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Wrike pros and cons

Vendor: Wrike
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

Wrike is effective for project progress tracking and sharing tasks with internal and external parties.
Time tracking and reports are frequently utilized features.
Several views like kanban and Gantt chart are available to enhance task management.
The tag functionality is considered highly valuable for organizing tasks.
Integration with Microsoft Office allows seamless card creation from MS Teams chat.

CONS

Wrike outlook add-on is only available for Microsoft Office 365 and not the on-premise version, causing limitation issues.
Wrike lacks proper workflow management, making it difficult to assign tasks to specific individuals.
Frequent version updates in Wrike create challenges for task automation with tools like robots.
Wrike could improve by developing more comprehensive reporting capabilities and providing better resource consumption analysis.
The pricing makes Wrike too expensive for smaller teams, making it a less viable option.
 

Wrike Pros review quotes

it_user150282 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Operating Officer at a construction company with 51-200 employees
Sep 3, 2014
Gantt charts and its robust functionality allows for almost all project management to be done on the gantt chart view itself, from creating tasks to adding dependencies.
it_user150297 - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Learning Strategies at a university with 51-200 employees
Sep 4, 2014
Using Wrike improved the way our organization functions in several ways: It provides a single repository for all projects, inter and intra-team collaboration on projects, ability to reallocate resources across projects in a more agile manner, it gives project management more visibility and democratizes project management by making the tools so easy to use that team members take more ownership of project tasks.
it_user152820 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager with 51-200 employees
Sep 17, 2014
The initial setup was intuitive, but the training and support videos provided help in moving us to a more developed organizational system.
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it_user152847 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager of Web Development at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
Sep 17, 2014
We have been a lot more collaborative and communication has been better since starting to use Wrike.
it_user152946 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a legal firm with 51-200 employees
Sep 18, 2014
Wrike is so easy to get started with and so responsive that it is much easier to get team members to make it part of the workflow.
it_user152958 - PeerSpot reviewer
Marketing Manager at a hospitality company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 18, 2014
Wrike provides us with this system in an intuitive, robust platform that is beautiful to look at.
it_user153069 - PeerSpot reviewer
Postdoctoral Research Associate with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 21, 2014
Customer Service: Awesome: 10 out of 10. From how they set their website so that you can find the info, and look at videos to immediate and thorough response in the live chat.
it_user153726 - PeerSpot reviewer
Video Producer at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
Sep 23, 2014
Large projects are much easier to manage and keep track of who is doing what portion and when.
it_user155058 - PeerSpot reviewer
Editor/Writer at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
Oct 3, 2014
Wrike was the only one in our price range that has a complete feature set for those managing projects our size.
it_user157605 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Oct 21, 2014
The interface is very user-friendly, and now that they have fixed the way to add a new folder, it is even more user-friendly.
 

Wrike Cons review quotes

it_user150282 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Operating Officer at a construction company with 51-200 employees
Sep 3, 2014
The dataset that can be exported and built-in reports/dashboards needs improvement.
it_user150297 - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Learning Strategies at a university with 51-200 employees
Sep 4, 2014
When it comes to room for improvement, making the Gannt Charts more printer friendly would be ideal.
it_user152820 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager with 51-200 employees
Sep 17, 2014
There is a learning curve, so employees just starting out with Wrike take a few weeks to feel comfortable.
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it_user152847 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager of Web Development at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
Sep 17, 2014
The pay model is in blocks of users - would be nice to add one user at a time
it_user152946 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a legal firm with 51-200 employees
Sep 18, 2014
Wrike currently has no budgeting capabilities.
it_user152958 - PeerSpot reviewer
Marketing Manager at a hospitality company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 18, 2014
Wrike Cons: One area of improvement that Wrike could get better at is sub tasks.
it_user153069 - PeerSpot reviewer
Postdoctoral Research Associate with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 21, 2014
The mobile interface really needs work. It's hard to navigate and find tasks or folders/projects.
it_user153726 - PeerSpot reviewer
Video Producer at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
Sep 23, 2014
Interface takes a bit to get used to.
it_user155058 - PeerSpot reviewer
Editor/Writer at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
Oct 3, 2014
The user interface takes some adjustment. It could be more intuitive.
it_user157605 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Oct 21, 2014
When zooming in, I lost the ability to see what I input in the description area.