# Productive alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 196 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Productive holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/productive/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Kantata: 50
- BigTime PSA: 19
- Certinia Professional Services Cloud: 15
- Rize: 7
- Avaza: 6
- Rocketlane: 4

## Professional services automation

**Small business**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Productive (Productive is #2 of 16 at 17%).

- BigTime PSA: first choice in 14 of those 51
- Rize: first choice in 5 of those 51
- Avaza: first choice in 4 of those 51
- Plaky: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Ravetree: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Accelo: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Autotask: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Harvest: first choice in 1 of those 51

**Mid-market**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Productive (Productive is #4 of 14 at 8%).

- Kantata: first choice in 14 of those 61
- BigTime PSA: first choice in 5 of those 61
- Certinia Professional Services Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Teamwork.com: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Avaza: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Rize: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Brighter PSA: first choice in 1 of those 61
- Kantata PSA: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Productive.

- Kantata: first choice in 36 of those 84
- Certinia Professional Services Cloud: first choice in 12 of those 84
- Rocketlane: first choice in 4 of those 84
- NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Certinia PS Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Certinia PSA: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Kantata PSA: first choice in 2 of those 84
- SAP Cloud ERP: first choice in 2 of those 84

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