A Scoro alternative for small studios
Scoro is professional services software for agencies and consultancies: quotes, projects, time, resources, invoices and financial reports in one system. OIO is project management for small studios: projects, tasks, files, freelancers and the client in one place, with the quote and the invoice on the same project. If you run a studio below five people, or one that does not bill from timesheets, this is the comparison.
What Scoro is good at
Scoro is built to run a services business end to end. Depending on the plan it covers quotes with cost and margin planning, projects with Gantt charts, time tracking, resource planning, invoicing with margin and financial reports, and a CRM for sales, with integrations to Xero, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct and Exact Online. For an agency that wants one system from the sale to the margin report, it is one of the most complete.
Where it gets heavy for a small studio
- It is sold per user with a five-user minimum, and there is no free plan, only a 14-day trial, per its pricing page.
- The modules are split across plans: quotes and invoices together come with Quote to Cash and End-to-end, resource planning with Projects & Resources and End-to-end, and the CRM only with End-to-end.
- The reports depend on habits. Budgets, margins and invoices are built on logged time, which a small studio quoting fixed prices often does not keep.
What OIO does instead
OIO is project management for small studios. Each client job gets one project page with its tickets on a kanban or a timeline, the deadline, files, a whiteboard and team chat, and on paid plans recorded calls with transcripts. The budget, the hours and what has been paid sit on the same page.
A freelancer gets a link to a ticket. In a browser they read the brief and the feedback, upload the work and mark it done, with no account and no seat. The client gets a status link that shows where the project stands.
The quote and the invoice come from the same project, in any currency. Studio is $69 a month for five seats, and people who only view use no seat. The free plan covers 3 projects, no card.
More on how a studio runs on it: project management for studios with remote freelancers.
When Scoro is the better fit
- If you want margin, revenue and work-in-progress reports per client and project, Scoro is the better fit. OIO shows the budget, the hours and what has been paid, not margin reports.
- If you bill from tracked time, Scoro is the better fit. OIO has no time tracker.
- If you plan resources across a team of twenty, Scoro is the better fit. OIO has no resource planning.
- If your invoices have to sync with Xero, QuickBooks or Sage Intacct, Scoro is the better fit. OIO has no accounting integrations.
Feature by feature
| What you actually need | OIO | Scoro |
|---|---|---|
| Time tracking | ||
| Resource planning | ||
| Margin and financial reports | ||
| Quotes and invoices on the project | ||
| A Gantt chart or timeline | ||
| A free plan |
Has it Partly, or a paid add-on Does not
Scoro's column was checked against scoro.com/pricing on 17 October 2026. The middle mark means it comes with some plans only. Prices are left out on purpose because they change. Sources: Scoro pricing.
Questions
Is OIO a good Scoro alternative?
For a small studio that needs projects, tasks, files, freelancers and the client in one place, with quotes and invoices on the same project, yes. If you need margin reporting, resource planning, a CRM and invoices from tracked time, Scoro does that and OIO does not.
Can a studio of three use Scoro?
Scoro's pricing page lists a five-user minimum, so a team of three pays for five. OIO has a free plan for 3 projects, and the Studio plan includes five seats.
Can freelancers work in OIO without a seat?
Yes. You send them a ticket link. They read the brief and the feedback, upload the work and mark it done in a browser, with no account. If they want to keep a history of their work, they can create a free account later.
Further reading
- Project budget vs hours
- How to write a retainer invoice
- Project management for video production companies
Try it against your own work
Free plan, no card. Set up in under a minute, and you can keep using Scoro alongside it while you decide.
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