotes/estimates

5.8

8.0

Invoicing

6.6

7.2

Project & financial reporting

7.7

7.6

Integration with accounting software

5.1

7.0

Pros

Project Management - Makes it very efficient to manage projects using Gantt Charts, daily email reports and custom reports!
Collaboration - Allows to collaborate with team members, tag them in tasks, send files/attachments.
Task delegation - With just 2 clicks you can delegate tasks to other team members/users.

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Ali Zakeri

Data Analyst | SEO Specialist

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

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Scheduling Studio resources.
Detailed reporting on tasks, jobs and projects.

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Verified User

Manager in Other

Cosmetics Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

They don' do Gantt charts well
Integrations aren't awesome yet
They don't have task dependencies

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Chris Lesner

Founder & CEO

Project World ImpactInternet, 11-50 employees

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I would like to be able to colour code my clients, so I can see at a snapshot what projects staff are working on.
I would like to be able to colour code staff holidays, public holidays so I can easily see what resources I have available.
As an administrator, I can't see at a glance the actual time spent on a task work or comments a user has logged.

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Verified User

Manager in Other

Cosmetics Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

ActiveCollab has all the functions that are in these services, unlike them. Not everywhere there is a diagram of gantt. And somewhere the interface is very rewarded and in general looks obsolete.

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Иван Шайхисламов

CEO

Remeslo Branding agencyDesign, 1-10 employees

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Synergist - does the same thing, but the interface was far more complicated to use. Looked like a bit of a nightmare to use. Didn't get too far reviewing this one. Was too concerned about on boarding with our workforce.

Paprika - saw a demo, looked 'OK', heard bad reviews from friends in the same industry. Appeared to be plagued with the same issues as Synergistic. Paint to use.

Streamtime - Tested this thoroughly. Loved the interface, and very nearly bought this software over TrafficLIVE for that very reason. In the end it did not allow us to separate time into distinct categories such as 'estimated', 'quoted', 'scheduled', and 'actual'. In Streamtime, if you stretched the time next to a task, it seemed to also adjust the estimate as well. In contrast, Traffic separated time into these dimensions for every task, resulting in a far more useful data set for reporting.

Finally, Traffic was cloud based, which meant that I didn't need the added hassle of hosting and maintenance. In my opinion, Streamtime is suited to a smaller business, maybe 5-20 employees. It might have improved now but it's been two years since I reviewed it.

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James Carrington

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

DeleteMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

For T& M teams, it is very good tools not only to manage teams but billing & invoicing.
we are able to generate invoices easily which earlier was a lot of headache & took lot of effort & time to do.
Whenever we encounter any issue in using any feature of AC, we get lot of support from their support desk.
Their customer service has been very responsive and helpful throughout.
Task management is USP of AC. It supports active tracking of our daily tasks & serves reminder if we miss on the targets defined, this helping us keeping on track & meeting the customer SLA's.

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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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Visibility of staff utilisation.
Faster invoicing for account managers and invoicing to clients.
Improved collaboration across departments and teams with little effect on the people who need to be creative.
Having the ability to run any kind of operational report - ultimately it's the estimated versus actuals which is what the finance guys love.

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Darren Batchelor

IT Studio Manager

Saga plc.Design, 10,001+ employees

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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

ActiveCollab Editions & Modules

ActiveCollab

On-premise Edition

Self-Hosted Plan

$9991

1. license

SaaS Edition

5

$251

30

$992

60

$1993

Infinte

$2994

15

$495

1. 5 members per month

2. 30 members per month

3. 60 members per month

4. Infinite members per month

5. 15 members per month

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Deltek TrafficLIVE

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Deltek TrafficLIVE Editions & Modules

Deltek TrafficLIVE

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Additional Pricing Details

TrafficLIVE offers solutions for small to large agencies. Our prices range based on number of users and requirements.

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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

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Cons

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Pricing Details

ActiveCollab

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

Deltek TrafficLIVE

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Deltek TrafficLIVE Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

Likelihood to Recommend