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Teamwork alternative for marketing agencies
Know what every project earned, not only what got done.
Project tools show what was done. Verbial shows what it earned, with time, billing and margin connected to the work.
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Northline Studio, October
The short answer
Verbial is a Teamwork alternative for agencies that live on retainers and billing rather than task management. Teamwork.com is task management with billing layered on top; Verbial connects delivery, billing, CRM and reporting. Teamwork wins if deep task management matters most.
What Teamwork does well
- Deep task management: boards, Gantt, dependencies, workload and automations.
- Client users can collaborate on projects and tasks directly.
- A free plan for up to 5 users, plus HubSpot, QuickBooks Online and Salesforce integrations on higher plans.
Why agencies move
What changes with Verbial
- Retainers with department allocations, overages, pacing and period history.
- Native proposals and e-signature that create the agreement and first invoice.
- White-label client reports and portal on your own domain with fetched metrics.
- Margin from contracted revenue and absorbed cost, with roles for who sees cost.
How the workflow changes
What your agency gets with Verbial
Checks mean a capability Verbial provides. Competitor detail is included for a fair, documented comparison as of 2026-09-03.
| Agency workflow | With Verbial | With Teamwork |
|---|---|---|
| Task management | Projects and tasks sized for time tracking | Boards, Gantt, dependencies, workload, automations |
| Retainers | Department allocations, overages, pacing and history | Per-project budgets on Accelerate and above |
| Time tracking | Timer, timesheets, approvals, utilization | Timer and billable time on every plan |
| Proposals and e-signature | Native, with the invoice at signature | Quotes on Optimize and above; e-signature through other tools |
| CRM | Included in every plan | CRM pipeline integration on Optimize and above |
| Invoicing | Retainers in advance, overages, hourly, media pass-through | From logged time on Accelerate and above |
| Client collaboration | White-label portal with reports, invoices and statements | Client users on projects and tasks |
| Client reporting | White-label reports on your domain with fetched metrics | Project reports and dashboards |
| Profitability | Contract-based revenue and absorbed cost | Billable versus cost rates; insights on Optimize |
| Tenancy | A private database per workspace | Shared, with US or EU hosting |
| Pricing basis | Flat plan price with seats included | Per user per month, free for up to 5 users |
| List price | From $99 per month with 3 full and 5 contributor seats included. Configure yours. | $24.99 per user per month, Accelerate, billed annually; Basics is $9.99 per user per month billed annually |
Modules
The parts of Verbial that take over from Teamwork
Time tracking
Know which clients are over-serviced while you can still fix it, and invoice from hours you trust.
Invoicing
Bill every kind of work from what the client signed, get paid faster, and stop losing unbilled hours.
Client reporting
Show clients the value on your own brand, without rebuilding a deck every month.
Questions
Can Verbial import from Teamwork?
Export clients, projects and time to CSV and use the migration hub's CSV importer with its templates. There is no direct Teamwork connector.
How does task management compare?
Teamwork goes deeper on boards, Gantt and dependencies. Verbial keeps projects and tasks simple, so time is tracked against a scope and margin follows.
Do clients get a login in Verbial?
Yes. The client portal on your own domain shows reports, invoices and usage statements. Clients do not work inside projects or tasks.
How does the price compare?
Teamwork Accelerate, with retainer budgets and client invoicing, lists at $24.99 per user per month billed annually. Verbial Pro is $184 per month for 12 seats. See /pricing.
Agency operating software
Try Verbial next to Teamwork for a billing cycle.
Bring your data across, keep the old tool read-only, and compare the numbers on real work.