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What Is ActiveCollab?
ActiveCollab is a project management software that gives you complete control over your work. The tool is equipped with just the right set of features to help you organize your work and keep you free from distractions: workload management, time tracking, project profitability, task dependencies, invoicing, collaborative options, third-party integrations.
ActiveCollab is used by teams of all backgrounds - from large teams in international corporations to small startups, and everything in between
ActiveCollab Details
Active Collab
https://activecollab.com/
Founded 2007
ActiveCollab pricing overview
See pricing plansActiveCollab does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. ActiveCollab paid version starts at US$6.25/month.
Starting Price
US$6.25/month See pricing details
Pricing Details
*per member, per month for annual billing
Free Version
No
Free Trial
Yes, get a free trial
ActiveCollab deployment and support
Support
- Business Hours
- Online
Deployment
- Installed - Mac
- Cloud, SaaS, Web
- Installed - Windows
- Mobile - iOS Native
- Mobile - Android Native
Training
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
ActiveCollab Features
Advertising Agency Software
- Campaign Management
- Collaboration
- Document Management
- File Sharing
- Project Management
- Task Management
- Time Tracking
Collaboration Software
- Brainstorming
- Calendar Management
- Contact Management
- Content Management
- Discussion Boards
- Document Management
- Project Management
- Real Time Editing
- Task Management
- Version Control
- Video Conferencing
Marketing Planning Tools
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Collaboration
- Goal Setting / Tracking
- Marketing Calendar
- Media Planning
- Predictive Analytics
- Presentation Tools
- Project Management
- Roadmapping
- Spend Management
Product Management Software
- Collaboration
- Idea Management
- Milestone Tracking
- Prioritisation
- Product Roadmapping
- Release Planning
- Requirements Management
- Resource Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Workflow Management
Productivity Software
- Collaboration
- Database Creation
- Document Creation
- File Sharing
- Notes Management
- Office Suite
- Presentation Tools
- Project Management
- Task Management
- Team Chat
Project Management Software
- Agile Methodologies
- Budget Management
- Client Portal
- Collaboration Tools
- Cost-to-Completion Tracking
- Customisable Templates
- Gantt Charts
- Idea Management
- Kanban Board
- Milestone Tracking
- Portfolio Management
- Resource Management
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Traditional Methodologies
Resource Management Software
- Capacity Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Drag & Drop
- Forecasting
- Reporting/Project Tracking
- Resource Scheduling
- Search/Filter
- Skills Tracking
- Utilisation Reporting
Task Management Software
- Collaboration Tools
- Create Subtasks
- Gamification
- Gantt/Timeline View
- Mobile Access
- Percent-Complete Tracking
- Recurring Task Management
- Reporting/Analytics
- Spreadsheet View
- Task Board View
- Time Tracking
- To-Do List View
Time Tracking Software
- Automatic Time Capture
- Billable & Non-Billable Hours
- Billing & Invoicing
- Employee Database
- Mobile Time Tracking
- Multiple Billing Rates
- Offline Time Tracking
- Overtime Calculation
- Timesheet Management
- Vacation/Leave Tracking
Time and Expense Software
- Activity Tracking
- Billing & Invoicing
- Expense Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Reimbursement Management
- Time Tracking
- Time Tracking by Client
- Time Tracking by Project
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ActiveCollab Reviews
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Average score
Aleksandar I.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 4/03/2020
"Perfect Project management tool."
Comments:
ActiveCollab is one of the best, if not the best project management tool that I have ever used and I have jumped from one to another tool for different projects and project types.
If offers so many features, perfect dashboard, milestone preview, calendar, planner, contact details, time tracking and much more.
While it is perfect for managing many different types of projects, this is still not the perfect tool for managing software development projects. The only reason for that would be, there is no (or that was not back then) an integration with Git or other version of control system. It was simply a missing feature back then.
I truly hope that nowadays the ActiveCollab team managed to improve and integrate such feature, but talking 6-7 years ago, that was the only downside that I can say about it. If for some reason that is still not available and you are into software development business, look for something else like Asana or Bitbucket.
Pros: Great dashboard, different types of reports, milestone preview, calendars, time tracking tool are just a few of the features that make this software irreplaceable tool when it comes to project management.
Cons: Lack of integration with Git or another version of control system.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 4/03/2020
Jolie H.
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support3 /5
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Value for Money4 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 28/08/2019
"Active Collab makes working together simple"
Comments: My team is spread across the country and Active Collab allows us to work together on projects seamlessly. Our outside partners are also able to work with us easily.
Pros:
Great tool for managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders
Pretty robust feature set
Simple to access and easy to invite collaborators in & out of my company
Cons: Upgrades have been a bit buggy and while the team are responsive, they don't always believe that they've broken something
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- Reviewed on 28/08/2019
Linda K.
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support4 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 26/11/2020
"Flexible, easy to use system"
Comments: We have been using AC for five years to manage projects in an in-house marketing and communications team. Overall, we've been able to adapt the system to our needs. AC makes it easy to stay out of email for day-to-day tasks like assigning work, reviewing work, checking on project status, etc.
Pros:
Being able to:
- upload images and files into task discussion threads to facilitate easy review of work
- easily add and archive users
- run reports at the task, project, client, and user levels
Cons:
- No integration with Microsoft Teams.
- Limited ability to manage user groups or fine-tune user permissions.
Most needed feature:
- The ability to mark notifications "unread" or "priority".
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 26/11/2020
Rachel C.
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Overall Rating2 /5
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Ease of Use3 /5
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Features & Functionality2 /5
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Customer SupportUnrated
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Value for MoneyUnrated
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 22/09/2020
"Convoluted structure is a hindrance to workflow"
Comments: We ended up transferring from ActiveCollab to Teamwork fairly quickly because it caused some business problems for us. Issues were missed (especially subtasks), and we lacked the reporting structure we needed to keep a good grasp of resourcing and individual task progress. The time logging structure was also a pain point compared to alternate software options we've since pursued.
Pros: While I will say I don't like much about this software, the budget and description location/transparency works well for the task workflow. It is fairly easy to include all necessary information in an individual task, but detail tracking and dependencies are where this ease of use falls off.
Cons: The relationship between tasks and subtasks is a pain point and lacks clarity/definition. Sometimes there would be dropoff when trying to upload attachments, and they would not actually post to the task. ActiveCollab doesn't have a great reporting structure (compared to Jira) for our specific needs, and that ended up being a hindrance to workflow. For as complicated as the reporting section looked, I felt it was lacking. While it isn't a functionality issue, I also dislike the visual design of the software - it feels antiquated and can be draining for such a frequently used tool. Time logging was difficult compared to the software we moved to later.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 22/09/2020
Verified Reviewer
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 10/11/2020
"Self hosted or hosted, an excellent team tool"
Comments:
We have a global team that work on projects together, ActiveCollab keeps us progressing them.
We also use it for collaboration, requests and idea sharing.
Pros:
We tried many alternatives, but the simplicity and the ability to self host won us over.
Task lists, Kanban Style boards, Time tracking, Notifying and Assigning all work well.
Cons: I feel the file sharing (or at least referencing a file you have already uploaded) could be simpler. Apart from that we're really happy.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 10/11/2020
