Imagine Netvibes for group project management and you get a sense of Producteev, a bootsrapped startup that launches at the LeWeb conference today. The first 500 people to request a code here will receive invites.
I got a demo of the service last week from founder Ilan Abehassera. Producteev starts with a grid of blank boxes on a Web page. Each box represents a different project to which you or other people you work with can add tasks. One box could be product development, another one could be a marketing project, a third could be an event. You can set permissions on who can see a given project on a box-by-box, project-by-project basis.
Each task has a status (pending, active, done, etc.). For any task, reminders can be set and comments can be added. Tasks can be sent directly to Producteev via Twitter, email, or IM (Windows Live, Messenger, AIM, or Yahoo Messenger). You can also be notified through these channels whenever a new task is assigned to you, a new task is added to a project, a comment is made to one of your tasks, or the status on a task has changed. One of the issues with this beta release is that when you Twitter in a task (or IM or email), it doesn’t go automatically the appropriate project box. Rather, it goes to a general inbox, and later must be relocated to the right project once you log in.
Producteev also has a calendar view and a Live Feed view, which streams the activity associated with every project you are monitoring. The service also includes a private messaging system and file sharing (with a 2MB-per-file limit). During the beta period, which will last through March, Producteev will be free. Afterwards, up to three users will still be free, but anything beyond that will incur a $1/user/month charge, with extra charges for unlimited file storage or the ability to customize the look and feel of Producteev with your company’s logo. Abehassera will also be launching a $2 iPhone app, with Blackberry and Android up next).
code link goes to standard frontpage of the site. is there a special link for TC readers to request a code?
ps; the link to “request a code” is a graphic directly below the large, green “register now” link on that homepage. it is not easily seen at first, but I found it.
hope that helps.
@ps – Request code button is found directly under the green Register Now button on the right.
You can also check LazyTodo, an alternative we made that is much more graphical. This application deserves to be tried if you want a powerfull yet simple task manager.
I love Producteev, it’s an awesome tool!
Looks promising, but $1/user/month seems like a pain-in-the-butt pricing scheme.
If it’s good, and if I want to use it for my team, give me a “up to 10 users for a year” and “up to 25 users for a year” and “up to 100 users for a year” deal, that I can pay for and be done with.
Geez. like I want to manage a dollar transaction every month. some of us have better things to do. …Like rant on blogs.
If you REALLY want this thing to become viral, though… consider this:
1) You should aim at businesses
2) You should facilitate / encourage businesses to add users. For example, as a consultant, I work with several hundred other people at other companies. I should be able to *easily* add the other users to the site, and an invite goes to them (for FREE use of being able to view and participate on the projects that I am involved with. If they like it, and start using it for their OWN projects, then hit them with a fee.
3) Reward the viral agent… for instance, if I add 200 people (for free), and they end up liking it and using it (for pay), then I get some free months extended onto my contract (or whatever). Then they add people, and you grow, and so on and so on and so on.
Just my $.02
Very good advices Ralph, thanks!
Now THIS looks like an awesome product!
I’ve been part of the early alpha testing, it’s a great idea, killer stuff for small company and agile teams…
Couldn’t find the place where the user above is refering to the $1/month, it’s still free and it’s still in beta.
What’s interesting is that you guys have more information here than they have on their site. It does seem though that they have an active forum where people are asking for features…
Hi there!
It is going to be in beta for the next 3 months at least, we’re still working on a detailed pricing, that is why it is not on our site yet, but we will be putting it within the next 2 weeks for the launch of our Public Beta.