Last updated Oct 16, 2026
Quick answer
Scoro suits process-driven service businesses that want CRM, projects, resourcing and finance in one highly configurable system and have time to set it up. Streamtime suits small and mid-sized creative studios that want job planning, time tracking, scheduling, quoting and invoicing their whole team will actually use, at one fixed price instead of per-user fees.
Both are all-in-one tools for client-service businesses, so the difference isn't whether they can run an agency. It's how. Scoro is a professional services automation (PSA) platform built from eight modular apps, priced per user, and strongest on financial depth, forecasting and reporting. Streamtime is project management software made specifically for creative teams, built around simplicity, time tracking without traditional timesheets, and team wellbeing.
In short: if your operations lead or finance team is driving the decision and wants everything configurable, start with Scoro. If you need designers, writers and producers to adopt the tool every day with little training, start with Streamtime.
Disclosure: this comparison is written by Streamtime. We've used each company's own published information, linked below, and tried to be clear about where Scoro is the better choice.
Streamtime vs Scoro at a glance
| Feature | Scoro | Streamtime |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Professional services automation (PSA) platform | Project management software for creative teams and agencies |
| Built for | Consultancies, agencies, IT, architecture and engineering firms | Creative agencies, design studios, in-house creative teams and architects |
| Pricing model | Per user, based on which apps you choose | Custom fixed-price plan, not per user |
| Published price | From US$17 / £13 / €15 per user per month; End-to-end bundle US$57 / £43 / €52 per user per month | Not published; quoted on request |
| Minimum users | 5 | None stated; unlimited freelancers included |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card | Yes |
| CRM and sales pipeline | Yes (Sell app) | Pipeline via Kanban board; no full CRM |
| Time tracking | Timer and timesheets | Drag-and-drop logging from a to-do list, plus a timer |
| Resource planning | Bookings, planner, utilisation reports | Scheduling with team availability; two-way Google Calendar sync |
| Accounting integrations | Xero, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, Exact Online | Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB AccountRight |
| Mobile apps | iOS and Android | iOS |
| Review ratings | 4.5/5 Prices and features as published on scoro.com/pricing and streamtime.net in October 2026. Scoro offers a 13 to 17% discount for annual billing. Check both sites for current details. What Scoro and Streamtime are, and who they're built forScoroScoro describes itself as an AI-powered professional services automation platform. It's made up of eight core apps that you mix and match: Do (tasks), Deliver (projects), Track (time and cost), Resource (capacity planning), Sell (CRM and pipeline), Estimate (quotes and budgets), Spend (bills, expenses and purchase orders) and Invoice (billing). Optional add-ons cover things like revenue recognition, WIP reports and multiple currencies, and there are more than 35 extras and integrations. Its target market is broad: consultancies, agencies, IT services, architecture, engineering and event businesses. The appeal is depth. Everything from the first sales conversation to the final invoice can live in one system, with detailed financial reporting on top. Reviewers on G2 most often praise its reporting. StreamtimeStreamtime is project management software made specifically for creative businesses: agencies, design studios and in-house creative teams, as well as architects. It covers job planning, time tracking, team scheduling, quoting, invoicing and profitability reporting, plus a weekly check-in that tracks how the team is feeling. Streamtime deliberately does less than a full PSA. There's no full CRM, and it doesn't try to be configurable for every type of service business. The trade-off is that it's designed for the people doing the creative work, not only the people managing it. Streamtime is an Australian company and a Certified B Corporation, used by studios such as The Edison Agency, Allies Studio and Osborne Pike. Head-to-head: how they compare in practicePricing and total costScoro publishes its prices. You pay per user, and the price depends on which apps you combine, from US$17 per user per month for a two-app combination up to US$57 for the End-to-end bundle, with a minimum of five users. At the End-to-end list price, a 10-person studio would pay about US$570 a month and a 25-person agency about US$1,425, before the annual billing discount. Anyone who needs to log in, including regular freelancers, counts as a user. Free self-onboarding is available for teams of up to 15 people; Scoro says larger teams need one of its assisted or professional onboarding packages. Streamtime doesn't publish prices. It quotes a fixed monthly or annual price based on your permanent team, how many freelancers you use, your revenue and which parts of the product you need. Freelancers are unlimited, and the price can be adjusted if your team shrinks or grows. Scoro is easier to price up front. Streamtime's model is designed so you don't pay extra for freelancers or headcount changes, which suits studios that flex their team, but you'll need a quote to compare like for like. Quoting and project planningScoro's Estimate app is one of its strengths: a quote and budget builder with role-based pricing, margin and markup, and an estimation matrix. Its Deliver app adds Gantt charts with dependencies, phases, milestones and project templates. In Streamtime, you plan a job with its rates, team, timeline and planned profit, and the quote comes straight from that plan, so there's no re-entry once the client says yes. Burn-up charts show how the job is tracking against budget. Scoro gives more control over complex estimates. Streamtime gets you from plan to quote faster. Scheduling and resourcingScoro's Resource app offers bookings, a planner, availability indicators and utilisation reports. It's powerful, but agencies we've spoken to after using Scoro said there were several different ways to plan someone's time, and rescheduling a whole job took a lot of clicks. Streamtime's scheduling is drag-and-drop, shows real availability including unscheduled hours, and syncs both ways with Google Calendar. Each person sees what they're meant to be working on today in a to-do list. For day-to-day studio scheduling, Streamtime is simpler. For utilisation analysis across a large organisation, Scoro goes deeper. Time trackingScoro has a timer and timesheets, and its Advanced Work add-on adds time locking and activity confirmation for teams that need tight control. Streamtime avoids traditional timesheets. People log time by dragging scheduled tasks to done, or by running a timer. The aim is for creatives to keep their time up to date without being chased; one customer quoted by Streamtime says their team now "actually enjoy[s] logging time." Invoicing and accountingScoro's Invoice app handles almost every billing scenario: partial, prepayment, scheduled and recurring invoices, credit notes and payment reminders. It integrates with Xero, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct and Exact Online, and multi-currency support is available as an add-on. Streamtime turns job plans into invoices, including expenses, and integrates natively with Xero, QuickBooks and MYOB AccountRight. MYOB matters if you're in Australia or New Zealand: it isn't among the accounting integrations on Scoro's pricing page. Reporting and forecastingThis is where Scoro is strongest. Its reporting covers revenue forecasting and recognition, WIP, quoted versus actual, and project budget health charts, mostly through the Advanced add-ons. Streamtime reports on utilisation, profitability and job cost recovery in real time, with custom formulas and one-click exports. That covers what most studios need, but finance-led teams that want revenue recognition and multi-entity reporting will find more in Scoro. CRM and sales pipelineScoro includes a full CRM (the Sell app), with contacts, deals, pipeline reports and web forms, plus integrations with HubSpot and Salesforce. Streamtime doesn't have a full CRM. It has a Kanban board for tracking pipeline and job stages. Studios that need a CRM usually pair Streamtime with one through Zapier. AI and integrationsScoro includes an AI assistant called ELI, with a monthly allowance of credits per user, plus an MCP server and an API. Its integrations include Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange, Jira, BambooHR and Stripe. Streamtime connects to more than 5,000 apps through Zapier and has a public REST API, alongside its native accounting and Google Calendar integrations. Ease of use and team adoptionScoro's breadth comes with a learning curve. It's the most common complaint in G2 reviews, and Scoro itself says getting fully up and running can take from a few days to a few months, depending on complexity. One agency told us Scoro had only ever been adopted by one department. Streamtime is built for the people doing the creative work, so it's quicker to learn. The trade-off is fewer configuration options and less financial depth. Which should you choose?Most teams can tell which way to go from a few questions about how they work. Whichever you lean towards, try both with the same real project. Set up a live job, schedule two or three people for a week, log real time and raise one invoice into your accounting software. Watching your team use each tool will tell you more than any feature list, including this one. Switching from Scoro to StreamtimeIf you're moving from Scoro, the main things to plan are your contract end date, your live jobs and your financial history. Most studios handle it like this.
Moving the other way, from Streamtime to Scoro, follows the same pattern. Scoro's import tools cover contacts, products, invoices and receipts, and larger teams can use Scoro's onboarding packages or an implementation partner. Frequently asked questionsIs Streamtime or Scoro better for a creative agency?It depends on who needs to use it and what you value most. Scoro is better if you want a full CRM, deep financial reporting and a highly configurable system. Streamtime is better if you want a tool built specifically for creative teams that people adopt quickly, with fixed pricing instead of per-user fees. How much does Scoro cost?Scoro is priced per user per month, depending on which apps you combine. Published prices start from US$17, £13 or €15 per user per month, and the full End-to-end bundle is US$57, £43 or €52 per user per month. There's a five-user minimum, and annual billing saves 13 to 17%. How much does Streamtime cost?Streamtime doesn't publish a price list. It offers custom fixed-price plans, billed monthly or annually, based on your team size, freelancers, revenue and which features you use. Freelancers are unlimited, so you don't pay per seat for them. Does Scoro have a minimum number of users?Yes. Every Scoro plan has a minimum of five users. Does Scoro integrate with Xero?Yes. Scoro integrates with Xero and QuickBooks, as well as Sage Intacct and Exact Online. Streamtime also integrates natively with Xero and QuickBooks, and adds MYOB AccountRight. Does Scoro integrate with MYOB?MYOB isn't listed among the accounting integrations on Scoro's pricing page. If MYOB is essential, check directly with Scoro, or consider a tool with a native MYOB integration, such as Streamtime. Does Streamtime have a CRM like Scoro?No. Streamtime has a Kanban board for tracking your pipeline and job stages, but not a full CRM with contact management and deal tracking. Scoro includes a full CRM in its Sell app. Which is easier to learn, Streamtime or Scoro?Streamtime is generally simpler, because it focuses on what creative studios need rather than every type of service business. Scoro's reviewers on G2 most often mention its learning curve as a downside, and Scoro says setup can take from a few days to a few months. What are the best Scoro alternatives for creative studios?Common alternatives include Streamtime, Productive and Deltek WorkBook. Streamtime is the simplest of these and built specifically for creative teams; Productive and WorkBook are closer to Scoro in depth and suit larger agencies with more complex operations. About this comparisonThis comparison is written by Streamtime. Facts about Scoro come from Scoro's own pricing page and from public review sites, checked in October 2026. Comments about using Scoro in practice come from agencies who spoke to us while choosing new software, and we've kept them anonymous. Scoro changes its plans and features regularly, so check its site for the latest before you decide. If anything here is out of date, let us know and we'll correct it. Read nextFeatures About Use cases Help  |
