pylotik vs Kantata: Kantata is a PSA software that steers the resources, time, billing and finance of a service firm. pylotik steers the contracts, projects and maintenance of any organization, with its clients and its suppliers. For the profitability of your commitments, it includes the client and team management. Kantata remains the better choice if the invoice must be issued in the same tool, or if multi-entity consolidation is at the heart of the need.
An American PSA software, born of the merger of Mavenlink and Kimble. It brings together project management, resource forecasting, time tracking, billing and financial steering. Two offers: Kantata OX for growing organizations, Kantata SX for large multi-entity groups.
An operational commitment management software, designed and hosted in France, built during turnarounds and restructurings of service and project centers. Contracts, projects and maintenance, workload plan, time, margin, meetings, decisions and actions rest on a single data set, which the client consults and validates from its free access.
Kantata approaches profitability through utilization and billing. pylotik approaches it where it is lost: in the relationship with the client (scope, dates, validations) and in the team (workload, strain, departures). It does not issue invoices: it connects to the ERP, through a connector built to your needs, to send it the billing orders.
Kantata: a mid-sized to large service firm that wants to issue its invoices and consolidate revenue and margins in its PSA. pylotik: any organization that runs projects (industry, construction, engineering, digital services, public service) and wants to hold the margin of its commitments with the client and its teams, while keeping its ERP.
Kantata suits better in three cases. First, when the invoice must be issued in the same tool as the projects, with no ERP alongside: pylotik does not issue invoices: it connects to the ERP, through a connector built to your needs, to send it the billing orders. Next, when revenue recognition and multi-entity consolidation are at the heart of the need, which is what Kantata SX targets for large groups with international teams. Finally, when ready-to-use connectors to a CRM or an accounting system, and an API, are an immediate prerequisite: pylotik has neither a CRM, nor accounting, nor a public API.
Conversely, the vendor targets mid-sized companies and large accounts, and its product is centered on billed projects. Kantata's public documentation does not mention recurring maintenance contracts, meetings, a decision log or interventions; nor does it specify the interface language or the hosting region.
Each cell comes from the vendor's public documentation. "Not documented" means we found no source, not that the feature is absent.
| Feature | pylotik | KantataCloud Act |
|---|---|---|
| European sovereignty | France | Non-EUUnited States |
| Project management (tasks, milestones, schedule) | YesWork packages, tasks, phases, milestones, Gantt | YesTasks, deliverables, milestones, Gantt chart and task tracking. |
| Multi-project steering | YesPortfolio steering and arbitration | YesDashboards across the whole portfolio. |
| Linked or nested projects | Via moduleLinked projects, one level (Extended Project) | Not documented |
| Dependencies between projects | Via moduleMonitored, without recalculating dates | YesDependencies between tasks in the Gantt or the Task Tracker; dependencies between projects not documented. |
| Resources and assignments | Yes | Yes |
| Workload plan | Yes | YesDemand forecasting and capacity optimization. |
| Time entry | YesWeekly, on web and mobile | YesTime entry and approval; reserved for the Premier and Enterprise plans according to the mobile help. |
| Client contracts | YesA contract for each project | Not documented |
| Maintenance contracts | YesVolume, catalogue, committee | Not documented |
| Intervention scheduling | Via moduleInterventions module | Not documented |
| Fixed-price projects | YesPayment schedule on milestones | YesFixed Fee at task, deliverable or milestone level. |
| Time-and-materials projects | YesMonthly schedule, days × rate | YesTime & Materials, optionally mixed with fixed price. |
| Invoice issuing | Via integrationBilling orders sent to the ERP; the invoice is issued by the ERP | YesSeveral invoices possible over the life of a project. |
| Financial tracking and margin | YesOrdered, invoiced, paid, margin | YesBudgets, margins, revenue recognition. |
| Calendars | YesPersonal, project, client | Not documented |
| Meetings and minutes | YesAgenda, minutes | Not documented |
| Decision log | Yes | Not documented |
| Action tracking | Yes | Not documented |
| Risk register | YesShared or internal | PartialRisk identification and health indicators; no risk register described. |
| Client access | Yes | PartialThe client can be invited on the "Client" side of the project workspace; no dedicated portal described. |
| Client access without a license | YesExternal client organizations | Not documented |
| Client validation | YesMinutes, amendments, interventions | Not documented |
| Dashboards | Yes | YesBI module and customizable dashboards. |
| Mobile app | YesInstallable web app | PartialMobile experience for iPhone and Android accessible through the browser; native app not confirmed. |
| Connectors and API | PartialProject ticketing (Jira) and ERP; optional connectors depending on needs; no public API | YesCRM and accounting connectors, Slack, Jira, Workato, MuleSoft, API. |
| French-language interface | YesAnd in English, chosen by each user | Not documented |
Information checked in October 2026, against the vendors' public documentation. It changes: see the sources. The flag shows the vendor's country; the Cloud Act badge flags a vendor under US law, or owned by a US group, subject to the CLOUD Act; Non-EU, a vendor established outside the European Union.
Kantata targets service firms; pylotik, any organization that runs projects. For the profitability of your projects and your commitments, it includes the client and team management, detailed below; client validation and free client access are not documented at Kantata. pylotik was built during turnarounds and restructurings of service and project centers.
Operational commitment management describes this approach: a single reference data set, instead of spreadsheets and e-mails.
Kantata steers profitability through resources, time, billing and revenue. pylotik steers contracts, projects and maintenance with the client, and holds profitability through its two levers: the client relationship and team management. Kantata issues the invoices; pylotik sends the billing orders to the ERP, which issues them.
It covers workload plan, time entry, fixed-price or time-and-materials contracts, ordered, invoiced, paid, amount still due, cost and margin at completion. It adds the client, who follows and validates from a free access, and team management. It does not issue invoices: it connects to the ERP, through a connector built to your needs, to send it the billing orders.
In Kantata, the client can be invited on the "Client" side of the project workspace; the documentation does not say whether these participants consume a license. In pylotik, access for external client organizations is free on every tier, and the client validates minutes and amendments there.
Kantata's public documentation does not mention them: it is a question to put to the vendor. In pylotik, maintenance contracts are part of the core, on every tier: period, volume in days, catalogue, committee and indicators shared with the client.
pylotik has neither a CRM nor accounting, and no public API. It connects to the ERP, to send it the billing orders, and to project ticketing tools such as Jira, through a connector built to your needs. Kantata documents ready-to-use connectors to Salesforce, HubSpot and NetSuite.
A demo on the supplier side and on the client side: a contract, its committee, its decisions, its margin at completion.