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Projectworks vs. Total Synergy

Project management and financial tools your firm relies on, plus firm-wide resourcing, margin forecasting, and global-ready features.

Why firms choose us over Total Synergy:

Revenue forecasting and margin tracking for proactive financial management
Native integrations with Xero, QuickBooks, HubSpot, and more
Multi-currency, multi-entity support for firms growing internationally
Works across architecture, engineering, consulting, and IT services

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Rating		Total Synergy
Ease of use	8.7	8.2
Ease of setup	8.1	7.3
Ease of admin	8.8	8.6
Quality of support	8.7	9.0
Resource Management	8.1	Not enough data
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?	9.5	9.0
Product direction (% positive)	9.8	9.4

Trusted by Consulting, Engineering, Architechture and Software Firms Globally

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Feature-by-Feature Comparison

feature		Total Synergy
Timesheets	Yes	Yes
Make comments required	Yes	No
Chrome start/stop timer extension	Yes	No
Log time directly from Jira or Azure DevOps	Yes	No

feature		Total Synergy
Plan resources	Yes	Yes
Heat map view of capacity	Yes	Yes
Skills matrix filter	Yes	No
Shadow resourcing (placeholders)	Yes	No
Leave management	Yes	Yes

feature		Total Synergy
Submit expenses	Yes	Yes
Multi-currency	Yes	Yes
Reimbursable expenses	Yes	Yes
Purchase orders	Yes	Yes
Mark expenses up and down	Yes	Yes
Planned expenses	Yes	No
Export expenses to Xero or QuickBooks as bills to pay	Yes	No
Auto-sync with Xero and QuickBooks Online	Yes	No

feature		Total Synergy
Create a revenue forecast	Yes	Yes
Contributes to projected margin (profit)	Yes	Yes
Can see cashflow forecast across companies	Yes	Yes

feature		Total Synergy
Invoice T&M from timesheets	Yes	Yes
Invoice fixed fee (and % based)	Yes	Yes
WIP reporting	Yes	Yes
Invoice using multiple billing methods	Yes	Yes
Export invoices to Xero, QuickBooks, or MYOB	Yes	Yes
Auto-sync with Xero or QuickBooks Online	Yes	No

feature		Total Synergy
Built-in reports	Yes	Yes
Project budgets	Yes	Yes
Projected burn view	Yes	Yes
Projected margin	Yes	Yes
Custom fields	Yes	Yes
Project Gantt charts	Yes	Yes
Employee utilization	Yes	Yes

feature		Total Synergy
Instant free trial	Yes	No
Knowledge base	Yes	Yes
Migration assistance	Yes	No
Life-long support	Yes	Yes
Global network of partners	Yes	Yes

feature		Total Synergy
User permissions	Yes	Yes
Multiple billable rate options	Yes	Yes
Multi-tenancy	Yes	Yes

Built for the needs of modern professional service businesses

Projectworks connects every part of your business - time tracking, resourcing, billing, reporting – into one intelligent platform. With complete visibility across people, projects and profit, you’ll unleash your team’s expertise and grow your consulting firm with confidence.

Time and Expenses

Live, connected time and expense tracking forms a single source of truth for 360 project visibility. Built for consulting firms.

Manage Resources

Plan and assign resources with complete oversight. Get your consultants off the bench and maximise their billable time.

Invoicing

Pre-populated invoices sync seamlessly with your accounting software, saving you time and helping you get paid faster.

Report on Financials

You need project visibility. Ditch scattered, error-prone spreadsheets and track margin, utilization, and more in real time.

Access life-long support from our team of experts

We'll set your business up for success with comprehensive training, expert data migrations, and responsive ongoing support.

From our customers:

"Projectworks centralizes and streamlines the management of our consulting business across the US, New Zealand, and Australia — a true single source of truth for our teams."

Kane L.

Head of People & Operations (NZ)

From our customers:

"ProjectWorks understands the needs of a project-based consultancy business and provides the tools and insight to manage our business proactively."

Ian H.

Director, Mid-Market, Consulting

From our customers:

"A great project tracking tool with budgets, forecasts, time and attendance, profit and loss per project — which syncs with ease to Xero Accounting."

Martin G.

Group Finance Manager, Mid-Market

Independently Awarded

Integrations that Eliminate Double Data Handling and Costly Human Error

Projectworks integrates directly with the most popular accounting, reporting, and HR systems, empowering your firm with one integrated workflow from quote to cash. Eliminate manual data entry, reduce errors, and keep your entire professional services ecosystem running smoothly.