Compare ActiveCollab and Wrike 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.0% of reviews)
Mid-Market (43.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.50
$0.00
ActiveCollab
Star Rating
(93)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.50
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Star Rating
(4,057)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Wrike excels in task creation and assignment, with a score of 9.0, while ActiveCollab follows closely with 8.6. Reviewers mention that Wrike's intuitive interface makes it easy to create and assign tasks efficiently.
- Reviewers mention that ActiveCollab offers superior ease of use with a score of 8.9 compared to Wrike's 8.0. Users on G2 appreciate ActiveCollab's straightforward navigation and user-friendly design, making it ideal for small businesses.
- G2 users highlight that Wrike's dependency management feature scores 8.3, which is notably higher than ActiveCollab's 7.6. Users say that Wrike's ability to manage task dependencies effectively enhances project planning and execution.
- Users report that ActiveCollab shines in ease of setup, scoring 8.6 compared to Wrike's 7.8. Reviewers mention that ActiveCollab's quick onboarding process allows teams to get started without extensive training.
- Reviewers mention that Wrike's project budgeting feature scores 8.1, while ActiveCollab scores 8.6. Users on G2 appreciate ActiveCollab's robust budgeting tools that help track expenses and manage project finances effectively.
- Users say that Wrike's quality of support is rated at 8.6, slightly higher than ActiveCollab's 8.3. Reviewers report that Wrike's customer service is responsive and helpful, providing timely assistance when needed.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
ActiveCollab
Plus
$9.50
For smaller teams that need a platform for collaboration and managing projects.
Annual Billing: $9.5 for 3 members / per month
Monthly Billing: $11.00 for 3 members / per month
- 10 Gb Available Storage
- Unlimited Projects
- Unlimited Tasks, Discussions, and Notes
Wrike
Free
$0.00
A simple, shared task list for small teams.
- Web, desktop, and mobile apps
- Project & task management
- Board view
Free Trial
ActiveCollab
Free Trial is available
Wrike
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
76
8.5
3,218
Ease of Use
8.9
76
8.0
3,243
Ease of Setup
8.6
28
7.8
1,258
Ease of Admin
8.9
30
8.3
1,127
Quality of Support
8.3
68
8.5
2,546
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
29
8.5
1,074
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
73
8.1
3,053
Features by Category
Tasks
8.6
23
|
Verified
8.9
1315
|
Verified
8.6
23
|
Verified
8.9
1336
|
Verified
8.4
22
|
Verified
8.4
1293
|
Verified
8.5
19
|
Verified
8.6
1269
|
Verified
7.6
20
|
Verified
8.2
1196
|
Verified
8.3
13
7.8
1059
|
Verified
8.2
20
|
Verified
8.3
1190
|
Verified
8.3
18
|
Verified
8.3
1138
|
Verified
Projects
8.6
19
|
Verified
8.5
1162
|
Verified
8.4
19
|
Verified
8.4
1060
|
Verified
7.7
14
|
Verified
8.2
1034
|
Verified
8.2
21
|
Verified
8.1
1082
|
Verified
8.4
18
|
Verified
8.3
1116
|
Verified
8.6
12
7.8
780
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.0
376
8.2
16
|
Verified
8.2
1046
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
842
|
Verified
8.4
20
|
Verified
7.9
808
|
Verified
7.9
16
|
Verified
8.0
810
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.0
18
|
Verified
8.0
858
|
Verified
8.6
14
8.0
906
|
Verified
8.1
18
|
Verified
8.4
988
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.1
15
|
Verified
7.8
801
|
Verified
8.4
18
|
Verified
8.1
870
|
Verified
8.7
17
|
Verified
8.4
1106
|
Verified
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
6.7
255
Setup
Not enough data
8.4
619
Not enough data
8.4
640
Not enough data
8.2
624
Not enough data
8.3
697
Management
Not enough data
8.3
610
Not enough data
8.1
496
Not enough data
8.0
461
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.5
165
Invoice Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Invoice Processing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.5
130
Not enough data
8.3
125
Not enough data
8.4
133
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.2
124
Not enough data
8.4
125
Not enough data
8.6
127
Communication
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
8.2
56
Not enough data
8.2
56
Not enough data
8.1
56
Goal Creation
Not enough data
8.4
57
Not enough data
8.3
57
Not enough data
7.3
53
Not enough data
8.5
56
Tasks
Not enough data
9.0
124
Not enough data
8.9
124
Not enough data
8.6
121
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
8.7
121
Not enough data
8.7
123
Not enough data
8.7
120
Planning
Not enough data
8.8
121
Not enough data
8.4
122
Not enough data
8.2
121
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.2
283
Not enough data
8.5
317
Not enough data
8.3
307
Not enough data
7.5
213
Not enough data
8.5
289
Not enough data
8.3
314
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.5
319
Not enough data
9.0
331
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
7.5
204
Not enough data
8.3
259
Other Features
Not enough data
7.8
248
Not enough data
7.8
239
Task Creation
Not enough data
8.9
1034
Not enough data
8.8
1045
Not enough data
8.4
959
Not enough data
7.9
820
Task Management
Not enough data
8.5
1000
Not enough data
8.6
1006
Not enough data
8.2
929
Not enough data
8.3
892
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.6
218
Not enough data
6.7
218
Customer Management
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.6
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Project Management
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.8
12
Accounting
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
6.5
11
Not enough data
6.5
11
Not enough data
6.8
11
Not enough data
7.0
11
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
7.6
11
Not enough data
6.8
11
Analytics
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Administration
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Platform
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
6.3
10
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.0
9
Automation
Not enough data
8.6
723
Not enough data
8.4
727
Not enough data
8.0
624
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
672
Not enough data
8.3
618
Not enough data
9.0
693
Project management
Not enough data
8.6
751
Not enough data
8.4
696
Not enough data
8.6
731
Not enough data
8.4
696
Not enough data
8.5
695
Not enough data
8.1
562
Not enough data
8.5
733
Workload
Not enough data
8.3
613
Not enough data
8.6
706
Not enough data
8.3
653
Not enough data
8.1
588
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
674
Not enough data
8.2
676
Not enough data
8.8
726
Cost Management
Not enough data
7.8
439
Not enough data
7.9
468
Not enough data
7.5
406
Integration
Not enough data
7.7
408
Not enough data
7.7
407
Not enough data
7.6
400
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.5
140
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Communication
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
871
Not enough data
7.9
676
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.6
908
Not enough data
8.7
901
Not enough data
8.1
898
Not enough data
8.2
739
Controls
Not enough data
8.3
828
Not enough data
8.3
741
Not enough data
8.6
824
Not enough data
8.1
788
Not enough data
8.0
647
Project Management
Not enough data
9.0
972
Not enough data
8.7
934
Not enough data
8.7
919
Not enough data
8.3
731
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.6
827
Not enough data
8.7
853
Not enough data
8.7
827
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.6
178
Calendar View
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Shared Calendar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Accessibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Notifications
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization
Not enough data
8.7
88
Not enough data
8.5
79
Not enough data
8.8
83
Not enough data
7.9
86
Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
64
Proofing Features - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.1
27
Not enough data
6.2
24
Not enough data
7.2
24
Platform - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.2
27
Not enough data
7.6
26
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
8.6
24
Not enough data
7.9
23
Workflow and Collaboration - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
9.0
27
Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.4
402
Not enough data
8.8
490
Not enough data
8.1
313
Client Invoicing
7.8
6
7.2
228
6.7
5
Feature Not Available
8.3
7
7.6
238
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.5
368
Administration
8.6
7
8.1
293
8.1
7
8.6
423
8.8
8
8.6
422
9.0
5
7.9
269
9.0
8
8.6
421
Platform
8.5
8
8.3
406
8.1
7
7.8
289
8.6
7
7.9
260
9.0
8
8.6
432
7.9
7
7.9
336
8.1
6
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
ActiveCollab and Wrike are categorized as Project Management, Kanban Project Management, Task Management, and Time Tracking
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
ActiveCollab
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Wrike
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
41.1%
Computer Software
14.4%
Information Technology and Services
7.8%
Graphic Design
4.4%
Media Production
3.3%
Other
28.9%
Marketing and Advertising
18.4%
Computer Software
7.8%
Information Technology and Services
7.5%
Higher Education
4.3%
Financial Services
3.8%
Other
58.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
ActiveCollab
Most Helpful Favorable Review
★ STACI J.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Active Collab provided the opportunity to set up templates and we could copy those templates into our active projects. As a project manager, also found the Activity tab to be super helpful. You could see how things are processing within the project and what...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Financial Services
The new update did not have anything that we needed and essentially changed the entire way the system functioned. After the 2015 update, our team had to switch service because Active Collab no longer worked the way we needed it to.
Wrike
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Bob S.
Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
I especially like that I can set up my own set of tasks and projects, alongside those of my work colleagues, all in a single browser window. It has a bit too much power for simple, repetitive tasks, but is fantastic for managing projects that take a lot of...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Andrea F.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
NO CALENDAR VIEW!!! Despite having its infamous timeline view, which links individual tasks in a project and allows for automatic-adjustment of subsequent tasks and entire projects when a related task is modified, there is still no calendar view. Especially...
★ STACI J.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Active Collab provided the opportunity to set up templates and we could copy those templates into our active projects. As a project manager, also found the Activity tab to be super helpful. You could see how things are processing within the project and what...
Bob S.
Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching
I especially like that I can set up my own set of tasks and projects, alongside those of my work colleagues, all in a single browser window. It has a bit too much power for simple, repetitive tasks, but is fantastic for managing projects that take a lot of...
Verified User in Financial Services
The new update did not have anything that we needed and essentially changed the entire way the system functioned. After the 2015 update, our team had to switch service because Active Collab no longer worked the way we needed it to.
Andrea F.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
NO CALENDAR VIEW!!! Despite having its infamous timeline view, which links individual tasks in a project and allows for automatic-adjustment of subsequent tasks and entire projects when a related task is modified, there is still no calendar view. Especially...
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14 comments
HS
Wrike is a scaleable project management tool.
From Wrike: "Wrike is a SaaS-based, work management platform features
engaging collaboration, workflow and...Read more
Are there additional capabilities beyond project management? Seems like it going through this review process.
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CM
1) Wrike Forms has allow us to assess all project requests submitted by stakeholders, allowing us to pull the right team and understand the needs of the...Read more
Is there User manual ?
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JC
Hello, I mention that Wrike is a tool for workflows and processes where the management by the administrator is important in order to carry out and manage the...Read more
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