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Scoro vs Leantime

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Scoro and Leantime — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Scoro vs Leantime: at a glance

FeatureScoroLeantime
SectorPMPM
Velocity score0.05.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesprofessional-services, ai-assistants, mcp, automationproject-management, self-hosted, permissions, plugins
Last editorial update2mo ago2d ago
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What is Scoro?

Scoro's assistant stops waiting to be asked and starts firing on events.

Scoro is a professional services platform covering quotes, projects, time, retainers and financial reporting. Its AI work landed in a clear sequence: an MCP server over the holidays making Scoro's data callable by outside agents, then general availability of the ELI assistant in April, then a New Apps extension layer in May. The August post moves the assistant onto automatic triggers and builds project timelines directly from quotes. The feed publishes headlines with almost no body text, so scope has to be read from direction rather than detail.

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What is Leantime?

Leantime swaps role ranks for real permissions and syncs with your calendar app.

Leantime moved from 3.10 to 3.14 between October and 10 November. v3.14.0 replaces role-rank checks with specific permission checks across projects, timesheets, users, API keys, to-dos, milestones and sprints, and opens the calendar to plugins; a new CalDAV plugin syncs both ways with Nextcloud, Radicale and Apple Calendar. Earlier releases added mobile push, per-project modules, global search and self-updating plugins.

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Scoro vs Leantime: editorial side-by-side

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Scoro's assistant stops waiting to be asked and starts firing on events.

◆ Current state

Scoro is a professional services platform covering quotes, projects, time, retainers and financial reporting. Its AI work landed in a clear sequence: an MCP server over the holidays making Scoro's data callable by outside agents, then general availability of the ELI assistant in April, then a New Apps extension layer in May. The August post moves the assistant onto automatic triggers and builds project timelines directly from quotes. The feed publishes headlines with almost no body text, so scope has to be read from direction rather than detail.

◆ Where it's heading

The bet has been consistent all year: make Scoro reachable by agents, then make its own assistant capable, then reduce how much a human has to initiate. Each layer builds on the financial and project data model underneath rather than sitting beside it, which is why the ordinary releases — revenue models, subtasks, time and cost allocation to invoices — matter to the AI story. Automatic triggering is the first change to how ELI is invoked rather than to what it can reach.

◆ Prediction

Triggers imply conditions and permissions that this feed does not describe; the natural follow-on is user-configurable trigger rules and an audit trail of what ELI did unprompted, since neither is optional once an assistant acts on live financial records.

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Leantime swaps role ranks for real permissions and syncs with your calendar app.

◆ Current state

Leantime moved from 3.10 to 3.14 between October and 10 November. v3.14.0 replaces role-rank checks with specific permission checks across projects, timesheets, users, API keys, to-dos, milestones and sprints, and opens the calendar to plugins; a new CalDAV plugin syncs both ways with Nextcloud, Radicale and Apple Calendar. Earlier releases added mobile push, per-project modules, global search and self-updating plugins.

◆ Where it's heading

The release cadence is roughly one feature version every two weeks, split between finer access control and a plugin marketplace that carries more functionality. Core changes increasingly exist to give plugins stable hooks, as the calendar rework shows.

◆ Prediction

Expect more marketplace plugins built on the new calendar and permission hooks, and further permission work extending to the remaining modules.

Alternatives to Scoro and Leantime

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 Scoro or Leantime.

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Recent activity from Scoro and Leantime

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 3d agoLeantimev3.14.0: per-permission access checks and a CalDAV sync plugin
  2. 14d agoLeantimev3.13.2: digest changes, OIDC PKCE, marketplace install reporting
  3. 14d agoLeantimev3.13.1: clearer plugin install errors
  4. 14d agoLeantimev3.13.0: mobile push, per-project modules, Laravel 12
  5. 29d agoLeantimev3.12.0: self-updating plugins and a shared interface library
  6. 1mo agoLeantimev3.11.0: global search across the workspace
  7. 6mo agoScoroMay 2026 Version Update: New Apps by Scoro & Work Management Improvements ⚡
  8. 7mo agoScoroApril 2026 Version Update: AI-Powered ELI Assistant – Now Available For Everyone ⚡

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Scoro and Leantime?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Leantime 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 Scoro better than Leantime?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Leantime 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 Scoro?

Top Scoro alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Scoro alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/scoro for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Leantime?

Top Leantime alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Leantime alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/leantime for the full list with editorial commentary on each.