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Alternatives to Scoro
19 professional services tools sit alongside Scoro in this directory. Below is what separates each from Scoro on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 9
- Cheaper to start
- 9
- Scoro starts at
- $17/month
Why people look past Scoro
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Scoro entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Scoro carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 9 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Scoro publishes 4 tiers, from $17/month up to $57/month. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Scoro pricing page breaks each one down.
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.
AI-powered professional services automation, formerly Mavenlink
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
Project management software that lets you work your way
- Can be used without paying; Scoro cannot.
- Starts $17 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 5 tiers to Scoro's 4.
Time tracking that's easy, powerful, and frictionless
- Can be used without paying; Scoro cannot.
- Starts $8 a month cheaper, at $9/month.
- 3 tiers to Scoro's 4.
Simple, all-in-one invoicing and billing software
- Can be used without paying; Scoro cannot.
- Starts $17 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Find freelancers, find a job
- Can be used without paying; Scoro cannot.
- Starts $17 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 5 tiers to Scoro's 4.
Projects, timesheets, invoices done right
- Can be used without paying; Scoro cannot.
- Starts $5.050000000000001 a month cheaper, at $11.95/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Every Scoro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoro (this page) | $17/month | Subscription | 4 | |
| KantataAI-powered professional services automation, formerly Mavenlink | On request | Quote | - | vs Scoro |
| TeamworkProject management software that lets you work your way | Free | Subscription | 5 | vs Scoro |
| Toggl Track | Free, then $9/month | - | 3 | vs Scoro |
| Hiveage | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Scoro |
| Guru | Free | Subscription | 5 | vs Scoro |
| Avaza | Free, then $11.95/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Scoro |
| Freelancer.com | Free | Transaction | - | vs Scoro |
| Bonsai | Free, then $9/user/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Scoro |
| Harvest | Free, then $9/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Scoro |
| FreshBooks | Free, then $23/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Scoro |
| Certinia PSA | On request | Quote | - | vs Scoro |
| Netsuite OpenAir | $500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Scoro |
| TravelPerk | Free | Usage-based | - | vs Scoro |
| Productive | $10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Scoro |
| Plutio | $19/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Scoro |
| Function Point | $53/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Scoro |
| Accelo | On request | Quote | - | vs Scoro |
| BigTime | $20/user/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Scoro |
| PracticePanther | $49/month | Subscription | 8 | vs Scoro |
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 Scoro badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (9)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Teamwork , Free
- Toggl Track , Free, then $9/month
- Hiveage , Free
- Guru , Free
- Avaza , Free, then $11.95/month
- Freelancer.com , Free
- Bonsai , Free, then $9/user/month
- Harvest , Free, then $9/month
Cheaper than Scoro (9)
Entry price under Scoro's $17/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Teamwork , Free
- Toggl Track , Free, then $9/month
- Hiveage , Free
- Guru , Free
- Avaza , Free, then $11.95/month
- Bonsai , Free, then $9/user/month
- Harvest , Free, then $9/month
- TravelPerk , Free
What you would be giving up
Scoro is most often brought in for converting billable hours into invoices for time-billing legal services, delivering projects on budget with resource planning and gantt charts, balancing team workloads across multiple projects to prevent burnout, maintaining profit margin visibility from initial estimates through invoicing, eliminating manual reporting that consumed 5-6 hours weekly. 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 Scoro is broadly right and the question is cost, the Scoro 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.
Scoro 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 Scoro alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Scoro?
- 19 other professional services tools are listed in this directory, led by Kantata, Teamwork, Toggl Track, Hiveage. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Scoro?
- 9 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Teamwork, Toggl Track, Hiveage, Guru, Avaza.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Scoro?
- Yes. 9 of the alternatives below start under Scoro's $17/month: Teamwork at Free, Toggl Track at Free, then $9/month, Hiveage at Free, Guru at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Scoro?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Scoro?
- Scoro is most often brought in for converting billable hours into invoices for time-billing legal services, delivering projects on budget with resource planning and gantt charts, balancing team workloads across multiple projects to prevent burnout, maintaining profit margin visibility from initial estimates through invoicing, eliminating manual reporting that consumed 5-6 hours weekly. 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 Scoro?
- 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 Scoro 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 Scoro against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Scoro 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, 19 tools beside Scoro. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.