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Planview Portfolios vs monday.com comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.6
monday.com enhances productivity, efficiency, and collaboration, offering significant value through time savings and improved task management despite ROI calculation challenges.
Sentiment score
6.4
Planview Portfolios boosts visibility, efficiency, and decision-making, supporting strategic alignment and enhancing collaboration and operational performance.
Being able to auto-create, auto-close, and many other automated functions makes it easier to follow processes and make fewer mistakes.
Project Engineer at Unilever
We have about 14% of time savings on average on a given project and about 17 to 18% in cost savings as well.
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
It efficiently helps to centralize planning, tracking, and collaboration.
HITRUST and GRC Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
It also delivers a set of shared metrics focused on customer value, such as speed and quality, to achieve business results while being able to roll up objectives and key results in the system where work gets done to ensure strategy informs execution and vice versa.
Project Manager at 3M
Reports and real-time analytics enhance real-time data-driven decision making.
Customer Service Representative at Roche
I also love the ability to provide visibility and transparency across an organization; it allows us to create custom reports and dashboards for easy data analysis, hence making data-driven decisions easily.
Project Manager at AT&T
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.3
Monday.com's customer service is responsive and efficient, with users appreciating quick, professional support despite room for personalized improvements.
Sentiment score
8.3
Planview Portfolios customer service is mixed, with proactive support but occasional slow resolutions and varying assistance quality.
I would rate the customer support on a scale of one to ten as a ten
Head of Consulting at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would rate their customer service a ten.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
monday.com is very cost-effective and it has great customer support.
Project Engineer at Unilever
The customer support for Planview Portfolios has been quick to respond and very proactive since I have reached out to them several times.
Project Manager at AT&T
The customer support for Planview Portfolios is very proactive and responsive.
System Engineer at BNY
The customer support for Planview Portfolios is very proactive and responsive.
Project Manager at AT&T
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Monday.com is adaptable and scalable for teams of all sizes, supporting growth, customization, and efficient project management across departments.
Sentiment score
8.1
Planview Portfolios scales effectively for enterprise use, integrating well with tools, despite performance issues with large data loads.
Within about four to five months of rolling this out across teams, we got usage rates up to anywhere between 70 to 85% of members within each of the teams that we rolled out using monday.com on a daily basis or a few times a week.
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
monday.com is very scalable because we can work with multiple projects at a time from different departments, and it can handle all of that.
Project Engineer at Unilever
monday.com's scalability is great.
Technical Consulting Manager at a retailer with 201-500 employees
The scalability of Planview Portfolios is very effective, and it handles all of my organization's projects and tasks.
System Engineer at BNY
Planview Portfolios is very scalable because it grows with the organization.
Customer Service Representative at Roche
Planview Portfolios is very scalable because it handles my organization's growth, allowing us to work with both small projects and big projects at the same time.
Project Manager at AT&T
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Monday.com is praised for stability and reliability, with rare issues quickly resolved, ensuring seamless project management.
Sentiment score
9.1
Planview Portfolios is reliable and stable, with minor performance issues often linked to external factors or large configurations.
We got on the phone with our rep and the IT support team and we were able to get our issues resolved within an hour.
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
Their support team is very helpful, so even if there is an issue or a question, they answer quickly.
Sr. Analyst at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
monday.com is very stable.
Project Engineer at Unilever
Planview Portfolios is very stable; I have not experienced any downtime.
Project Manager at 3M
Planview Portfolios is very stable.
Project Manager at AT&T
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek better integration, automation, templates, reporting, time tracking, notifications, task management, collaboration, and enhanced performance in monday.com.
Improving Planview Portfolios' integration, customization, automation, documentation, metrics, and UI could enhance user adoption and streamline management.
The need for a stable connection is critical as there are network issues that slow our processes down.
PM at Galaxy Software Services
I would like to have the ability to create more than two levels of subtasks in monday.com.
Project manager at WITS
More calculation capability within the columns.
Project Engineer at Unilever
An important improvement would be to add more automation features and provide more online documentation videos that would make it much easier to use for non-technical users.
Customer Service Representative at Roche
Additionally, there should be plenty of resources online, such as tutorials and videos on how to guide and how to use Planview Portfolios, especially with its robust features, explaining each feature and how it works.
Project Manager at 3M
Reporting flexibility is needed so that end users can create their own quick ad hoc reports for analysis and for better data-driven decisions.
Project Manager at AT&T
 

Setup Cost

monday.com provides scalable, cost-effective project management solutions with transparent pricing, valued for adaptability despite potential high enterprise costs.
Planview Portfolios is costly but valued for large enterprises; the FLEX model offers flexibility, benefiting strategic alignment.
It is quite expensive.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
The basic, standard, and pro plans range from $12 to $24 per user per month.
Data Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Licensing being somewhat challenging, having to choose which users we had and such things.
Head of Consulting at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Planview Portfolios has been cost effective and affordable.
Customer Service Representative at Roche
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Planview Portfolios has been cost-effective and fairly pocket-friendly.
Project Manager at 3M
Planview Portfolios is one of the best and a very cost-effective tool.
Project Manager at AT&T
 

Valuable Features

Monday.com enhances productivity through automation, customizable dashboards, intuitive task management, seamless integrations, and user-friendly interfaces.
Planview Portfolios enhances productivity and decision-making through flexible reporting, resource management, and integration with Power BI.
monday.com saves time and gets everyone on the same page within my team.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
Through automation of tasks which were previously time-consuming and tedious, we've been able to save a lot of time and cost.
Project Engineer at Unilever
monday.com has impacted my organization positively by reducing the amount of work we do to keep track of information and making it easier to maintain records.
DevOps at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
This enhanced visibility in Planview Portfolios ensures that all users can easily track progress, identify bottlenecks, and make informed decisions to optimize workflow efficiency.
Project Manager at 3M
End-to-end visibility enables us to analyze performance data across the organization to measure the success of strategic initiatives with key performance indicators and make timely decisions to ensure outcome realization.
Project Manager at AT&T
The comprehensive set of features empowers users to allocate resources strategically, analyze costs accurately, and align project timelines with available resources seamlessly.
Project Lead at Wells Fargo
 

Categories and Ranking

monday.com
Ranking in Project Portfolio Management
3rd
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
239
Ranking in other categories
CRM (4th), Project Management Software (2nd), Marketing Management (3rd), Opportunity Management (4th)
Planview Portfolios
Ranking in Project Portfolio Management
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Project Portfolio Management category, the mindshare of monday.com is 5.2%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Planview Portfolios is 6.6%, down from 7.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Portfolio Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
monday.com5.2%
Planview Portfolios6.6%
Other88.2%
Project Portfolio Management
 

Featured Reviews

Shreyans Parekh - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
Centralized workflows have boosted cross-team collaboration and made complex projects manageable
monday.com can continue to improve their AI capabilities. When comparing monday.com to several alternatives when I was evaluating a project and project management, product road mapping, and workflow management platform for us, I looked at competitors such as Asana, ClickUp, SmartSheet, Airtable, and Notion. In my opinion, competitors such as Airtable and SmartSheet, especially followed by Asana and ClickUp, have worked on their AI and generative AI roadmap to combine database functionality with a very user-friendly interface for knowledge management and project tracking, essentially combining both worlds. Their AI is more sophisticated than what monday.com has released thus far. They provide a cleaner task-focused workflow management platform and I think that monday.com can still improve on this core piece of their technology. I think monday.com could also seek to be more process-oriented and intuitive. Other alternatives such as Asana and SmartSheet offer that approach. There is a steeper learning curve to learn monday.com in my opinion compared to Airtable, Asana, and others because I have also used those tools and platforms at other organizations. There is a bit of a learning curve with new users on monday.com because it is not as streamlined as I have experienced with competitors such as SmartSheet or Airtable. The capability sets are great, however, you may need to be hand-held via a monday.com rep when you get started within your organization or view the library of tutorials that monday.com has available. You can also view them on YouTube and that will help you get started on monday.com.
Monabi Kingsley - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at 3M
Centralized planning has improved resource visibility and supports data‑driven financial decisions
The best features Planview Portfolios offers are visibility enhancement, robust system performance, and comprehensive resource management. This enhanced visibility in Planview Portfolios ensures that all users can easily track progress, identify bottlenecks, and make informed decisions to optimize workflow efficiency. When discussing robust system performance, the system's robust performance in meeting our various work requirements effectively and efficiently stands out. It is very stable and reliable, contributing to a seamless user experience, which enables users to focus on their tasks without disruptions. I also love the financial breakdown, planning and prioritization, and attribute collection on projects in Planview Portfolios. Planview Portfolios has positively impacted my organization since I started using it. It has enabled me to gain insights into the full scope of work consuming resources. I am able to know where the resources are being consumed more, especially which resources are consuming the most. I have been able to leverage resources management and resource time reporting, which enabled the generation of $90 million in annual revenue through labor billing to customers.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business181
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise32
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise66
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Monday.com?
Monday.com is one of the best project management softwares available on the market. It lets you create and customize the tools you need to run every aspect of your work. I particularly favor it bec...
What needs improvement with monday.com?
We run into technical issues a lot with monday.com, where certain errors just pop up randomly, and we would want to have a little bit more developer-friendly part from monday.com. There could be be...
What is your primary use case for monday.com?
monday.com acts like a very user-friendly CRM tool that helps us keep our users in check. What we do is run the systems for student accounts and student onboarding, which is the data that gets stor...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Planview Portfolios?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been that Planview Portfolios is one of the best and a very cost-effective tool.
What needs improvement with Planview Portfolios?
Planview Portfolios can be improved as the user interface defaults to the last opened portfolio, which can waste a lot of time loading a large portfolio if that is not what I need at that moment. J...
What is your primary use case for Planview Portfolios?
My main use case for Planview Portfolios is to ensure governance and decision auditability by incorporating embedded workflows, approval management, and key document retention supporting a single c...
 

Also Known As

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Planview Enterprise One, Troux
 

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Sample Customers

Raw Digital, Wix, Discovery, Frost & Sullivan, Adidas, Asos, Uber
UPS, NatWest, Ingram Micro, Canadian Tire, Viessmann, Volvo, NASCO, UNESCO
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