Compare Productive and Workfront
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side-by-side comparison of Productive vs. Workfront
based on preference data from user reviews. Productive rates 4.6/5 stars with 20 reviews. By contrast, Workfront rates 4.1/5 stars with 800 reviews. Each product's score is calculated with real-time data from verified user reviews, to help you make the best choice between these two options, and decide which one is best for your business needs.
 Productive |  Workfront | |
| Star Rating | Productive | Workfront |
| Market Segments | Productive Small-Business (94.4% of reviews) | Workfront Enterprise (53.5% of reviews) |
| Entry Level Price | Productive $12.5 month | Workfront Contact/ user / month |
Productive vs Workfront
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Productive easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Productive overall.
- Productive and Workfront both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Productive is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Productive over Workfront.
Categories
Shared Categories
Productive and Workfront are categorized as Project Management
Unique Categories
Productive has no unique categories
Workfront is categorized as Work Management and Online Proofing
Pricing
Standard Annual
$12.5month
Premium Annual
20 month
Premium Month
24$ month
Standard Monthly
$15month
Free Trial
Work License
Contact/ user / month
Plan License
Contact/ user / month
Collaboration License
Contactfor pricing
Enterprise plus
Contactfor pricing
Free Trial Unavailable
Ratings
Meets Requirements
Productive
Responses: 16
Workfront
Responses: 726
Ease of Use
Productive
Responses: 17
Workfront
Responses: 729
Ease of Setup
Productive
Responses: 10
Workfront
Responses: 298
Ease of Admin
Productive
Responses: 10
Workfront
Responses: 305
Quality of Support
Productive
Responses: 16
Workfront
Responses: 613
Ease of Doing Business With
Productive
Responses: 10
Workfront
Responses: 288
Product Direction (% positive)
Productive
Responses: 15
Workfront
Responses: 721
Features
Tasks
Creation & Assignment
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 66
Verified Feature
Due Dates
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 67
Verified Feature
Task Prioritization
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 66
Verified Feature
To-Do Lists
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 64
Verified Feature
Dependecies
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 63
Verified Feature
Mass Updates
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 59
Verified Feature
Drag & Drop
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 61
Verified Feature
Recurring Tasks
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 63
Verified Feature
Projects
Planning
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 65
Verified Feature
Project Map
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 61
Verified Feature
GANTT
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 56
Verified Feature
Calendar View
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 63
Verified Feature
Views
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 61
Verified Feature
Project Budgeting
Productive
Responses: 5
Verified Feature
Workfront
Responses: 54
Verified Feature
Issue Tracking
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 58
Verified Feature
Templates
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 63
Verified Feature
Critical Path
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 56
Verified Feature
Time & Expense
Productive
Responses: 5
Verified Feature
Workfront
Responses: 61
Verified Feature
Methodologies
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 55
Verified Feature
Resource Management
Resource Definiton
Productive
Responses: 5
Verified Feature
Workfront
Responses: 56
Verified Feature
Capacity
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 57
Verified Feature
Scheduling
Productive
Responses: 5
Verified Feature
Workfront
Responses: 63
Verified Feature
Project Monitoring
Baselining / KPIs
Productive
Workfront
Responses: 54
Verified Feature
Resource Allocation
Productive
Responses: 5
Verified Feature
Workfront
Responses: 60
Verified Feature
Dashboards
Productive
Responses: 5
Verified Feature
Workfront
Responses: 63
Verified Feature
Reviewers' Company Size
Reviewers of Productive were most often representing companies in the Small-Business segment, while reviewers for Workfront were more commonly in the Enterprise segment.
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Productive
Workfront
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Productive
Workfront
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Productive
Workfront
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
27.8%
Information Technology and Services
22.2%
Design
11.1%
Real Estate
5.6%
Pharmaceuticals
5.6%
Other
27.8%
Marketing and Advertising
14.8%
Information Technology and Services
8.2%
Financial Services
6.8%
Computer Software
5.7%
Hospital & Health Care
4.4%
Other
60.1%
Reviews
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jonathan G.
Administrator in Marketing and Advertising
I've been in the advertising marketing business on the operations side for over 25 years. I've seen and used lots of Project/Financial/Resource Management software in my day, and this is by far the best one I've used. It It was easy to set up, user friendly...
Jon J.
Administrator in Computer Software
I love the ability to re-prioritize my tasks in the order of how I'm going to work on them and then have that visible to everyone on my team. Also as a manager, this is the perfect way to essentially micromanage your teams' tasks without actually...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Industry Analyst / Tech Writer in Writing and Editing
Not a lot of dislikes about this but I would recommend using it for smaller organizations. With larger, it would be a little more challenging to navigate.
User in Marketing and Advertising
Projects drop off my work page all the time. Finding them to add hours is a task in and of itself. I still have to keep track of my overall hours myself and then add at the end of the day. It's less for me and more for the company, which is fine. It would...
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Discussions
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LD
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