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Nova vs Productive: where delivery happens
Productive is an agency management platform for budgets, resource planning, time tracking, projects and sales. Nova is a workspace that delivers outcomes: it picks out what your team agreed with each client, prepares the next step for your approval, runs it in Linear, Gmail, Google Calendar or Nova itself, and keeps it in view until it is delivered. Productive tells you whether a project is profitable; Nova makes sure what you promised the client gets done.
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Nova vs Productive, feature by feature
Productive’s column is from its own site. Where a feature is not listed there, we say so rather than guess.
| Feature | Nova | Productive |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery | ||
| Turns what was agreed with a client into next steps | YesWho promised what, to whom and by when | PartlyCall capture add-on turns action items into work |
| Next steps approved, then run in connected tools | YesApproved in Triage, then run in Linear, Gmail, Google Calendar or Nova | PartlyAgents and connectors on Ultimate |
| Tells the client when the work is done | YesFor Linear work marked for customer follow-up; you confirm the send | Not listed |
| Recurring work from a plain-language instruction | YesRoutines: you review the plan before it runs | YesAI-powered automations |
| Workspace | ||
| Budgets, time tracking and invoicing | No | Yes |
| Projects and documents | PartlyProjects with milestones, updates and a calendar, switched on per workspace | Yes |
| Deals, companies and contacts | YesNova’s own CRM, updated from the call once you approve | Yes |
| Clients in the workspace | PartlyShare a project with view, comment or edit access, per workspace | YesFree client access |
| Mobile apps | NoWeb and Mac today | YesiOS and Android |
| Security | ||
| SOC 2 Type II | NoSOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 in progress | Yes |
Productive details from productive.io/pricing, checked on 31 October 2026. Nova details from trynova.io/nova.md.
When Productive fits
Productive suits agencies that run on budgets, utilisation and profitability, with time tracking, resource planning and invoicing in one place. If agency finance is the core need, it is built for that.
When Nova fits
Nova suits client-facing teams where the work starts with a promise to a customer and the result is what counts. It picks out who promised what, to whom and by when, checks it against earlier calls and the work already open, and prepares each next step in Triage. Your team approves, edits or dismisses it; approved steps run straight away through that person’s own connection.
Calls, projects, documents and a CRM are all parts of the same workspace, so the work stays connected to the conversation it came from. See how to make sure what was agreed gets delivered.
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For delivery, it can be. If you need budgets, time tracking, resource planning or invoicing, Productive has those and Nova does not today. Nova focuses on taking what was agreed with each client through approval to delivery.
Only where your team allows it. Steps Nova prepares from a call wait in Triage for someone to approve, edit or dismiss. Always allow covers the kinds of steps a person trusts, routines follow the rules their owner sets, and emails and calendar invites from Triage always ask first.
Plans start at $29 per user per month at the early price, with AI credits shared across the workspace. Nova is invite only, so request access to join.
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