BigTime vs Productive
Three of fourteen models named BigTime first on the direct prompt; zero named Productive. BigTime was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Productive by twelve and BigTime carries 48 labels and Productive 23, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
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
BigTimeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsProductive
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, BigTime and Productive were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 125 answers naming BigTime and the 58 naming Productive. In those answers Productive took the first choice ten times and BigTime ten.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
BigTime Productive first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BigTime on the left and Productive on the right.The direct prompt
BigTime first, Productive not the choice
3 of 14 modelsProductive was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
BigTime38%#1 of 11Productive15%#2 of 11BigTime29%#1 of 10Productive12%#3 of 10What the models said about BigTime
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“BigTime is compatible with QuickBooks but not 100%, with a lot of work still to be done in that area” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Productive advises skipping it if you are heading past 50 billable staff.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“the most highly recommended PSA tool for a mid-sized B2B company focused specifically on project billing and utilization is BigTime” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Teamwork.com from ~$9.99/user/mo and BigTime Essentials from ~$20/user/mo are the most frequently cited budget-friendly options” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“BigTime and Accelo are top recommendations due to their strong billing, utilization, and project management features” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Productive
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Productive stands out as one of the most affordable full-featured professional services automation (PSA) platforms” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“Best Overall Value (True PSA Features): Productive ... widely considered the best fit for SMBs” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Productive (starting at $9/user/month) or Teamwork.com ... offer the best overall value” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
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.