Costlocker Review - why 5 stars?

• Easy Budgeting: Costlocker allows users to create budget estimates based on estimated man-hours, client rates, or project fees. Users can also automate fee-based projects and carry out retrospective budgeting.
• Project Supervision: With Costlocker, project managers and owners can track budget spending in real-time, see how much has been spent on projects, get project insights, assign tasks, monitor project progress, and set up alerts for estimated hours.
• Time Tracking & Timesheets: Costlocker allows users to track time on all projects, and keep timesheets sorted either by days, people, or tasks. The Timesheets feature also allows users to view and export timesheets or grant access to clients to see them for themselves.
• Invoicing: Users can prepare invoices for materials and project needs using Costlocker and organize them such that every team member can keep track of all invoices easily, keeping invoicing data within reach at all times.

• Costlocker helps businesses get detailed insights into their financials.
• The software is cost-friendly for small businesses
• Costlocker is an entirely cloud-based tool and can be used on the go, from anywhere, at any time

• Onboarding can be a bit difficult for new users
• Costlocker does not have the Kanban boards feature common for most project planning software

• Cost: Costlocker pricing starts at $12 per user per month, billed annually. In comparison, Trello pricing starts at $5 per user/month billed annually, monday.com pricing begins at $8 per seat per month, and Smartsheet pricing starts at $7 per user per month billed annually. At the same time, Parallax does not disclose its pricing schedule. Trello and monday.com have a free plan available, while Costlocker has a free trial offer available.
• Functionality: Costlocker has functionalities typical for project planning and time tracking software like collaboration tools, budget management, and progress tracking. In comparison, Costlocker does not have some features which monday.com, Trello, and Smartsheet have, like Gantt View, Agile Methodologies, and Traditional Methodologies.
• Scalability: Costlocker is scalable for project teams of all sizes. In comparison, Trello and other top alternatives of Costlocker are also fit for owners and project teams of all sizes.
• Popularity: Costlocker was founded in 2013 as an emerging project planning software. Trello serves over 1 million teams globally, Smartsheet launched in 2006 and serves customers in over 190 countries, and monday.com is a publicly-traded company valued at $1.9 billion.
• Support: Costlocker offers its users support through the following channels: email, live chat, and FAQ section. In comparison, monday.com, Smartsheet, and Parallax offer phone support, which Costlocker does not offer. Costlocker also does not have a 24/7 live representative like monday.com.
• Customers/Industries: Costlocker is a project planning and time management tool for owners and project managers across various industries like fashion, finance, construction, etc. Costlocker targets similar customers and industries as most of its top alternatives, and Parallax targets professional service companies.
• Cloud/On-premise: Costlocker is an entirely cloud-based project planning software, and its top competitors are cloud-based software solutions.

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