10 Best Agency Management Software [2026] Compared

Short answer: Productive.io is the best agency management software for most agencies, combining projects, time, budgets and profitability. Scoro suits agencies that want quotes, billing and KPIs in one system, and Teamwork.com is strongest for client project delivery. SEO Runway is the delivery layer for SEO and marketing agencies (tasks, approvals, client reports), not a finance or quoting tool.

Disclosure: SEO Runway is our product. We ranked it using the same criteria as every other tool, and noted where others do better.

Quick picks

• Best overall: Productive.io
• Best quotes-to-invoice: Scoro
• Best client delivery: Teamwork.com
• Best for creative agencies: Function Point or Workamajig
• Best delivery layer for SEO/marketing agencies: SEO Runway

Agency management software compared

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How we chose these tools

We compared each tool's published features, plans and documentation on five criteria: projects, time and billing, CRM and quotes, reporting, and price.

1. Productive.io: best overall

Verdict: projects, time, budgets, resourcing and profitability in one platform built for agencies.

Pros: profitability insight; agency focus.

Cons: setup time.

2. Scoro: best quotes-to-invoice

Verdict: end-to-end from quote to invoice, with KPI dashboards.

Pros: breadth.

Cons: price.

3. Teamwork.com: best client delivery

Verdict: client-friendly PM with time and budgets.

Pros: client work.

Cons: less finance.

4. Accelo: best for professional services

Verdict: sales, projects, retainers and billing.

Pros: retainers.

Cons: complexity.

5. Function Point: best for creative agencies

Verdict: estimates, jobs and resourcing for creative shops.

Pros: creative workflows.

Cons: dated UI.

6. Workamajig: best for larger creative agencies

Verdict: full agency ERP.

Pros: depth.

Cons: learning curve.

7. SEO Runway: best delivery layer for SEO and marketing agencies

Verdict: client projects that hold the actual SEO, local, Ads and social work, with tasks, templates, a kanban board, workload, sign-offs, chat and white-label reports. It's the delivery side only: no quoting, time billing or invoicing.

Pricing: from $49/month; 14-day free trial. See plans.

Pros: delivery and results in one place.

Cons: pair it with a finance or ops tool for billing and profitability.

8. ClickUp: best flexible budget option

Verdict: configurable enough to run much of an agency.

Pros: price.

Cons: no native invoicing.

9. Monday.com: best visual ops

Verdict: boards plus CRM for operations.

Pros: visuals.

Cons: add-ons.

10. HubSpot: best CRM-led

Verdict: CRM and service tools with project features.

Pros: CRM.

Cons: cost at scale.

Agency software stack by agency size

• 1–5 people: a delivery platform (for example SEO Runway) plus simple invoicing (Stripe, Wave) and a free CRM.
• 5–25 people: add a PM or ops tool with time tracking (Productive.io, Teamwork.com).
• 25+ people: a full agency management platform (Scoro, Accelo, Workamajig), integrated with your delivery tools.

Related guides

• Project management tools for SEO agencies
• Tools for small and one-person agencies
• All-in-one marketing platforms for agencies

Frequently asked questions

What software do agencies run on?

Typically a CRM, a PM or agency management platform, time tracking, invoicing, and channel tools (SEO, ads, social) plus reporting.

Do I need agency management software?

Once tracking profitability, utilisation and budgets in spreadsheets takes hours each month, usually from around 5–10 people, a dedicated platform pays off.

Can one tool run my whole agency?

Platforms like Scoro and Productive.io cover the business side, but you'll still need channel tools for the marketing work itself.

The bottom line

• Best overall: Productive.io.
• Quotes to invoices: Scoro.
• Client delivery: Teamwork.com.
• The delivery layer for SEO and marketing work: SEO Runway.

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