# Scoro alternatives for a small agency: 5 options compared honestly

> Scoro costs from $17 a user a month billed annually, 5 users minimum. Productive, Teamwork, Avaza, Accelo and Workspace369 compared; checked Oct 26, 2026.

Canonical: https://workspace369.com/alternatives/scoro/
Last updated: 2026-10-26

The best Scoro alternatives for a 2–20-person agency are Productive (resource planning from $10 a user per month billed yearly, $12 monthly), Teamwork (retainers and invoices from logged time on Accelerate, $29.99 a user per month), Avaza (an account price, Business $47.95 a month) and Workspace369 (proposals, deposits, retainers, invoices and a client portal on one record, from $74 a month for 2 seats). Scoro itself is priced per user by the apps you combine: from $17 a user per month billed annually ($20 on monthly billing), with a five-user minimum, so a 5-person agency pays at least $85 a month, and its customer portal is a paid extra ($107 a month billed annually in its configurator). To switch, export spreadsheets and map them with AI Import. Prices last checked October 26, 2026. Workspace369 is our product; it sits in the same table under the same rules.

Simon Dziak, Founder

Published October 17, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026

Methodology — We first read each tool’s pricing page in a browser on October 17, 2026. On October 26, 2026 we re-read every competitor price and plan limit on this page in a browser, with monthly and yearly billing both selected where the page offers them, and used Scoro’s pricing configurator in US dollars for its per-user totals, its Enterprise tier and its extras. Workspace369 is our product; we link its pricing page and say where it is not the best fit.

Facts last verified October 26, 2026 from Scoro's public pages. Scoro is a trademark of its owner; Workspace369 isn't affiliated with or endorsed by it. Spot an error? Tell us at [support@workspace369.com](mailto:support@workspace369.com) and we'll fix it.

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## The short version, by scenario

The best Scoro alternative for a small agency depends on what you bought Scoro for. Pick Productive (Essential $12 a user per month on monthly billing, $10 billed yearly, three-seat minimum) if resource planning and budgets are why you chose Scoro. Teamwork if you live in projects and bill retainers from logged time (Accelerate $29.99 a user per month, $24.99 billed yearly). Avaza if you want timesheets, scheduling and invoicing at one account price (Business $47.95 a month on monthly billing). Workspace369 if proposals, deposits, retainers, invoices, the client portal, texts and calls should sit on one client record (Voyager $74 a month for 2 seats, extra seats $10).

What Scoro costs a 5-person agency: the Time-billing combination (Track and Invoice) is $17 a user per month billed annually, $85 a month or $1,020 a year for five, or $20 a user ($100 a month) on monthly billing. The End-to-end combination is listed at $57 a user per month billed annually, $285 a month for five. Workspace369 for five people is $104 a month (Voyager plus three $10 seats) and $149 for up to ten (Specialist). Scoro’s customer portal is a paid extra: $107 a month billed annually, or $120 on monthly billing, in its configurator.

Stay on Scoro if capacity planning, budgets and profitability reporting across projects are the job, and you are past the five-user minimum anyway. Leave if you mostly need proposals, invoicing and a client portal: you are paying per user for financial depth you don’t use.

Prices above checked October 26, 2026. Moving from Scoro? The [Scoro switch guide](https://workspace369.com/switch/scoro/) has the steps, and [Workspace369 pricing](https://workspace369.com/pricing/) lists every plan.

## Why people leave Scoro in 2026

We found no Scoro price-increase announcement. Three facts from our October 26, 2026 check that matter if you run a small agency:

1. Oct 26, 2026 Scoro prices by app combination, per user Scoro’s pricing page says it is “made of 8 apps” (Do, Deliver, Track, Resource, Sell, Estimate, Spend and Invoice) and lists four popular combinations: Time-billing at $17, Projects & Resources at $29, Quote to Cash at $29 and End-to-end at $57 a user per month, all billed annually. Its configurator shows those card prices on annual billing; Time-billing is $20 a user on monthly billing, and the page says annual billing saves 13–17%. Add-ons and integrations are priced separately.
2. Oct 26, 2026 Five users minimum on every combination Scoro’s FAQ says “the minimum number of user seats for all combinations is 5,” and the configurator totals start at five users. A three-person agency still pays for five: $85 a month on the cheapest combination, billed annually.
3. Oct 26, 2026 The customer portal is a paid extra Scoro’s pricing page lists the customer portal among its extras, which it says “are available as paid add-ons,” and its configurator prices it at $107 a month billed annually ($120 on monthly billing).

## Scoro alternatives compared

The two columns that decide most switches are SMS and voice, and built-in accounting. Scoro is the first row for context; the alternatives follow.

| Tool | Price (tier most buyers need) | Seats | SMS | Voice / phone | Built-in accounting | Client portal | Payment plans | Time tracking | Last checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scoro current tool[pricing ↗](https://www.scoro.com/pricing/) | From $17/user/mo billed annually ($20 monthly) · End-to-end $57 billed annually | Per user · minimum 5 users | Not listed | Not listed | Bills, expenses and client billing apps; QuickBooks, Xero and Exact Online integrations | Paid customer portal extra: $107/mo billed annually ($120 monthly) | Not listed | yes — the Track app | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Productive [pricing ↗](https://productive.io/pricing/) | $12/user/mo Essential on monthly billing ($10 billed yearly) · Professional $29 ($25 billed yearly) | Per user, minimum 3 · invited clients are free | Not listed | Not listed | Invoices on every plan; Xero and QuickBooks Online sync from Professional | Clients can be invited free of charge | Not listed | Included | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Teamwork [pricing ↗](https://www.teamwork.com/pricing/) | $29.99/user/mo Accelerate on monthly billing ($24.99 billed yearly) · Basics $13.99 ($9.99 billed yearly) | Per user · Basics 3-user minimum, Accelerate 5-user minimum · Free plan for up to 5 users and 5 projects | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed (invoices from logged time on Accelerate) | Client users invited into projects | Not listed | yes — billable time from Basics, timesheets on Accelerate | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Avaza [pricing ↗](https://www.avaza.com/pricing/) | $47.95/mo Business for the account on monthly billing ($39.96/mo billed yearly) · Basic $23.95 | Account price · Business includes 10 timesheet users · extra users $7/mo | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed (recurring and retainer invoicing) | See site | Not listed | yes — timesheets on every paid plan | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Accelo [pricing ↗](https://www.accelo.com/pricing) | Custom quote only | Quote by team size (its form starts at 1–9 employees) | Not listed | Not listed | Xero, Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online integrations | Client portal for projects, quotes, invoices and requests | Not listed | Included | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Workspace369 ours[pricing →](https://workspace369.com/pricing/) | $74/mo Voyager (2 seats) · Specialist $149 (10 seats) | Flat by plan: 1 / 2 / 10 / 20 / 50 seats · extra seats $10 | yes — from Voyager $74/mo · dedicated numbers add a one-time $50 carrier compliance setup | yes — from Voyager $74/mo | Basic from Specialist · full from Commander $299/mo | yes — every plan, from Cadet $29/mo | yes — from Specialist | yes — every plan, from Cadet $29/mo | Oct 26, 2026 |

Prices are per user per month unless marked as an account price, with the billing period stated in each cell or section, last checked October 26, 2026. Scoro’s card prices are annual billing, as its configurator shows them. “Not listed” means the vendor’s pricing pages did not mention it; “See site” means we could not confirm it on the vendor’s own page that day.

A dash on another tool's row means the feature is not listed on that tool's pricing page on the date shown for that row. It links to the page we read, so you can check it yourself.

## The alternatives, in detail

### Productive [productive.io ↗](https://productive.io/)

**Best for:** Agencies that chose Scoro for resource planning and budgets and want the same kind of tool at a lower posted per-user price ($10 billed yearly against Scoro’s $17), with a three-seat minimum instead of five.

**Pricing:** Essential is $12 a user per month on monthly billing and $10 billed yearly; Professional is $29 and $25; Ultimate is “Let’s talk”. All plans require at least three seats; the page shows 10 users on Essential as $120 a month on monthly billing. Last checked October 26, 2026.

Where it wins

- Essential lists budgeting, resource planning, project and task management and docs
- Invoices are on every plan; Professional adds recurring budgets, retainer invoicing and accounting integrations
- Its FAQ says adding clients is free, and there are no limits on projects, tasks, clients or budgets

Real limitations

- Per-user pricing: five people on Professional are $145 a month on monthly billing
- Recurring budgets, retainer invoicing and the Xero and QuickBooks Online sync start on Professional
- Its pricing page lists no texting or phone line

**Skip it if:** You want proposals, deposits, invoices and client messaging on one record at a flat team price.

### Teamwork [teamwork.com ↗](https://www.teamwork.com/)

**Best for:** Agencies that run on projects and retainers and want invoices built from logged time, with a Free plan to try it on a few projects.

**Pricing:** Free (up to 5 projects), Basics $13.99 and Accelerate $29.99 a user per month on monthly billing, or $9.99 and $24.99 billed yearly; Optimize and Enterprise are “Let’s talk”. 14-day trial, no credit card. Last checked October 26, 2026.

Where it wins

- Accelerate lists time budgets and retainers, workload planning and client invoices built from logged time
- Basics lists Gantt, table, list and board views and billable time reporting
- Client users can be invited into projects

Real limitations

- Invoices on Accelerate are listed as “Basic invoices”; creating quotes starts on Optimize, which is sales-led
- Per-user pricing: five people on Accelerate are $149.95 a month on monthly billing
- Its pricing page lists no texting or phone line

**Skip it if:** You need quotes and invoices with deposits in one flow without a sales call, or texting and calls in the same tool.

### Avaza [avaza.com ↗](https://www.avaza.com/)

**Best for:** Small agencies that want timesheets, resource scheduling and invoicing at one account price instead of a price for every seat.

**Pricing:** On monthly billing: Free $0, Startup $11.95, Basic $23.95 and Business $47.95 a month for the account. Billed yearly: $9.96, $19.96 and $39.96 a month ($119.50, $239.50 and $479.50 a year). Business includes 10 timesheet and expense users and 5 admin and finance users; each plan includes one resource-scheduling user, and extra timesheet, scheduling and admin users are $7 a month each on monthly billing. Last checked October 26, 2026.

Where it wins

- An account price: ten timesheet users on Business cost $47.95 a month on monthly billing
- Project resource scheduling, recurring invoicing and retainer invoicing are listed
- A Free plan to start

Real limitations

- Each plan includes one resource-scheduling user; more are $7 a month each
- Invoice and project limits on lower plans: Startup 50 invoices and bills a month, Basic 100
- Its pricing page lists no texting or phone line, and no CRM pipeline

**Skip it if:** You want deals, signed proposals, deposits and client messaging in the same tool as your projects.

### Accelo [accelo.com ↗](https://www.accelo.com/)

**Best for:** Agencies that want Scoro-level service automation (quotes, retainers, tickets, capacity) with implementation help, and are fine with a sales-led quote.

**Pricing:** Accelo publishes no prices: its pricing page says pricing is “tailored to your business” and asks for team size to prepare a custom quote. Last checked October 26, 2026, as were the feature claims below, from its solution and demo pages.

Where it wins

- Quotes, retainers, projects, tickets and invoicing in one professional-services platform
- A client portal for projects, quotes, invoices and requests
- Accounting integrations with Xero, Sage Intacct and QuickBooks Online

Real limitations

- No posted price, so you can’t compare totals before a sales call
- Its demo page says it “works best for growing teams of 15+ users” when you pick a team of 1–9 (checked October 26, 2026)
- No texting or phone line on its pricing or product pages we read

**Skip it if:** You want to see a price before talking to sales, or you are under 15 people.

### Workspace369 [workspace369.com ↗](https://workspace369.com/)

**Best for:** Agencies of 2 to 20 people whose day runs from proposal to signature to deposit to invoice, with retainers, the client portal and client texts and calls on the same record, at a flat team price.

**Pricing:** Cadet $29/mo (1 seat), Voyager $74/mo (2 seats; adds the shared inbox, texts and calls), Specialist $149/mo (10 seats; adds IVR and call queues, payment plans and basic accounting), Commander $299/mo (20 seats; full accounting), Enterprise $699/mo (50 seats). Extra seats are $10/mo from Voyager; yearly billing saves 20%. Claiming dedicated SMS or voice numbers adds a one-time $50 carrier compliance setup. A 5-person agency pays $104/mo on Voyager and a 10-person agency $149/mo on Specialist. 14-day free trial.

Where it wins

- Proposals clients sign online, a deposit on acceptance, invoices, retainers, and recurring invoices on every plan
- A client portal on every plan, with no portal extra to buy
- Native texts and calls in the shared inbox from Voyager, and time tracking with time-to-invoice on every plan

Real limitations

- Resourcing is Scoro’s home ground: Scoro lists utilization planning, revenue forecasting and multi-currency financial reporting. Workspace369 has Gantt timelines from Voyager, project and client profitability from Specialist and a team workload view on Commander
- For basic time billing, Scoro’s Time-billing combination is cheaper for five people when billed annually ($85 a month against $104), and Avaza Business is cheaper for ten ($47.95 against $149 on monthly billing)
- Moving from Scoro: AI Import maps the spreadsheets you export, and projects, tasks and time entries are set up again

**Skip it if:** Capacity forecasting, budgets and profitability reporting across many projects are the main reason you use Scoro.

14-day free trial. Card required. After the trial: $149/month for Specialist. Renews automatically every month until you cancel. Cancel anytime in Settings → Billing.

[See full pricing →](https://workspace369.com/pricing/)

## Stay on Scoro if…

- Capacity and resource planning across the team is central, and Scoro’s Resource app is where you plan it.
- You rely on its financial depth: budgeting, quoting and profitability reporting in one system, which Scoro lists as its advantage.
- You are five or more people already, so the five-user minimum costs you nothing extra.
- You use its integrations with QuickBooks, Xero or Exact Online and your books depend on them.

## How to switch from Scoro

1. 01 List what you actually use in Scoro Note which apps you pay for (Track, Invoice, Estimate, Resource and so on) and what you rely on each for. Anything on the list that your next tool lacks needs a replacement first.
2. 02 Export before you cancel Export clients and contacts, quotes, open invoices and expenses as spreadsheets, plus the reports your accountant needs. Check the notice and renewal terms on your Scoro plan.
3. 03 Start a Workspace369 trial and import 14-day free trial. AI Import maps your exported clients, products, invoices, proposals, projects with their tasks and expenses (from Specialist) and shows the AI usage estimate before it saves anything. Time entries are set up again.
4. 04 Run one client end to end, then cancel Take one real client from proposal to signature, deposit, project and invoice. Cancel Scoro only after that client has paid through the new setup, and keep the exports.

Moving from Scoro: export your records as spreadsheets, and Workspace369’s AI Import maps the columns. Support can help with anything unusual. For the feature-by-feature version, start with the head-to-head:

[Workspace369 vs Scoro →](https://workspace369.com/compare/scoro/)

## Questions Scoro users actually ask

What are the best Scoro alternatives for a small agency?

Productive for resource planning and budgets ($12 a user per month on Essential, three-seat minimum), Teamwork for projects, retainers and invoices from logged time (Accelerate $29.99 a user per month), Avaza for an account price (Business $47.95 a month), Accelo for sales-led service automation (custom quote), and Workspace369 for proposals, deposits, retainers, invoices, a client portal, texts and calls on one record (Voyager $74 a month for 2 seats). Prices are on monthly billing, last checked October 26, 2026.

How much does Scoro cost per user?

From $17 a user per month billed annually for the Time-billing combination (Track and Invoice), or $20 on monthly billing. Projects & Resources and Quote to Cash are listed at $29 and End-to-end at $57 a user per month billed annually; the Enterprise platform tier starts at $27 a user billed annually. Every combination has a five-user minimum, and add-ons and integrations are priced separately. Last checked October 26, 2026.

What does a 5-person agency pay for Scoro compared with a flat price?

On Scoro’s cheapest combination, $85 a month billed annually ($1,020 a year) or $100 a month on monthly billing; End-to-end is $285 a month for five, billed annually. Workspace369 is a flat team price: five people are $104 a month on Voyager (2 seats plus three $10 seats), and up to ten are $149 on Specialist. Last checked October 26, 2026.

Which Scoro alternative handles proposals, retainers and invoicing in one place?

Workspace369 keeps proposals clients sign online, a deposit on acceptance, retainers, recurring invoices and invoices on the same client record, on every plan. Teamwork lists retainers and invoices from logged time on Accelerate, with quotes on its sales-led Optimize plan. Accelo lists quotes, retainers and invoicing but publishes no price.

Is there a Scoro alternative with a client portal?

Yes. Workspace369 includes a client portal on every plan, from Cadet at $29 a month. Accelo lists a client portal for projects, quotes, invoices and requests, and Productive lets you invite clients free of charge. In Scoro, the customer portal is a paid extra: $107 a month billed annually in its configurator on October 26, 2026.

How do I switch from Scoro, and what can I import?

Export clients, quotes, invoices and expenses from Scoro as CSV or Excel. Workspace369’s AI Import maps clients, products, invoices (with line items, tax and paid status), proposals, projects with their tasks and expenses (from Specialist), and shows the AI usage estimate before it saves anything. Scoro stays a separate tool, and time entries are set up again. Run one client end to end before you cancel.

Can Workspace369 replace Scoro?

For client work from proposal to payment, yes: proposals, deposits, retainers, invoices, the client portal, projects and time tracking. For resource planning, Scoro’s Resource app or Productive is the stronger fit: on Workspace369, project and client profitability start on Specialist and a team workload view is on Commander.

## Try the workspace with texting and calling inside.

Texts and calls start on Voyager ($74/mo, 2 seats); IVR, call queues and call recording on Specialist ($149/mo, 10 seats). 14-day free trial — bring one client and run the full loop.

[See pricing →](https://workspace369.com/pricing/)

## Related pages

- [**Workspace369 vs Scoro**The head-to-head version of this page, feature by feature.](https://workspace369.com/compare/scoro/)
- [**Agency management software**How an agency runs clients, projects and billing in Workspace369.](https://workspace369.com/solutions/agency-management-software/)
- [**Accelo alternatives**The same honest comparison from the Accelo side.](https://workspace369.com/alternatives/accelo/)
- [**Workspace369 vs Accelo**A side-by-side look if Accelo is on your shortlist.](https://workspace369.com/compare/accelo/)
- [**Client portal**Projects, files, proposals and invoices your clients open in one place.](https://workspace369.com/features/client-portal/)
- [**Import from CSV with AI Import**How exported records are mapped and checked before saving.](https://workspace369.com/integrations/csv-import/)
- [**Workspace369 pricing**The full plan lineup, feature gates and the comparison matrix.](https://workspace369.com/pricing/)

## Sources

- [Scoro pricing ↗](https://www.scoro.com/pricing/)
- [Scoro pricing configurator ↗](https://www.scoro.com/pricing-configurator/)
- [Productive pricing ↗](https://productive.io/pricing/)
- [Teamwork pricing ↗](https://www.teamwork.com/pricing/)
- [Avaza pricing ↗](https://www.avaza.com/pricing/)
- [Accelo pricing ↗](https://www.accelo.com/pricing)

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