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LiquidPlanner vs Productive

LiquidPlanner logo

LiquidPlanner

Project Management

Predictive project management

From
On request
Rated
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Productive logo

Productive

Professional Services

Run projects, budgets and resources in one place

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: LiquidPlanner rebranded to Tempo Portfolio Manager; the pricing page shows no published figures, only an early access sign-up; Productive essential plan is capped at 5 account-level custom fields and 1 CRM pipeline versus 15 fields and 3 pipelines on Professional

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which LiquidPlanner and Productive actually diverge.

Attributes where LiquidPlanner and Productive differ
AttributeLiquidPlannerProductive
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
CategoryProject ManagementProfessional Services
Founded2006Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in LiquidPlanner

  • Predictive scheduling
  • Resource management
  • Time tracking
  • Analytics
  • Workload management
  • Jira
  • Salesforce
  • Slack

Only in Productive

Nothing recorded that LiquidPlanner does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

LiquidPlanner

  • Productivitynot Productive
  • Collaborationnot Productive
  • Task managementnot Productive
  • Organizationnot Productive

Productive

No use cases recorded yet. See the Productive review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

LiquidPlanner

  • Rebranded to Tempo Portfolio Manager; the pricing page shows no published figures, only an early access sign-up

Productive

  • Essential plan is capped at 5 account-level custom fields and 1 CRM pipeline versus 15 fields and 3 pipelines on Professional
  • Ultimate tier for complex organizations is quote-only, listed as Let's talk with no published price

Pricing, plan by plan

LiquidPlanner

On request
  • Essentials$15/month
    • Project management
    • Basic scheduling
  • Professional$25/month
    • Predictive scheduling
    • Resource management
    • Analytics

Productive

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Productive review.

Which should you pick?

Choose LiquidPlanner if

  • You need predictive scheduling.
  • You also want resource management.

Choose Productive if

Nothing in the data separates Productive from LiquidPlanner on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Questions people ask

Is LiquidPlanner or Productive better?
Neither clearly leads. LiquidPlanner starts at On request and Productive at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, LiquidPlanner or Productive?
LiquidPlanner starts at On request and Productive at On request.
Does LiquidPlanner or Productive run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is LiquidPlanner best used for?
LiquidPlanner is most often used for productivity, collaboration, task management, organization. Of those, productivity and collaboration are not what Productive is typically brought in for.
What can LiquidPlanner do that Productive cannot?
LiquidPlanner covers Predictive scheduling, Resource management, Time tracking, Analytics.

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