BigTime is built for teams that focus on billing by the hour and want to tie time, invoicing, and project delivery together.
Birdview PSA is a delivery-first platform with embedded AI, superior capacity control, and real-time profitability insights designed to optimize every stage of project performance.
While BigTime excels in time-entry and invoicing, modern delivery teams require greater visual clarity. Birdview PSA is the modern BigTime alternative built for proactive resource allocation, agile project delivery, and advanced BI reporting that goes far beyond basic billing reports.
Compare structured PSA governance against flexible time-and-billing workflows
| Category | Birdview PSA | BigTime |
|---|---|---|
| Core focus | Delivery-centric PSA: Unified system for project health, resource AI, and margin protection. | Billing-centric PSA: Specialized in time tracking, expense capture, and high-velocity invoicing. |
| Resource planning & capacity | AI-Powered Optimization: Real-time capacity forecasting and skill-matching that automatically syncs with project schedules. | Manual Staffing: Static resource views and utilization tracking based on manual time entry and schedule updates. |
| Portfolio visibility | Executive oversight: Real-time portfolio health signals, risk detection, and cross-project conflict alerts. | Operational reporting: Status-driven views centered on project progress and team utilization. |
| Financial Control | Comprehensive Billing & Analytics: T&M and fixed-fee workflows, automated invoicing, and real-time margin visibility. | Core Billing: Robust workflows for time-entry, expense management, invoicing, and accounting integrations. |
| Reporting & analytics | Advanced BI & Forecasting: All standard service ops reports plus deep BI analytics for forecast risk, capacity trends, and real-time financial health. | Operational Reporting: Standard reports focused on time logs, billable utilization, invoicing status, and project-level performance. |
| Ideal for | Mature Service Firms: Engineering & IT teams needing real-time capacity control and margin protection. | Time-Centric Teams: Specialized firms prioritizing streamlined time capture, manual billing workflows, and basic utilization reporting. |
| Organizations that need AI-powered forecasting and scenario planning to balance complex workloads and maximize profitability. | Firms looking to simplify their daily billing cycle with streamlined time-entry, expense tracking, and automated invoicing. |
Thinking about switching from BigTime? Jump to the migration questions in the FAQ below.
5 reasons top service teams choose Birdview PSA to manage projects, control delivery finances, and turn resource planning into an advantage.
Transition from basic scheduling to proactive resource optimization. Birdview PSA provides the granular data needed to balance workloads and maximize billable utilization across the enterprise.
Manage your entire service delivery through a unified portfolio system that provides clear visibility into priorities, cross-project dependencies, and resource trade-offs.
Bridge the gap between project delivery and the finance department with integrated budgeting, expense tracking, and revenue recognition.
Turn raw project data into actionable strategic insights with built-in BI capabilities designed for professional services.
Experience a governed transition with specialized migration services designed to ensure rapid, friction-free adoption.
“... I highly recommend the implementation “Path to Success” Program. With everything else we had going on, Birdview Success Coach made getting started much easier.“
If your growth depends on proactive capacity planning, optimized billable utilization, and margin predictability. It is the premier BigTime alternative for firms requiring advanced resource intelligence and AI-driven financial forecasting.
If your priority is high-speed time entry, automated expense management, and tight accounting integration. It is ideal for firms with linear project structures focused primarily on back-office billing efficiency.
We use a lot of (BI) data for external customers on the fly
“Visibility and access to information have caused a cultural shift. We use a lot of (BI) data for external customers on the fly – It provides a tremendous amount of help.”
View Case StudyBirdview has centered our team
“…and is increasingly having that effect on other teams in our business. Everyone now knows that a given project isn’t real until it’s in Birdview.”
Birdview helps us look much more professional
“Project planning used to take us 3-4 days to complete; now, it takes us 3-4 hours. Our customers appreciate the detailed level of reporting we provide them.”
50-75% faster
“I can create a project in Birdview 50-75% faster than I could in our previous PM system.”
Birdview has been a partner to us
“My experience has been that I get requests from departments and divisions across our Organization requesting to get Birdview (formerly Easy Projects) for their team because they saw it being used in another meeting, and they really liked what they saw.”
Implementing Birdview has saved time
“..billing reports that used to take one to two days to compile can now be completed in a few hours.”
Yes. We offer a structured data migration service for your projects, tasks, and historical records. Our team ensures your timelines and resource history transition seamlessly without data loss.
Birdview PSA offers transparent, user-based pricing that includes all core professional services features. BigTime pricing often scales with various modules, which can lead to unexpected costs. We aim for predictable, cost-effective solutions.
A typical Birdview PSA rollout takes 3 to 6 weeks. This is often faster than the complex setups required by other legacy systems. Our platform is purpose-built for service delivery, minimizing custom engineering.
Yes. Birdview offers seamless connectivity with QuickBooks, Sage, and Xero to ensure financial continuity. Beyond accounting, we provide deeper native integration with the Microsoft ecosystem—including Power BI, Teams, and Outlook—to unify your delivery, sales, and financial tech stack.
Yes. Birdview is designed with an "at-a-glance" UI that reduces administrative overhead. Your project managers and specialists can log time, update tasks, and view capacity in fewer clicks, leading to higher adoption.
Absolutely. Every migration includes a dedicated Success Manager. They understand the professional services industry. We help you redesign workflows to maximize billable utilization from day one.
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