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SUNAGO Matrix vs Productive.io: A Close Comparison, Decided on Price

This is the closest comparison on the site, and we will not manufacture a gap. Productive.io already does the things we usually differentiate on: pipeline and delivery in the same workspace, won deals converting straight into projects, budget overrun forecasting, profitability forecasts, and capacity planning that takes approved time off into account. On features this is close to parity. What is left is price and scope.

The same capability, at a lower per-seat cost

SUNAGO Matrix does this job at EUR 3 per seat per month on a single plan, with each hour costed from real utilization and overhead so margins hold up. Productive.io covers similar ground well and is the better buy if you want proposals signed in the tool and a broader agency toolset around delivery.

Key Differences

A Cost Rate That Is Actually True

For a consulting firm the cost of an hour is not the salary divided by a standard year. SUNAGO Matrix computes each person's cost per hour as annual salary divided by their billable hours, after part-time capacity, vacation entitlement and their real utilization, then adds that person's share of company overhead, with non-billable colleagues' salaries rolled into the overhead pool. Every margin, EAC and FAC here is built on that rate. A tool that costs hours at a number you typed in will report a project margin that is wrong in your favor.

Per-Seat Cost

SUNAGO Matrix is EUR 3 per seat per month billed yearly on one plan. Productive.io publishes its own plan ladder; check productive.io/pricing for the tier that carries what you need, because the entry tier is not always the one you buy.

One Surface

Productive.io is a broad agency platform. SUNAGO Matrix is project economy and resourcing. If you want the breadth, Productive.io is the right answer. If you do not, one product is less to run.

Cost at Completion, Named

SUNAGO Matrix puts Estimate at Completion and Forecast at Completion on every project as standard metrics. Productive.io forecasts budget overruns and future profit margins, which covers the same need through a different route.

Feature Comparison

FeatureProductive.ioSUNAGO Matrix
Cost per hourNot documentedSalary divided by that person's own billable hours, after part-time capacity, holiday entitlement and actual utilization, plus their share of company overhead
Per-seat pricePublished plan ladderEUR 3 per seat per month billed yearly, one plan
Amount to configureMore product to set upOne focused product
Pipeline and delivery in one workspaceYes, with won deals converting into projectsYes, deals, win probability and delivery in one product
Overrun and profitability forecasting"Forecast budget overruns" plus profitability forecastsEAC and FAC named on every project
Proposals signed in the toolYes, created, sent and signedNot offered

Who Should Choose What?

Choose Productive.io if:

  • You want proposals created, sent and signed inside the same tool, which SUNAGO Matrix does not do
  • You want the wider agency toolset around delivery, from sales through to profitability reporting
  • You want a more mature product with a larger customer base and a deeper feature set

Choose SUNAGO Matrix if:

  • Your project margins are only as good as your cost rate: SUNAGO Matrix derives each hour's cost from salary, real utilization, vacation and company overhead rather than a number someone typed in
  • Per-seat cost is the deciding factor: EUR 3 per seat per month billed yearly, one plan, everything included
  • You want one product you can be running this week rather than a platform to set up
  • You want cost at completion as a named standard metric on every project
  • You want capacity planning with vacation and absence netted out, which both products do, at a lower per-seat cost

SUNAGO Matrix and Productive.io: three years of license cost

One question: how many people. The totals below are three years of license cost at each vendor's own published price. Where a vendor puts the capability SUNAGO Matrix includes in a higher package, that is shown too - and where that package has no published price, that is shown as well, because it is the part a buyer cannot work out alone.

Three years, the horizon buyers budget in.

SUNAGO Matrix

one plan, everything included

€4,320 over 3 years

€3 per seat/month, billed yearly · no seat minimum · no tier above this one

Productive.io

productive.io/pricing · read 2026-08-06
Entry package$14,400over 3 yearsEssential

$10 per seat/month, billed yearly

Each figure is in the currency that vendor publishes in. Nothing is converted, and no combined saving is shown across two currencies, because an exchange rate is a number we cannot document for you. License cost only: implementation, training and support are priced separately by most of these vendors.

See the full price page for what is in the plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does SUNAGO Matrix calculate the cost of an hour?
Not by dividing salary by a standard year, which is the mistake that makes consulting project margins wrong. For salaried staff, cost per hour is annual gross salary divided by that person's billable hours, where billable hours are their capacity adjusted for part-time percentage, minus vacation entitlement, multiplied by their actual utilization rate. On top sits their share of company overhead: yearly operating expenses divided by the firm's total billable hours, with the salaries of non-billable colleagues rolled into that overhead pool. So a consultant at 60 percent utilization costs materially more per billable hour than the same salary at 85 percent, and every project margin, EAC and FAC reflects it.
What will this cost us?
EUR 3 per seat per month, billed yearly, on a single plan with everything included. There is no feature ladder to climb and no module to add later. For comparison, Productive.io publishes its own plan ladder. Price out the plan you would actually need at your headcount and the sums are easy to do.
How long before we are actually using it?
Days, not a project. You create the workspace, add your people with their salary, capacity and utilization, and import or enter your live projects. From that point every logged hour updates cost, margin, Estimate at Completion and Forecast at Completion automatically. There is no implementation partner in the middle and no configuration phase to get through before the numbers mean something.
We already run Productive.io. Is there a reason to look at this?
The usual one is that project margin only becomes visible after the fact, and it is wrong when it does, because the hourly cost behind it was typed in rather than derived. SUNAGO Matrix costs every hour from salary, real utilization, vacation and company overhead, then forecasts where each project lands while there is still time to act, with the deal pipeline and resource capacity in the same product. If that is the gap you have, it is worth a look. If it is not, you are probably fine where you are.

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