ActiveCollab Reviews & Product Details

I'm obsessed with ActiveCollab. My company (20+ people) lives on this platform daily. We use it for EVERYTHING. Probably the best part about it is the ability to search through tasks. Current and past. It's really easy to figure out anything at any point.

Sometimes they have bugs, not often, but when they do their support team is quick and fixes it right away.

We are organized. We prioritize things now. A/C is REALLY good at prioritizing with their drag and drop functionality. You just move tasks around, create deadlines, etc.

- interface is slick and intuitive - notifications - organization of tasks it more intuitive than with other software

- They had a software you could install on your own server. We had trouble installing it a couple of times. If you use the cloud version, this should not be an issue

I have been working with aC for 7 years now and am very satisfied. We feel like it is just a fair deal. They don't lock you into a pricey model and it has all the functionality of a good PM system. I use it for my next businesses as well

The simplicity of the UX, it means that even the most technophobic of clients can easily utilize a project management system to closely collaborate with us.

Removal of the ability to change the colors that was present in the previous major version. Waiting on a native desktop app currently so that we can access information whilst offline on our laptops and tablets, like we can with our smartphones. Not a fan of Elastic Search as it's another thing to run. Without it, your search functionality doesn't work.

We needed to manage dozens of projects simultaneously with complex requirements, and many people involved. We now get things done faster and have no communication issues.

We migrated to Active Collab abount 2 months ago after attempting to work with Basecamp, Trello, and NutCache. The combination of project management, team+client collaboration, time tracking, expense tracking, and project templates, API, and accounting add-on integrations made this hard to beat. The UX is also the best that we've come across.

We haven't found anything significant that we would improve about it so far. The integration could be tighter more extensive with platforms like Xero, but its more than other providers are doing, and the API makes up for it.

This is allowing us to manage software, mobile, and web application development projects with team of developers which very mixed experience. The ability to create templates has been invaluable. Permission management, and client or client+ users has been really helpful. Tracking time and expenses, project goals, tasks, and deadlines has been invaluable. The platform is really well thought and UX is WAY better than everything else we've tried. The mobile app could use some work but its on its way.

I like the layout of the service. I think it's straightforward and easy to use.

I would like to have some abilities that at this point in time the service does not offer. For example, where we can add two people to a task.

Active Collab keeps my team organized on projects in an easy and straightforward approach.

I love using this project to meet deadlines, see where team members are at in a project, and to communicate with them as well.

I cannot think of anything I dislike about the software.

This software really helps with communication. More often then not, a team cannot run successfully without good communication, and that is where this software comes into play.

I like the interface, especially of ActiveCollab 5, which is massive UI/UX improvement over AC 4. The product works and feels like Basecamp, but drastically expands the functions of Basecamp with invoicing, estimates and modules that allow you to increase your collaboration with Slack. It works well out of the box, minus some of the configuration which is really ridiculous in a lot of ways.

I dislike the setup. Setting up cron jobs for the self-hosted option is a bit weird, especially when they won't run due to weird anomalies within AC. In addition, the system also has repeated issues with working well with customization; it's all Active Collab branded with little to no ability to customize colors without completely redoing portions of the system. In addition, we've had issues with the baked-in email system, which we never had an issue with in AC4, but now AC5 is creating way more problems than what its worth.

We have solved a lot of innermost communications changes and have been more transparent with clients. Clients like the ability to pay online. We've also been able to do more with less and eliminate some roles within the typical agency model especially the traffic coordinator as a lot of it is handled as direct interaction with clients.

ActiveCollab is a great platform to manage our projects but without a missing dashboard it is quite bothersome and wondersome as well. We would love to see a great, visually appealing dashboard to view and manage most of the features. A project involves so many factors; from task assignment to tasks completion alongside status, invoices, billing, communication, reporting, transfer of and so on. There are many good platforms out there but none of them offer a complete range of variety which ActiveCollab has to offer, it is your all-in-one solution.

Some people might not agree with me, but visual representation of the data is very much appealing as well as easy to understand in one go, however, the supporting features for visual data are missing here and we really don’t understand why. It is quite an unfortunate situation with all the good features it offers you.

ActiveCollab has been with us for a long time and we love using it to manage simple and complex projects all under one roof. The management of projects is relatively easy as compared to its competitors and people find it an easier option to work with while handling already complex projects. Highly recommended to anyone who is looking for an all-in-one solution when it comes to project management. It not only helps with the management of projects but you can also make the most out of it by handling, billing, invoices budgets alongside clients all under one roof and in incredibly low pricing plans.

ActiveCollab is a platform specifically designed for the planning, execution, and monitoring of all types of projects that require a workflow that produces visibility for all team members, in addition to managing information related to budgets, execution times, deadlines in which each task must be accomplished, and much more. ActiveCollab's interface has a simplicity that allows us to carry out efficient monitoring and automate some tasks related to the execution, thus, we can select, for example, the high-priority option for each task that we need to perform more quickly, which will indicate to the end user that we must attend with high priority.

ActiveCollab definitely encourages teamwork, this is achieved by assigning a project manager who will distribute the rest of the permissions to the members who will participate in the execution, so the people who participate will be able to know what is being done in the different tasks, progress, and completion of activities. On the other hand, ActiveCollab manages the entire process of a project, from the beginning, which is when an idea is generated, to the completion of a final product or service, in addition to the fact that we can invite new team members, or clients through sending an email to our work area and participating collaboratively.

With ActiveCollab it was possible to develop a mechanism to keep senior management informed, since it is perfectly feasible, for example, to create custom reports, apply filters, export that information in a universal format if necessary to other systems, and produce valuable data for the organization. Additionally, it was possible to do an intelligent follow-up from ActiveCollab to have visibility on the personnel that really contributes to the timely execution of the activities, considering the time invested in the completion of the tasks and in general, what is related to the workloads that the resource human can manage intelligently. In addition, its mobile APP allows all task updates to be stored immediately from the place where the engineers produce the information, which facilitates the work of the end user, and all through a more automated registration.

Project Creation is easy, Task creation, and Task List Creation is easy and simple, you can get any type of reports, be it resource-based or project-based, this tool covers it all

It's not UX friendly at Project Management tools like Gantt/Timeline, though it creates it, but its extremely hard to follow it. Rest, everything is great.

We are using Active Collab for our Office's project management, Employee time utilization, and task management.

The way projects are organized makes information easy to access for both internal and external partners. Tasks, discussions and notes are all clearly delineated.

While this is a great platform, it can be difficult to manage all of the uploaded files. Having a "files" area where every attachment uploaded automatically appears is great, but the ability to sort them by type would be very helpful.

Active Collab makes it wasy to work with colleagues & customers all over the country. We are able to manage our active projects seamlessly and can maintain all the information in one place.

You can create project easily Reminder for all taks for a day at once Easy to invite members to discussion We can create multiple discussion under single project We can set template to respond to client

Reminder of all pending discussion should be there Sometimes login issue for a account

Project management and discussion Easy to handle clients Easy to keep track of the discussion based on the discussion number

Pack all the tools (invoicing, time management) Simplicity Speed

does not have Agile features - sprints planning

Project management, time tracking, budgeting and invoicing for small business

The file storage, discussions and project structure, ability to share access and manage the team is seamless and very sorted.

the design is not that modern, also, could have a chat feature too

collaborating with the team backup of all the files structured project management

Send homework, capture, send everything via ActiveCollab in a practical way I share with my team. Your google connection, your link and your way of attaching any document on the web is something unique.

The importance in ActiveCollab is a priority to create a private online chat is the ideal to report an activity. To comply with an efficient framework must combine the mobile functionality with the desktop.

Daily we use ActiveCollab for all the operations of our companie and customers maintaining the correct address ensuring that everything is under control. It is a two-in-one platform because we can have your traditional or digital services. Including questions where we give you the best professional answers.