Professional services automation · November 2026 Edition
BigTime PSA vs Avaza
Two of fourteen models named BigTime PSA first on the direct prompt; one named Avaza. BigTime PSA was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Avaza by eight and BigTime PSA carries 50 labels and Avaza 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
BigTime PSA
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share19%11%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5010A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, BigTime PSA reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Kantata was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Kantata vs BigTime PSA · Kantata vs Avaza · BigTime PSA vs Productive
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the professional services automation page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BigTime PSAFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAvaza
Direct21
Paraphrase80
Comparative00
Budget-constrained051 against BigTime PSA
Scale-constrained001 against BigTime PSA
Negative001 against BigTime PSA
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, BigTime PSA and Avaza were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 135 answers naming BigTime PSA and the 30 naming Avaza. In those answers Avaza took the first choice eight times and BigTime PSA six.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where BigTime PSA and Avaza stood in it.
| Model | DirectBP | ParaphraseBP | ComparativeBP | Budget-constrainedBP | Scale-constrainedBP | NegativeBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | BP | BP | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | BP | BP | BP | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | BP | BP | BP | BP | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | BP | BP | BP | BP | ||
| Grok 4.20 | BP | BP | BP | BP | BP | |
| Mistral Small | BP | BP | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | BP | BP | BP | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | BP | | BP | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | BP | |||||
| Kimi K2 | BP | BP | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | BP | BP | BP | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | BP | BP | BP | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | BP | BP | BP | BP | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | BP | BP | BP |
BP BigTime PSA AvazaBP first choiceBP named as an alternativeBP argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BigTime PSA on the left and Avaza on the right.
AvazaBP first choiceBP named as an alternativeBP argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BigTime PSA on the left and Avaza on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where BigTime PSA and Avaza stood in it.
BigTime PSA first, Avaza not the choice
2 of 14 modelsAvaza was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Grok 4.20BigTime PSA alternatives: Accelo, Kantata, Productive, Scoro
DeepSeek V4 FlashBigTime PSA, Kantata alternatives: Birdview PSA, Productive, Scoro
Avaza first, BigTime PSA an alternative
1 of 14 modelsBigTime PSA was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GLM 4.7 FlashXAvaza alternatives: BigTime PSA, Kantata, Scoro
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniKantata alternatives: BigTime PSA, Certinia PS Cloud, Rocketlane, Scoro
Gemini 3.5 FlashKantata alternatives: BigTime PSA, Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Oracle NetSuite OpenAir
Perplexity SonarKantata alternatives: BigTime PSA, Certinia PSA, Rocketlane
Mistral SmallCertinia Professional Services Cloud, Kantata alternatives: BigTime PSA, Deltek Vantagepoint, NetSuite
MiniMax M2.5Kantata alternatives: BigTime PSA, NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro, Scoro, Teamwork.com
GPT-6 LunaKantata alternatives: BigTime PSA, Certinia Professional Services Cloud
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Kantata alternatives: Accelo, Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Rocketlane
Llama 4 MaverickKantata alternatives: NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro, Parallax, Rocketlane, Scoro, Teamwork.com
Qwen 3.7 FlashKantata alternatives: Accelo, ConnectWise PSA, Deltek Vantagepoint, Scoro, SuiteProjects Pro
Kimi K2Kantata alternatives: Accelo, Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Scoro
Muse Glimmer 30BProductive, Scoro, Teamwork.com alternatives: Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Kantata, Rocketlane
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
BigTime PSA leads by thirteen points.
BigTime PSA22%#1 of 16
Avaza8%#5 of 16Mid-marketThe figures above
BigTime PSA leads by eight points.
BigTime PSA19%#2 of 14
Avaza11%#3 of 14Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
BigTime PSA0%#11 of 13
Avaza0%#– of 13What the models said about BigTime PSA
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Options if your services are closer to creative/marketing or agency workflows, though evaluate scale carefully.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“A popular PSA platform, but may have its own set of limitations and potential drawbacks.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“those tend to sit higher in price than the lightweight tools above” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“BigTime for billing/invoicing simplicity or Scoro/Productive for broader operational planning at $13-50/user are the mid-market sweet spot” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“BigTime stands out as the best professional services automation (PSA) platform for most mid-market B2B companies” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend BigTime as your primary choice for a mid-sized B2B company focused on project billing and utilization” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Avaza
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“The best professional services automation platform for a company with a limited budget is Avaza, which offers a free plan and paid plans starting from $11.95/mo per account.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“For a company with a limited budget, Avaza is the strongest overall choice.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“For most budget-conscious companies, Avaza is the best choice.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.