Comparison
Scoro is one of the broadest agency management platforms available. It covers quoting, planning, time, billing and business intelligence in a single suite, and for an agency that genuinely needs all of that in one place it is a strong, credible choice.
Orbit Studio is deliberately narrower. It is built for small teams of two to ten and for freelance designers who want clients, projects, a client portal and retainer billing working well, rather than a suite they will only half use.
Based on each product's public documentation and pricing pages at the time of writing. Check Scoro's own site for the current position before you decide.
| Feature | Orbit Studio | Scoro |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited to | Small creative and marketing studios of 2 to 10, and freelance designers | Mid-sized and larger agencies and consultancies wanting one suite for sales, work and finance |
| Pricing | £15 per user/month, one plan, everything included | Tiered per-seat pricing with a minimum seat count, and higher tiers for advanced features |
| Quotes and sales | Ad hoc quoting with client approval and a counter-proposal flow | Full quoting, pipeline and sales management with detailed templates |
| Projects and tasks | Projects, campaigns, tasks, subtasks, Kanban and calendar | Gantt charts, dependencies, templates and detailed planning tools |
| Retainer billing | Committed hours, rollover and overage tracked against logged time | Recurring invoicing and budget tracking, strong on financial detail |
| Client portal | Branded portal for approvals, comments, deliveries and invoices, included | Client-facing sharing is more limited than a full portal |
| Reporting | Practical studio reporting: budget vs actual, workload, billable and overdue value | Extensive dashboards, forecasting and configurable financial reports |
| Setup effort | Usable the same afternoon, no onboarding project | More configuration up front, with onboarding help on higher plans |
| Breadth | Focused on what a small studio does every week | Very broad suite covering sales, work, billing and business intelligence |
If you need Gantt-level planning, a real sales pipeline and configurable financial reporting, Scoro does more than Orbit Studio does and the extra cost is defensible.
If a suite that big would mostly sit unused, and what you actually need is agency management software that keeps clients, projects, retainers and invoices straight for a small team, Orbit Studio is the lighter and cheaper fit.
£15 per user, per month. Everything included, no card required to start.