Productive runs your agency ops. Forge builds your client tools.
Productive is a strong internal platform for projects, time, budgeting and billing - priced per seat. Forge builds, brands, hosts and runs the custom client-facing tools your agency needs - client portals, status pages - on your domain, for one flat monthly price.
no code · we run the infrastructure · flat monthly pricingForge isn’t an app builder. It’s the managed internal-tools team for your agency.
Productive is a solid PSA. Forge is the managed custom layer.
Productive is a well-built agency operations platform - projects, time, budgets, forecasting and billing in one internal place. If you want to run the financial and resourcing side of the agency from a single system and pay per seat, it's a good choice.
What Productive isn't is client-facing or custom to you - it's the back office, and you operate it. Most agencies still want a branded space each client logs into, or a live status page shaped to exactly how they work, without building or hosting it themselves. Forge does that part: we build the tool around your agency, run all of the infrastructure, and charge one flat fee no matter how many people use it.
Built for agency owners, not builders.
Opinionated presets, not a blank canvas
You don't want to describe an app from scratch - you want the right one. Forge gives you a catalog of agency tools (client portals, status pages, time tracking), set up by answering a few plain questions.
Fully managed - zero tech tax
Hosting, database, domains, secrets, updates - all on infrastructure we own and run, that your clients never see. You never connect a service, watch a meter, or redeploy anything.
Built for your whole client roster
Forge is designed around the agency-to-client relationship: a separate, branded, separately-tracked tool for each client - not one app at a time.
It gets better after launch
Every tool ships with usage analytics you can share with clients to prove value, and a feedback channel that quietly improves it - without you lifting a finger.
Flat, predictable pricing
One monthly subscription covers the AI and the hosting. No credits to burn, no usage meter to watch, simple to expense.
Improves for everyone, automatically
Because tools are built from structured presets, feedback from one agency improves the preset for all of them. The whole catalog gets better over time.
Forge vs Productive
| Forge | Productive | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | Agencies that want branded, client-facing tools, managed | Teams running internal projects, time and billing |
| What you actually get | A custom client portal or status page, built and run for you | An internal ops and finance platform you administer |
| Who runs it | We do - end to end | You configure and maintain Productive |
| Per client | A separate, isolated, branded tool per client | One workspace; clients see only what you expose |
| Forecasting vs proof | Client-facing usage analytics you can share as proof of value | Deep internal forecasting and profitability reporting |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly - no per-seat cost | Per user, per month |
Glossary & calculators
Free agency concepts and tools from Forge - plain-English definitions and instant calculators.
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The Productive alternative your agency can actually hand off.
Pick a tool, answer a few plain-language questions, and we build, host and run it for you. No code, no infrastructure, nothing to maintain.