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July 2025
June 2025
May 2025
April 2025
NEW FEATURE • apr 23 2025
Productive AI – The Smarter Way to Work
Tired of endlessly clicking, scrolling through updates, or wasting time on repetitive tasks?
With Productive AI, you can skip filters and find the data you need by simply asking in plain language. It also provides instant summaries of lengthy comment threads and Task updates, saving you time. Additionally, it can convert receipts and invoices into Expense forms in seconds. Furthermore, Productive AI allows you to write project specifications, meeting summaries, and marketing content with ease.
March 2025
February 2025
January 2025
NEW FEATURE • JAN 28 2025
The Scenario Builder
What if you could test-drive your project decisions before risking your budget? The Scenario Builder in Productive makes this possible. Using it, you can model potential project outcomes and develop strategies to optimize utilization and profitability. Create multiple project scenarios where you can adjust who does the work, when they start, and how much it will cost—then see the impact of your decisions before making them.
Productive’s Scenario Builder empowers you to create scenarios, compare outcomes, and check team availability with confidence.
NEW FEATURE • JAN 6 2025
eInvoicing: Create and Download Invoices in XRechnung Format 🇩🇪
XRechnung is Germany’s standard for e-invoicing, allowing invoices to be sent as XML files with all necessary details. Starting in 2025, it will replace paper and PDF invoices as the required format.
Watch the video to see how easy it is to create XRechnung-compliant invoices in Productive.
December 2024
November 2024
NEW FEATURE • NOV 26 2024
New: Track Workload to Prevent Burnout and Boost Efficiency
The Workload view for Tasks gives you a clear snapshot of your team’s weekly workload. See all daily and weekly project assignments in one accessible location, and use color-coded indicators to quickly identify overloaded or underutilized team members. It also accounts for personal time off and holidays, helping you adjust due dates and keep your projects on track.
October 2024
September 2024

WEBINAR • SEP 23 2024
Office Hours Webinar: Dashboards
Learn how to create and customize Dashboards: Add reports in the form of widgets to create the control center for your agency.
VIDEO • SEP 9 2024
Sandbox, Improved Reports, UI improvements
Usually, August is a slower part of the year, but not for Team Productive. Keep reading to discover what we have in store for you right now.
VIDEO • SEP 3 2024
Office Hours Webinar: Vacation and Time Off
We’re kicking off our new webinar series with a topic that’s relevant to agencies of all sizes: Vacation and Time Off. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to manage time off requests and approvals, understand how time off impacts project delivery and more.
August 2024
NEW FEATURE • AUG 20 2024
Sandbox: Onboard teammates and try Productive features without messing up your data
A sandbox is a secure test environment where you can experiment without affecting your actual data.
It functions like a metaphorical playground where you can explore the system to better understand how it works or test new ideas.
July 2024
VIDEO • JUL 9 2024
Track Daily and Weekly Workload (BETA)
Now you can check your team’s daily and weekly workload and use it to improve utilization.
Using Workload, you can check estimated and worked time per each task, which is then compared to the person’s availability. If a teammate has too many Tasks on their hand, you’ll notice a visual warning. On the other hand, you’ll also see if they need more work. Read this article to learn more.
June 2024
VIDEO • JUN 27 2024
New in Time Off: Status Sync, Time Off Tab, Attachment Upload
You can set your status in Productive to let your teammates know if you’re in the office, working from home or absent. Now the status will sync automatically with your time off categories, meaning that your teammates will instantly know if you’re off.
You can also add attachments when requesting time off – perfect for documentation HR might request. Also, we’ve added the Time Off tab to Profiles, where you’ll find all the booked time off.
May 2024
VIDEO • DEC 18 2023
Parakeeto and Productive: Time Tracking – Best Practices
Watch our webinar with Marcel Petitpas, CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto and learn all about the importance of time tracking in the agency world. In this webinar, we covered the main reasons agencies struggle with time tracking and how to fix them.
April 2024
VIDEO • MAy 9 2024
New in Project Management: Productive AI
With artificial intelligence making waves worldwide, we’re excited to introduce its integration into Productive, all geared towards helping you work smarter and get more done.
March 2024
VIDEO • MAR 27 2024
Permission Builder – Control Who Sees What In Productive
The Permissions Builder allows you to define what each teammate will have access to. Fully customizable permissions protect your sensitive business data while providing teammates with access to the data they need to complete their work.
February 2024
VIDEO • FEB 12 2024
Utilization And Forecasting In Crisis Times
In this webinar hosted by The Agency Collective and Fran Vižintin, BDR at Productive, we covered the metrics that help you run a healthier agency business: utilization, forecasted utilization, revenue forecasting, cost & profit forecasting, and budget burn.
January 2024
VIDEO • JAN 17 2024
Automations in Productive: Save Time Spent on Common Actions
Powerful automations that are easy to configure, with no coding required. Define actions that happen automatically, from opening Tasks, posting comments, or sending messages to Slack. From simple everyday actions to complex multi-step workflows, there is an Automation that fits your way of working.