Worklenz
Worklenz is a free, open source project and agency management platform for tracking time, budgets, resources, and client
The Problem
Agencies and professional services firms often manage projects, time tracking, budgets, and client updates across scattered spreadsheets and disconnected tools, making it hard to know which projects are actually profitable or who on the team has capacity for new work. Without a unified system, billable hours can go unrecorded, project costs drift from estimates unnoticed, and clients are left waiting on manual status updates. Teams end up guessing at resource allocation instead of assigning work based on real workload and skills data. This scattered approach costs agencies lost revenue from untracked time and makes it difficult to spot unprofitable clients or projects before they wrap up.
The Solution
Worklenz combines project and task management, time tracking, resource planning, and financial monitoring into one platform aimed specifically at agencies and professional services firms. Users can track billable hours with one click or manual entry, monitor budget versus actual costs, and view team capacity and utilization on a single screen to assign work based on availability and skills. A client portal gives clients real time visibility into project progress without requiring manual status updates, while task templates, project templates, and phases help standardize workflows. Additional features include a resource scheduler, invoicing and billing, file management, and a daily digest of updates, with data importable from CSV or Excel and options for cloud or self-hosted deployment.
