Best for
Best for professional services teams that want staffing, hours, invoicing and project margin in a single system.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Resource Planning Comparison
Birdview PSA vs. Hub Planner
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for agencies that want scheduling, budgets and timesheets in one resource tool.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Birdview PSA | Hub Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $9 / user / month Lite is billed yearly for 1 to 10 users, Team is $24 / user / month billed yearly for 5 to 100 users, Enterprise is quoted. These are the Birdview Project Management plans; the professional services plans are quoted separately. | lower value From $7 / resource / month Billed annually, per scheduled resource. |
| Free trial | 14-day trial | 14-day trial, no credit card |
| API | Yes, RESTful API | Not stated |
| Hosting | Cloud, with hosting in the USA, Canada and Europe; single-tenant deployments available | Not stated |
| Made in | Canada (Toronto; formerly Easy Projects) | Not stated |
| Resource planning | Yes, workload per person and week, capacity against demand, skills-based staffing suggestions, hiring forecasts and drag-and-drop rebalancing | Yes, drag-and-drop scheduling with skills and vacation management and approval workflows |
| Task planning | Yes, projects and task workflows in table, kanban, Gantt and calendar views | Yes, a light project and task layer on top of the scheduling |
| Time tracking | Yes, time entry on mobile, desktop and calendar with weekly approvals that flow into invoicing and project actuals | Yes, timesheets |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, more than 250 prebuilt reports and dashboards, estimate-at-completion tracking and margin alerts | Yes, utilization heatmaps and budgets |
| AI features | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Chat | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | more entries Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, OneDrive, Jira, ServiceNow, QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Adobe, TimeControl, Zapier, Workato | Jira, Slack, Google Calendar, Zapier |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Birdview PSA From $9 / user / month Hub Planner From $7 / resource / month
- Free trial Birdview PSA 14-day trial Hub Planner 14-day trial, no credit card
- Support Birdview PSA Chat Hub Planner Email helpdesk
- AI features Birdview PSA Yes Hub Planner No
- Resource planning Birdview PSA Yes, workload per person and week, capacity against demand, skills-based staffing suggestions, hiring forecasts and drag-and-drop rebalancing Hub Planner Yes, drag-and-drop scheduling with skills and vacation management and approval workflows
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Birdview PSA
Strengths
- Planning, time, invoicing and margin sit in one platform
- Skills-based staffing suggestions and hiring forecasts 60 to 90 days out
- Twenty guest seats for client collaboration are included
Limitations
- Portfolio hierarchy and resource allocations require the quoted Enterprise plan
- The published prices cover the project management plans only, not the professional services ones
Hub Planner
Strengths
- Agency-focused scheduling with budgets and timesheets
- Utilization heatmaps
- Flexible
Limitations
- Less known than Float or Runn
- Forecasting lighter than Runn
Plans
Pricing
Birdview PSA
- Lite $9 Per user / month billed yearly, 1 to 10 users. Unlimited projects and tasks, table, kanban, Gantt and calendar views, 100 GB storage.
- Team $24 Per user / month billed yearly, 5 to 100 users. Adds time tracking, custom workflows, workload management, project budgeting, 500 GB storage and the AI assistants.
- Enterprise Not stated Quoted, from 5 users upwards. Adds portfolio hierarchy, resource planning and allocations, SSO, 1 TB storage and four licence types.
Hub Planner
- Plug & Play $7 Per resource and month, billed annually. Resource scheduler, unlimited projects, reports and dashboard, support Monday to Friday.
- Premium $18 Per resource and month, billed annually. Adds timesheets and approvals, skills matching, 24/7 support and add-on extensions.
- Business Leader $54 Per resource and month, billed annually. Adds MFA, capacity finder, smart schedules, a dedicated support representative and a service level agreement.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
Birdview PSA
- 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
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Hub Planner
- 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
Birdview PSA https://www.birdviewpsa.com · no check date recorded yet
Hub Planner https://hubplanner.com · no check date recorded yet
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.