Task Session VS Prolter

Task Session's answer

Task Session puts both halves of client work in one place: the CRM where leads and clients live, and the workspace where the work actually gets delivered.

Most small teams pay for a CRM and a project tool separately, then spend the week copying data between them. Here a lead becomes a client, the client becomes a project, the project produces timesheets, and those timesheets turn into an invoice - without re-entering anything.

It is also self-hosted, so the whole system runs on your own server and your client data, contracts and invoices never leave it.

Prolter's answer:

Prolter combines client management, projects, credentials, digital assets, contractor access, client isolation, and domain & SSL monitoring in one workspace. It is designed specifically around the operational workflow of freelancers and small web agencies rather than being a general-purpose project management tool.

Task Session's answer

Small agencies, studios and freelancers who work directly with clients - digital and marketing agencies, design and development shops, consultants and service businesses, typically between 2 and 50 people.

The usual profile is a team that has outgrown spreadsheets, WhatsApp groups and a shared inbox, but does not want an enterprise suite or five separate subscriptions. They need client records, project delivery, billable hours and invoicing in one place, and they care about hosting it themselves so the client data stays on their own server.

Prolter's answer:

Prolter is primarily built for freelancers, solo developers, small web agencies, WordPress agencies, and digital teams that manage multiple clients, projects, credentials, digital assets, and external collaborators.

Task Session's answer

Task Session came out of the mess of running agency work across too many tools.

Leads sat in one CRM, projects in a second app, hours in a third, invoices in a spreadsheet, and client files were scattered across email. Every status update meant checking four places, and every invoice meant reconstructing the month from memory. The tools were fine on their own - the gaps between them were the problem.

So we built the workflow we actually wanted: contact to project to timesheet to invoice, in one system, running on our own server. We used it day to day for our own clients first, and it worked well enough that we packaged it up for other agencies and freelancers dealing with the same pile of disconnected apps.

Prolter's answer:

Prolter started from a real workflow problem while working with small agencies. Client credentials, hosting and domain information were often shared through WhatsApp and tracked in spreadsheets, while domain and SSL expirations had to be monitored manually. As freelancers and contractors became involved, there was also a need to share only the information relevant to each client and project. Prolter was built to bring these workflows into one secure workspace and has since evolved into a platform for freelancers and small agencies managing client operations.

Task Session's answer

Three reasons: scope, ownership and cost.

Scope: CRM, projects, tasks, time tracking, attendance, invoicing, a client portal, chat and file management ship together. A small agency does not have to stitch four or five subscriptions into one workflow and then keep them in sync.

Ownership: Task Session is self-hosted, so your client list, project history and invoices sit on infrastructure you control. That matters when you are holding other people's data.

Cost: it is not a per-seat monthly bill that grows every time you hire, so adding a designer or an assistant does not add another recurring line item across three tools.

The trade-off is honest. If you want a hosted enterprise suite with a large app marketplace, a bigger platform will suit you better. Task Session is for teams that want the whole client workflow in one place, on their own server.

Prolter's answer:

Prolter is designed for freelancers and small agencies that need more than project and task management. It connects client information, projects, credentials, digital assets, contractor access, client isolation, and domain & SSL monitoring in one workflow, helping reduce the need for separate spreadsheets, password sharing, and manual expiry tracking.

Task Session's answer

Task Session is a self-hosted web application built with PHP on the Laravel framework, with MySQL for data storage. The interface is standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript, responsive across desktop and mobile browsers.

The stack is deliberate: it runs on ordinary LAMP-style shared or VPS hosting, with no containers, managed services or special infrastructure required. Most agencies already have hosting that runs PHP and MySQL, so installing Task Session on their own server is straightforward.

Prolter's answer:

Prolter uses React for the frontend and Go (Golang) for the backend API. The application is built as a modern web-based SaaS platform with a focus on secure access control, credential management, client isolation, and operational monitoring.

Prolter's answer:

Prolter is currently in its early adoption stage and does not yet have publicly listed customers.