ActiveCollab Reviews & Product Details

ActiveCollab is the work management platform for agencies and service businesses — from the first task to the paid invoice, in one place. Plan projects in List, Kanban or Gantt view, track time on every task with a built-in stopwatch, manage workload and capacity, and turn tracked time into estimates, invoices and profitability reports. Budgets, expenses, billable rates and online payments (Stripe, PayPal) are built in — no bolt-ons. Bring clients inside: client seats are unlimited and free on every plan, with their own view of progress, files and approvals, so feedback stops living in email threads. Connect the tools you use — Google Drive, Dropbox, Slack, Zapier, QuickBooks — and let your AI assistant work in your workspace through the built-in MCP server. Available in the cloud or self-hosted on your own server. 14-day free trial, no credit card required.

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Active Collab

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Languages Supported

Czech, German, English, French, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified)

Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by

Miriam Kljajic

Pricing

Pricing provided by ActiveCollab.

Plus

$15.00

3 Users Per Month

Pro

$11.00

1 User Per Month

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User Insights

Average based on 97 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

<1 month

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

Typical contract price

$0k - $0k

Per Month

ActiveCollab Reviews FAQs

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Last updated: Nov 04, 2026

What is ActiveCollab, and what problem is it built to solve?

ActiveCollab is project management software for agencies, consultancies, and other service businesses that do client work. It brings projects, tasks, time tracking, workload planning, budgets, estimates, and invoicing into one workspace, with clients able to join for free on every plan; it runs in the cloud or as a self-hosted edition.

What languages does ActiveCollab support?

ActiveCollab supports 20 languages, including Chinese (Simplified), Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, and others.

What company sizes and industries is ActiveCollab the best fit for?

ActiveCollab is used across small and mid-sized organizations, with positive experiences clustering in these company-size and industry segments:

Small businesses: Teams with 50 or fewer employees are a prominent group.
Mid-market: Organizations with 51–1,000 employees are also well represented.
Marketing and advertising: A leading industry segment, often using the product to coordinate client work.
Software and design: Computer software, design, and graphic design teams also feature prominently.

What customer support options does ActiveCollab provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

ActiveCollab provides direct support and self-service help, and users describe the experience as mixed. Support includes live chat and video calls at no extra cost, along with email help and self-service resources. Users appreciate prompt, helpful responses, while others have encountered delays or inconsistent assistance.

What is the experience like for teams switching to ActiveCollab from another tool?

Teams have moved to ActiveCollab for a simpler, more affordable way to manage projects, tasks, and client collaboration in one place. It has served as an alternative to tools such as Jira, Trello, Basecamp, and Wrike, with users valuing its easier workflows, broader project-management functionality, and self-hosting option. The transition has felt straightforward for teams seeking a more intuitive setup, though ActiveCollab’s fit depends on whether its task and planning workflows match their needs.

What features or capabilities could make ActiveCollab even more useful?

More flexible reporting and project views would make ActiveCollab easier to adapt to different teams and management needs. Users would benefit from improvements in areas like:

Reporting and dashboards: Add more detailed, customizable reports and clearer visual summaries of project progress.
Task assignment: Allow tasks to be assigned to multiple people and give subtasks more independent scheduling options.
Mobile experience: Make mobile workflows faster and more consistent with the desktop experience.
Search and organization: Improve filtering, sorting, and file organization so teams can find project information more easily.

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Oscar L.

Media Planner

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/27/2019

"Excellent project management tools, easy and flexible."

4/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

It is a great tool, I find it very easy to classify some clients and good campaigns, it has many features that are great when it starts to be used, it keeps me in good order with my tasks and I can plan my projects and review them daily. ActiveCollab is very efficient and I like it because it has a well structured platform, I can work as a team, it allows me to have access to many tasks and with excellent coordination that are necessary for the projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

I would like to have a good support in the technical support at the time of registering a problem, it becomes somewhat tedious not to have an answer that helps to solve and inconvenience exactly, to get an answer you have to go to activecollab.com and raise the situation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveCollab:

It is very useful because it integrates quite well with other platforms, it is very intuitive and flexible for extension components. It is great to carry out and plan projects, it fulfills its purpose since it has a large platform and has key characteristics that will make it easier to meet the needs when performing a task or project management. It allows customers to interact on the same platform as much as the company, with an adequate workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a very good project management tool, if used properly it will help to integrate people at a hurried pace which is a great benefit, it is very easy to label people. The function to share files is very useful for each distributed team, it is of great help since you can share the files, it allows you to easily track the tasks; This is of great benefit because it serves as a reminder to carry out the execution of projects that are up to date or roasted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jamie J.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/20/2019

"Cheap and Cheerful"

3/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

The cost is pretty competitive and does 90% of what we need on a daily basis. Once you get projects set up and people assigned, it's quite easy to quickly set up new tasks within the project and streamline a basic process for management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

I'd like to see more filter options and visual options. We moved over from a folder based system which just had a lot more options when it came to viewing tasks and folders within a project. The folders also let us give access to certain people in a hierarchy system. Right now, when I open a project I'm presented with a long list of tasks that can sometimes feel very overwhelming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveCollab:

It's great for small to medium size projects that don't require a lot fo individual tasks being created for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Basic projects for already quite structured timelines. It's great for using with simple projects that don't require a lot of on the fly changes and deviations from the original scope. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/16/2019

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Stay Organized with ActiveCollab"

5/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

My team swears by ActiveCollab; it is the best way to stay organized and communicate with clients. It is important and required that we keep all client correspondence here because of its ease of use and so any teammate can pick up where the last left off if someone is on leave or vacation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

There are certain functionalities it should have, but I believe they are working on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveCollab:

Pricing is fair, great tool to have, and it only gets better. Start with the trial and see how you like it; you won't be disappointed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

The software only gets better; it has helped address client correspondence and task timeline issues that we had in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 11/5/2019

"Practical, not on the go"

4/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

It's quite intuitive. Easy to handle and delivers timely notifications to the team working on the different projects effectively. It has a clean presentation that makes it easier for everyone to track hours and the activities happening in different projects. It also facilitates sharing needed content for each project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

There's no really functional version on the go. Some of my teammates and myself were the kind to be going from meeting to meeting or event. In those cases, if we did not have a laptop with us, it was quite difficult to get back to our teams if they required assistance through ActiveCollab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/25/2020

"Till now the best PM and ops tool used"

4.5/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

The user flow of process and UX/UI. The way anyway one new using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

May be the issue management part was not developed when I used it. We used to have a separate tracker for it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/16/2019

"Best project management tool"

5/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

Activecollab is a great easy to use service that clients love and follow through post discussions with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

You cannot move tasks, once you make a list that is the order you must stick with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveCollab:

Activecollab is a great easy to use service that clients love and follow through post discussions with. If you have any issues with your team being on track or collaborative or clients that need extra pushes on where you're at, activecollab can help with that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has kept both the team and clients on track and has been able to show the progress bit by bit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

tom g.

office manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/19/2019

"activecollab has bad tools for mobile use and should improve them"

2.5/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

I had an excellent start in my work with activecollab, each project achieved the expected results and the overall experience was satisfactory, but now I have traveled constantly to different countries and regions to establish different work methodologies and execute projects that have opened new business opportunities for me and that's why I was forced to use the mobile version of the program, but unfortunately the result was not as expected, it is slow and the procedures take longer than necessary, it does not have what it takes to use it in my work and generates incredible delays Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

Unfortunately, the mobile version of activecollab is bad, it has no versatility and it is slow, I have not managed to finish projects and manage with the same speed that I did using the program on my computer, it causes me sadness because I do not want to stop using it because the reach I have been good with the program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveCollab:

To avoid wasting time and mismanagement it is important to know that the program is good but its use in mobile phones is incredibly bad, it does not generate good results, it is slow and it gets stuck, I recommend taking the necessary precautions and consulting the technical service at the time of any problem because they have a service that usually gives quick answers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Good start achieving a deployment that few programs currently offer, I also have important synchronizations with the softwares that I have to use at work, the program has a lot of autonomy and every planning that I execute achieves with enough power to be successful and I think to get the most out of it the next months to the program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

bob v.

owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/1/2019

"Active Collab is awesome!!"

5/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

We use A/C for our entire task management for all of our clients. It works exactly like we need it to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

Honestly I have no complaints. It is designed very well and works perfectly for what need it to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveCollab:

If you have daily, weekly, or monthly recurring tasks, A/C is the way to go. I tried out 15 different products before using this and this is hands down the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

complete task amangement solution. Recurring tasks, which we use all of the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/15/2019

"GREAT Project management tool!"

5/5

What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

It is easy to use, easy for clients to understand, helps you keep organized, built in invoicing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

You cant move the task lists around once you already put in the tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActiveCollab:

Don't even compare to anything else, absolutely 100% worth getting. Will make your process 100x easier and more streamlined with less room for error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping my team organized and my clients in the loop on project status Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.