We performed a comparison between JIRA Portfolio and Smartsheet based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Management Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Jira are the dashboards where we see all the features lined up with the release dates in the portfolio view, it is very good."
"In general, the valuable features of the tool are its capabilities concerning dependency reports and task status."
"The most valuable feature of JIRA Portfolio is the visuals it provides rather than Kanban boarded tickets."
"The backlog view feature is highly valuable"
"Portfolio helps us increase the visibility of projects' status and management with remote workers who make up most of the company."
"Has good analysis integration capabilities."
"Has many functionalities including good supervision and workflows."
"The dashboard is the most valuable feature. The user experience is very good, it's easy to use."
"To me, one of the most powerful features of Smartsheet is being able to email others."
"As I am in the corporate legal department, I have to deal with a number of contracts and sometimes it's hard to keep up with email transactions. Having the tracker sheet and being able to build dashboards and workflow has been quite valuable."
"It is my favorite project management tool. The reason for that is that it is very flexible. It is much easier to use than Microsoft Project in terms of creating custom fields. It is very similar to Excel. So, people understand it, which makes it a little bit easier to use for most users."
"The fact that you can have different access groups is definitely a pro for Smartsheet. It also has the ability to integrate with a lot of tools."
"The dashboard feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The ability to build a quick dashboard and give management insight into the progress of the project itself is probably one of the most beneficial pieces."
"The tool reduces manual labour and it is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Smartsheet is its intuitiveness, ease of use, and overall simplicity."
"The kanban board could also use some more filters. We just had a project where the deployment for Jira didn't have any ETA, and it's a requirement for the client. We accommodate a lot of issues on the board, so the workaround was to create boards by project, not client."
"Our major team does not control or manage JIRA server well since sometimes there is trouble using the solution, which is a problem. The solution's speed needs to be improved."
"The integration needs to be done with different tools."
"JIRA Portfolio's configuration management could be improved."
"I think that front-end development is a little bit buggy in some cases. Some of the features take a while to respond and some need to be more clear."
"When I want to embed Jira Portfolio in a complete HLI cycle, I'm missing things to evaluate my ethic into my value stream."
"JIRA Portfolio could improve new implementation because if I want integration for the complete wide frame tools it cannot provide any wide frame tools."
"When using a scrum board, it only shows the current or open sprint. However, we also need to see past and future sprints, which is important for planning the next sprint. To solve this, we tried using a Kanban board instead, but since we follow the Scrum methodology, it's not the ideal solution."
"Smartsheet could improve by having seamless integration with Azure Board."
"Asana has a modern look and feel, particularly its agile project management interface featuring movable cards between columns."
"The system can become more challenging to use in more complex scenarios, requiring additional add-ons that can be quite costly."
"The downside of Smartsheet is that there are some security concerns. We were able to restrict people from sharing sheets with anyone who was not in our domain, but it could be easier. We also found it hard to restrict certain user groups from adding attachments to sheets."
"I'd like to see them add more features to their automation."
"It already has a really powerful Export to Excel feature, but it can have an Excel add-on. The way to set up single sign-on wasn't too easy in the beginning, and it was hard to get hold of customer service. They should make it easier to set up SSO. Smartsheet's customer service also definitely needs to be improved."
"The main challenge with Smartsheet is that when you start putting components on the Smartsheet dashboard, they don't know about each other. So, if I filter something in one widget, or if I click on a region or a project ID, the other widget or component and the visualization that's on that dashboard don't change. It doesn't know about the other component."
"A room for improvement I found in Smartsheet is the view, as it's currently row-wise. I should have the opportunity to view a full scale, top down list instead of just a column driven list. I shouldn't have to go just left or right. I should be able to view it top down."
JIRA Portfolio is ranked 4th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 55 reviews while Smartsheet is ranked 5th in Project Management Software with 34 reviews. JIRA Portfolio is rated 8.2, while Smartsheet is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of JIRA Portfolio writes "Powerful, flexible solution with a bit of a learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Smartsheet writes "Has customization, data pulling, and cross-functional global communication features; it's a secure solution". JIRA Portfolio is most compared with Jira Align, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project Server and Planisware, whereas Smartsheet is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Spreadsheet.com, Adobe Workfront and OpenText Project and portfolio Management. See our JIRA Portfolio vs. Smartsheet report.
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