Microsoft Project vs Planisware comparison

"The product's initial setup phase is easy."

"We value all the features. Previously, we used Jenkins for similar purposes, but Microsoft Projects works fine. We're looking to improve integration with different clusters on production and automate various aspects of software development. This includes integration for alerting, monitoring, and pricing purposes, among other things."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Project is status reporting."

"The resource allocation features, which help allocate resources to tasks, are quite valuable."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product's GUI is very good...The product's scalability is good."

"The built-in dashboards are powerful because they show both project and overall progress."

"The most valuable features of Microsoft Project are the availability of being online and within Teams. My entire team can use it and see it, versus the full Microsoft Projects, such as Project Professional, you need to have a license."

"The most valuable features of Microsoft Project are you can create critical paths pretty easily, and you can import from an Excel spreadsheet to your task list as you create it during your working sessions with your team."

"There are two things in particular that I enjoy. The first is the portfolio planning section. Another advantage is that it is highly customizable."

"Planisware has introduced Agile concepts, making it capable of Agile management similar to Jira and other Agile tools."

"Planisware offers integration with multiple tools and provides a good level of customization."

"We have a variety of different modules, but it is mainly used for costs, risks, and resources."

"The solution is performance-oriented and easily customized accordingly to many areas, such as performance KPI."

"Overall, our company has all disintegrated systems, and with Planisware, we are getting a very integrated view of my portfolio reporting, cost and load, and everything else."

"It stands out by automating the intricate mechanics of project execution, eliminating the need for highly technical individuals to manage and reconfigure models."

"The area that could benefit from improvement in this Planisware is the project management tool. I have previously used Project Server, which is a Microsoft solution, and I found it to be more user-friendly as it included a client solution. In contrast, with this solution, the only option available is the online version, making it difficult to create activities, milestones, and other necessary components. This is in comparison to Planisware, which offers a more comprehensive solution."

"The scalability is co-dependent on the stability of the product. We have 4000 users, and at times the product is slow."

"The technical support could be improved. They are okay, however, they could be much better."

"Microsoft Project should include more visualization, queries to filter out data, and more reporting structures."

"It is a traditional Waterfall-based solution, so it doesn't lend itself particularly well to Agile development. You can record Agile sprints within it, but it is not really an Agile-based product. It can store the basic information about budgets that an Agile set of work is looking to use, but that's about it."

"Microsoft Project tends to become very unstable on large project plans with more than 400 lines."

"Its user experience can be improved while configuring it. Its reporting can also be better. Reporting is not very easy. Reports do not always work. I was trying to download some reports, and they didn't work. I don't know if it was related to the configuration that I was using. I didn't go too deep to check if something was missing."

"The solution's interface seems to be an outdated one. So, I would like its interface to be improved."

"The tool's deployment is complex. Integration and automation also need to be improved."

"The area that could benefit from improvement in this Planisware is the project management tool. I have previously used Project Server, which is a Microsoft solution, and I found it to be more user-friendly as it included a client solution. In contrast, with this solution, the only option available is the online version, making it difficult to create activities, milestones, and other necessary components. This is in comparison to Planisware, which offers a more comprehensive solution."

"The UI and UX of Planisware are not that advanced."

"I have experienced some issues, and that’s okay. It tends to be stable when the server's processing power and memory are adequate."

"The learning curve is steep and there could be more avenues for opening up learning materials to a broader audience, enabling individuals to gain practical experience with the tool."

"The solution's user experience and user interface need improvement because they are not that great and intuitive."

"They do not have anything that can assist customers with multi-year roadmap planning."

"Its stability should be improved. Its stability is the main issue, but we sometimes also have issues with calculations."

"The biggest con for Planisware is that if you are not a Planisware partner, you don't have access to their functions, making it difficult for beginners and new team members."

"The solution has a decent annual license subscription cost, which is not high."

"The solution is less expensive than other options."

"The pricing is based on a licensing model and is reasonable."

"The licensing model is somewhat complex."

"The license fees for the professional version, which is estimated to be approximately $1,600, and the standard version, which is approximately $1,200, may be considered expensive by some users. This is something that could be improved to make the platform more accessible to a wider audience."

"You only need a Team's license in order to use Microsoft Project within Teams, which is very helpful."

"I rate Microsoft Project's pricing a five out of ten."

"You do not have to invest much in terms of configuring this solution to suit your needs."

"There are training and certification costs."

"The solution is expensive and support is an extra cost. There are three license types to choose from, and we only pay for support and cloud services depending on our needs."

"The solution could be less expensive and the cost of scaling is expensive too."

"It comes with a high cost."