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Nifty vs Productive

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Nifty

Project Management

The operating system for your workflow

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Productive

Professional Services

Run projects, budgets and resources in one place

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Nifty the free plan allows 100 MB of storage and 2 active projects; 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 Nifty and Productive actually diverge.

Attributes where Nifty and Productive differ
AttributeNiftyProductive
Pricing modelfreemiumquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryProject ManagementProfessional Services
Founded2017Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), 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 Nifty

  • Tasks
  • Milestones
  • Docs
  • Chat
  • Time tracking
  • Slack
  • Google Workspace
  • Zoom

Only in Productive

Nothing recorded that Nifty does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

Nifty

  • Project management with milestones, docs and team chat in one workspacenot Productive
  • Tracking client projects with guest access and time trackingnot 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.

Nifty

  • The free plan allows 100 MB of storage and 2 active projects
  • The standard plans are flat monthly fees with hard member caps, at 20 on Pro and 50 on Business, so the 21st member forces a jump from $79 to $124 a month
  • Active projects are capped at 100 on Pro despite the flat fee
  • Time tracking, custom fields and workflow automations all require the Pro plan
  • Microsoft SSO is Business only and SAML is Unlimited only, at $399 a month
  • White labelling and IP restriction are Unlimited only

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

Nifty

On request
  • FreeFree
    • 2 projects
    • Basic features
  • Starter$5/month
    • 40 projects
    • Roadmaps
    • Time tracking

Productive

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Productive review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Nifty if

  • You need tasks.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want milestones.
Nifty review

Choose Productive if

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

Productive review

Questions people ask

Is Nifty or Productive better?
Neither clearly leads. Nifty 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, Nifty or Productive?
Nifty starts at On request and Productive at On request.
Does Nifty or Productive run on more platforms?
Nifty runs on Web, Ios, Android. Productive runs on Web.
What is Nifty best used for?
Nifty is most often used for project management with milestones, docs and team chat in one workspace, tracking client projects with guest access and time tracking. Of those, project management with milestones, docs and team chat in one workspace and tracking client projects with guest access and time tracking are not what Productive is typically brought in for.
What can Nifty do that Productive cannot?
Nifty covers Tasks, Milestones, Docs, Chat.
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