Nifty vs Teamwork.com

Nifty

• Agencies and client-facing teams that want chat, docs and tasks in one tool
• Teams of 7 or more, where one flat price covers every member
• Small projects that fit the Free plan's 2 active projects

Teamwork.com

• Agencies and consultancies that bill clients for tracked time
• Service businesses that plan team capacity and utilization
• Groups of up to 5 people who can start on the Free plan

Nifty

• The Free plan is limited to 2 active projects and 100 MB of storage, and has no time tracking, custom fields or automations.
• Flat plans cap team size: 10 members on Pro and 30 on Business; beyond that the Unlimited plan is $399 a month billed annually.
• Per-member pricing is pitched at teams of fewer than 7; for 7 or more people the pricing page steers buyers to the flat plans.
• The open API, Microsoft SSO and custom domains need Business; custom SAML, white labeling and native forms need Unlimited.

Teamwork.com

• Paid plans have seat minimums: 3 users on Basics and 5 on Accelerate.
• The Free plan stops at 5 users, 5 projects and 100 MB of file storage.
• Optimize and Enterprise have no published price, and single sign-on is limited to Enterprise or a separate add-on.
• The Windows and macOS desktop apps do not support offline use, according to Teamwork.com's support site.

Nifty

Roadmaps and milestones

Goals and milestones are mapped on a timeline, and progress rolls up automatically as the tasks behind each milestone are completed.

Task views

Tasks switch between Kanban, list, timeline, calendar and swimlane views. Recurring tasks and task dependencies are included on the Free plan.

Discussions and team chat

Each project has its own discussions, alongside team chat and one-click video calls, so conversations stay attached to the work.

Docs and files

Specs, wikis and notes are written in Nifty Docs and linked to tasks, with native Google Docs sync. File proofing for approvals starts on Pro.

Time tracking, budgets and reporting

Pro adds time tracking and reporting, budget tracking, custom fields, workflow automations and cross-project overviews. Business adds goals and team workloads.

Orbit AI and MCP

Orbit plans projects, prioritizes tasks, drafts updates and writes docs. An MCP connection lets assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT build and update work in Nifty.

Teamwork.com

List, board, table and Gantt views

Projects can be worked as a task list, a kanban board, a table or a Gantt chart on every plan, including Free.

Time tracking and invoicing

Time is logged against tasks as billable or non-billable. Basics reports on billable time, and Accelerate builds client invoices from the time logged.

Workload and capacity planning

From Accelerate, managers plan team workloads and see live capacity. Optimize adds tentative projects and scheduling by role or skill.

Budgets and profitability

Accelerate handles time budgets and retainers. Optimize adds quotes, multi-currency financial budgets and revenue, cost and profitability insights.

Automations and intake forms

Automations are capped by plan: 100 on Free, 5,000 on Basics, 20,000 on Accelerate and 100,000 on Optimize. Intake forms for work requests start at Accelerate.

TeamworkAI

AI summaries, a project and task wizard and assistants such as Scout and Flo are included in paid plans for an introductory period, with usage-based AI credits to follow.

Nifty

• Free$0

  Unlimited members, 2 active projects and 100 MB of storage. Tasks, milestones, discussions, docs, files, team chat and portfolios.

• Pro (per member)$10

  per member / month, billed annually ($16 billed monthly)

  Pitched at teams of fewer than 7. 100 active projects, 250 GB of storage, 5 guests per paid seat, time tracking, custom fields and automations.

• Business (per member)$16

  per member / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)

  Pitched at teams of fewer than 7. Unlimited projects, storage and guests, plus goals, team workloads, custom roles and the open API.

• Pro (flat)$79

  per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

  One price for up to 10 members: 100 active projects, 500 GB of storage, unlimited guests, time tracking, custom fields, automations and file proofing.

• Business (flat)$124

  per month, billed annually ($149 billed monthly)

  One price for up to 30 members: unlimited projects, 1 TB of storage, goals, team workloads, custom roles, Microsoft SSO and the open API.

• Unlimited$399

  per month, billed annually ($499 billed monthly)

  One price for unlimited members, storage and projects. Adds native forms, custom SAML, white labeling, IP restriction and a dedicated success manager.

Teamwork.com

• Free$0

  Up to 5 users and 5 projects, 100 MB of storage, 100 automations, time logging, and list, board, table and Gantt views.

• Basics$9.99

  per user / month, billed yearly ($13.99 billed monthly)

  Minimum 3 users. 300 projects, 100 GB of storage, unlimited project templates, and billable time tracking and reporting.

• Accelerate$24.99

  per user / month, billed yearly ($29.99 billed monthly)

  Minimum 5 users. 600 projects, intake forms, 20,000 automations, workload and capacity planning, retainers, and invoices built from logged time.

• OptimizeCustom

  Unlimited projects, quotes, 100,000 automations, resource scheduling by role or skill, financial budgets and profitability reporting.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Optimize plus single sign-on, advanced security controls, a dedicated success manager and priority support.

Nifty

• Annual discount

  Up to 20% off flat plans on annual billing

  Flat Pro is $79 a month billed annually against $99 billed monthly, Business $124 against $149 and Unlimited $399 against $499. Per-member Pro drops from $16 to $10.

• Education

  50% off for students and schools

  Nifty's pricing FAQ offers a 50% discount to eligible students and educational institutions.

• Nonprofit

  50% off Pro and Business for nonprofits

  The pricing FAQ says eligible non-profits and educational institutions can receive a 50% discount on the Nifty Pro and Nifty Business plans.

Teamwork.com

• Annual discount

  Save about 29% with yearly billing

  The pricing page advertises a 29% saving for annual billing: Basics is $9.99 per user / month billed yearly against $13.99 billed monthly. On Accelerate the gap is $24.99 against $29.99.

• Startups

  Teamwork.com products free for one year

  Teamwork for Startups gives approved startups the Basics plan, or its equivalent, of each product free for one year. Eligibility depends on time in business, revenue and employee numbers.