Tools for agencies.
Marketing, design, development, and creative agencies — typically 5-50 people serving multiple clients. The stack favours project tracking, time tracking, and cross-client knowledge management.
"An agency's tool stack is mostly a billing-mechanics decision in disguise. The productivity follows."
Categories in this view
Every tool below comes from one of these categories.
The agencies stack at a glance.
Numbers derived from every agencies-relevant tool in the directory · re-scored quarterly.
Higher bar = higher composite score. Linear leads the agencies stack at 95/100.
The rest start paid — the lowest entry tier shows up on each tool's profile.
Core picks for agencies.
For the right team.
Only in specific cases.
Tools tagged as useful for agencies are surfaced from 10 categoryies we cover: project management, design, seo tools, social media scheduling, email marketing, time tracking, video conferencing, screen recording, ai writing, automation.
We don’t write per-tool reviews from the persona’s point of view — instead, each tool’s underlying review and 80/20 verdict is the same regardless of who reads it. The persona view re-slices the catalogue so the right tools surface for the right buyer.
Frequently asked questions
What's the single largest agency software cost?
Almost always the project-tracking platform, paid per seat. Agencies report it as the tool that scales most directly with headcount, and as the single highest-stakes selection decision because of the switching cost.
What software do agencies need?
Across 10 categories we cover for agencies, the 8020 picks include Linear, Loom, ActiveCampaign. The full ranking is below.
How is the agencies view different from a category page?
Category pages show every tool in a single bucket. Persona pages re-slice the catalogue: they show every tool — across multiple categories — that's typically part of the agencies's working stack.