ActiveCollab
The facts below are what the maker publishes about ActiveCollab, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From ActiveCollab's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Plus | $15 a month | Up to 3 members · Unlimited clients · Unlimited projects and tasks · 10GB storage · $15 per month flat; $12.50/month billed yearly |
| Pro | $11 a month | Unlimited members · 100GB storage monthly or 125GB yearly · Time reporting · Expense tracking · $11 per user per month; $10/month billed yearly |
| Pro+ (Get Paid) | $17 a month | Unlimited members · 100GB storage monthly or 125GB yearly · Invoicing · Project budgeting · Workload management · Profitability tracking · $17 per user per month; $15/month billed yearly |
| 100+ seats | $3.50 a month | 100+ seats · Custom seat amount · Dev and Customer Success teams assist with transfer · $3.5 per user/month |
| Self-Hosted | — | Unlimited users · Unlimited projects · Unlimited storage · One production installation plus a development and testing copy · First year of support and upgrades included · One-time purchase; quote from sales; yearly support plan after the first year |
The facts
Each one read from ActiveCollab's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automation rules
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Business features
- The feature set includes workload and capacity planning, time-off management, client access, budgets, estimates, invoicing, and expense tracking.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Guest access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists Google Drive, Dropbox, QuickBooks, Stripe, PayPal, Slack, Zapier, webhooks, an API, and an MCP server among its integrations and connected tools.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 3.5checked 20 Sep 2026
- Privacy and hosting
- The maker says cloud servers are located in Canada, the United States, and France, and offers a self-hosted option for organizations that need data kept on their own network.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- ActiveCollab describes itself as a productivity and collaboration workspace for service businesses, including agencies and consultancies.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Project management
- The product supports unlimited projects, tasks, and subtasks, with List, Board, and Gantt views and task dependencies.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The cloud service uses separate databases and filesystem locations for each customer instance, SSL-only connections, AES256 transmission encryption, replicated infrastructure, and regular on-site and off-site backups.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted requirements
- Self-hosted installation runs on Linux or Windows with Nginx or Apache, PHP, and MySQL or MariaDB; the customer administrator manages backups and maintenance.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker offers help guides, live chat, and email support, with customer care available every workday from 8 AM to 10 PM CET.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Time tracking
- Users can track time on tasks and projects, use a stopwatch, and review individual or team timesheets.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- ActiveCollab says the product was first released as open source in summer 2006.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2006checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- The About page lists an ActiveCollab, Inc. office in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.checked 7 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Desktop and mobile apps
- Native desktop apps are offered for Windows and macOS, and mobile apps are offered for iOS and Android.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
- Trial
- The free 14-day cloud trial includes the full feature set and requires no credit card.checked 7 Oct 2026
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