Avaza vs Smartsheet

Avaza combines project collaboration, team chat, resource scheduling, time and expense tracking, and customer invoicing. Projects offer Kanban, Gantt, and List views, along with budgets, filters, grouping, and conversion of emails into tasks. Scheduling tools show team availability, support drag-and-drop assignments and leave and public-holiday planning, and forecast utilization. Expense tools include receipt capture and digitization, approvals, and recurring expenses. Users can convert estimates into branded invoices, set recurring or retainer invoices, and accept cards, digital wallets, and bank direct debits. Avaza provides more than 50 customizable real-time reports that can be saved and scheduled for delivery. It says it integrates with over 500 apps, including Xero, Stripe, GitHub, Google Workspace, and Dropbox. The service is available across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices; its chat has native apps for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac. The free plan limits users, active projects, invoices and bills, and storage. Startup costs $11.95 per month, billed monthly.

Smartsheet provides tools for teams to manage projects and build solutions, from individual workflows to complex portfolios. Work views include grid, Gantt, calendar, table, board, and timeline, though timeline is included with Business and higher plans. Project capabilities include dashboards, reports, forms, formulas, workload tracking, and portfolios, with some features limited by plan. No-code workflows can be automated: Pro includes 250 automations per month, while Business and higher include unlimited automations. Built-in AI can generate formulas, analyze data, summarize content, and help build dashboards. Listed integrations include Jira, Power BI, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Tableau, Workday, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Adobe Creative Cloud; connections to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot are described through the Smartsheet MCP Server. Security controls include role-based access, SSO, MFA, external collaboration controls, event reporting, and 24/7 incident monitoring. Plans are paid, with a 30-day trial. Pro costs $9 a month, billed at $9 per Member/month yearly or $12 monthly; Business costs $19 a month, billed at $19 yearly or $24 monthly.