![]() ![]() ![]() In the end, the overall productivity seems higher if we leverage tools for development speed and quality first, and administrative things like time tracking second. So, it’s actually easier to have an administrator/bookkeeper type nag developer to track their hours (old school) and have them use the friendly Freshbooks interface to do it. I did a rough analysis and decided that the ‘value’ of having super tight time tracking integration was significant - who doesn’t want to have developers starting and finishing tasks with automatic time tracker?īut, even though that is valuable we get a much higher value by having excellent collaboration through aC and a very simple and effective taskflow through Pivotal Tracker. We went to Freshbooks because the time tracking integration with aC isn’t much, and there is no tracking with Pivotal Tracker. Update: now our winning combination is ActiveCollab + Pivotal Tracker + Freshbooks. Sure you can do this with To-do’s but I don’t want my client relations biz mixed with my dev biz. One simple feature would be the ability to setup reminders to contact clients at specific dates. Embedded CRM - I hate having to switch to Highrise and don’t feel like it offers us the tools which we need. ![]() I use Basecamps “White Board” feature but it’s pretty useless when considering you can just as efficiently create a shared Google doc which is what we do 99% of the time anyways. Simple Mind Map Functionality - Mind maps are tremendously helpful.We use the time logging feature which helps but you can’t log “time” on a project based fee in Basecamp. Would be great if they could flag “time logs” as paid or “billed”. Simple Billing Layer - My billing department has to email me to tell me what’s been paid and what hasn’t which is hard to keep track of to make sure that no bills / time slips through the cracks.It would be nice to be able to catalog which projects we landed, which ones we didn’t and let authorized people see what billings are coming up. Ability to track projects from initial consultation through proposal, contracts, deposit and completion.We currently use Basecamp and Highrise but I don’t get much use out of Highrise and Basecamp is great but it’s missing some key features in my book. We handle all of the sales, work, project management etc… but I need to communicate with HR and Accounting departments what projects we’ve got, who’s assigned and what the status of the project / timeline is for billing purposes. My company operates as a division of a much larger marketing company. icon "See the title - they summarily ended this in a post I accidentally found yesterday.I too have been facing the dilemma of trying to find that ‘perfect’ PMS / Time Tracker / CRM.It is also difficult to track which tasks are large and will take a lot of time, versus small tasks that can be completed quickly." icon "When a manager assigns a task, that transfer is hard to undo.icon "The only thing I dislike is the inability to hide an email address from others in a particular network without removing them.".icon "It's great to have a clearly laid out schedule of my tasks and to see exactly when I need to complete them by, rather than having to create my own schedule.".icon "I loved the ease of use and simplicity for organizing projects, assigning users, setting deadlines, making notes, following up and more.icon "Clear tasks with deadlines, can attach project details with each assignment/task so the relevant documents are close to the 'to do list.".38 Reviews 5 17 4 12 3 8 2 0 1 1 4.5 Ease-of-use out of 5 3.5 Customer Support out of 5 4.5 Value for money out of 5 4.5 Functionality out of 5 ![]()
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