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Basecamp vs Microsoft Project Server comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Basecamp
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (26th)
Microsoft Project Server
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

Abenazzer Tadesse - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Operations Officer at BeOnline ICT
An easy-to-use project management solution with good stability and scalability
The recent update on the solution has made it a little bit complex. For example, to create a team and a project, there is a separate button that you need to click. Recently they updated it with only one button making it difficult for us to create teams or supply teams other than a project. Hence the solution could be more user-friendly. Additionally, some additional features need to be integrated so it'll be easy for other companies or project managers to manage software projects.
Ipsita Seth - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Marvell Technology Group
Enables effective workload monitoring and data insights with powerful features
Microsoft Project Server is quite a powerful tool and offers a good way of seeing dependencies and interactions, along with baselines. The resource management feature allows us to monitor workload and resource load effectively. Additionally, the dashboards are amazing for data crunching and provide a project focus with upcoming predictions, including burn-up and burn-down charts.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The ease of use is valuable."
"The ability to network informally is great for communicating with colleagues."
"Microsoft Project Server is a powerful tool I've used for years."
"Microsoft Project Server helps organizations in collaboration."
"The stability of the 2019 version is quite good."
"The best features of Microsoft Project Server are the online collaborative working capabilities, which enable collaborative online work."
"Project schedule management is very good. Basically, it sits on SharePoint. So, every time we create a project, a new project site is created within that SharePoint environment, which is a very good document repository. It allows us to create issues and risks lists and additional functionality to keep track of what's going on with projects."
"It can scale well."
"The scheduling feature is the most useful."
"The key things are managing interactions, resource allocation, resource-leveling (enterprise) and as a collaborative tool, because we use it across multiple projects at a time."
 

Cons

"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The product isn't easy to use. It's not very intuitive."
"EPM 2010 UI seems a bit dated now that 2016 is available."
"We want to expand to the local level where we lack strong IT expertise, we are considering making it more user-friendly."
"It should be more agile and more flexible when it comes to customization."
"I am not convinced that the pricing model is the right one."
"The user interface looks quite old and needs to be improved."
"The solution's synchronization with Jira Projects should be improved."
"Microsoft Project Server needs improvement in the integration of more tools and syncing of Blockly tools on time."
"Project Server could be improved by simplifying how tasks are assigned and reviewed on a daily basis."
 

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"A standard license is cheaper, but if you want more features, then there is a premium license or professional license."
"There is a licensing cost."
"Microsoft Project Server is an expensive solution. Small businesses will not be able to afford it."
"I'm not quite sure about the licensing costs. We're probably paying somewhere in the neighborhood of about 80,000 to 90,000 a year for our current on-prem because we handle our own licensing. As far as Project Online is concerned, we're still trying to get a good handle on that. It looks like it is going to be in a neighborhood of about 120,000 to 150,000 a year, but we're getting a lot more capability out of it."
"The product is expensive."
"It has features that cannot be bought by other rivals, so cost does not matter."
"I rate the pricing a one out of ten because the price is way too high."
"There are some payments related to the licensing cost of Microsoft Project Server."
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Manufacturing Company
13%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
8%
 

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Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise33
 

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What do you like most about Microsoft Project Server?
The ability to track a project's progress using Microsoft Project Server is the most valuable aspect. It depends, especially when managing multiple projects.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Project Server?
The pricing for Microsoft Project Server is standard, around $200-$250, but I think it's actually $80 to $100 per year. The pricing for Microsoft Project Server is relative; I would say it is cheap.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Project Server?
In order to improve Microsoft Project Server, collaborative features could be enhanced, as it is possible to improve it in a collaborative way similar to other office products, for example, using c...
 

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