Stop losing margins to disconnected tools and nonexistent business forecasting
While BigTime offers standard time and billing, fast-growing firms often find themselves limited by its disconnected approach to resource planning and CRM.
Scoro is the preferred alternative for firms looking to go beyond basic PSA functionality. With Scoro, you get powerful quoting, resource planning, and mature financial reporting that shows the full picture – in a modern AI-powered system built for agile professional service businesses.
Proven to be the top BigTime alternative for these businesses:
Agencies
Consultancies
Architecture and engineering
IT and software
Built for the future of work
Scoro is the modern PSA engineered to bridge your entire tech stack. We provide the deep infrastructure needed to orchestrate multi-tool workflows, connect with custom AI agents, and future-proof your operations for the agentic era.
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Why choose Scoro over BigTime?
A modern end-to-end solution
Scoro is a modern PSA that unifies CRM, resource management, and delivery and guarantees a seamless gateway to agentic workflows through our robust AI-driven ecosystem.
Connected CRM, quoting & delivery
With a powerful CRM and native pipeline visualization – capabilities that BigTime lacks – Scoro ensures you can manage client relationships, forecast revenue, and hand off projects with full context in a single platform.
All-in-one resource management
In BigTime, high-level and granular resource planning are split between separate applications, but Scoro unifies them in a single platform – giving you one connected view of your resource data.
The ultimate connectivity engine
Leverage Scoro’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to let external AI agents (like Claude or ChatGPT) securely interact with your live project data. This allows you to orchestrate complex, multi-tool workflows with a single prompt – capabilities that go far beyond BigTime’s closed AI assistants.
Key differentiators
Native CRM and pipeline
- Manage contacts entirely from Scoro or integrate with your preferred CRM, such as HubSpot or Salesforce with a two-way sync
- Visualize your entire sales pipeline and convert won quotes into projects with a single click.
Key differentiators
Unified resource management
- Manage both high-level capacity planning and granular task scheduling in a single platform.
- Keep schedule and utilization data up to date with reliable data.
Key differentiators
Deeper project oversight
- Plan projects using a dynamic Gantt chart with dependencies, and real-time time tracking.
- Utilize a built-in Calendar to manage daily agendas, including events, tasks, time entries.
- Integrate with Google or Outlook to capture every billable minute with Scoro.
Key differentiators
Consolidated financial reporting
- View internal and external expenses in one consolidated report to calculate true profitability.
- Ensure that projects stay on track and within budget with Scoro’s forward-looking, project-level health reporting.
Key differentiators
Advanced accounting automation
- Map products and services directly to GL codes for a seamless, automated sync with QuickBooks or Xero.
- Handle complex billing scenarios, including credit invoices, directly within the platform.
Key differentiators
Advanced connectivity
- Build powerful integrations to different systems with Scoro’s comprehensive open API.
- Connect to thousands of apps instantly and scale through Scoro’s deep integrations with Zapier.
- Connect Scoro to LLMs like Claude or ChatGPT to manage projects via natural language, or run complex multi-tool workflows with a single prompt.
Scoro’s advantage
Scoro is the top BigTime competitor
Scoro was built to meet the needs of modern professional service businesses. It combines projects, resources, and finances into a single, intelligent system, leveraging AI to automate workflows and deliver ultimate visibility.
Feature
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Free trial
Scoro offers a free 14-day trial
Pipeline visualization
Scoro offers a visual overview of the whole sales funnel
Multiple quote PDFs
Scoro provides multiple PDF templates for quotes
Built-in calendar
Scoro offers a built-in calendar that is linked to reporting
Products and services catalog
Scoro has a native products/services catalog which standardizes reporting
Multi-entity workflows
Scoro supports this natively, BigTime requires a separate product
Credit invoicing
Scoro allows you to issue a credit note in case of an invoice error
QuickBooks integration
Scoro integrates with QuickBooks with automated GL code linking
Xero integration
Scoro offers native two-way sync with Xero
HubSpot integration
Scoro offers a bidirectional sync, BigTime’s integration is unidirectional
Outlook calendar Integration
Scoro offers a bidirectional sync with Outlook calendar
Google calendar integration
Scoro offers a bidirectional sync with Google calendar
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Scoro allows external AI agents to securely work with your site and data
Success story: SAENTYS
"With the help of Scoro, we can now use real-time data to make decisions that help us grow as a business." – Adrian Strittmatter, CEO
Unlike many, we’re not gatekeeping!
BigTime doesn't offer a free trial. At Scoro, we believe the product speaks for itself. Take the no-sign-up tour and explore our intuitive interface and comprehensive budgeting, tracking, and resourcing capabilities.
Why choose Scoro over BigTime?
You are in good hands
Enterprise-grade security
Your data is safe with us. Security and reliability are guaranteed with regular backups and constant infrastructure improvements. GDPR-compliant and ISO 27001 certified.
Outstanding onboarding
Enjoy a smooth start thanks to implementation experts who have onboarded thousands of users. Competent technical support is always just an email away.
Granular access control
Set up granular user permissions to ensure everyone sees only the information and features relevant to their role.
Streamlined project management with Scoro
Scoro makes it easy to manage projects, track time, and collaborate across teams, all in one platform.
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Excellent customer service
Scoro helps us work smarter by bringing structure, transparency, and efficiency to our daily operations, so we can focus more on delivering results and less on managing tools.
Rebecca B. / Finance Manager
Scoro is the core of our business
Scoro does the job of for 4 or 5 different products. It's very simple to use and has been one of the core reasons of our recent growth.
Scott P. / Owner
I can now effortlessly monitor the advancement of my project on Scoro
It has lowered the time expended on administrative tasks, enabling me to focus on more strategic issues.
Harwick A. / Project IT Manager
Scoro helped us evolve into a scalable, data-driven company
We now have full control over our projects, a clearer financial picture, and the ability to grow.
Patricia V. / Business Development
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