How much does it cost: business management software for digital and marketing agencies in Canada

    How much does it cost: business management software for digital and marketing agencies in Canada

    Total cost includes licenses, setup, migration, training and integration maintenance. Separating those items makes a subscription, a quotation and an internal spreadsheet comparable.

    Reference rate

    Configured tierMAIN · Monthly per userBASIC · Monthly per user
    Europe29.90 EUR2.90 EUR
    United States39.90 USD3.90 USD
    Canada39.90 USD3.90 USD
    LATAM19.90 USD1.90 USD
    Premium APAC39.90 USD3.90 USD
    Other markets25.90 USD1.90 USD

    Configured HICE base rates, monthly per MAIN/BASIC user. Check the Pricing page for applicable tier, contract, taxes and Enterprise terms. Example in the Canada tier: 5 MAIN + 25 BASIC = 297.00 USD/month. Assuming 1,000 for onboarding and 24 internal hours at 30, year one totals 5,284.00 USD. Additional budget inputs are assumptions.

    The free plan includes up to 10 employees and 5000 CVs for companies; 500 CVs for freelancers.

    For AI, separate the HICE subscription from any assistant plan and provider usage. Model requests, data volumes and review work; check included connections and limits. Reference rate

    Define the outcome and records

    For this topic the control starts with sales-to-project handoff, staffing, time and financial control.

    Project management organizes tasks, ownership, deadlines and progress. A PSA also connects clients, resources, hours and financial values. Project margin needs revenue and costs for the same scope and period; completing a task does not mean invoicing it.

    Define client, tasks and budget; link people and hours to the project. Hypothetical T&M example: 40 approved hours × rate 100 = 4,000; direct cost 40 × 60 = 2,400. Direct margin is 1,600 before expenses and other costs.

    A pilot on the complete workflow

    Turn a won opportunity into a project, assign people and record the first timesheet. The decisive test is how often you must recreate the client, rate and owner along the way.

    Before the demo, write three required outcomes and one acceptable tradeoff. Value recovered time only after measuring on the same basis. Have the actual owner complete a cycle and retain errors, corrections and final output. If the pilot stops halfway, identify the missing module, integration or step in the quotation.

    Rules, exceptions and work cost

    Define who enters, corrects and approves records. Test an incomplete record, a duplicate and a change after closure. The decision changes when records can be exported with relationships rather than manually reconstructed. Count licenses, onboarding, team time and integration maintenance separately.

    Apply the workflow in HICE

    For this topic the control starts with sales-to-project handoff, staffing, time and financial control.

    Choose the next step

    Open the related solution, review pricing for your market and test the case on your records. Keep the template as a workflow reference and use the country ranking to explore other category options.

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