Paymo - Top Competitors (Jan 2023)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Jan 04, 2023

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Paymo vs. Alternatives in 2023

Paymo competes with project management systems like Wrike, ClickUp, and BigTime. We will compare these project management systems in some specific aspects below.

• Functionality: Paymo offers features like Native Time Tracking, Static Time Reports, Time Entries, Desktop & Mobile Apps, Guest Access, Recurring Tasks, Meta Kanban Board, Employee Scheduling & Workload, Employee Leave Management, Gantt Charts, etc. Wrike offers features like Dashboard, Planning, Tracking, News Feed, Ad hoc Reporting, Agile Methodologies, Gantt charts (available in Paymo), Notifications, ROI Tracking, Approval, Automated Scheduling, Backlog Management, etc.
  
  ClickUp offers features like Gantt Chart, Dashboards, Native Time Tracking (available in Paymo), Mind Maps, Automations, Notepad, Forms, Email, To-Do List, Kanban Board, Sprints, etc. BigTimeoffers features like Due Date and Workflow Management, Gantt Charts, Project Management Dashboard (available in Paymo), Tasks by Type, Stage, Due Date, Assignment, DCAA Compliance, etc.
• Customers/Industries: Paymo has customers like Cromatic Studios, Bauer Graphics, Maddthing, Archaius Creative, UpTech, Hiru Estudio, Strongway, Robot House Creative, Archaius Creative, etc. Wrike targets Project Managers, Marketing, Creative, Professional Services, Product Development, Company-Wide, etc. Wrike has customers like Google, Nickelodeon, Simense, Snowflake, Ogilvy, Syneos Health, etc.
  
  ClickUp targets Remote Work, Development, Marketing, Sales, Design, CRM, Health, Startup, Non-Profit, Task Management, Collaboration Tools, Projections, Task Progress Tracking, etc. BigTime targets Accounting, Architecture & Engineering, Consulting, Government Contracting, IT Services, Legal, Marketing & Creative, etc. BigTime has customers like Energy GPS, Draper & Associates, The iFish Group, EDGE Engineering, etc.
• Cost: Paymo starts at $4.95 per user per month on annual billing and $5.95 monthly with a free trial and version. Wrike starts at $9.80 per user month per month. ClickUp starts at $5 per member per month on annual billing and $9 monthly with a free version & trial. BigTime starts at $10 per user per month billed annually​ with a free trial.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: Paymo and all its alternatives are cloud-based.
• Popularity: Wrike is publicly traded and trusted by 20,000+ customers worldwide. ClickUp is privately held with 800,000+ teams.
• Support: Paymo offers support channels like Email/Help Desk. FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, and Chat. BigTime offers all channels of Paymo plus Phone Support. Wrike and ClickUp offer support channels like Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat.

Paymo vs. Alternatives (pricing table)

Paymo's Free Alternative

TimeCamp is a great free alternative to Paymo. It allows unlimited users and unlimited projects in their free plan with both Desktop and mobile app support.