There is a better way to run your business
While Synergist offers solid project and financial tracking for creative agencies, fast-growing firms often find themselves limited by its steep learning curve, UI that creates friction in key tasks, and disconnected approach to accounting integrations.
Scoro is a modern, AI-powered platform designed to be intuitive from day one. Clean navigation, workflows that mirror how service businesses operate, and built-in AI capabilities that surface insights and remove manual work.
Proven to be the top Synergist 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 Synergist?
From proposal to profit – in one connected flow
If you’re looking for an AI-powered platform that spans proposals, projects, time, invoicing, and reporting with strong accounting sync, Scoro is the stronger choice over Synergist.
Advanced budgeting
When your projects involve multiple roles contributing to the same deliverable, Scoro’s estimation matrix lets you easily plan effort, cost, and price in one clear view. Once a quote is accepted, you can spin up a full project structure with just a click of a button.
Two-way accounting sync
Scoro connects with most accounting tools with bidirectional sync at the general-ledger level. Invoices, payments, taxes, and contacts stay aligned so finance has full visibility. Synergist’s accounting integrations are less advanced.
The ultimate connectivity engine
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 and delegate actions with a single prompt.
Key differentiators
Proposals built around deliverables
- Scoro maps multiple roles and users to a single client-facing deliverable — showing the client one clean line while internally tracking effort, cost, and margin by role.
- Once a quote is confirmed, project structure, budgets, and task assignments are created automatically.
Key differentiators
Better onboarding and change management
- Get a dedicated in-house onboarding team with tailored training and setup to support you with change management and increase adoption.
- Get access to our in-house support team across your preferred time zones.
Key differentiators
Advanced accounting
- Scoro syncs charts of accounts, tax rates, contacts, invoices, bills, and payment receipts automatically and bidirectionally with most accounting integrations.
- Each Scoro entity connects to a separate accounting organisation, making multi-entity and international operations clean to manage.
Key differentiators
Standardized and customizable quoting
- Get your quotes confirmed by personalizing the look and feel of your PDF quotes.
- Share them with customers via a link for their approval or feedback in seconds.
Key differentiators
A system your team will actually use
- Scoro is designed around a clean navigation, a consistent interface across modules, and workflows that follow logical business sequences.
- Synergist carries the UX conventions of an older generation of software. Users frequently describe a steep learning curve, and an interface that creates friction in key tasks.
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 Synergist competitor
Intuitive and customizable workflows, built-in AI that surfaces insights and removes manual work, and deep project financials and accounting sync – all in a single system.
Feature
G2 rating
Business Software and Services Reviews
Free trial
Scoro offers a free 14-day trial
SCIM
Scoro supports automation of user provisioning
Client-facing quote sharing
Client-facing quote is shared as a live link
Customer portal
Scoro allows to effortlessly work together on projects with your partners
Custom modules
Scoro’s custom modules let you tailor the system to your needs
Pre-populated time entry
Scheduled time entries are visible in timesheets
Recurring invoices
Scoro offers an automatic sending of scheduled invoices
Automatic daily FX updates
Scoro calculates currency conversions daily at the World bank rate
HubSpot integration
Scoro offers native two-way sync with HubSpot
Salesforce integration
Scoro offers native two-way sync with Salesforce
Sage Intacct integration
Scoro offers native two-way sync with Sage Intacct
Quickbooks integration
Scoro offers native two-way sync with Quickbooks
Exact Online integration
Scoro offers native two-way sync with Exact Online
Expensify integration
Scoro integrates with Expensify for convenient expense management
Stripe integration
Scoro integrates with Stripe for easy online payments
Jira integration
Scoro offers native integration with Jira
Open API
Scoro offers a well-documented full-featured API
AI-powered agents
Scoro's built-in AI-powered agents perform tasks inside the system
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Scoro allows external AI agents to securely work with your site and data
Unlike many, we’re not gatekeeping!
Synergist 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 Synergist?
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.
Keyara M. / Social Media Coordinator
High Performer
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
Connect your favorite apps and tools
Have some other vital tools you wish to sync with Scoro? Integrate what you need and harness the power of consolidated data in Scoro.
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The proof is in the results
Our utilisation rate improved by 20% within the first year of implementing Scoro. Project profitability has increased by 33%, thanks to real-time tracking.
Luis Perez, Head of FP&A DGA GroupWith Scoro, project profitability has increased by over 20%. We now have real-time visibility into budgets, utilization, and scope changes.
Meggan van Harten, Co-CEO Design de Plume