PeopleMuster

Kantata vs Productive.io

Kantata and Productive.io are both professional services automation platforms, and the clearest split between them is how you find out the price. Productive.io publishes it: Essential is $10 per user a month billed yearly, from three seats. Kantata asks you to request pricing, so its figure arrives through a sales conversation.

What each one costs

ProductPriceBasis
KantataQuote onlyno public price; "Request Pricing" on kantata.com
Productive Essential$10per user / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly)
Productive Professional$25per user / month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)
Productive UltimateQuote onlycustom price
PeopleMuster$3per person / month, every module included

Read from kantata.com/pricing and productive.io/pricing on 24 September 2026. Productive plans start at three seats and come with a 14-day trial. PeopleMuster, the row we added, is our product: $3 per person from the first person, or $30 per person per year on annual billing.

Why teams choose PeopleMuster

  • Your HR record and your project work share one database. The person on a project is the same record that holds their leave quota, shift and reporting line.
  • Approved leave drops straight out of the capacity plan, so next month's grid already shows who is off before you book anyone.
  • Daily timesheets are approved by the manager and turn into utilisation by project and department, with a week-over-week trend.
  • Client projects carry health, setup and task scores, billable or non-billable flags, fixed-price or hourly, and milestones.
  • Fireflies meetings file themselves against the right project, and leadership sees AI-derived risk signals beside them.
  • The price is on the page: $3 per person a month, no seat minimum, no setup fee and 14 days free with no card.

Questions people ask

How much does Kantata cost compared with Productive.io?

Kantata doesn't publish a price; its pricing page asks you to request one. Productive.io publishes three plans: Essential at $10 per user a month billed yearly ($12 monthly), Professional at $25 ($29 monthly) and a custom Ultimate. Both were read on 24 September 2026.

Does Productive.io hold employee records?

Productive.io ships time off and capacity. For the full employee record, it connects to BambooHR, Personio and Rippling, as productive.io described in September 2026.

Is there one system for HR and client delivery?

PeopleMuster keeps attendance, leave, onboarding checklists and the asset register in the same database as client projects, timesheets and the capacity plan. It's $3 per person a month for every module, with 14 days free and no card.

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