WorkflowMAX vs Productive: The Profit-First Choice for AEC

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Both platforms at a glance

Customisable workflows that adapt to your business

Integrated quoting, invoicing, time + cost tracking in one platform

Job management + profitability dashboards (track margin leakage in real time)

Vertical strength for architects, engineers, and consultants

Human-first support team that partners in success

Workflows shaped around agency and consultancy delivery, not technical project phases

Quoting leans toward proposals and pipeline, less toward multi-phase job costing

Strong budgeting and profitability tracking, but built around an agency and PSA model

Agency and PSA heritage, with A&E as a newer add-on rather than the core

Responsive support, but generalist, not staffed with AEC industry experts

Profitability at the core

More than tracking time, WorkflowMAX surfaces hidden costs, shows real-time margins, and helps leaders take action before month-end.

Made for firms, not agencies

Productive grew up running agencies; WorkflowMAX is built for how technical firms quote, deliver, and bill. No bending agency software to fit your firm.

Built for all service firms

Strong alignment with A/E firms, consultants, and mid-sized service businesses.

Human first, always

Behind every ticket and call is a real person who understands how AEC firms actually work, not a generalist help desk.

Advanced Package advantages

The Advanced Package pairs powerful tools with a dedicated WorkflowMAX rep who knows your business. From setting up integrations to spotting margin leaks before they hurt, your rep helps turn real-time data into confident decisions. It’s not just software, it’s guidance, insight, and profit you can count on.

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Stop Running an Agency, Start Running a Firm

No more corporate, transactional, and designed to “check boxes” platforms.

WorkflowMAX is different

Confident, human, and built to give service firms calm control where it matters most inside the numbers.

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