Scoro alternatives

Scoro publishes per-user plans, with prices on scoro.com. Agencies shopping around it usually weigh Productive.io (Essential $10 billed yearly), Zoho Projects, Runn (Lite $7), Harvest (Teams $9) and Resource Guru (Grasshopper $5), each read on 24 September 2026. PeopleMuster is the strongest pick when the team roster and billable work belong together: $3 per person a month, every module included.

Why people leave

Headcount math. Every hire adds a seat to each per-user subscription an agency holds, so a studio growing from 20 to 30 staff watches several bills climb together. Founders who forecast hiring prefer a single small rate per employee that spans everything.
Holidays that surprise the resourcing plan. Where time-off requests live in one app and bookings in another, a designer's week in Lisbon shows up as free capacity until somebody reconciles the two.
Budgeting before the demo. Finance leads like to model each candidate in a spreadsheet ahead of any sales meeting. Scoro's figures sit on scoro.com; every tool below prints its own.

The real options

We lined up six tools on 24 September 2026 against the questions an agency owner with 15 to 60 staff asks first: what one seat costs, what the cheapest paid plan unlocks, whether a free start or trial exists, and whether holidays feed straight into the resourcing view. Evaluated from Scoro's own documentation and pricing, September 2026. Each rival's numbers come from its own pricing page, read that same day. We grouped them by the job each tool leads with: planning, hours, or projects.

PeopleMuster

$3 per person a month from day one, or $30 per person a year billed annually. All modules, one plan, 14 days free.

Who it suits: Studios and consultancies that want the employee file and billable projects sharing one database.
Where it wins: Clients with local time zones, projects carrying billable and fixed-price or hourly flags, kanban boards, approved timesheets, capacity and utilisation, all reading the same leave calendar and directory. Fireflies meeting notes land on the matching project.

Productive.io

Essential $10, Professional $25 per user monthly on annual billing ($12 / $29 month to month); Ultimate on request. Three-seat floor; 14-day trial. Checked 24 September 2026.

Who it suits: Agency operators who want a purpose-built operations suite and budget per user.
Where it wins: Designed around agency and consultancy delivery, pairing time off and capacity with projects.
Where it falls short: Productive points customers to BambooHR, Personio or Rippling for employee records, and plans begin at three seats.

Zoho Projects

Free for 5 users and 3 projects; paid tiers are priced inside the vendor's calculator. 15-day trial. Checked 24 September 2026.

Who it suits: Small teams already on Zoho apps that want projects with a free tier.
Where it wins: Time-off requests and timesheets sit inside the project tool.
Where it falls short: Paid-tier figures load in the vendor's calculator rather than as printed list prices.

Runn

Lite $7 and Standard $11 per resource seat monthly on annual billing ($9 / $13 month to month); Advanced on request. 20-seat minimum; 30-day trial. Checked 24 September 2026.

Who it suits: Resourcing managers forecasting who works on what over coming quarters.
Where it wins: Two printed tiers and a month-long trial for planning people against projects.
Where it falls short: Paid plans start at twenty seats, above a small studio's size.

Harvest

Free for 1 seat and 2 projects; Teams $9 per seat monthly annual ($11 month to month); Enterprise $14 annual ($17.50). 30-day trial. Checked 24 September 2026.

Who it suits: Teams whose first need is logging billable hours.
Where it wins: A free single-seat start and three clearly priced steps.
Where it falls short: Staff files and leave run in whichever HR system you pair with it.

Resource Guru

Grasshopper $5, Blackbelt $8, Master $12 per person monthly; annual billing gives two months free. No setup fee; trial without a card. Checked 24 September 2026.

Who it suits: Schedulers booking people, rooms and equipment across jobs.
Where it wins: Low entry price and a card-free trial.
Where it falls short: Employee records and approvals live in a separate HR product.

Questions people ask

How much does Scoro cost?

Scoro publishes per-user plans; prices are on scoro.com. For a number to model today, PeopleMuster is $3 per person a month with every module, or $30 per person a year billed annually. Productive.io Essential is $10 per user billed yearly, checked 24 September 2026.

What goes in first when an agency moves to PeopleMuster?

Staff, leave types and projects. We load them alongside you during onboarding, and the CSV importer accepts all three from a spreadsheet export for teams who prefer to self-serve. Clients and project flags follow, then people start logging hours, all within the 14 days free.

Why is Float missing from this list?

Float schedules people across projects and is priced per scheduled person, at Starter $7 and Pro $12 a month, verified September 2026. It has its own alternatives page here; this list mixes planning, time and project tools that agencies weigh against Scoro.