LiquidPlanner vs. Scoro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LiquidPlanner
Score 8.3 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
LiquidPlanner is a cloud based predictive project management solution. Some key features include: Dynamic Timeline View, Workload View, and Real-Time Activity Stream.
$0
per month per user
Scoro
Score 8.7 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Scoro is a comprehensive work management solution for creative and professional services. It helps to streamline work and eliminate routine tasks to ensure a business runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible – from sales right through to billing. Scoro’s project management tools allow users to create project budgets, allocate non-billable and billable work, manage meetings, tasks, invoices, expenses, files, and more. All project information can be managed in a single…
$26
per user
Pricing
LiquidPlannerScoro
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
per month per user
Essentials
$15.00
per month per user
Professional
$25
per month per user
Ultimate
$35
per month per user
Enterprise
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Essential
$26
per user
Standard
$37
per user
Pro
$63
per user
Ultimate
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiquidPlannerScoro
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Features
LiquidPlannerScoro
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
LiquidPlanner
8.1
15 Ratings
7% above category average
Scoro
6.9
2 Ratings
9% below category average
Task Management8.711 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Resource Management8.69 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.68 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.810 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.911 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management9.93 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Email integration7.914 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Mobile Access4.99 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking7.210 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.66 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
LiquidPlanner
8.3
5 Ratings
11% above category average
Scoro
4.8
2 Ratings
43% below category average
Quotes/estimates8.54 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Project & financial reporting8.45 Ratings6.12 Ratings
Integration with accounting software7.94 Ratings2.12 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
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User Ratings
LiquidPlannerScoro
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(17 ratings)
4.1
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LiquidPlannerScoro
Likelihood to Recommend
LiquidPlanner
LiquidPlanner is amazing for any time of project management scenario where you have to manage several teams and details. Running a project through LiquidPlanner is so easy because it lets you break down the project into sections and folders and small tasks that you can assign to specific people. With a small to medium size team-- LiquidPlanner is amazing for organizing and tracking details. If you have a huge team or not a ton of details to track LiquidPlanner might not be right for you because it is a software that requires some good training to learn and has tons of functions that can be utilized so it seems better suited to be used by a smaller group looking to coordinate or for people who have lots of details that can be difficult to track.
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Scoro
Scoro would be ideal for a larger business who is truly interested in developing a stronger and more efficient workflow. I honestly would have recommended it had it not been for the cost, the hidden fees, and the fact that I'd have to upgrade to an even more expensive plan if I wanted to get the most of the program for our level. We only needed one item, so would have ended up paying much more to not use a great deal of additional features. So, if you want to increase your workflow and have the funds, use them - absolutely. You will not regret it. But I cannot recommend it to someone who is on a tight budget
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Pros
LiquidPlanner
  • Priority based planning. Every other planning software we've used relies on dates and therefore needs constant attention. Priority based planning means that the plan is always up to date.
  • Ease of use. LiquidPlanner has a very short learning curve. This is critical to getting team members to use it.
  • Forecasting. LiquidPlanner makes it very easy to run scenarios by simply dragging and dropping projects and reassigning resources.
  • Awesome Support. I get personal responses very fast. Usually within a couple hours. And, they listen and ask for more information.
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Scoro
  • Great interface and user experience
  • Fast, informative and compact platform
  • Great invoicing and reminders system
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Cons
LiquidPlanner
  • The interface is messy and cluttered. The best way to find things and see what you actually want to see is the main Projects view which is also the most cluttered and hardest to maneuver in.
  • Clicking an external link someone posted in a comment or task description doesn't open in a new window by default, so we are constantly having to go back to get to LiquidPlanner again.
  • The way that the interface saves your state globally (rather than per tab instance) means that if you click a link from someone else to a task that's not yours, then it adjusts your filters on the Projects page. Then if you refresh another LiquidPlanner window where you were on the Projects tab, suddenly all of its filters are updated and what you were looking at may no longer be there.
  • It might just be the way that we use the system, but the Home and My Work tabs are fairly useless for us. They typically don't show the tasks we're actually looking for.
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Scoro
  • Cost. I ended up not recommending this product simply because of the cost alone. There are hidden costs you will not know about until it is too late. Their pricing model is geared for bigger businesses, and can cripple smaller ones. The pricing is by user. If you get the most basic of plans (with a 900 onboarding charge), you will realize that all the things you actually need to make the program effective are on the next tier up...
  • Quickbooks. At the time I was exploring this, Quickbooks was not very well integrated. If you wanted to include billing (which they do show promise for), then you will have issues here.
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Likelihood to Renew
LiquidPlanner
We may not renew LiquidPlanner's contract, but only because my company has recently been acquired and we'll be adopting some of the software that they're using to standardize process. LiquidPlanner's development team releases new features pretty often, so it seems like the gaps and inefficiencies are slowly getting smaller/less frequent
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Scoro
No answers on this topic
Usability
LiquidPlanner
Easy to learn and utilize. Can export charts and reports for sharing with colleagues.
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Scoro
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
LiquidPlanner
They have been great in trying to come up with creative solutions to help us do what we want to do with the platform. I would say their support has been exceptional because we have hit them with some complex requests.
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Scoro
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
LiquidPlanner
Miro is a more versatile tool, but not quite made for planning and organizing. LiquidPlanner is very intuitive, fast to learn and easy to communicate. The added value of prioritizing tasks, personalized boards and gantt charts are really important during the planning and design thinking in the business. LiquidPlanner is simplified yet more helpful.
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Scoro
We prefer Scoro as it's faster and easier to use and learn. Also the fee structure makes a lot of sense for a smaller company.
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Return on Investment
LiquidPlanner
  • LiquidPlanner really forces you to map out your workflow. For me, honing into a template that I can later adjust as needed has been huge, as there is less time at the beginning of a project trying to assign and figure out what needs to happen when usually it never changes.
  • Communication between employees, especially ones not immediately available in the office has been very welcomed. It helps having conversations documented in a public, logical place that is easy to find and refer to as the project continues.
  • Our productivity has definitely skyrocketed as we've really gotten a feel and committed to using LiquidPlanner daily. As we move forward, we continually try to add more and more ways for us to use the service.
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Scoro
  • Scoro could have had a wonderful impact on the workflow of the business. It allows for integrations most programs don't, including accounting and time tracking, and could have easily eliminated the need for an FTE through the streamlining of tasks alone.
  • If we had implemented this program, we would have saved time, but all of the gains would have gone to pay for Scoro. It would not have balanced out, especially if they ever were to raise their rates.
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ScreenShots

LiquidPlanner Screenshots

Screenshot of Project Dashboards allow users to build high-level views that help visualize data.Screenshot of Workload Views allow users to see an entire team's workload at once and make resource adjustments in stride.Screenshot of Time Sheets keep track of hours per task and automatically update project estimates.Screenshot of Project View allows users to view any project in detail, assign tasks, set their priority, and access schedule risk.Screenshot of My Work View is a personalized view of all work to always know what to work on next.

Scoro Screenshots

Screenshot of Get a complete overview of each project's profitability. Track your project performance and important KPIs on a beautiful dashboard with real-time data.Screenshot of Get a 360-degree view of a client – from the first “hello” to the final invoice. Everything you need to know about a customer or supplier is on one page – linked projects and files, communication history, sent invoices, quotes, and related users.Screenshot of Manage your time holistically, schedule meetings in shared calendars that are linked to customers and projects, while each user can manage their own task list. Completed tasks and events automatically feed into work reports.Screenshot of Scoro's first truly real-time Gantt chart gives you a holistic view of progress, tasks, events and more in one place. Save time and increase productivity with a full 360 degree view of your plans.Screenshot of Plan and prioritize your work, and avoid overlaps by distributing tasks with a drag-and-drop Planner. Manage your team's time efficiently with shared calendars, timesheets, and a built-in time tracker.Screenshot of Track profitability in real time, compare budgets to actual results, forecast accurately, and keep margins on target.