Same-subcategory comparison

Adobe WorkfrontvsTeamwork.com

Compare buyer fit, pricing, capability depth, and purchase constraints within one buying category. A higher score is not a universal winner.

Comparison summary

How to choose

These conclusions apply to this subcategory and the buyer conditions shown here. They do not make one product universally better.

Adobe Workfront

Consider when

Enterprise project and work management
PMO, marketing operations, and creative operations

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Small teams seeking lightweight task management
Buyers requiring public self-service pricing

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Teamwork.com

Consider when

Agencies, consultancies, and professional-services teams
Client-delivery organizations tracking utilization and billable time

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Teams needing only lightweight internal task management
Organizations that do not track client work, time, utilization, budgets, or profitability

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Dimension	Adobe Workfront	Teamwork.com
Pricing and trial	Select Requires quote · Adobe Workfront Select custom quote · custom quote · Contact Adobe for package price, user mix, additions, service scope, and contract terms. Prime Requires quote · Adobe Workfront Prime custom quote · custom quote · Contact Adobe for package price, user mix, additions, service scope, and contract terms. Ultimate Requires quote · Adobe Workfront Ultimate custom quote · custom quote · Contact Adobe for package price, user mix, included operation allowances, services, and contract terms. Adobe publishes three current core packages but no numeric rates, currency, billing cadence, minimum quantity, payment timing, or contract duration. Workfront Fusion is included with Ultimate and can be purchased for Prime or Select; Workfront Planning and Data Connect have separate package-dependent commercial treatment. Adobe Workfront Fusion: Fusion is included with Ultimate and can be purchased for Prime or Select. Its cross-application automation and operation consumption must not be treated as universally included core Workfront functionality. Adobe Workfront Planning: Adobe identifies Workfront Planning separately from the core Workfront package ladder and routes buyers through sales. Full profile	Free $0 USD · per user · per month · Teamwork.com Free · Maximum five users and five projects Basics $9.99 USD · per user · per month · Basics annual subscription · annual upfront payment · one-year commitment · minimum 3 user · Annual subscription; minimum three users Accelerate $24.99 USD · per user · per month · Accelerate annual subscription · annual upfront payment · one-year commitment · minimum 5 user · Annual subscription; minimum five users Optimize Requires quote · Optimize custom quote · custom quote · Book a demo for pricing Enterprise Requires quote · Enterprise custom quote · custom quote · Book a demo for pricing Teamwork.com lists Free at USD 0, Basics at USD 9.99 per user per month billed yearly, and Accelerate at USD 24.99 per user per month billed yearly. Optimize and Enterprise require a quote. Annual subscriptions are prepaid for the full annual term; monthly subscriptions have no long-term commitment, but the current monthly amounts were not retained because the opened public state did not display them. Full profile
Best for	Enterprise project and work management PMO, marketing operations, and creative operations Portfolio and resource planning	Agencies, consultancies, and professional-services teams Client-delivery organizations tracking utilization and billable time Teams managing project budgets, costs, revenue, and profitability
Not for	Small teams seeking lightweight task management Buyers requiring public self-service pricing Organizations without capacity for enterprise implementation and governance	Teams needing only lightweight internal task management Organizations that do not track client work, time, utilization, budgets, or profitability Buyers requiring the deepest financial and resource features at a public self-service price
Source check	97/100	98/100
Key features	Project, program, portfolio, task, board, Agile, hybrid, and Gantt planning Resource availability, workload balancing, role allocation, FTE, hours, and cost planning Timesheets, budgets, planned and actual costs, revenue, billing, and performance reports Request intake, custom forms, routing, templates, approvals, and workflow automation Digital review, proofing, versioning, sign-off, and external contributor participation	Task lists, boards, tables, Gantt charts, milestones, dependencies, projects, workflows, and portfolios Workload planning, live capacity, tentative work, roles, skills, and utilization Billable and non-billable time, timesheets, budgets, retainers, costs, invoices, and profitability Critical-path identification and planned-versus-actual reporting Conditional multi-action automations with usage limits by plan
Cons	All three core packages require a quote, so recurring price and contract terms are not publicly comparable. Workfront Fusion, Planning, Data Connect, and adjacent Adobe products have package-dependent or separate commercial scope. Enterprise configuration and data discipline materially affect resource planning, reporting, permissions, and adoption.	Skills planning, tentative work, multi-currency budgets, and advanced profitability insights require Optimize or higher. Entry paid prices are annual-subscription rates and plan minimums raise the actual starting account cost. AI credits are scheduled to become usage-based in September 2026, but future rates are not yet established in the captured public page.
Category buying score	83Higher category-fit score	79
Rank	#1	#3
Context	Project & Portfolio Management / Project Management Software	Project & Portfolio Management / Project Management Software
Planning and work execution	90The product covers planning, assigning, executing, reviewing, governing, and reporting work, which aligns with end-to-end project management use cases.	87Combined planning structures, dependencies, workflows, time logging, budgets, and planned-versus-actual tracking support end-to-end client project delivery, provided buyers select the plan that matches needed budget and capacity depth.
Collaboration and adoption	83The product includes review, proofing, sign-off, and external contributor participation, which supports collaborative work, but enterprise configuration and governance requirements can affect adoption.	82A permanent Free plan for up to five users and five projects plus permission-limited client users lowers the barrier for small client-delivery teams to start shared project work without exposing internal financial data.
Portfolio and program visibility	79While Prime and Ultimate feature scorecards and business cases, portfolio management features are entirely unavailable on the Select package.	81Portfolios and portfolio-level reporting give multi-project visibility for services organizations, though Free’s five-project ceiling and higher-plan financial insight boundaries limit how far portfolio economics extend without upgrade.
Resource, capacity, and schedule management	89The product includes resource availability, workload balancing, role allocation, FTE, hours, and cost planning, which supports capacity and schedule decisions for managed teams.	75Live capacity and workload planning on Accelerate address day-to-day resource load, while utilization plus Optimize-only tentative work and skills or role scheduling define the ceiling for deeper capacity management.
Automation and integrations	82The product includes workflow automation and Workfront Fusion is included with Ultimate while available for purchase in Prime or Select, so integration depth depends on the package and commercial scope.	71Conditional multi-action automations can reduce repetitive project setup within plan usage limits, but integration breadth beyond connected Teamwork products and separate BI connectivity is not established as a fully detailed self-serve catalog in the supplied commercial record.
Reporting, controls, and governance	90The product includes custom reports, dashboards, portfolio reporting, BI export paths, audit trails, SSO, and administrative controls, which supports governed reporting and control.	79Project permissions and financial-data controls safeguard sensitive client work, though advanced access policies and SSO require moving up to the Enterprise plan.
Usability, support, and total cost	59Total cost of ownership is highly opaque because all core packages, implementation services, and adjacent add-ons require custom quotes.	69Entry paid prices require a prepaid annual commitment and mandatory seat minimums, while onboarding, premium support, and connected products may add extra costs.
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Comparison summary

Most material score differences

These are the stored dimension rationales returned with each score. They explain the buyer conditions behind the gap without speculating about hidden model reasoning.

Resource, capacity, and schedule management

14 pts

Adobe Workfront · 89/100: The product includes resource availability, workload balancing, role allocation, FTE, hours, and cost planning, which supports capacity and schedule decisions for managed teams.
Teamwork.com · 75/100: Live capacity and workload planning on Accelerate address day-to-day resource load, while utilization plus Optimize-only tentative work and skills or role scheduling define the ceiling for deeper capacity management.

Automation and integrations

11 pts

Adobe Workfront · 82/100: The product includes workflow automation and Workfront Fusion is included with Ultimate while available for purchase in Prime or Select, so integration depth depends on the package and commercial scope.
Teamwork.com · 71/100: Conditional multi-action automations can reduce repetitive project setup within plan usage limits, but integration breadth beyond connected Teamwork products and separate BI connectivity is not established as a fully detailed self-serve catalog in the supplied commercial record.

Reporting, controls, and governance

11 pts

Adobe Workfront · 90/100: The product includes custom reports, dashboards, portfolio reporting, BI export paths, audit trails, SSO, and administrative controls, which supports governed reporting and control.
Teamwork.com · 79/100: Project permissions and financial-data controls safeguard sensitive client work, though advanced access policies and SSO require moving up to the Enterprise plan.

Research basis

This page uses stored product facts, official evidence, and category scoring rationales. It is not an account-based hands-on test, and third-party user ratings are not folded into the category buying score.

Adobe Workfront: Fact confidence: 97% · Fact checked: 2026-08-10
Teamwork.com: Fact confidence: 98% · Fact checked: 2026-08-10