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About Kantata

The Kantata Professional Services Cloud is purpose-built for professional services orgs to unify their project management, finances, task collaboration, resource allocation, work management and professional services automation.
Kantata offers superior visibility into every aspect of user's business and projects. Kantata is advanced software that helps businesses boost profitability by integrating all the needs of a professional services organization.
All project-specific collaboration, file sharing and communication is visible only to users invited to participate in those projects, allowing administrators to choose which users have access to certain areas.

About BigTime

GET ACCURATE, FLUID REAL-TIME BUDGETING
Budgets and project plans are living documents, informed by a team's experience and a client's evolving needs. With BigTime, your team can work at internet speed - keeping Salesforce up to date along the way.

PUT PROJECTS AT THE CENTER OF YOUR TEAM'S UNIVERSE
Every engagement involves an almost endless stream of due dates, assignments, budgets, and more. Let BigTime sweat the small stuff and keep everyone in the loop automatically.

PLAN AND PROJECT LIKE A PRO
Managing a consulting firm goes beyond to-do lists and project plans. BigTime will identify which staff members are underutilized, projecting your staffing plan in the weeks and months ahead.

If your firm is focused on delivering professional services -- on customer engagements, budgets, utilization, realization and billable hours – and if your firm's biggest asset is the time you invest delivering value to your clients then BigTime is a perfect fit for your organization.

About Productive

Productive is the only tool you need to run a profitable agency. Tailor built for professional services, it's a perfect fit for software development shops, marketing agencies, design studios and consultancies. With a strong focus on profitability, Productive factors in employee cost rates and company overhead costs into its profitability reports.

Features:

  • Sales pipeline
  • Resource planning
  • Time tracking
  • Project management
  • Billing and invoicing
  • Reporting

Features

  • API
  • Billing/Invoicing
  • Budgeting
  • Data Export
  • Data Import
  • Expense Tracking
  • External Integrations
  • Forecasting
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Multi-User
  • Notifications
  • Project Management
  • Scheduling
  • Task Scheduling/Tracking
  • Time Management
  • Resource Management
  • Workflow Management

Features

  • API
  • Billing/Invoicing
  • Budgeting
  • Data Export
  • Data Import
  • Expense Tracking
  • External Integrations
  • Forecasting
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Multi-User
  • Notifications
  • Project Management
  • Scheduling
  • Task Scheduling/Tracking
  • Time Management
  • Resource Management
  • Workflow Management

Features

  • API
  • Billing/Invoicing
  • Budgeting
  • Data Export
  • Data Import
  • Expense Tracking
  • External Integrations
  • Forecasting
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Multi-User
  • Notifications
  • Project Management
  • Scheduling
  • Task Scheduling/Tracking
  • Time Management
  • Resource Management
  • Workflow Management

Summary

  • Financial Management: Accurately track time and expenses, bill and invoice, and integrate with QuickBooks.

  • Timeline Management: Instant Gantt Charts show project timeline and indicate scope of project, keeping you on task for project delivery.

  • Resource Management: Assign and allocate team members to projects, and use utilization reports to identify team member availability.

  • Analytics and Reporting Capabilities: Analyze revenue and margin projections with margin analysis features, work-in-progress reports, and job cost projections.

  • Advanced Project Management: Collaborate better with team members and clients using activity feeds, task tracker, file sharing and status updates.

Summary

  • Gain visibility into tasks, budgets and staff assignments.

  • Create fluid budgets custom to project or staff.

  • See a clear picture of where your organization stands.

  • Enter and approve time with ease for faster turn around.

  • Stay on top of your bottom line and streamline approvals.

  • Keep clients happy with accurate, custom invoices.

  • Work smarter with real-time business insights.

  • Manage staff capacity for optimal efficiency.

  • Capture critical information anytime, anywhere.

Summary

  • Consolidate data in one agency management system

  • Run projects from prospect to payment and everything in between

  • Use one tool for complex budgeting and resource planning

  • Have a single source of truth for all your financial data, leads and budgets

  • Monitor the state of your budgets and profit margins in real time

  • Save time by generating invoices using tracked billable time

  • Create more accurate schedules for optimal utilization rates

  • Use placeholders to create scenarios for hiring additional staff or contractors

  • Switch from multiple tools and spreadsheets to one scalable agency management system

Pricing

  • Credit card required: No
  • Kantata offers multiple license types with flexible packaging to meet your unique needs.

    To receive accurate pricing information, contact Kantata directly.

Pricing

Essential

$9.00
1 user(s) / month
Included in plan:
  • Budgeting
  • Project & task management
  • Docs
  • Time tracking
  • Expense management
  • Reporting
  • Time off management
  • HRIS integrations (Paid addon)
  • API access
  • Monthly or annual subscriptions

Professional

$24.00
1 user(s) / month
Included in plan:
  • Everything in Essential, plus:
  • Invoicing integrations
  • Recurring budgets
  • Teams
  • Advanced task management
  • Advanced reports
  • Advanced time off management
  • 5 account-level custom fields
  • Billable time approvals
  • Rate cards
  • Time off approval flow

Ultimate: Let's Talk

$0.00
1 user(s) / month
Included in plan:
  • Everything in Professional, plus:
  • Revenue forecasting
  • Multiple subsidiaries
  • Expense approvals
  • Hubspot integration
  • Advanced time tracking
  • Advanced custom fields
  • Overhead calculation
  • Schedule insight sending to email or Slack
  • Enforce SSO or 2FA
  • Webhooks

Enterprise: Let's Talk

$0.00
1 user(s) / month
Included in plan:
  • Everything in Ultimate, plus:
  • Optional 3-month Slack support
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Eligible for on-premise onboarding
  • Quarterly, Annual and bi-annual subscriptions
  • Volume based discount
  • Custom number of limited objects (Custom Fields, Task Workflows, Rate Cards…)

FAQs

    What are some applications this service is commonly used in tandem with?
  • This service is commonly used in tandem with Google Apps and Salesforce.

  • What is this service generally used for?
  • It is generally used for resource management, project management, financial management, and task collaboration.

  • Does this service integrate with any other apps?
  • Kantata integrates with multiple other platforms like Google, Salesforce, Jira, and more - so a user's business can work the way it needs in order to be successful.

  • Does this service offer an API?
  • Kantata's API provides easy access to most of the data model. Most internal Kantata development is performed on top of the public API. The Kantata API supports the OAuth 2 authorization model for secure, user-based access.

  • Who are the main user groups of this service?
  • Top industries that use Kantata include advertising/marketing, management consulting, IT services, software & hi-tech, graphic design, architectural, and engineering.

  • What platforms does this service support?
  • Mac, Windows, Web-based, Mobile Web App.

  • Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?
  • They offer multi-user projects and workspaces.

  • Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?
  • Support: Email, FAQ, Forums, Instructional Videos, Knowledge base, Live chat

FAQs

    What is this service generally used for?
  • BigTime helps professional services firms reduce operational costs, easily align talent to the right projects, and accelerate time to get paid for completed work, all while enabling quicker decision-making by getting you the information you need.

    By streamlining project operations, maximizing resource utilization, accelerating the account receivable cycle, and connecting scattered data sources, BigTime makes it easier for professional services firms to scale and grow.

    With 2,800+ customers and 20+ years of experience, BigTime is built to get you up and running quickly, operate with flexibility and agility, and enable you to solve today’s challenges while scaling with you for tomorrow’s opportunities.

  • Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?
  • Yes we provide full customer support and will have an extensive on-boarding to provide your firm with the knowledge it needs to use BigTime. We have one of the fastest implementations in the industry. Get up and running quickly - simple onboarding typically nets results in the first billing cycle

  • Who are the main user groups of this service?
  • We serve professional services firms, including Consultants, Engineers, Accountants, Architects, IT Services, and Government Contracting.

  • Does this service integrate with any other apps?
  • Quickbooks Online and Desktop, Sage Intacct, Salesforce, Jira, HubSpot, Slack, Lacerte, Zapier, Google Apps, and more.

  • What are some applications this service is commonly used in tandem with?
  • Quickbooks Online and Desktop, Sage Intacct, Salesforce, Jira, HubSpot, Slack, Lacerte, Zapier, Google Apps, and more.

  • Does this service offer an API?
  • Yes.

  • Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?
  • Yes.

  • What platforms does this service support?
  • We support all browsers, and we also have an app for iOS and Android.

FAQs

    Does this service integrate with any other apps?
    • Jira
    • HubSpot
    • Xero
    • Google Calendar
    • Exact
    • Zapier
    • Slack
    • Outlook/Microsoft Calendar
    • QuickBooks
    • Fortnox
    • Visma e-conomic
    • CPP
    • Sage
    • Personio
    • CharlieHR
    • BambooHR
    • Factorial
    • Humaans.io
    • Breathe
    • SAP SuccessFactors
    • Lucca
    • Gusto
    • AlexisHR
    • ADP Workforce Now
    • Justworks
    • HiBob
    • RipplingHR
  • What are some applications this service is commonly used in tandem with?
    • Jira
    • HubSpot
    • Xero
    • QuickBooks
    • Exact
    • Zapier
    • Slack
    • Google Calendar
    • Outlook/Microsoft Calendar
  • Who are the main user groups of this service?
  • The main users are professional services companies and agencies. Companies like software development agencies, marketing agencies, design studios and consultancies can directly benefit from Productive.

  • Does this service offer multi-user capability (e.g. teams)?
  • Yes.

  • Does this service offer guides, tutorials and or customer support?
  • Yes.

  • What platforms does this service support?
  • Productive is web based. It works on OSX, Windows, Android and iOS.

  • Does this service offer an API?
  • Yes, Open API and Webhooks.

  • What is this service generally used for?
  • Productive is used for managing an agency. It covers everything an agency needs to run its projects from start to end. It's used for managing new opportunities, planning capacity of teammates on existing projects, tracking time, billing, collaboration and reporting.

Vendor Information

Founded:
2008
Based in:
Irvine
Employees:
201-500
Likes:
Followers:
11.2k

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Who uses Kantata
  • Startups
  • SMEs
  • Agencies
  • Enterprises
Desktop Platforms:
  • Web App
Languages:
English
Regional Restrictions:
serves English speaking countries

Other

Who uses BigTime
  • Startups
  • SMEs
  • Agencies
  • Enterprises
Desktop Platforms:
  • Web App
  • Windows
  • Macintosh
Mobile Platforms:
  • iOS
  • Android
Languages:
English
Regional Restrictions:
United States & Canada

Other

Who uses Productive
  • Agencies
Desktop Platforms:
  • Web App
  • Windows
Mobile Platforms:
  • iOS
  • Android
Languages:
English
Regional Restrictions:
No restrictions.
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