Accelo vs Avaza (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Accelo if

• Fits if you bill clients for time, retainers or fixed fees
• Works for firms that already run HubSpot, Salesforce, Xero or QuickBooks

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: no prices are published, so you can't budget before talking to sales
• Not for you if you want a trial or free plan, as none is listed
• Too heavy for internal task tracking, which gets little from the billing and financial features
• Tight if you need a desktop app: only iOS and Android are listed

Pick Avaza if

• Fits if you're a consultancy or agency that bills clients for tracked time
• Works for businesses with lots of outside collaborators, who are free on every plan

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to run projects from a phone app, as the mobile apps are for time tracking
• Tight if you're staying free with a team: 1 user can log time, with 5 active projects, 5 invoices a month and 100 MB
• Skip it if several people book resources, as every plan includes 1 scheduling user and more are $7 a month each
• Watch out: each plan counts users per role, so extra timesheet or admin users are $7 a month each on top of the flat price
• Tight if your team chats in it, as every plan includes 5 chat members and more are paid add-ons

Accelo

• No prices are published. The pricing page says cost depends on team size and growth goals and sends visitors to a custom quote.
• The pricing page says implementation guidance and onboarding support are part of the starting price.
• Built for client-billing firms. Teams that only need internal task tracking get little from the time-billing and financial features.
• The help center lists iOS and Android mobile apps; no desktop apps are mentioned.

Avaza

• Plans include a fixed number of users per role; extra timesheet, scheduling or admin/finance users cost $7 a month each.
• The Free plan stops at 5 active projects, 10 customers, 5 invoices and bills a month and 100 MB of storage.
• Every plan includes only 1 resource scheduling user and 5 chat members; more are paid add-ons.
• The iOS and Android apps are for time tracking. The pricing page describes the rest as a responsive web app with no software to install.

Accelo

Quote-to-project workflow

Projects can be started from an approved quote and built from reusable templates, with timelines and dependencies that adjust when scope changes.

Planning views

The project toolkit lists Gantt charts, task dependencies, milestone tracking, portfolio views, and both agile and waterfall methods.

Time tracking and timesheets

Logged hours feed project performance, capacity planning and utilization reporting. AI-assisted timesheets suggest entries based on actual work.

Project financials

Planned and actual performance are compared across time, services, materials and expenses. The vendor says it handles retainer, fixed-fee and hourly work side by side.

Tickets and client requests

Requests can be captured from email into the same workflow as projects, with custom statuses, filters and SLA tracking.

Resourcing and capacity planning

Capacity and utilization views help managers spot overbooked staff and bench time before work is assigned.

Avaza

Tasks in lists, boards and Gantt charts

Tasks carry priorities, deadlines and assignees and can be viewed as a list, a kanban board or a Gantt chart, grouped by project, assignee or priority.

Resource scheduling

A drag-and-drop schedule books people onto projects, with an availability bar that shows who is under or over capacity. Leave and public holidays can be added.

Timesheets and timers

Time is logged with a start-stop timer or entered by day or week, marked billable or not, and compared with task estimates. Customers can approve timesheets.

Quotes and invoicing

Estimates can be converted into projects or invoices, and uninvoiced time, expenses and fixed amounts are pulled onto an invoice that can be paid online.

Expense tracking

Staff record expenses in the browser or the mobile apps, or email a photo of a receipt to Avaza, and link each one to a project or client.

Team chat

Channels and direct chats for team members, with external contacts able to chat at no charge. Each plan includes 5 team members with chat access.

Accelo

Pricing could not be confirmed. See accelo.com.

Avaza

• Free$0

  Unlimited project collaborators, 1 timesheet/expense user, 1 admin/finance user, 5 active projects, 10 customers, 5 invoices a month and 100 MB of storage.

• Startup$9.96

  per month, billed annually at $119.50 ($11.95 billed monthly)

  2 timesheet/expense users, 1 admin/finance user, 20 active projects, unlimited customers, 50 invoices a month and 10 GB of storage.

• Basic$19.96

  per month, billed annually at $239.50 ($23.95 billed monthly)

  5 timesheet/expense users, 2 admin/finance users, 50 active projects, 100 invoices a month and 20 GB of storage.

• Business$39.96

  per month, billed annually at $479.50 ($47.95 billed monthly)

  10 timesheet/expense users, 5 admin/finance users, unlimited active projects and invoices, and 30 GB of storage.

Accelo

No public discounts listed.

Avaza

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  Annual plans cost 10 times the monthly price: Startup is $119.50 a year, Basic $239.50 and Business $479.50. Add-on users and storage follow the same rule.