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I just joined MacWorld specifically for advice pertaining to this question. I'm what you call a "newbie", so I hope one of you seasoned techies can help me out!
I've been Googling my mind out searching for a comprehensive project management program. It seems Clients and Profits is pretty popular, but I can't afford to pay as much as they're asking ($5,000? ...Seriously?). I mean, I have a shoe fetish to support!
I've seen the names Studiometry, Billings, and iBiz thrown around. Can anyone make a recommendation? Does anyone have experience with these programs??
I have a small design firm, and right now, we don't have a definite system for tracking our business. We'd like something that does pretty much everything: track employees, jobs, invoices.
Thanks!!
Erin
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 12:13 AM
I came here to post this same question a couple of months ago. We were stuck between Studiometry and Daylite. Daylite seems "nicer" and prettier and more mac-like. Studiometry seemed to do more and have more compatibility. We ended up going with Studiometry in the end. It had more project planning and features built in without requiring you to purchase add ons or integration assistants. It also was PC compatible, and we do have a couple of those floating around still.
In the end it comes down to what you need so I don't think anyone can answer this for you. We needed what Studiometry does with all of the features and planning and settings everything all in one.
One quick tip I'd have is if you're running out of trial time there's a Studiometry beta going on now that you can signup for and used for free on their forums. I wish we would have found that out before we purchased because we could have delayed our purchase by a month or two. It would just be delaying the inevitable though, I guess. Here's their beta sign up page: http://oranged.net/f...pic.php?f=8&t=4
Also one last note to think of is that many solutions are now available on the internet. If you don't have a server or you want remote connection from any computer with an internet connection, options like basecamp/freshbooks/etc might be what you're looking for. The problem we had with those is (a) monthly fees add up and (b) none of them really do planning, tracking, and invoicing like the one we chose to go with. Good luck in your search!
In the end it comes down to what you need so I don't think anyone can answer this for you. We needed what Studiometry does with all of the features and planning and settings everything all in one.
One quick tip I'd have is if you're running out of trial time there's a Studiometry beta going on now that you can signup for and used for free on their forums. I wish we would have found that out before we purchased because we could have delayed our purchase by a month or two. It would just be delaying the inevitable though, I guess. Here's their beta sign up page: http://oranged.net/f...pic.php?f=8&t=4
Also one last note to think of is that many solutions are now available on the internet. If you don't have a server or you want remote connection from any computer with an internet connection, options like basecamp/freshbooks/etc might be what you're looking for. The problem we had with those is (a) monthly fees add up and (b) none of them really do planning, tracking, and invoicing like the one we chose to go with. Good luck in your search!
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