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Best for small and mid-size service businesses: from marketing agencies and creative teams, to consultancies and other client-facing organizations. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 412 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Active Collab - **Founded**: 2007 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$11,00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: ActiveCollab offers 4 pricing plans, depending on the size of your team and needs of your businesses. You can choose whether to pay on a monthly or a yearly basis. Users usually select to pay annually as it's a better deal. Nonprofit institutions get 50% off their plan. We also offer special rates to larger companies. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish - **Available Countries**: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Finland and 47 more ## Features - @mentions - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Billable & Non-Billable Hours - Calendar Management - Capacity Management - Chat/Messaging - Collaboration Tools - Contact Database - Customizable Invoices - Document Management - Email Management - Employee Database - Employee Management - Employee Scheduling - Expense Tracking - Goal Setting/Tracking - Invoice Management - Invoice Processing - Marketing Calendar - Mobile Access - Mobile Payments - Notes Management - Overtime Calculation - Payment Processing - Payroll Management - Performance Metrics - Prioritization - Product Roadmapping - Progress Tracking - Project Management - Project Planning - Project Planning/Scheduling - Project Time Tracking - Project Tracking - Quotes/Estimates - Real-Time Updates - Reporting/Analytics - Reporting/Project Tracking - Resource Scheduling - Skills Tracking - Sub-Task Management - Task Editing - Task Progress Tracking - Tax Calculation - Time & Expense Tracking - Time Tracking - Timesheet Management ... and 32 more features ## Integrations (9 total) - Dropbox Business - Google Drive - PayPal - PayPal Enterprise Payments - QuickBooks Online Advanced - Slack - Stripe - TestLodge - Zapier ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Project Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30002/project-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Project Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30002/project-management/software) - [Collaboration Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/15/collaboration/software) - [Task Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/10030/task-management/software) - [Advertising Agency Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30736/advertising-agency/software) - [Product Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30865/product-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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They constantly add new useful features based on user feedback. > > **Cons**: The one thing I don't like is that recurring tasks, are sometimes placed on non working days (weekends in my case). ----- ### "Great tool for a creative startup\!" — 5.0/5 > **Madalina** | *23 December 2024* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: ActiveCollab was perfect for us in the early stages of our creative services company. It made project management, task management, time tracking and invoicing pretty simple. > > **Cons**: As our team grew, we needed a more customizable system with further automations and integrations. > > I've used this tool for many years, successfully so. It's a great tool for managing creative projects, offering both structure and flexibility. ----- ### "20 years using it\!" — 5.0/5 > **Jorge** | *30 April 2026* | Government Administration | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: simple and easy, UX is right, it do what it needs to do for marketing teams, collaboration, task management, and reporting. Customer Support is great\! > > **Cons**: it needs to have a built in form feature to capture requests. Integration is ok with other platforms, but for security reasons I think a form feature will be perfect. Still a five start app. > > I used since 2005, it is great and it does what it is needed. I started using it in a multimedia company I worked for, and in 2012 I implemented AC in my current job. ----- ### "Great customer support" — 5.0/5 > **Toby** | *01 May 2026* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Cons**: It would be great to be able to add budgets to tasks within a project's overall budget so we can track the spend on a 'deliverable(s)' ----- ### "ActiveCollab is by faar the simplest PM tool you will use" — 5.0/5 > **Adam** | *02 October 2025* | Design | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I've tried them all but AC wins hand down for simplicity and good UI/UX. Its just really nice to use both the desktop and phone app. > > **Cons**: None. I guess there are limitations around customisations but this is what makes it good and simple to use. > > Just so intuitive. Everything from creating a project, creating a task list, etc is just a joy to use. 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