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Product updates, playbooks and stories from teams building with Atwork.

AI Tools

What an AI Teammate Actually Does in an Agency

Assign a task to an AI teammate the way you would a person, then read the trace: every step, how long it took, and which actions needed your approval.

AI Tools

Connect Your Agency Workspace to ChatGPT or Claude

Connect your Atwork workspace to ChatGPT or Claude over MCP and ask about your real client work. It acts as you; sensitive actions are not offered.

AI Tools

What AI Actually Costs an Agency Per Month

Per-seat AI uplift charges for people; an agency's unit is work. How metered per-run cost, your own provider key, and per-agent caps change the maths.

Task Management

ClickUp vs Asana for Agencies: The Comparison Flips When You Add a Client

ClickUp is a third cheaper per seat until clients need to comment. Asana includes unlimited guests; ClickUp meters them and bills the overflow as member seats.

Task Management

Best Project Management Software for Small Agencies: How to Choose

Across Scoro, Productive, Monday, Notion, ClickUp and Teamwork, the feature you came for usually sits a tier above the price you compared. How to pick properly.

Task Management

Teamwork Alternatives: Does Your Agency Bill by the Hour?

Teamwork is built on the timesheet. If you bill fixed-fee or on retainer, nothing enforces logging and the reports quietly go wrong. How to decide.

Task Management

Basecamp for Agencies: When Flat Pricing Wins

Basecamp Pro Unlimited is $299 flat, which beats per-seat pricing at twenty people. What the fixed eight-tool palette costs you in return.

Task Management

Scoro Alternatives for Small Agencies: Should You Switch?

Scoro bills a five-seat minimum on every plan. Three questions to decide whether to leave, what the real alternatives are, and what switching costs.

Task Management

Productive.io Alternatives: What Are You Actually Buying?

Productive solves resourcing and profitability. Before switching, check whether that is your problem yet, and which tier actually includes invoicing.

Task Management

Monday.com for Agencies: What You'll End Up Bolting On

Monday works for agencies until you count the add-ons. What you bolt on, which plan you actually land on, and the 250-action automation ceiling.

Productivity Tips

Notion for Agencies: The Client Access Problem

Notion guests get pages, not scoped views. Scoping a database to one client needs the Business tier at EUR 19.50 a member. What that means for agencies.

Productivity Tips

Using Atwork as Your Email Client: Workflows, Dashboards, and More

Connect Gmail or any mailbox to Atwork and your emails become structured data — triage them in an inbox view, automate them with workflows, and chart them on dashboards.