We performed a comparison between JIRA Portfolio and Microsoft Project Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Agile Planning Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The way to manage cards as a KANBAN, is really easy but when you need to track hundreds of projects, you need to be very clear in which way the things must be completed."
"In general, the valuable features of the tool are its capabilities concerning dependency reports and task status."
"The product makes it easy to collaborate even though it can use some improvement in that area."
"The feature that we like the most is that JIRA enables modules. Atlassian provides a lot of products around JIRA, such as compliance for the documentation, BitBucket for the Git version. We are new to these products developed by Atlassian, but they can integrate very easily. Generally, when an editor is developing a solution, they think about integrating with JIRA. When we are looking for any other solution, they plan to easily integrate with JIRA."
"Version management is the most valuable feature of JIRA Portfolio."
"JIRA Portfolio has many wonderful features."
"Its stability is very reliable."
"I think the solution's most important and valuable feature is its ability to track the issues."
"It is well-established, reliable, and compatible."
"It's fine to navigate for a layperson."
"It can scale well."
"Project schedule management is very good. Basically, it sits on SharePoint. So, every time we create a project, a new project site is created within that SharePoint environment, which is a very good document repository. It allows us to create issues and risks lists and additional functionality to keep track of what's going on with projects."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the tool's reporting is very good."
"The product is user-friendly."
"Resource allocation is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Project Server."
"The scheduling and the customization are very powerful."
"The data query language needs improvement."
"We would love to be able to have direct contact with Atlassian. Currently, they are not working directly with West African countries. We are considering using JIRA Align, but when we contact them, they say that as we are in West Africa, they don't directly work with West Africa."
"Requires some effort to insert functionalities and that could be simplified."
"We had to use assistance for the initial setup."
"There is room for improvement in terms of scalability."
"When I want to embed Jira Portfolio in a complete HLI cycle, I'm missing things to evaluate my ethic into my value stream."
"Portfolio is easy to scale, but we've had some difficulties with it regarding compliance and support."
"Jira has room for improvement in terms of managing various projects and linking requirements centrally under one project. They could include some add-ons that enable you to link all the requirements and put them into a centralized place. That central place should be restricted to a limited set of users with privileges based on user groups with those rights."
"Permission management needs improvement."
"It is not updated in real-time. Sometimes it, therefore, is not accurate."
"Microsoft Project Server could improve by making the solution more user-friendly."
"In terms of tech support, it took a long time for them to resolve a ticket."
"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."
"I'd like it if we could divide out the project calendars. On one project server, we might follow five projects or more at one time, and we'd like to see all of the items at once so that it becomes a long loop, but one where we can identify different projects in tandem and then focus on which we need to at the time. While I only have visibility into one, I'd like to see several at a time."
"This is a good product but we have struggled with stability from time to time. The service has stopped intermittently and it has been difficult to find a reason why."
"The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious."
JIRA Portfolio is ranked 4th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 55 reviews while Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 56 reviews. JIRA Portfolio is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Project Server is rated 8.0. 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 Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". JIRA Portfolio is most compared with Jira Align, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Adobe Workfront and Broadcom Clarity , whereas Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and Broadcom Clarity . See our JIRA Portfolio vs. Microsoft Project Server report.
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