
I like being able to see by the third week whether a project is using up its quoted days, while there’s still room to renegotiate scope. Having everyone enter hours in one shared structure means allocation happens once, and month-end becomes a review instead of an investigation. The per-consultant view of overruns is what I like most. The figures helped turn a conversation about one freelancer’s thorough work into a scoping change, and she now quotes a longer engagement while winning at the same rate. I also like that every engagement carries the client’s purchase order, so invoices stop coming back for a missing reference. It was useful that setup required us to be explicit about the billing model for each engagement; that surfaced two engagements we’d been running on an informal understanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I have two main issues with Fitnet Manager. When a consultant’s rate changes, earlier months can sometimes recalculate at the new rate, so a posted invoice no longer matches what the system shows. That caused us a $200 credit memo and an awkward explanation to a client. There’s also no client-facing summary, so I export the information and rebuild a spreadsheet every month; it takes about 40 minutes per retainer across eight clients. The accounting connection is one-way and imperfect, so our bookkeeper re-keys invoice totals. Freelancer payments go through accounts payable rather than payroll, which leaves us with two calendars and two chase emails each month. Survey work is in a separate platform too, so I reconcile the project between systems at month end. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.