# Workload vs Productive

> Choose Productive if you run an agency or services firm and want projects, budgets, time, resources, and invoicing in one tool. Choose Workload if you run an internal IT department: net capacity, conflicts, timesheets, and committee reporting, with no client billing — 14-day trial, from €59/month.

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## Workload vs Productive — IT capacity comparison | 2026

Productive or Workload for an IT department? Verdict in two sentences, comparison table, and FAQ. Workload from €59/month, 14-day trial.

## Workload vs Productive

Productive is an all-in-one agency management platform: projects, budgets, time tracking, resourcing, and invoicing. Workload is the System of Record (SoR) for IT capacity planning — plan, allocate, timesheet, govern, report.

Workload or Productive for an IT department?

Choose Productive if you run an agency or services firm and want projects, budgets, time, resources, and invoicing in one tool. Choose Workload if you run an internal IT department: net capacity, conflicts, timesheets, and committee reporting, with no client billing — 14-day trial, from €59/month.

Workload is for you if…

Productive is a better fit if…

- Internal IT department or IT PMO, not an agency
- No client billing to manage
- Capacity per team and skill, conflicts across projects
- Jira Tempo / Azure DevOps integrations and executive reporting

- Agency or services firm that bills its projects
- One tool for budgets, time, resources, and invoicing
- Profitability per project and client
- No internal IT portfolio to arbitrate

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### Productive and Workload at a glance

- Criterion
- Productive
- Workload

Use case

All-in-one agency management

Internal IT department capacity

Client billing

Yes

No (internal showback / valuation)

IT capacity and conflicts

Generic resource planning

Net capacity, conflicts, arbitration

Timesheet

Built-in time tracking

Jira Tempo, Azure DevOps, Toggl, Clockify (Professional)

Target audience

Agencies and services firms

IT departments and IT PMOs of 20–500 people

### Is Productive suited to an internal IT department?

It is built for agencies that bill projects. For an internal IT department, Workload targets capacity, conflicts, and portfolio arbitration.

### Can you migrate from Productive to Workload?

Yes via CSV: teams, projects, allocations. Billing and client budgets are not carried over.

### Does Workload replace an agency tool?

No. Workload does not bill clients; it steers internal IT department capacity.

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