Avaza vs Birdview

Avaza is the small-firm option with a free plan, public dollar prices from $11.95 a month and user types that are billed separately. Birdview is built for mid-sized firms and prices its Professional Services Team edition per user, for 5 to 100 users, at $41 a month billed yearly. Birdview adds capacity planning, project financials, multi-region hosting and an on-premise route, which Avaza's own pages never mention. Avaza starts at zero, and Birdview offers no free plan. Avaza also keeps projects, quotes, timesheets and retainer invoicing together in one cloud product, with card or PayPal payment.

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Both are reviewed in full in our professional services automation software ranking: Avaza and Birdview.

1. 01

   From a free plan to Business

   Avaza's Free plan is free forever, with 5 active projects, 10 customers, 5 invoices a month and 100 MB. Startup is $11.95 a month ($9.96 billed yearly), Basic $23.95 ($19.96) and Business $47.95 ($39.96), all in USD excluding tax. Business has unlimited projects and invoices. Birdview lists no free plan and starts its Team edition at five users, so a two-person studio can only run Avaza without paying. Business holds 30 GB.

   Edge: Avaza

2. 02

   How Birdview bills a growing team

   Birdview's PSA Team edition is $41 per user a month, or $37 on the special offer, billed annually for 5 to 100 users, in USD or CAD. It includes 100 GB and 20 guest users. At 5 users that is a clear figure, at 100 it is a large annual commitment. Enterprise is priced on user count and licence types, from 5 users and 1 TB. Confirm which of the two Team prices your contract uses. Storage is 100 GB.

   Depends on the buyer

3. 03

   Seat types that raise Avaza's bill

   Avaza counts timesheet and expense users, admin and finance users, scheduling users and chat users separately. Timesheet seats are 1, 2, 5 and 10 from Free to Business, and each plan includes one resource scheduling user. Extra timesheet or scheduling users are $7 per user a month, chat users $2. A firm staffing by calendar pays more per head than the headline plan shows. Business includes 10 timesheet users and 5 admin users.

   Edge: Birdview

4. 04

   Planning capacity and watching margins

   Birdview shows live workload by person and week, budgets, costs, margins and EAC tracking, and turns approved work into invoices. It also has an AI Project Plan Assistant and Completion Forecast. Avaza offers time tracking with approvals, recurring and retainer invoicing, budget alerts and a profitability dashboard. For firms that plan by capacity and forecast, Birdview goes further, while Avaza covers billing well. Birdview also lists a Project Plan Assistant.

   Edge: Birdview

5. 05

   Where the data lives and how you leave

   Birdview says accounts are hosted on Microsoft Azure, with multi-region hosting across the USA, Canada or Europe, single-tenant on request and an on-premise version, and a hosted database can be transferred to you. Avaza's security page gives no hosting country, no data centre location and no self-hosted option. It says cancellation is by emailing support, with no contract. Birdview gives the firmer exit story in what we read. Avaza prepaid plans cancel at any time.

   Edge: Birdview

6. 06

   Trials, accounting links and operators

   Both start with a 14-day trial, and Avaza's needs no card and can be extended once by 7 days. Avaza links Xero, QuickBooks Online, Stripe and PayPal, and 7,000+ apps through Zapier. Birdview lists QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite and Sage Intacct, SSO via Okta and Entra ID, and SOC 2 Type II. Avaza Limited is incorporated in the Isle of Man, and Birdview calls itself Canadian under Logic Software Inc. Avaza accepts card or PayPal.

   Depends on the buyer

Is there a way to run Avaza for nothing?

Yes, the Free plan is described as free forever. It allows 5 active projects, 5 invoices and bills a month and 100 MB, with one user of each main type. Every new account also gets a 14-day trial of all features.

What is the smallest team Birdview's Team edition fits?

The PSA Team edition covers 5 to 100 users. Teams below five people are not covered by it. Above 100 users the firm moves to a quoted Enterprise plan.

Can Birdview data be taken out of the vendor's cloud?

Its FAQ says a hosted database can be transferred to you on request. It also offers an on-premise version. Neither the export format nor any price for the transfer is shown on the FAQ.

• Avaza pricing page: four plan prices, seat types and add-on rates, the free plan limits and the 14-day trial extension.
• Avaza security page: no named hosting country and no self-hosted option.
• Avaza homepage: the integration list and the profitability dashboard.
• Avaza terms of use: Isle of Man incorporation and cancellation by emailing support.
• Birdview pricing page: $41 and $37 Team prices for 5 to 100 users and Enterprise from 5 users with 1 TB.
• Birdview homepage: multi-region hosting, on-premise option, capacity planning, accounting and SSO integrations.
• Birdview FAQ on the PSA pricing page: Azure hosting and the database transfer on request.