Bookable features
ZEP Professional offers maximum flexibility thanks to its modular structure. Companies can individually select the modules that are relevant to them, while awork Business includes all functions in one product with 3 product lines, without more detailed differentiation options.
Time tracking, project time tracking
Both tools allow time tracking, where ZEP Professional offers a higher functional depth through configurable break regulations, surcharge calculation and comprehensive evaluation options.
Project administration
Both awork Business and ZEP Professional offer the option of creating projects and sub-projects, assigning tasks and evaluating project progress. ZEP Professional also enables the targeted allocation of project roles (with or without budget influence) and more detailed evaluations of project controlling.
Customer management
Both tools include customer management, with ZEP Professional offering advanced options such as the cross-functional linking of customer data with project-specific information.
Prices & receipts
ZEP Professional supports additional functions such as the illustration internal cost rates, foreign currencies and automated profitability analyses for customers, employees and projects that awork Business does not offer.
Range
The preparation of offers is a unique selling point of ZEP Professional. Here, offers can be created based on templates and sent directly, while awork Business does not offer an integrated solution for this.
Invoicing
ZEP Professional enables seamless creation and delivery of invoices within the platform, supplemented by approval processes and incoming payments monitoring. awork Business offers this function via external interfaces.
Project planning
While both systems resource planning , ZEP Professional focuses primarily on functions such as dependency representations and critical paths that are intended for complex projects.
Travel expense report
ZEP Professional offers comprehensive options for travel expense report, including country-specific regulations and document entry. awork Business does not support this function.
Tickets, tasks & to-dos
ZEP Professional provides a detailed task management including time recording and billing. additional functions such as status transitions and prioritizations round off the system, while awork Business does not offer any specific extensions here.
Freelancers
ZEP supports the tracking and billing of freelancers as well as the storage of project-specific hourly rates and the direct crediting of expenses from ZEP. awork Business does not include this function.
Departments, branches, locations
With ZEP Professional, complex corporate structures be mapped, including cross-location evaluations and service allocations. These functionalities are missing from awork Business.
Support
Both providers offer personal support via email and telephone. awork Business supplements this with a live chat.
Synopsis
Compared to awork Business, ZEP Professional offers extended project controlling functions and greater adaptability to various requirement profiles thanks to its modular structure. It is particularly suitable for companies that are looking for a flexible and scalable solution to meet demanding project requirements, which may also fundamentally change in the future. awork offers a central solution with a focus on project management.
ZEP Professional impresses with extensive features such as integrated offer preparation, invoicing, vacation approval processes and billing for freelancers. Both solutions are suitable for project companies of all sizes.
