SPP.co Alternative for Marketing Agencies
SPP.co was built for agencies selling productized service packages — a fixed-price "SEO Audit" or a "Social Media Starter Pack" that clients order like items from a menu. That works until your marketing agency starts running ongoing retainer campaigns, managing multi-channel strategies across a team, or billing clients based on hours and deliverables rather than pre-set packages. SPP's rigid order-based workflow has no time tracking, no team workload management, and no project management beyond what you can bolt on through Trello or Asana integrations. AgencyPro is built for the way marketing agencies actually operate — with retainer management, campaign coordination, and team-level operational intelligence.
If you're a Marketing agency looking for an alternative to SPP.co, you're not alone. Many Marketing teams switch when they outgrow SPP's capabilities — particularly around designed only for productized services, not custom projects. AgencyPro is purpose-built for agencies like yours, combining project management, client portals, and billing into one platform.
Why Marketing Agencies Struggle with SPP.co
SPP's order-based system forces every engagement into a fixed-price package — it cannot handle the monthly retainers, hourly billing, or milestone-based invoicing that most marketing agencies depend on
No built-in project management means multi-channel campaigns spanning SEO, PPC, content, and email have to be tracked in external tools like Trello or Asana, disconnected from billing
SPP has zero time tracking capability, making it impossible to monitor how many hours your team spends per client or whether retainer hours are being over- or under-utilized
No team workload visibility or capacity planning — you cannot see which marketers are overbooked and which have bandwidth because SPP was designed for order fulfillment, not team operations
Why Marketing Agencies Switch to AgencyPro
Retainer & Flexible Billing Models
Most marketing agencies work on monthly retainers, not fixed-price orders. AgencyPro supports retainer agreements with automated hour tracking, utilization monitoring, and overage alerts. You can also bill hourly, by milestone, or per project — billing models SPP.co fundamentally cannot support because its entire architecture revolves around fixed-price order forms.
Integrated Campaign Project Management
Marketing campaigns involve parallel workstreams — SEO, content production, paid media, email sequences — with dependencies and shared deadlines. AgencyPro provides native multi-phase project management with task dependencies and milestone tracking. SPP has no project management at all; it relies on integrations with Trello or Asana, which means your billing and project data live in separate, disconnected systems.
Team Resource Planning
When your team of account managers, strategists, and channel specialists is juggling multiple client campaigns, you need to see who has capacity and who is overloaded. AgencyPro's resource planning shows real-time utilization across your team. SPP has no concept of internal team management — it tracks orders, not the people fulfilling them.
Campaign Performance Analytics
SPP's reporting is limited to order volume and revenue from package sales. AgencyPro provides profitability per client, per campaign, and per team member. You can see retainer health scores, team utilization rates, revenue forecasts, and margin analysis — the operational intelligence marketing agencies need to make pricing, hiring, and growth decisions.
AgencyPro vs SPP.co: Key Feature Comparison
Retainer Management
Automated retainer tracking with hour utilization dashboards, monthly rollover rules, overservice alerts, and one-click retainer invoicing.
Multi-Channel Campaign Management
Structure campaigns with parallel workstreams for SEO, PPC, content, and email with task dependencies and milestone tracking.
Native Time Tracking
Built-in timers, manual entries, and timesheet approvals tied directly to projects, clients, retainers, and invoices.
Team Capacity Planning
Visual workload distribution across your marketing team with real-time utilization tracking and intelligent assignment.
Client Portal
Branded dashboards showing campaign progress, deliverable status, retainer utilization, and pending approvals.
Profitability Analytics
Track margins per campaign, per client, and per team member to identify your most and least profitable work.
Key Features for Marketing Agencies
Retainer Management
Automated retainer tracking with hour utilization dashboards, monthly rollover rules, overservice alerts, and one-click retainer invoicing.
Multi-Channel Campaign Management
Structure campaigns with parallel workstreams for SEO, PPC, content, and email with task dependencies and milestone tracking.
Native Time Tracking
Built-in timers, manual entries, and timesheet approvals tied directly to projects, clients, retainers, and invoices.
Team Capacity Planning
Visual workload distribution across your marketing team with real-time utilization tracking and intelligent assignment.
Client Portal
Branded dashboards showing campaign progress, deliverable status, retainer utilization, and pending approvals.
Profitability Analytics
Track margins per campaign, per client, and per team member to identify your most and least profitable work.
Frequently Asked Questions
We sell some productized packages and also do custom retainer work — can AgencyPro handle both?
Yes. AgencyPro supports fixed-price projects, hourly billing, retainer agreements, and milestone-based invoicing. You can use different billing models for different clients or even different service lines within the same client account. SPP.co locks you into a fixed-price order model that forces you to productize everything, even when that doesn't fit the engagement.
Does AgencyPro have a client portal like SPP.co?
AgencyPro includes a branded client portal where clients can view project progress, track retainer utilization, approve deliverables, and communicate with your team. Unlike SPP's order-focused portal designed for purchasing packages, AgencyPro's portal reflects the ongoing, collaborative client relationships that marketing agencies maintain.
SPP.co integrates with Trello for project management — isn't that enough?
Bolting Trello onto SPP means your project tasks, time tracking, billing, and client communication all live in disconnected systems. AgencyPro integrates project management, time tracking, billing, and client portals natively, so a task completion can trigger an invoice, tracked time feeds into retainer utilization, and clients see real progress — not just an order status.
How do we migrate from SPP.co to AgencyPro?
Export your client list and order history from SPP. AgencyPro's onboarding team helps you set up client accounts, configure your billing structures (retainers, projects, or hybrid), build project templates, and customize your branded portal. Most marketing agencies complete migration within one to two weeks.
Switching from SPP.co Is Easier Than You Think
Switching from SPP.co to AgencyPro is straightforward. Our team helps migrate your projects, client data, and workflows so nothing falls through the cracks. Most Marketing teams are fully operational within a week.
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