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Productive vs My Hours
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Productive and My Hours — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:agencies
Productive vs My Hours: at a glance
What is Productive?
Productive positions as an all-in-one PSA for agencies, but available changelog data is thin.
Productive is a project management and professional services automation platform targeting agencies and consultancies. The available changelog data consists of marketing resource pages rather than feature announcements — webinars, guides, a community network, and an academy — which limits visibility into actual product direction.
What is My Hours?
My Hours 10.3 makes invoice dates editable and lets invoices carry a Detailed report.
10.3 makes the issue date editable on draft invoices, adds account and per-client default due dates, and lets users edit the email subject, preview the email and attach a Detailed report when sending. Daily Track gets a cleaner layout and filters get a redesign. It follows 10.2's lifetime project profitability, 10.1's audit log and 10.0's timesheet periods and locking.
Productive vs My Hours: editorial side-by-side
Productive positions as an all-in-one PSA for agencies, but available changelog data is thin.
◆ Current state
Productive is a project management and professional services automation platform targeting agencies and consultancies. The available changelog data consists of marketing resource pages rather than feature announcements — webinars, guides, a community network, and an academy — which limits visibility into actual product direction.
◆ Where it's heading
The presence of a Scenario Builder (described as eliminating planning uncertainty) and a dedicated Bold Community for agency professionals suggests Productive is investing in both planning intelligence and ecosystem building. Without substantive release notes, the rate and nature of product iteration is unclear from available data.
◆ Prediction
Insufficient signal from available entries to make a grounded prediction. Actual feature velocity would require access to their Product Updates section content.
My Hours
5.0PM
My Hours 10.3 makes invoice dates editable and lets invoices carry a Detailed report.
◆ Current state
10.3 makes the issue date editable on draft invoices, adds account and per-client default due dates, and lets users edit the email subject, preview the email and attach a Detailed report when sending. Daily Track gets a cleaner layout and filters get a redesign. It follows 10.2's lifetime project profitability, 10.1's audit log and 10.0's timesheet periods and locking.
◆ Where it's heading
My Hours keeps shipping every one to three weeks, and the work is concentrated on the billing end: invoices, profitability and approval controls. It is moving from a time tracker toward the system agencies use to bill clients.
◆ Prediction
Expect more invoicing controls, such as recurring invoices or payment tracking, given four straight releases touching billing. The September MCP server has had no follow-up in these entries.
Alternatives to Productive and My Hours
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Productive or My Hours.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
NocoBase
NocoBase's v3 beta lets apps ship their own CLI, separate from Agents.
Productboard
Productboard's v2 documents API now keeps plain web addresses and emoji as ordinary text.
Hive
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Tracecat
Tracecat 1.5 alpha patches add sub-cases and lock down agent sandboxes.
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Recent activity from Productive and My Hours
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoMy HoursMy Hours 10.3.1 fixes running logs, invoice sending, imports
- 9d agoMy HoursInvoice dates, Daily Track & new filter design (10.3)
- 16d agoMy HoursProject profitability, client contacts & task completion (10.2)
- 1mo agoMy HoursMy Hours 10.1.1 fixes XLS timesheet upload on the Track page
- 1mo agoMy HoursAudit log, Invoiced grid redesign & bulk edit for locked logs (10.1)
- 1mo agoMy HoursTimesheet periods, locking & per-user working days (10.0.0)
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Productive and My Hours?
Both compete on the same themes — agencies — within PM. My Hours is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Productive better than My Hours?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. My Hours is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Productive?
Top Productive alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Productive alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/productive-io for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to My Hours?
Top My Hours alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "My Hours alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/myhours for the full list with editorial commentary on each.