We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and Smartsheet based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Portfolio Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's stable and reliable."
"The solution is scalable and easy to expand."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"The solution is stable."
"It is easily adaptable. In addition, it is easily used on mobile applications."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate."
"It is well-established, reliable, and compatible."
"Technical support is good."
"For doing project plans what was really valuable is the ability to do a predecessor."
"The solution is straightforward. Whenever a requirement arises, we create three things in Smartsheet: a project plan, a dashboard, and internal documents. It is done through the form and Smartsheet's automation services. This process shortens the time to market from seven days to less than 12 hours."
"The ability to update in real-time before meetings is great."
"Enables coordination and sharing of information that is relatively inexpensive."
"I like that Smartsheet integrates Excel with a cloud-based project management software."
"Smartsheet offers more than Project because it's similar to a table-based, database-type system. It's like a hybrid between Excel and project software. We were able to enter the formulas and do much of the automation. We added budgets to it and linked them to a vendor page. Smartsheet let us integrate the budget into the project seamlessly. With Project, we needed to open up Excel."
"The management aspect is the most valuable. You can also prioritize tasks and then view tasks by priorities as passports."
"Their support is awesome. We are on an enterprise plan and there is a customer success at Smartsheet and anyone from our licensed users can just send an email to them and they respond as soon as possible."
"The price of the product must be improved."
"Work needs to be done on collaboration with SharePoint."
"The product's UI is not very user-friendly."
"We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of."
"The solution should be made more collaborative."
"Stability of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Microsoft Project Server could improve by making the solution more user-friendly."
"The solution needs to be much more stable."
"Areas for improvement in Smartsheet include better integration capabilities with other technologies through APIs and addressing limitations in reporting functionalities."
"I think that the mobile interface needs to be improved. If you cannot access it through your laptop, I'd prefer to have that option on the mobile, but I don't think that it's user-friendly and easy to navigate."
"We have to manually put in every dependency in Smartsheet."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly, it needs improvement."
"Lacks the ability to edit attachments within the solution."
"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."
"The product must include more modules for project management."
"They provide a limited number of sheets which is not enough."
Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 56 reviews while Smartsheet is ranked 4th in Project Portfolio Management with 34 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 8.0, while Smartsheet is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". 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". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas Smartsheet is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Spreadsheet.com, Adobe Workfront and Planisware. See our Microsoft Project Server vs. Smartsheet report.
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