Hey Teamwork. "Built for client work" should mean the client decides it's done.
Teamwork.com is a capable, agency-tuned tool with real time and budget tracking. Progense pushes the client model further: status computes itself, completion is the client's to grant, and free client seats don't wait for a mid-tier plan.
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Status is manual
Milestones and Gantt are there, but task health is a status someone sets — not a date-driven computation.
Approval is proof-level
Proofing collects client markup on deliverables, but nothing blocks completion until the client signs off.
Free clients need a paid plan
Client users are free — but only on the Deliver tier and up, and capped at five projects each.
What Teamwork.com is great at
Teamwork.com is purpose-built for billable client work and does a lot well — time tracking, project budgets, expenses, profitability reporting, proofing, and a real client portal, with broad integrations. For agencies that live in utilization and billing, it's a strong, mature choice. Progense overlaps on the client portal but differs at the core: status is computed rather than set, the client's approval is a hard completion gate rather than a proofing step, and client seats are free with no plan or project gate.
Progense vs Teamwork.com, where it counts.
| Features | Recommended Progense | Teamwork.com |
|---|---|---|
| Status computed from dates | Automatic | Manual status |
| Client approval required to complete | Built in, locked | Proofing, not a gate |
| Formal scope-request audit trail | Built in | Not native |
| Client/guest seats | Free, uncapped | Free on Deliver+, 5-project cap |
| Native time tracking | Automatic | Built in |
| Budget tracking + alerts | Built in, 50–100% alerts | Budgets + profitability |
| Gantt / timeline | Project → task | Gantt + milestones |
| Built for client-facing agencies | Purpose-built | Client-work focused |
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Built for agencies. Over-engineered for honesty.
Every decision in Progense exists for one reason: to tell the truth about where your projects actually are. Not to make you look good on a Monday morning slide. To show you — and your clients — reality.
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