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Productive Overview

What is Productive?

Productive is an end-to-end project management tool that comes with an integrated Sales Pipeline, Resource Planning, and powerful Project Management features. It is made for agencies and professional service business. Sales Pipeline Easily manage your sales funnel and win more deals with a simple CRM solution. You won't ever forget to follow up on that potential business opportunity. When the deal is won, convert it into a project, and continue working in the same tool. Project Management Assign work, collaborate, and organize agency projects. Project Management features are integrated with Time Tracking and Task Management so you will run projects faster and more elegantly. Resource Planning Organize and plan a work schedule for your entire agency. Find bottlenecks that cost money and consume time. Avoid collisions, burnouts, and overbooking with resource planning features. Powerful Business Insights Build customizable reports from scratch by focusing on what's important for you: Actual Utilization by People, Revenue & Profitability by Client, Invoiced Revenue by Months, Overtime by People, Profitability by Months, etc. Billing and Invoicing Automatically track invoiced amounts and be confident you’ve billed everything you need. Simply generate invoices using tracked time on billable services.

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Product Description

Productive is a tool integrating project management, sales, CRM, time-tracking, invoicing and others.


Seller Details
Year Founded
2014
HQ Location
Claymont, US
LinkedIn® Page
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127 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Productive is an end-to-end tool for agency management. Run your sales, budgeting, resource planning, project management, reporting and billing in one platform.


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Recent Productive Reviews

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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Productive supported us on our 40% YoY growth journey"
Easy to use and get going. Perfectly suited to our consulting business model, was a strong core tooling in our successful growth story. Very respon...
Matt W.
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Matt W.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"The Sweet Spot"
Productive is a comprehensive solution for agency management. I've found it to have just the right amount of features and functionality to handle p...
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4.5 out of 5
"Easy to use"
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Productive Demo - All-in-one agency management software
Productive is a one-stop shop for agencies of all types and sizes. Have a single source of truth for all your financial data, leads, budgets, and team communication.
Productive Demo - Project Management
Setup, streamline and deliver projects. Collaborate with teammates on tasks in real-time, streamline best practices, and let clients in on progress. Choose a view that works best for you: list view, table view, gantt view, board view, calendar view, timeline view.
Productive Demo - Resource planning
Since everything is under the same roof, plan for your whole company. Track who’s working on what and for how long, who’s overbooked or under booked, on vacation, or sick leave.
Productive Demo - Powerful budget management
Build customizable reports from scratch by focusing on what's important for you: Actual Utilization by People, Revenue & Profitability by Client, Invoiced Revenue by Months, Overtime by People, Profitability by Months, etc.
Productive Demo - Billing management
Automatically track invoiced amounts and be confident you’ve billed everything you need. Simply generate invoices using tracked time on billable services.
Productive Demo - Time-off management
Vacation? Sabbatical? Someone out sick? Plan your team’s time efficiently, no matter who’s in or who’s out.
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Kristopher I.
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What do you like best about Productive?

We have been able to track time on jobs and quote more accurately for new jobs. Productivity has increased in the office and the program has allowed us to transition from a physical to a digital management system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

There isn't much to dislike, we would like the ability to print off notes (now known as Docs), this would be helpful as we use this to create notes regarding correspondence etc. Another suggestion would be to create YouTube videos that walk users through setting up every feature in programs, sometimes it's easier for people to follow a YouTube video Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

Productive has shaped the way we quote/estimate new jobs that may be in the pipeline thanks to the time tracking feature. The ability to create tasks and schedule our week also has helped productivity and manage our time easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Productive?

We have tried various product management tools, and neither sat well. We're a small agency with under 10 people and didn't want to pay separately for the PM, invoicing, time tracking, and note-taking tools. Productive offers all of the above and we're grateful to be using it for over 2 years already. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

Since it's a big system, adding new features probably takes a bit longer than we hope - advanced filtering of dashboards is something we're waiting for some time already. The team is super responsive to feedback via chat, so can't complain - we're a small user after all :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

Productive is our only project management tool for multiple e-commerce and internal projects. It's very versatile and can different types of invoices - retainers, per-hour, per-project - all of that is well thought out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Oliver S.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Productive?

Because Productive is designed specifically for agencies, all of the features included work just the way we expect them to for our agency and the platform doesn't try to do more than what it needs to. It works perfectly for our agency structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

Other platforms are more flexible and allow you to do set up more complex widgets and do more with your data. Some really helpful features have been on the roadmap for a really long time and we're not sure when those features will be shipped. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

Before using Productive, we never had insight into project budgets, hourly rates and how a project was progressing. Now, with Productive, we can see exactly where a project is at vs time used and it allows us to forecast and quote for future project more accurately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Productive?

I love the sales funnel. As a single agency owner, managing leads and all the information that comes from them was a right pain. With productive you're able to buid a sales funnel, categorise your leads and have a central place for all the information about a lead or project in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

I gues for me, I'd love a bit more training to ensure that i am getting the most from my subscription package. I love the product overall and would certainly recommend it to others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lead management and project management for both external and internal projects being all in one location. It makes life easier and the fee is accetapble for the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JM
Head of Project Delivery
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What do you like best about Productive?

Productive supports any conceivable feature that project managers may dream of. I have worked with several competing systems. I am a black belt in both Jira, Visual Studio and Microsoft Project and I have never experienced such a comprehensive tool, that manages to also be extremely user friendly. In my company, more than 30 employees switched to Productive over night with nothing but smiles and delight.

I am not affiliated with Productive in any way, but I feel strongly for their product, because it has made everything from senior management business insight and invoicing to every day time entries much much easier. And best of all, if you run out of talent and struggle to find the right way of doing something, the Productive support team are ready to to assist and will often respond within only a few moments.

Regardless of your company's size, Productive will help you squeeze value from activities by giving you detailed insights into your business. I cannot overstate how satisfied I am with Productive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

There is so much help to find in Productive's Help-section that it can sometimes be a little difficult to find what you are looking for. But come on... When was too much help ever a problem?:) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Productive:

Get the free trial and test it out. Lean on the support team and allow your business to conform to Productive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

- Invoicing

- Vacation and salary management

- Project management

- Managing fixed price projects

- Business insight

- Senior management administration

- Ressource planning

- and much more... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marlon H.
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Founder & Executive Creative Director
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What do you like best about Productive?

I just discovered this product several weeks ago and am already in love with it. I absolutely love the user interface, functionality, cleanliness, and organization of information. Also, not only is this a great project manager, but it is a very comprehensive budget & financial manager for my creative agency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

The mobile app, although it looks great & mirrors the desktop & web app, has some responsiveness issues with certain areas not being visible on the device screen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've been using Things (3.0) for awhile, and love it. But it was time to use a proper project management software. Before stumbling onto this product, I had researched every other project management software for WEEKS. I ALMOST decided to go with another one, but found Productive while randomly looking through the App Store (iOS). I did not want to use Asana, or the other well-known, big name software (tried those too). I tried ClickUp for a little bit, but I couldn't stand the UI/UX (and will wait until they finally overhaul that this year hopefully).

Productive literally saved my search. As soon as I tried out the software, I feel in love, and everything is exactly what I need to better manage my client projects, contacts, invoices, budgets, and more. I couldn't recommend this software enough. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BJ
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What do you like best about Productive?

Easy to understand and integrate into the team workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

Not sophisticated enough. There were some features missing or half-baked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

Productive solves the problem of resource management. It provides a simple overview of jobs and time allocation that is easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maciej W.
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Founder
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What do you like best about Productive?

I just love the UX and UI of Productive. It is also very flexible with its many features. It took some time but with Productive's proactive and helpful team, we have been able to build a truly bespoke solution that suits our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

It still needs deeper integrations with some external tools we use, but we found some workaround thanks to Zapier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Productive:

It's a quite small team and Productive doesn't seem to be as well-known as other SaaS in this field. But I find them a hidden gem (and we have researched and tested a handful of other tools). I'm so impressed with how good the product is, especially when I had found out they bootstrapped the whole thing! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are finally able to recognize and understand the effectiveness of our business - each hour and the external cost is assigned to a service, client's project, employee etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nazirul I.
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Managing Partner
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What do you like best about Productive?

Productive is an easy to use project management software that streamlines all core functions of an agency and makes it easy for cross-functional departments to collaborate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

Nothing so far. Perhaps certain functionalities are still in the beta phase / not released yet but I believe the product is going to become stronger than ever Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

Main selling point is how all core information (such as billable hours) and invoices are integrated so we can see in one platform our profitability and other key data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tere Anne R.
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Client Success Manager
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What do you like best about Productive?

I like how quick and easy it is to use and being able to move around tasks and projects quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Productive?

I'm still trying to work my way through the platform. Invoicing and budgets are a bit of a challenge, and you're unable to email a client directly from the forum, so the you can't see the communication stream connected to the company they're with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Productive solving and how is that benefiting you?

Organizing our time through tasks has solved one of our issues with scheduling the team for our projects. The benefits of seeing where everyone's time is scheduled really helps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.