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Alternatives to Plutio
20 professional services tools sit alongside Plutio in this directory. Below is what separates each from Plutio on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 10
- Cheaper to start
- 11
- Plutio starts at
- $19/month
Why people look past Plutio
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Plutio entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Plutio starts at $19/month. Across the 11 professional services tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $17/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Plutio carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 10 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Financial software for small businesses
- Can be used without paying; Plutio cannot.
- Starts $19 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
All-in-one business management for freelancers and agencies
- Can be used without paying; Plutio cannot.
- Starts $10 a user/month cheaper, at $9/user/month.
- 4 tiers to Plutio's 3.
Find the best freelancers for any job online
- Can be used without paying; Plutio cannot.
- Sold on a transaction model rather than subscription.
Find freelancers, find a job
- Can be used without paying; Plutio cannot.
- Starts $19 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 5 tiers to Plutio's 3.
Time tracking that's easy, powerful, and frictionless
- Can be used without paying; Plutio cannot.
- Starts $10 a month cheaper, at $9/month.
Simple, all-in-one invoicing and billing software
- Can be used without paying; Plutio cannot.
- Starts $19 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to Plutio's 3.
Every Plutio alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plutio (this page) | $19/month | Subscription | 3 | |
| WaveFinancial software for small businesses | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Plutio |
| BonsaiAll-in-one business management for freelancers and agencies | Free, then $9/user/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Plutio |
| Freelancer.comFind the best freelancers for any job online | Free | Transaction | - | vs Plutio |
| GuruFind freelancers, find a job | Free | Subscription | 5 | vs Plutio |
| Toggl Track | Free, then $9/month | - | 3 | vs Plutio |
| Hiveage | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Plutio |
| Avaza | Free, then $11.95/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Plutio |
| Teamwork | Free | Subscription | 5 | vs Plutio |
| Harvest | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Plutio |
| FreshBooks | Free, then $23/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Plutio |
| Certinia PSA | On request | Quote | - | vs Plutio |
| Scoro | $17/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Plutio |
| Netsuite OpenAir | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Plutio |
| TravelPerk | Free | Usage-based | - | vs Plutio |
| Kantata | On request | Quote | - | vs Plutio |
| Productive | $10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Plutio |
| Function Point | $53/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Plutio |
| Accelo | On request | Quote | - | vs Plutio |
| BigTime | $20/user/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Plutio |
| PracticePanther | $49/month | Subscription | 8 | vs Plutio |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Plutio badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (10)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Wave , Free
- Bonsai , Free, then $9/user/month
- Freelancer.com , Free
- Guru , Free
- Toggl Track , Free, then $9/month
- Hiveage , Free
- Avaza , Free, then $11.95/month
- Teamwork , Free
Cheaper than Plutio (11)
Entry price under Plutio's $19/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Plutio is most often brought in for managing projects with kanban boards, gantt charts, calendars, creating invoices, proposals, and contracts with e-signatures, tracking billable hours and scheduling client appointments, building client intake forms and sharing project progress portals. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Plutio is broadly right and the question is cost, the Plutio pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Professional Services category lists everything the directory holds, and best professional services tools ranks them.
Plutio runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Plutio alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Plutio?
- 20 other professional services tools are listed in this directory, led by Wave, Bonsai, Freelancer.com, Guru. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Plutio?
- 10 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Wave, Bonsai, Freelancer.com, Guru, Toggl Track.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Plutio?
- Yes. 11 of the alternatives below start under Plutio's $19/month: Wave at Free, Bonsai at Free, then $9/user/month, Guru at Free, Toggl Track at Free, then $9/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Plutio?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Plutio?
- Plutio is most often brought in for managing projects with kanban boards, gantt charts, calendars, creating invoices, proposals, and contracts with e-signatures, tracking billable hours and scheduling client appointments, building client intake forms and sharing project progress portals. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Plutio?
- None of the professional services tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Plutio alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Professional Services, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Plutio against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Plutio covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every professional services tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Professional Services category, 20 tools beside Plutio. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.