hice.ai Solutions for Consulting modern

Browse dedicated pages for the specific needs of a modern consulting firm.

Hubs by industry

Topic-indexed pages that gather the dedicated platform, in-depth articles, and key glossary terms for each industry.

PSA software for consulting firms — complete guide

Engineering consulting — software, articles, and glossary

Executive headhunting — software, articles, and glossary

Recruiting & staffing operations — software and guides

Digital consulting — software, articles, and glossary

IT consulting (enterprise) — software, articles, and glossary

Time & Materials — pricing, software, and glossary

HR consulting & advisory — software, articles, and glossary

Databases, browser and AI assistants

A CRM with less manual data entry

Copying names, job titles and companies slows sales down. Hice's extension prepares the record from a LinkedIn profile; review the preview and save. AI can then help with notes and next actions.

Software for independent recruiters: candidates and clients

For freelance and solo recruiters, switching between spreadsheets, CVs and messages adds up. Hice brings together candidates, client companies and opportunities, with LinkedIn saving and AI assistants connected to your data.

Software connected to ChatGPT and Claude: CRM, ATS and PSA

Want your AI assistant to work with real business records? Connect Hice to ChatGPT or Claude: consult candidates, clients and activities, prepare analyses, and confirm proposed changes.

CRM with ChatGPT: work on clients and opportunities

Looking for a CRM that works with ChatGPT? Hice stores companies, contacts and opportunities and makes them accessible to your assistant. Ask for briefings, pipeline analysis and proposed updates.

ATS with ChatGPT: query your candidate database

Want to find and summarize candidates with ChatGPT using an up-to-date database? Hice connects profiles, CVs and searches. Your assistant can analyze accessible records and help prepare a shortlist with supporting evidence.

CRM with Claude: work on clients and opportunities

Looking for a CRM that works with Claude? Hice stores companies, contacts and opportunities and makes them accessible to your assistant. Ask for briefings, pipeline analysis and proposed updates.

ATS with Claude: query your candidate database

Want to find and summarize candidates with Claude using an up-to-date database? Hice connects profiles, CVs and searches. Your assistant can analyze accessible records and help prepare a shortlist with supporting evidence.

PSA with ChatGPT and Claude for projects and consultants

Analyzing a project requires hours, costs and assignments in the same context. Hice connects PSA records to AI assistants, helping you prepare reports and compare accessible information without rebuilding every spreadsheet.

Candidate and client database with AI: ATS and CRM together

Candidates, clients and companies in one database. Save LinkedIn profiles with Hice's extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, link people, searches and opportunities, and work with that context through ChatGPT or Claude as well.

Save candidates from LinkedIn to your ATS with a click

Found a promising candidate? Open the Hice extension, review the profile and save the record. Add a CV and link the person to a search without making a PDF an obligatory first step.

Save LinkedIn contacts and companies to your CRM

Turn prospect research into actionable contacts. With Hice, save the LinkedIn profile, link it to a company and continue with notes and opportunities. Email and phone are included only when available.

Business reports with ChatGPT and Claude using your data

A report need not depend on a prebuilt dashboard. Connect Hice to your AI assistant and describe your question: pipeline, recruitment, hours or projects. The analysis uses accessible records and makes missing information explicit.

AI chat with your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key

Prefer AI inside your business software? An administrator can connect an OpenAI or Anthropic API key to Hice chat. Company configuration is separate from a personal ChatGPT or Claude subscription.

Hice MCP connector for CRM, ATS and PSA

MCP lets a compatible assistant use business software operations. Hice's connector authenticates the user, respects their permissions and separates data reading from changes requiring confirmation.

End-to-end recruiting & staffing operations

ATS and CRM for recruitment agencies, from client to placement

Manage companies, contacts, searches and candidates alongside commercial engagements. Connect selection, placements and fee terms without confusing financial records with statutory invoice issuance.

One platform for recruiting, staffing, time and clients

Manage candidates, client orders, assignments, workers, timesheets and approvals without recreating the same person in five systems.

Automate recruitment from job posting to hire

An end-to-end workflow for publishing vacancies, collecting CVs, coordinating screening and interviews, managing feedback, offers and hires with human control.

The recruitment CRM that joins clients, jobs and candidates

Turn commercial relationships and talent pools into one system: companies, contacts, job orders, applications, shortlists, communication and placements stay connected.

Consulting time tracking from timesheet to project margin

Employees and contractors record time by client and project; managers approve it and finance controls completeness, cost and billing-ready data.

The operations platform for running the whole consulting firm

CRM, projects, people, recruiting, staffing, time, expenses, KPIs and AI in one data model for consulting COOs and managers.

PSA & Operations

The PSA software you manage by talking

AI-native Professional Services Automation: manage projects, consultants, candidates and clients in plain English. No more endless clicks.

Professional Services Automation, finally conversational

One AI for projects, staffing, ATS and T&M billing. The PSA your team will actually use, because it speaks plain English.

One operating platform for your consulting firm

Clients, candidates, consultants, projects, time and expenses in one workspace. Hice brings ATS, CRM and operations together for consulting and people-based professional services.

The PSA built for IT consulting

Developer staffing, T&M project management, technical ATS and billing: all in one AI chat that understands the IT lingo.

Consultant & Staffing

Manage all your consultants from one chat

Skills, availability, contracts, timesheets, performance: every piece of info on every consultant, reachable in 10 seconds.

Consultant staffing: connect people, projects and assignments

Organize who works for each client, during which period and on what terms. Hice connects consultants, assignments and projects to recorded time and financial visibility.

IT service centre managed with one AI

Consultant allocation, SLA, tickets, hours worked, billing: all in chat, integrated.

Time & Material and Billing

Time & Materials: from agreed rates to approved time

Manage projects, consultants, rates and billing periods. Collect time and expenses, follow approvals and prepare records for review before the administrative close.

T&M project management without spreadsheets

Plan resources, track hours, control margin and billing: all in one AI chat.

Projects and consultant billing, one chat

From project kick-off to billable amounts ready to export: AI handles every step, you control and approve.

Recruiting & ATS

The ATS that understands consulting

Drag a CV, AI creates the profile. Open an RFP, AI tells you who to propose. ATS and PSA finally in the same tool.

The ATS built for hiring engineers

Technical CV parsing, skill matrix with real stacks, automatic matching on RFPs. Find the right engineer in 10 seconds.

AI that does half of your recruiter's job

Drag a CV, AI creates the profile. Open an RFP, AI proposes candidates. Recruiter stays focused on what matters: the relationship.

Headhunting & Executive Search

Headhunting software, finally conversational

Candidate database, AI matching, shortlist scoring and personalized outreach: run the full headhunting cycle in a single chat.

Executive Search, finally in chat

Market mapping, C-level shortlists and client relationships: conversational AI at the service of your executive search mandates.

The software headhunters were waiting for

An AI chat to manage your database, your searches and your clients. No Excel, no generic CRMs, no compromises.

CRM & Alternatives

The CRM that speaks IT consulting

Project pipeline, enterprise accounts, decision makers, master agreements, RFPs. All in chat with AI that remembers every contact.

The Salesforce alternative for consulting firms

Salesforce is powerful but oversized. hice.ai does what a consulting firm actually needs, with a conversational AI.

AI-Native: CRM, ATS & Project Management with AI

The AI CRM you manage by talking

A CRM where you no longer fill any form: tell the AI what happened with a client, it updates deals, contacts and pipeline. The traditional manual interface is also available.

The AI ATS that does matching for you

Upload CVs, write a brief, AI returns a ranked shortlist. The traditional manual interface is always available for those who prefer it.

AI project management in plain English

Plan, track and bill projects by chatting with AI. Traditional interface always available.

The sales pipeline that updates by talking

Realistic forecasts, AI lead scoring, alerts on stuck deals. Manual interface too.

Timesheets that fill themselves by talking

No more Friday forms: tell what you did, AI fills it all. Manual entry available too.

Client management as a conversation

History, tickets, invoices, contracts: all recallable in chat. Traditional interface included.

The AI copilot for recruiters

Automated sourcing, screening, outreach. Classic ATS interface always available.

AI resource planning made simple

Always know who is billable, on bench, finishing soon. Manual planning available too.

AI forecasting: revenue and margin in real time

Revenue, margin and utilization forecasts from your real data. Manual version included.

Automate every consulting workflow with AI

Onboarding, approvals, billing, reporting: all in chat. Manual flow available too.

Employee KPIs & Live Performance

Monitor employee KPIs live, in real time

A live dashboard where you see productivity, utilization and performance of every employee, updated by the second. Ask the AI or use the traditional manual interface with tables, filters and classic charts.

AI performance monitoring: see early, act early

AI continuously analyzes every employee's data, detects anomalies, suggests actions. You decide. The traditional manual interface is also available for classic reviews.

Automated employee reports: forget Excel

Ask the AI for the report you need: weekly performance, monthly board pack, executive summary. PDF, Excel or slides, ready in 30 seconds. Traditional manual interface also available.

Team KPI dashboard: one view, live data, AI on demand

All your team's KPIs in a single live dashboard. Ask the AI anything in chat, or use the traditional manual interface with filters and classic charts.

AI productivity analytics: measure impact, not clicks

AI analyzes real productivity (output, quality, impact) and suggests how to improve. Ethical and non-invasive. The traditional manual interface is also available for classic reports.

Digitization & ROI of Operational Processes

Digitize operational processes and free up 200+ hours every month

Stop juggling Excel, email, and disconnected tools. One AI-native workspace where timesheets, approvals, billing, CVs, and projects flow automatically. Average savings: €18,000/year per 10 consultants.

Automate repetitive tasks and reclaim up to 70% of operational time

Approvals, reminders, reports, reconciliations, follow-ups: anything humans do today, AI can do in seconds. Your consultants get back to consulting, not paperwork.

The ROI of digitization: real numbers, not promises

Stop trusting slides. Here are the metrics measured on our clients: average payback 9 months, 3-year ROI 340%, all tracked in a live dashboard.

Replace Excel in critical processes: fewer errors, less stress, more time

Excel is great for one-off data exploration. Terrible for running a company. Every day it stays in your core processes you pay a huge hidden cost.

Digital transformation for consulting SMBs: simple, fast, sustainable

Italian consulting SMBs that digitized operational processes grow on average 2.3x faster than peers. You don't need a million euros: 3 months and the right partner are enough.

Pricing, costs and TCO

What PSA software actually costs

Published list prices compared, the pricing models that change the total, and cost per consultant per year. Figures taken from vendors' own pricing pages, not from third-party estimates.

Per-user or per-manager pricing: which model suits your firm

The four licensing models you will meet on the market, what genuinely separates them, and how to work out in two minutes which one fits the shape of your firm.

The hidden costs of PSA software, and how to surface them

The eight line items that never appear on the price list but decide your three-year total, ranked by impact. With the questions to put in writing before you sign.

Software by role

Software for the person who has to say who is available, and when

Real availability, bench, skills and clashes in a single view. Ask who is free in three weeks with a given skill and get an answer, not a spreadsheet to reconcile.

Software for the person who has to close the month with numbers they trust

Engagement margin, work in progress, DSO and month-end close calculated from approved hours, not rebuilt at month-end from three exports that do not reconcile.

Comparisons

hice.ai vs Salesforce

hice.ai vs Salesforce: which to choose for a consulting firm

Practical comparison, no marketing. Real costs, native features, team adoption, implementation time. For decision makers.

hice.ai vs Excel

hice.ai vs Excel: when it's time to move on

Excel works until it doesn't. Then suddenly it stops working. Here's when, why and how to make the jump.

hice.ai vs Competitors

The best software for consulting firms in 2026

Operational guide: selection criteria, leading solutions overview, recommendations by firm size and type. Updated 2026.

hice.ai vs HubSpot

hice.ai vs HubSpot: do you really need a marketing-first CRM for consulting?

HubSpot shines at inbound marketing and B2B SaaS pipelines. The question is whether it covers a consulting firm's real needs: T&M, staffing, timesheets, consultant billing. Spoiler: it doesn't, and we explain why.

hice.ai vs Asana

hice.ai vs Asana: generic project management or vertical PSA?

Asana is one of the best task-management platforms. But a consulting firm doesn't sell tasks — it sells complex projects with rates, consultants, milestones and billing. Let's see where everything changes.

hice.ai vs Monday.com

hice.ai vs Monday.com: is Monday's flexibility enough for consulting?

Monday.com gives you flexible boards to manage anything. The question is: do you really want to build a PSA from scratch on a generic work OS, or use a tool already vertical for consulting?

hice.ai vs Bullhorn

hice.ai vs Bullhorn: legacy American ATS or AI-native European PSA?

Bullhorn is the undisputed leader of ATS+CRM for staffing agencies in the US. But for a European boutique or mid-size staffing/consulting agency, is it still the right choice in 2026?

hice.ai vs BambooHR

hice.ai vs BambooHR: generic HRIS or vertical PSA for consulting?

BambooHR is a good HRIS for small and medium businesses. But a consulting firm doesn't just manage employees: it sells consultants, and that changes everything. Let's see what's really needed.

hice.ai vs Kantata

hice.ai vs Kantata: conversational PSA against traditional enterprise

Kantata (formerly Mavenlink, merged with Replicon in 2022) is the reference PSA for large consulting firms. hice.ai is the AI-native PSA built for boutiques and mid-market firms that want to go live in 1-2 weeks instead of 6 months.

hice.ai vs Certinia

hice.ai vs Certinia: the Salesforce-dependent PSA and the independent alternative

Certinia (formerly FinancialForce) is powerful for enterprise finance, but it sits on top of Salesforce. Cost, lock-in and timelines that most consulting firms can no longer justify.

hice.ai vs Replicon

hice.ai vs Replicon: the 2026 PSA against the 1996 time tracker

Replicon has 30 years of time-tracking heritage, now inside Deltek. hice.ai was born chat-first for modern consulting firms. When winning means different things.

hice.ai vs BigTime

hice.ai vs BigTime: which PSA should you pick in 2026

An AI-native PSA built for the European market versus a popular US time tracking and invoicing tool loved by small accounting and architecture firms.

hice.ai vs Notion

hice.ai vs Notion for consulting firms

Notion is a flexible workspace bent into a PSA shape. hice.ai is a conversational AI-native PSA built for the job. Below 15 consultants Notion is often enough. Above 20, it stops scaling.

hice.ai vs ClickUp

hice.ai vs ClickUp

ClickUp promises to replace every tool you have. hice.ai does one thing: PSA for consultancies, done right. Here is when each one is the right answer.

hice.ai vs Wrike

hice.ai vs Wrike: choosing between project management and a real PSA

Wrike is a mature mid-market project management platform, now owned by Vista Equity after passing through Citrix. It has added PSA features over the years, but at its core it is still a project management tool. hice.ai was built as a conversational PSA for professional services firms: chat-first, native T&M billing, integrated ATS. This comparison explains when Wrike makes sense and when it does not.

hice.ai vs Smartsheet

hice.ai vs Smartsheet

Smartsheet is Excel with superpowers, great for org-wide work management. hice.ai is an AI-native PSA built for consulting firms that live on T&M, staffing and professional services billing.

hice.ai vs BoondManager

hice.ai vs BoondManager: conversational PSA against the reference ERP for French consulting firms

BoondManager is the long-established ERP for French consulting and staffing firms: timesheets, staffing, billing and ATS in a product built for time & materials. hice.ai covers the same ground but changes the interface — conversation instead of forms.

hice.ai vs Harvest

hice.ai vs Harvest: a time tracker with usage fees, or a PSA that includes the rest

Harvest is one of the best-loved time trackers ever built. After the 2026 move from flat per-seat pricing to a plan fee plus usage-based billing, the question for consulting firms is no longer whether it tracks time well — it is what the bill looks like once you have real projects, clients and invoices.

hice.ai vs Scoro

hice.ai vs Scoro: two ways to run a professional services firm

Scoro is a mature work-management platform for agencies and consultancies: quotes, projects, time, billing and reporting in one place. hice.ai covers similar ground with a different premise — the interface is a conversation, and the price follows who manages rather than who logs in.

hice.ai vs Accelo

hice.ai vs Accelo: one publishes the price, the other asks you to call

Accelo is a mature professional services automation platform covering sales, projects, retainers, tickets and billing. The first real difference you meet is not a feature: it is that you cannot find out what Accelo costs without talking to their sales team.