Head to head
Current MSP vs HaloPSA
A sourced, side-by-side look at Current MSP and HaloPSA for MSP project management: where HaloPSA is stronger, and where Current fits.
Written by the Current MSP team · Reviewed by Chad McDonald, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), ITPartners+
Last updated October 5, 2026
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| Capability | Current MSP | HaloPSA |
|---|---|---|
| Gantt / timeline | Yes, native Timeline view with drag to reschedule and back-scheduling, plus an interactive dependency map and a calendar view. | Yes, native Native Gantt mapping tasks, milestones and dependencies on a timeline; List, Calendar and Kanban views too. |
| Critical path | Yes, built in Critical path recalculates on every date, dependency or availability change and shows in red on the dependency map. Accounts for PTO. | Not native, add-on Gantt flags late tasks, but no critical-path engine is documented; Moovila Perfect Project integration supplies it. |
| Task dependency types (FS, SS, FF, SF) | All four types, lag Finish-start, start-start, finish-finish and start-finish, with lag or lead in working days, cross-project links, and cycles refused. | Yes, types unpublished Native task date dependencies shift linked tasks by dependency type; the set of types is not published. |
| Auto-reschedule along dependencies | Yes, plus back-scheduling Moving a task offers to shift everything downstream. Can schedule backward from a fixed deadline and flags a plan that would start in the past. | Date-shift plus AI Dependency date linking plus AI auto-scheduling by skills and calendars; not a full constraint-based scheduler. |
| Capacity planning | Workload board Schedule board shows hours committed vs available per person, drag to dispatch, rebalance suggestions. Capacity fixed at 40h/week today. | Native plus add-on depth Resource booking and workload dashboards with time-per-task tracking; deeper dispatch boards often via TopLeft or Moovila. |
| Schedules around PTO and holidays | Yes Skips weekends, company holidays, PTO and blocked days on the Timeline, critical path and what-if. Microsoft 365 busy time shows on Schedule. | Calendar-aware AI auto-scheduling uses agent calendars; a dedicated leave-aware project scheduler is not documented. |
| Milestones | Yes Any task can be flagged a milestone; it stays in the dependency and critical-path engine and shows on the timeline, map and partner portal. | Yes Native milestones on the Gantt to spot and address bottlenecks in real time. |
| Kanban board | Yes, native Board view with a column per status, drag-and-drop cards, hide columns and narrow to one person. | Yes, native Native Kanban view for projects and tasks alongside List, Gantt and Calendar. |
| Portfolio view | Yes, with health score Every project with health score, budget burn, due date and AI top risks; filter, sort, open or completed. Called Projects in the menu. | Yes Dashboards across the whole portfolio and single projects, including budget and workload. |
| Checklist items with owners and due dates | Yes, with reminders Each checklist item can have an owner and due date, never later than its task. Reminders by bell and email the day before, on the day and once late. | To-do lists, no owners Ticket to-do lists, applied by template or rule, record who completed each item; no per-item assignee, due date or reminder. |
| Personal "my day" page | My Day One page per person: tasks and tickets assigned to you across projects in suggested order, dated checklist items, To Do and meetings. | Custom ticket views Agents build My Lists views and filters over tickets (project tasks are tickets) plus a calendar; no single my-day page documented. |
| Time tracking | Yes, PSA-checked Timer, task drawer or weekly timesheet. Entries are checked against your PSA's rules before saving, then sync to Autotask, ConnectWise, HaloPSA or Syncro. | Yes Native time tracking with submit, review and approve; only approved time flows to billing. |
| Customer portal that hides financials | Yes, database-enforced Customers see only projects they belong to. Time, rates and financials are not in the data the portal can read. Portal viewers are free. | Shows own invoices Free self-service portal with granular permissions and guest access; it shows the customer's own quotes, invoices and contracts. |
| Templates / playbooks | 34 built-in playbooks 34 ready-to-run playbooks (incl. M&A integration and AI projects), save any project as a template, or let AI draft a plan from a pasted SOW. | Yes, plus AI from SOW Templates for any method, agile to waterfall; AI can generate a project from a Statement of Work. |
| Automation / workflow rules | Alerts, not rules Health monitors, assignment and unblocked alerts, Teams channel posts and channel auto-create. No user-built trigger-action rule builder for projects. | Yes, deep Broad workflow engine with creation, status and field-change triggers for routing, SLAs, escalations and notifications. |
| Reports emailed on a schedule | Yes, PDF and CSV One Reports page on a shared date range with comparison. PDF/CSV export; weekly or monthly emails with a PDF built with each recipient's access. | Yes, native Any report can be emailed on chosen weekdays or monthly intervals, as PDF or other formats, to set recipients. |
| Dashboards on an office TV | Yes, TV link Describe a tile in words and AI builds it. Present mode rotates boards; an admin can make a no-login TV link for an office screen. | Public dashboard link In-app dashboards can be published with anonymous access for a screen; no dedicated TV mode or refresh setting documented. |
| AI insights | Yes, across projects AI top risks on the portfolio, SOW-to-project drafts, project insights and daily briefs. Current Score itemizes each health deduction. | Yes, extensive AI suggestions, ticket processing, article creation and summary, project from SOW, skills-based auto-scheduling. |
| AI writing help | Dictate & Enhance Dictate or rewrite in time entry summaries, notes and emails, with Undo. Staff only; on by default, a tenant admin can turn it off. | Rewrite, no dictation Improve agent note fixes grammar and rewrites tone before sending, plus translation; uses Halo AI or your own OpenAI. Dictation not documented. |
| PSA billing sync | Syncs to PSA or native Your PSA (Autotask, ConnectWise, HaloPSA or Syncro, one per workspace) stays the billing record while Current schedules, or run projects natively. | Yes, is the PSA Approved time flows into native billing; invoices generate from contracts; Xero, QuickBooks and Sage sync included. |
| Microsoft 365 (SharePoint, Teams, calendar) | Yes, via Graph SharePoint project documents, a Teams channel per project, calendar busy time on Schedule, and To Do sync. One admin approval for the org. | Strong Teams, email, Entra Strong Teams, Office 365 email and calendar, Entra ID; native SharePoint project documents not documented. |
| Modern, recently built interface | Built in 2026 Built from scratch in 2026 on React 19 and Supabase (Postgres with row-level security). | Modern rewrite Browser-based rewrite (about 2019 rebrand), weekly releases and a public roadmap. |
| Fast setup | About 15 minutes Self-serve setup wizard: PSA choice, first sync, team and trial. Current setup checks then flag what is left per area. 14-day trial. | Steep, paid onboarding Onboarding package required at a bespoke cost (third parties cite about $4,000 minimum); not turnkey. |
| Public price | $50/user/mo Founding rate for the first 100 MSPs, $540/user/yr annual; list $95. One price, everything included, 3-seat minimum. | Public price, onboarding fee £66 per agent per month billed annually, no tiers, portal users free; bespoke onboarding package required. |
Where HaloPSA wins
One published price includes every module and Halo AI, with free portal users. It is very configurable, with native Gantt, Kanban, portfolio dashboards, scheduled report emails and AI projects from a SOW.
Where Current fits: Halo has no native critical path, and its portal shows customers their own invoices. Current adds both, syncs back to Halo for billing, and is set up in minutes instead of a paid onboarding package.
Why MSPs choose Current
- Critical path, all four dependency types with lag, back-scheduling from a deadline and what-if previews are built in, not bought as a Moovila or TopLeft add-on.
- Scheduling skips weekends, company holidays and each person's PTO, the same way on the Timeline, the critical path and what-if, with Microsoft 365 busy time on the Schedule board.
- Gantt timeline, Kanban board, dependency map, calendar and a workload board all work on the same tasks, with 34 built-in playbooks and AI plan drafts from a pasted statement of work.
- My Day gives each person one page of the tasks and tickets assigned to them in suggested order, plus checklist steps that carry their own owner, due date and reminders.
- The customer portal keeps financials out by database rule: viewers see only their own projects and never reach time, rates or contract figures. Portal viewers are free.
- Works with the PSA you have: Autotask, ConnectWise, HaloPSA or Syncro stays the billing record, or projects run natively in Current. Time entries are checked against PSA rules before they save.
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