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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Projector PSA

    Score1.1 out of 10
    N/AProjector's cloud-based Professional Services Automation (PSA) software helps project-based services organizations track time and expenses, invoice clients, schedule resources, and manage projects. Its three modules span a more comprehensive set of uses than typical project management software. The Accounting module helps the user track time and expenses and manage invoices and billing. Also it syncs with the company's accounting systems as a sub-ledger. The Resource Scheduling module matches…

    $15

    per user

    Service Autopilot

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AService Autopilot, from BACKTELL in Richardson, is a business operations management system for small home services businesses.N/A
    Pricing
    Projector PSAService Autopilot
    Editions & Modules
    Team Edition
    $15
    per user
    Professional Edition
    $25
    per user
    Enterprise Edition
    $30
    per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Projector PSAService Autopilot
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Projector PSAService Autopilot
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Projector PSA and Service Autopilot
    Feature
    Projector PSA
    7.4
    11 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Service Autopilot
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Task Management9.510 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Resource Management9.510 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.511 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Workflow Automation9.07 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Team Collaboration7.57 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology5.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology5.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management8.57 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Email integration7.65 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile Access3.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management5.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Projector PSA and Service Autopilot
    Feature
    Projector PSA
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Service Autopilot
    -
    Ratings
    Invoicing7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Projector PSAService Autopilot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Projector PSAService Autopilot
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Projector PSA
    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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    BACKTELL, INC
    Service AutoPilot is a fantastic system for client service tracking and scheduling. While there are a few features and details I would personally like to see changed or added, the ultimate purpose of the system is well executed, fairly simple to use, and easy to understand. My recommendation would be to add more specific details such as canceled or closed clients and closed/canceled service history on active clients to remain permanently.
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    Pros
    Projector PSA
    • Projector is a very well designed tool for project management. It has allowed us to eliminate a number of auxiliary tools for project timelines and WBS for the vast majority of our projects.
    • Time and expense entry is intuitive and quick for our staff.
    • Our forecasting and resource management capability has improved greatly with Projector and allows us to grow our team efficiently with minimal additional administrative burden.
    • Reporting is extremely robust. It does require some time to really get a handle on the full functionality of the reporting tool, but once you do, you can get almost any kind of report you want out of the system!
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    BACKTELL, INC
    • service history, tracking
    • service scheduling
    • service/client notes
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    Cons
    Projector PSA
    • Release management process needs to be improved. Currently no facility is provided to test the impact of new releases in a sand-box. This introduces business risk if there are interfaces into Projector PSA as part of it's use in the business.
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    BACKTELL, INC
    • when closing/canceling a service completely from a clients account it would be nice to still have the history to see what they had done in the past incase they change their mind later and wish to continue the service
    • cancel/closed client historys would also be nice as if someone sold their home, it would be nice to be able to see what was done on that property prior to inform new owners, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Projector PSA
    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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    BACKTELL, INC
    Service Autopilot has a versatile set of features that we use across all facets of our business. We use it for history tracking on clients properties, notes specific to the service and/or the client, as well as pricing details
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    Usability
    Projector PSA
    Desktop interface feels complex to new users.
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    BACKTELL, INC
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Projector PSA
    In 5 years of use we have never experienced an unscheduled outage.
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    BACKTELL, INC
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Projector PSA
    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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    BACKTELL, INC
    We use the two systems collaboratively. Both systems offer different features which we use bits and pieces of what we need from each to make the system work for our needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Projector PSA
    • Even in the small time that I stayed to see Projector PSA reporting I saw ROI projections become more realistic. There was real data to analyze that proved we were spending way too much and charging way too less on some projects.
    • Although employees were not used at entering their hours, this single reporting improved operations management and validated employees concerns that more people were needed to manage workload
    • Project proposals were more realistic because they were driven by real data.
    • Decision making overall for the department became more efficient and effective
    Incentivized
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    BACKTELL, INC
    No answers on this topic
    ScreenShots

    Projector PSA Screenshots

    Screenshot of Employee Dashboards help resources stay on task by displaying schedules and alerts.