A clean project PSA, or the whole services business
Ruddr does projects, time, resources and invoicing cleanly and prices them fairly. AspirePro covers that ground and adds support, documentation, contracts, the relationship and the people.
Ruddr's AI-native PSA is focused: clients, projects, tasks, time, resource management, invoicing, reporting, with QuickBooks, Xero and HubSpot integrations and per-user pricing from $14. It doesn't try to be a help desk, a documentation tool, a quoting system or an HR module. AspirePro does — and keeps them on one client record.
Which one fits
Choose AspirePro if…
You need support tickets with SLAs, the client's documentation beside them, quotes accepted online, agreements with included hours, a health score, HR and recruiting — as well as projects, time and invoicing.
Choose Ruddr if…
Your firm is project-and-time shaped, you want a focused, modern tool for exactly that, and support, quoting, contracts and HR live elsewhere by choice.
What each one does
Ruddr's side is taken from its own website, checked September 20, 2026. If something has changed, tell us and we'll correct it.
| Capability | AspirePro | Ruddr |
|---|---|---|
| Sales & pipeline | ✓Pipelines, deals, sales email, meeting auto-log, outbound call blocks, HubSpot sync | ◐Sales pipeline features; not positioned as a sales tool |
| Quotes & proposals | ✓Catalogue-priced quotes accepted online with a typed signature; conversion to agreement and invoice, previewed first | –Not offered as a module on its site |
| Projects & tasks | ✓Client projects with phases, tasks and budgets; kanban planners for internal work | ✓Projects and tasks |
| Resource planning | ✓Capacity heatmap, bookings, utilization, approved time off removed automatically | ✓Resource management and allocations |
| Time tracking & timesheets | ✓Timers and quick entries on tickets, tasks and projects; weekly timesheets that managers can run for anyone, with approval before billing optional per client | ✓Time tracking with approvals |
| Retainers & agreements | ✓Retainers, fixed fee and T&M with included hours, families (MSA → SOW), rates per client, under-billing detector | ◐Fixed-fee and T&M projects; agreement records not described |
| Invoicing & accounting sync | ✓Invoices from logged time — approved first, if you choose — and agreement fees; QuickBooks Online, Xero and Stripe | ✓Invoicing with QuickBooks and Xero |
| Client profitability | ✓Return on time per client and per agreement, in plain language with a give-or-take range | ✓Project and client reporting |
| Service desk (tickets, SLAs) | ✓Boards, SLAs with pause statuses, email-to-ticket, rules, satisfaction surveys with review gating | –Not offered as a module on its site |
| Client documentation | ✓Pro Cards: typed client record cards you design, linked to tickets, fleet view across clients | –Not offered as a module on its site |
| Client lifecycle & health | ✓Lifecycle check-ins with attestation; client health score from six signals with drop notifications | –Not offered as a module on its site |
| HR & recruiting | ✓People directory, time off with accruals, reviews and 1:1s, recruiting (ATS) | –Not offered as a module on its site |
| Client portal | ✓Default-deny client portal: each ability switched on per contact, for the boards and companies you allow | –Not offered as a module on its site |
| AI assistant & MCP | ✓Prox assistant on every page and an MCP server with hundreds of actions, acting under each person's permissions | ✓Ruddr AI Assistant |
| Data isolation | ✓An isolated database per organization on every plan | ?Not described on its site |
What you get here that you don't there
A service desk with SLAs
Boards, response targets, email-to-ticket, rules and satisfaction surveys — with support time on the same timesheet and invoice as project time.
Quotes and agreements
Catalogue-priced quotes accepted online; retainers and SOWs with included hours, rates per client and the under-billing detector.
Documentation, health, HR
Pro Cards, lifecycle check-ins, a health score, and HR with recruiting — on the same clients and people.
What each one costs
AspirePro
$7.99 per seat per month on Starter (projects, planners, tickets) and $14.99 on Professional (the full platform); two months free on annual billing. Client-portal users are free, every major module is a switch, and the trial needs no card.
Ruddr
Ruddr's Team plan is $14 per user per month billed annually ($17 monthly) and Pro is $24 billed annually ($30 monthly), with an Enterprise tier above (checked September 20, 2026).
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Bring your whole services business together
Stop stitching together five tools. Run sales, delivery, support, and billing from one organization — with an AI assistant on every page.