We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server 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."We use Microsoft Project for its timeline and task management capabilities. The primary advantage is the easy application of tasks in sequence, confirming dependencies, and establishing relationships between tasks. It simplifies handling conditions, significant dates, and dependencies between various tasks."
"The standard project planning features and charts are most valuable."
"The integration between SharePoint and Power BI has been great."
"One of the best features is that it is easy to use."
"Microsoft Project is user-friendly and easy to use to do very complex project plans."
"The user interface is very clean."
"The reporting and national resource capacity planning are the most valuable features."
"It is a complete and all-rounded enterprise product. From a portfolio management perspective and an individual project management perspective, it is a corporate-wide project management product. It can be used for resource planning, financial planning, task planning, etc."
"It is well-established, reliable, and compatible."
"The solution scales well."
"This is a scalable solution. It is easy to set up and to add clusters to your environment."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate."
"SharePoint site integration"
"One notable positive aspect is its effective project-tracking capabilities."
"The technical support for Microsoft Project Server and the support is very good. Microsoft support is working very well."
"Microsoft Project Server is simple to use."
"Its price can be improved."
"I would like Microsoft Project to better align with our business needs, with improved consultant support for setup and integration features that show all relevant aspects at the top level."
"Project is not easy to scale. It isn't a cloud-based solution where everybody can utilize it at the same time without version issues when you save your file. We use it at the enterprise level, but you have to share the files to others within your organization through Teams or SharePoint. One improvement would be to transition to cloud-based functionality. However, that might limit the functionality in other ways."
"We need more integration with Microsoft Teams and other collaboration tools."
"It would be better if the solution is integrated with other communication platforms like Microsoft Teams."
"Microsoft Project could improve the interface, it should be more intuitive. It could be adjusted a little bit to make it a little easier to use and more user-friendly. It is a very powerful tool and it takes people a while to get used to it."
"Collaboration is an area that needs improvements."
"Microsoft Project should provide better documentation regarding the usage of the solution."
"Resource management has room for improvement because it uses a lot of resources."
"The product is difficult to use for complex projects."
"The user interface looks quite old and needs to be improved."
"We think that calculations are not working correctly, and there is a need to enter data a couple of times in order to give the correct calculations."
"We need to be able to compare milestones, calls, and other variables regarding the projects we are working on. I have to contract developers to make reports, which is where things get complicated. They need to develop personal and custom fields for us."
"Stability of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"We sometimes need support from the IT department for installing and deploying the Microsoft Project Server. It is not user-friendly, and users cannot install it themselves."
"The product's UI is not very user-friendly."
Microsoft Project is ranked 2nd in Project Management Software with 77 reviews while Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 56 reviews. Microsoft Project is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Project Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project writes "A stable solution that very accurately runs projects". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". Microsoft Project is most compared with Asana, Jira, Smartsheet, Broadcom Clarity and monday.com, whereas Microsoft Project Server is most compared with ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, JIRA Portfolio and Broadcom Clarity . See our Microsoft Project vs. Microsoft Project Server report.
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