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Phloz vs 5day.io
5day.io is modern work management pitched at marketing teams. Phloz covers the same delivery ground and adds what 5day doesn't have: an agency CRM and the typed tracking-infrastructure map.
What Phloz has that 5day.io doesn't
- Typed tracking-infrastructure map (GA4/GTM/pixels/CAPI) with health, audits, and a 0–100 score
- A real agency CRM — client records, contacts, per-client message threads
- Proactive tracking-health digest (the weekly "these clients' tracking needs attention" email no PM tool sends)
- Retainer-burn on the client record — 5day ties timesheets to projects; Phloz ties hours to the client's monthly retainer budget
When 5day.io is the right choice
If you're not running a digital marketing agency, 5day.io is likely a fine fit. 5day.io is a mature, capable product — it just isn't shaped for our specific use case. Phloz exists because we couldn't find a platform that treated agency ops and tracking infrastructure as first-class.
Already on 5day.io and looking to leave? The 5day.io alternative for agencies page covers what changes and how the migration goes.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Phloz really cheaper than 5day.io for an agency?
- It depends on your team size and client count. Phloz plans are sized by active clients, with a set number of team seats included in each (extra seats cost extra), nothing is charged per contact, and viewer seats for client stakeholders are free — so the comparison turns on how many clients you run versus how many people and contacts you have. Run your own numbers on /pricing; we would rather you check than take our word for it.
- Can Phloz replace 5day.io entirely, or is it a complement?
- For digital marketing agencies running client CRM, delivery work, and tracking documentation on 5day.io (or trying to), Phloz can replace that part. It doesn't replace everything 5day.io may do: sales pipelines for product companies, invoicing or job costing, live-data dashboards, and generic team PM unrelated to client work stay where they are — so for some agencies Phloz is a complement, not a replacement.
- How long does migrating from 5day.io take?
- Plan on 1-3 days: a few hours of structural mapping, importing clients and their contacts from a CSV and re-creating open work by hand, and a parallel-running week to verify nothing slipped. The main lift is mental — accepting the agency-shaped defaults instead of recreating your 5day.io setup verbatim.
- Does Phloz integrate with 5day.io?
- No. Phloz has no 5day.io integration, no public API, and no Zapier connector, so the two don't sync. Teams switching off 5day.io export what they need, re-create clients and open work in Phloz by hand, then leave 5day.io behind. If 5day.io stays as the company-wide tool and Phloz handles agency ops only, the two run side by side without a sync. Talk to us about your specific case at contact@phloz.com.
- Why doesn't 5day.io have a tracking infrastructure map?
- Tracking infrastructure as a typed graph (every GA4 property, GTM container, ad pixel, and conversion action per client, with health state and verification cadence) isn't a feature 5day.io positions for. Phloz built it because the usual alternative is a spreadsheet that goes stale. It's the center of Phloz, not an add-on.
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