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Productive vs. Streamtime

At a glance

At a glance

Productive

Best for

Best for agencies and professional-services firms that want budgeting, resource planning, time tracking and invoicing in one platform.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Streamtime

Best for

Best for design and advertising studios that want scheduling, job costing, quoting and invoicing to run off one job plan.

  • Small and mid-sized

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Productive Streamtime
Starting price From $9 / user / month Essential plan, per user and month billed annually. Pricing starts at 10 users. Prices are in US dollars. Not stated
Free trial 14-day free trial, no credit card required Free trial, no credit card required
API Yes, API access from the Essential plan Yes, documented API
Hosting Cloud (SaaS) Cloud (SaaS)
Made in Not stated Australia
Time tracking Yes, manual, timer and automatic time tracking with billable-time approvals Yes, time logged against jobs from the schedule, offered as an alternative to filling in timesheets
Project costing Yes, budgets, expense management, rate cards and revenue recognition Yes, jobs planned with rates and planned profit, tracked against actuals with burn-up charts and job cost recovery reporting
Invoicing Yes, create and send invoices with tax settings and credit notes Yes, quotes and invoices generated from the job plan, with expenses consolidated onto one bill
Resource planning Yes, bookings, availability and utilisation planning Yes, drag-and-drop scheduling showing team availability and unscheduled hours
Reporting and controlling Yes, 50+ report templates and dashboards, with revenue forecasting on Ultimate Yes, real-time reporting on utilisation, profitability and job cost recovery, with filters, custom formulas and export
Integrations and API Yes, API access from the Essential plan; webhooks on Ultimate Yes, a documented API, plus Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB AccountRight and Business Pro, Google Calendar and Zapier
AI features stated Yes No
MCP-ready stated Yes No
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Chat Not stated
Onboarding more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Live online demos and webinars Documentation and knowledge base
Company size more entries Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Small and mid-sized
Integrations more entries Jira, HubSpot, Slack, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, Fortnox, Visma e-conomic, Exact, Twinfield, NetSuite, BambooHR, Personio, HiBob, Rippling, Factorial, CharlieHR, Breathe, Humaans.io, Justworks, BugHerd, Memtime, Zapier Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB AccountRight, MYOB Business Pro, Google Calendar, Zapier

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Free trial Productive 14-day free trial, no credit card required Streamtime Free trial, no credit card required
  • Company size Productive Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Streamtime Small and mid-sized
  • AI features Productive Yes Streamtime No
  • MCP-ready Productive Yes Streamtime No
  • API Productive Yes, API access from the Essential plan Streamtime Yes, documented API

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Productive

Strengths

  • Covers budgeting, resourcing, time tracking and invoicing in one platform
  • API access included from the entry-level Essential plan
  • 14-day free trial with no credit card

Limitations

  • Pricing starts at a 10-user minimum
  • Invoicing integrations, rate cards and revenue forecasting sit on higher plans

Streamtime

Strengths

  • Schedule, quote and invoice all come from the same job plan
  • Direct accounting links to Xero, QuickBooks Online and MYOB
  • Real-time reporting on utilisation, client profitability and job cost recovery
  • Free trial without a credit card

Limitations

  • No published prices; every quote is calculated from team size, freelancer numbers and annual revenue
  • Positioned specifically for creative work, so the fit outside studios and agencies is narrower

Plans

Pricing

Productive

  • Essential $9 Per user and month, billed annually. Minimum 10 users. Budgeting, resource planning, project and task management, time tracking, expense management, reporting, API access and AI Assistant.
  • Professional $24 Per user and month, billed annually. Minimum 10 users. Adds HRIS and invoicing integrations, recurring budgets, rate cards, billable-time approvals and advanced reports.
  • Ultimate Custom Adds revenue forecasting, scenario builder, multiple subsidiaries, advanced time tracking, enforced SSO or 2FA and webhooks.
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Streamtime

  • Custom quote Not stated Streamtime does not publish rates. The price is calculated from the number of permanent team members, the average number of freelancers per month and an annual revenue estimate, and is quoted in GBP, AUD, USD, NZD, CAD or EUR.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Productive

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Streamtime

Ease of use
Not rated yet
User interface
Not rated yet
Onboarding
Not rated yet
Support and service
Not rated yet
Value for money
Not rated yet
Features
Not rated yet

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Productive https://productive.io · checked against the official source on 2026-08-20

Streamtime https://www.streamtime.net · checked against the official source on 2026-08-23

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.