Project profitability is invisible
You have 20 active projects but only know margin on 3. You’re discounting some, losing money on others, and pricing the next pitch from gut feel.
Small agencies spend 30% of revenue on admin overhead. Vex cuts that in half — so your team bills more, and you finally know which projects make money.
If you can’t see margin per project in real time, you’re making pricing decisions in the dark.
You have 20 active projects but only know margin on 3. You’re discounting some, losing money on others, and pricing the next pitch from gut feel.
Devs use Jira, designers use Monday, account team uses Asana. No unified view of how time is being spent. Billing is a Friday afternoon nightmare.
Some clients are hourly, some fixed-fee, some retainer. Each one billed differently. Hours tracked in three places. Nothing syncs.
No visibility into who’s on what. No way to see who’s overloaded vs. idle. Resource planning is a Slack thread and a prayer.
Project margins, team utilization, flexible billing, client portals — all unified.
Hours, revenue, profit %, status for every project — in one view. Real-time profitability you can act on.
Every team member logs time to the same project. Integrates with Jira, Asana, Monday. Data syncs both ways.
Hourly, fixed-fee, retainer, value-based — all in one system. Invoices auto-generate per client’s billing rules.
Clients see project status, deliverables, invoices. Cuts the “where are we?” emails in half.
See who’s billable vs. admin. Spot bottlenecks. Plan capacity based on data, not gut.
Margin on every engagement. Know which clients to fire and which to grow. Adjust pricing for next round.
Harvest is great for time. Productive is great for projects. Vex does both — without charging you per teammate.
| Feature | Harvest | Productive | Vex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (5-person team) | $65/mo | $135–225/mo | $49/mo flat |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat (tiered) | Flat (up to 5 seats) |
| Project profitability | Basic reports | Strong | Real-time per-project |
| Flexible billing | Hourly-focused | Multi-model | Hourly + fixed + retainer |
| Client portal | Limited | Yes (extra) | Included |
| Team utilization | Basic | Advanced | Real-time dashboard |
| Setup time | 1–2 days | 1–2 weeks | 1 hour |
| Integrations (Jira, Asana, Monday) | Yes | Yes | Yes, two-way sync |
Scale your team without scaling your software bill.
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