Collabtive or ClockingIt? FREE Project Management

by Dr Dan
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I would like to get some opinions on the plus and minuses of both

Has anyone tried both Collabtive - Open Source collaboration and Clocking IT ?

I am trying to decide between the both.

I plan on using it for 2-3 of my VA's and also allowing my clients to have limited access etc.

Thanks fellow warriors
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr Dan
    I found this little review on a site reviewing the two tools so far.


    1. Collabtive

    After trying all of these choices, Collabtive is what I have settled on for my own use. Collabtive is a user friendly, nice looking, powerful online project management tool. Collabtive is intended for small to medium-sized businesses and freelancers, and it fills that role nicely.

    In addition to a completely hosted commercial version, they also offer custom installation and customization of Collabtive. It's major features include Projects, Milestones, Tasks, Basecamp import, Timetracking & Reporting.

    Collabtive is also freely available as an Open Source download under the GPL. That means that if you do have access to a web server, then you can download it and install it on your own server for free. This is the option that I use, having created a new subdomain of hibbittsconsulting.com as a project management portal for my clients.

    Collabtive is a powerful tool for online project management, and in this freelancer's opinion is the best of breed when it comes to freely downloadable and installable options. Hosted versions are available for 10€ to 40€ per month.



    2. ClockingIT

    ClockingIT is a completely free application. You can sign up for a free hosted account, or download the code and install it on your own servers. Like Collabtive, this is a feature that I really like.

    The only reason that I didn't choose ClockingIT is that it is written in Ruby on Rails, and I have little experience with Rails apps. clocking IT has one of the best user interfaces out there. With charts and graphs liberally sprinkled throughout, it makes keeping track of your projects a breeze
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr Dan
    I didnt realize that clockingit can be used either on their hosting free or installed on your own server. Both of these seem like a big pain in the ass to install though. Also some have said it is difficult using hostgator.
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