Scoro vs Teamwork pricing breakdown
Getting the full feature set from either platform costs more than the headline per-user price suggests, and the gap between what each tool offers at that price is significant.
Scoro Pricing (2026)
- Core: $19.90/user/month (annual). 5-seat minimum = $99.50/month. Includes projects, tasks, time tracking, invoicing, quoting, and basic CRM. Automation not included.
- Growth: $32.90/user/month (annual). 5-seat minimum = $164.50/month. Adds automation, recurring invoices, and project budget tracking.
- Performance: $49.90/user/month (annual). 5-seat minimum = $249.50/month. Full resource planning, advanced financial reports, and utilization tracking.
Teamwork Pricing (2026)
- Free: $0/month for up to 5 users. Includes tasks, milestones, and basic collaboration. Limited to 2 projects on the Free plan.
- Starter: $5.99/user/month (annual). Adds more projects, time tracking, and basic reporting.
- Deliver: $9.99/user/month (annual). Adds Gantt charts, client portals, retainer management, and more reporting.
- Grow: $19.99/user/month (annual). Adds workload management, resource scheduling, and advanced budgeting.
- Scale: Custom pricing. Enterprise features and dedicated support.
The real cost: what agencies actually pay
Scoro has no proposals with e-signatures and no contracts, so agencies add a document signing tool. Teamwork has no invoicing at all, so agencies always add a billing tool. The supplementary tools add up:
- Proposals and e-signatures: PandaDoc Starter at $19/month per user, or similar
- Contracts: Included in most proposal tools or added via DocuSign at $25/month
- Invoicing (for Teamwork users): FreshBooks Lite at $19/month or QuickBooks Simple Start at $30/month
- Client portal (for Scoro users): Copilot or a custom client portal tool at $29-59/month
A 3-person team on Scoro Core pays $99.50/month for the platform, then adds a proposal tool and potentially a client portal, pushing real cost toward $148-180/month. A 3-person team on Teamwork Deliver pays $29.97/month but always adds an invoicing tool, bringing real cost to $50-60/month. For comparison, Plutio covers proposals, contracts, projects, time tracking, invoicing, and a white-labeled client portal at $19/month flat.
The verdict: Teamwork costs less to start, but the invoicing gap means a billing tool is always required. Scoro costs more but covers invoicing and financial reporting natively. Neither covers proposals with e-signatures or contracts, so both leave the sales stage to another tool.
Which tool is better for your business type?
Scoro and Teamwork serve the same general audience of agencies and client-facing teams, but the trade-offs between financial depth and client collaboration pull them toward different workflows.
Small agencies (under 5 people)
Teamwork's Free or Starter plan works for small agencies focused on project delivery. Scoro's 5-seat minimum makes it an expensive entry point for teams of 1-3 people, even if the financial features are worth it at scale. Agencies that need invoicing alongside project management should factor in the separate billing tool cost on top of Teamwork's pricing.
Agencies with hourly billing
Scoro's time-to-billing flow is more direct. Time entries connect directly to uninvoiced work reports, and invoices pull in logged hours with one step. Teamwork tracks time accurately but requires a manual handoff to a billing tool every cycle. Over 20 clients a month, that handoff takes 3-5 hours and introduces errors.
Retainer-based agencies
Teamwork has specific retainer management features where hours are tracked against a monthly budget. Clients can see remaining retainer hours if given portal access. Scoro handles recurring invoices on the Growth plan and can track hours against project budgets, but the retainer workflow is less structured out of the box.
Agencies focused on financial visibility
Scoro covers this with a financial dashboard that shows revenue, margin, and utilization per client and project. Managers can see which projects are profitable and where time is being spent beyond scope. Teamwork's reporting stays at the project and task level, with no revenue or margin data.
Client-facing teams where clients check work directly
Teamwork has the edge here. The client portal lets clients view tasks and files without a team account. Scoro has no equivalent client-facing view. For agencies where clients want to see project progress without scheduling a call, Teamwork's portal, limited as it is, solves that problem. Platforms like Plutio take this further with a fully white-labeled portal at a custom domain.
What both tools are missing
Both Scoro and Teamwork cover their core use case, but agencies that need the full workflow from new lead to paid invoice find gaps in both.
Proposals with e-signatures
Neither Scoro nor Teamwork has a proposal tool where clients read, sign, and pay in one document. Scoro has quoting for internal estimates, but quoting is not the same as a client-facing proposal with legally binding signature. Teamwork has nothing at the sales stage at all. Most agencies using either tool keep a separate proposal tool running alongside it.
Contracts
No contract templates, no e-signature workflows, and no way to send a client agreement for digital signing exist in either platform. Contract signing stays in a separate tool for every agency using Scoro or Teamwork, whether that's DocuSign, PandaDoc, or a similar service at $19-45/month per user.
White-labeled client portal
Teamwork has a client portal, but it shows Teamwork's branding and runs on Teamwork's domain. Scoro has no client-facing portal at all. Agencies that want clients to experience a branded, professional space without visible third-party software need to add another tool or build something custom. Platforms like Plutio offer a client portal at a custom domain with no third-party branding visible.
Complete billing automation
Scoro gets close to billing automation, with time feeding into invoices, but online payment collection requires a payment integration rather than a built-in checkout. Teamwork has no billing at all. Neither platform lets clients pay an invoice inside the same environment where they see their project updates.
Single sign-on for the full workflow
Every agency using Scoro or Teamwork logs into at least one additional tool for the parts each platform doesn't cover. For Scoro users that usually means a proposal and contract tool. For Teamwork users that means a proposal tool, a contract tool, and an invoicing tool. Each additional login means another place to look for client data and another monthly fee.
What users do when neither tool is enough
When neither Scoro nor Teamwork covers the full workflow, agencies run two parallel systems: one for what the chosen tool handles, and separate tools for everything else.
The typical workaround stack
- Scoro or Teamwork for project management and time tracking ($0-249.50/month)
- PandaDoc or Proposify for proposals with e-signatures ($19-49/month per user)
- DocuSign for contracts outside the proposal tool ($25/month)
- FreshBooks or QuickBooks for invoicing (Teamwork users, $19-30/month)
- Copilot or custom portal for branded client access (Scoro users, $29-59/month)
A 5-person agency running Scoro Core with a proposal tool and a client portal pays $99.50 plus $95 plus $49, landing near $244/month. A 5-person agency running Teamwork Deliver with a proposal tool and an invoicing tool pays $49.95 plus $95 plus $30, landing near $175/month. Both stacks require logins to 3-4 separate platforms and manual data transfer at each handoff.
The hidden cost: time spent on handoffs
Each data transfer between tools takes 10-20 minutes per client. Across 15 active clients with monthly billing cycles, that is 2.5 to 5 hours every month spent copying information from one tool to another, not doing billable work.
The one-platform alternative
Some agencies move to a single platform that covers the full workflow. The trade-off is a learning period and data migration, but ongoing admin drops because the workflow lives in one place with no manual handoffs between tools.
What one platform looks like in practice
If you are curious: Plutio is one platform that covers proposals, contracts, project management, time tracking, invoicing, and a white-labeled client portal. The comparison table below shows exactly where Plutio fills the gaps left by Scoro and Teamwork. The goal is not to push you toward Plutio specifically, but to show what a unified agency workflow can look like.
Final verdict: Scoro vs Teamwork
Both Scoro and Teamwork handle the project management core that agencies need. The differences emerge in what happens before the project starts and what happens after the work is done.
Scoro trade-offs:
- Teams of 5+ people where the seat minimum doesn't inflate the monthly cost, but smaller agencies still pay for seats they don't use
- Financial visibility across projects, including margins and utilization, is a priority, but resource planning only unlocks at $249.50/month minimum
- Time tracking needs to connect directly to invoicing without a manual export step, but automation requires the Growth plan at $164.50/month minimum
- Teams that quote, manage projects, and invoice from one place, but still need separate tools for proposals with e-signatures and client portals
But know that: Scoro has no client-facing portal, no proposals with e-signatures, and no contracts, so the sales stage and client communication both stay in separate tools.
Teamwork trade-offs:
- Small teams and budget-constrained agencies where the free plan fits the project volume, but the free tier limits teams to 2 active projects
- Clients need visibility into project progress without a full team login, but the portal uses Teamwork's branding with no white-labeling option
- Retainer tracking matters and the Grow plan's workload features fit the workflow, but the Grow plan costs $19.99/user/month
- Already has a billing tool and doesn't need invoicing built into the PM platform, but every billing cycle requires a manual data export
But know that: Teamwork has no invoicing at all, so a billing tool is always required alongside it. The client portal uses Teamwork's branding with no custom domain option.
Consider switching to one platform if:
- You run proposals and contracts in one tool, then re-enter client data into Scoro or Teamwork when the project starts
- Your billing cycle requires manually exporting time from Teamwork into a separate invoicing tool
- Clients ask for a login to track project status and the current solution feels branded as someone else's software
- Your monthly stack of PM tool plus proposal tool plus invoicing tool exceeds what a single platform would cost
- Onboarding new clients means sending files through 3 different systems before work begins
But know that: Switching means migrating project data and training the team on a new interface. For most agencies, a focused transition takes 1-2 weeks.
The bottom line: Scoro offers strong financial reporting and invoicing. Teamwork offers client-facing project collaboration and a more accessible price point. Both handle project management, but both stop at the edges of the workflow where proposals, contracts, and a branded client portal should begin. If your workflow already spans multiple tools, the comparison table below shows how all-in-one platforms like Plutio stack up against both.
Research & Sources
This comparison is based on direct hands-on testing, official documentation review, and analysis of user feedback across major review platforms. All data was verified in March 2026.
Research methodology
Each tool was evaluated through active trial accounts, official feature documentation, and analysis of 400+ user reviews across G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius. Focus was placed on 1-3 star reviews where users describe genuine limitations rather than general satisfaction.
Platform ratings (March 2026)
- Scoro: 4.5/5 on G2 (400+ reviews), praised for financial reporting and all-in-one billing, criticized for high minimum cost and steep learning curve
- Teamwork: 4.4/5 on G2 (1,000+ reviews), praised for client portal and Gantt views, criticized for lack of invoicing and limited free plan project caps
- Plutio: 4.6/5 on G2 (200+ reviews), praised for all-in-one coverage and white-labeling
Common user complaints (from 1-3 star reviews)
Scoro users frequently mention: "5-seat minimum is expensive for small teams," "Resource planning locked to the expensive tier," "No client portal," "Setup takes longer than expected"
Teamwork users frequently mention: "No invoicing built in," "Client portal is too limited," "Free plan only allows 2 projects," "Reporting lacks financial data"
Pricing sources (verified March 2026)
- Scoro: Official pricing page
- Teamwork: Official pricing page
- Plutio: Official pricing page
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