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."It's a scalable product, especially the online version."
"If you work with Microsoft, it's very easy to work with this."
"Microsoft Project offers comprehensive project overviews and the ability to rate down what we have and what we need in terms of software."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Project is status reporting."
"The most valuable feature is probably the Kanban diagram. People are familiar with the Kanban tools. When they do their scrum meetings, they have that Kanban board where you can see the different tiles for all the queries and move them from left to right. IT is familiar with that because, for development, most of the tools have that capability. It could also be more graphical, like Asana."
"I have found that the chart reporting feature is very helpful for us currently."
"We value all the features. Previously, we used Jenkins for similar purposes, but Microsoft Projects works fine. We're looking to improve integration with different clusters on production and automate various aspects of software development. This includes integration for alerting, monitoring, and pricing purposes, among other things."
"They now have MS project Online and they have two levels, so it's easier to access what you need and to choose specifically what you'll use. You can start at a lower level, for example, and be more cost-effective and move up if it suits you."
"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."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"I like being able to manage the capacity in terms of the resources. I also like being able to share documents and information between teams. It's the best solution for collaboration."
"The key things are managing interactions, resource allocation, resource-leveling (enterprise) and as a collaborative tool, because we use it across multiple projects at a time."
"I found the portfolio management valuable."
"Resource allocation is the most valuable feature of Microsoft Project Server."
"The ability to look at the resource loading is most valuable."
"We'd like to have more resource allocation and monitoring features."
"The Microsoft license is relatively expensive."
"We'd like the solution to have better integration with other third-party and open-source solutions."
"Tracking timeline, resource allocation, and monitoring are areas of concern for the tool where improvements are required."
"I have no idea about the cost because it is a corporate decision."
"It would be ideal if the solution integrated more with Azure DevOps and other work management platforms like Jira."
"There needs to be better integration with other Microsoft products such as SharePoint, and the like."
"The setup and scalability can be somewhat difficult for new users until they gain knowledge."
"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."
"There are certain shortcomings in the documentation part where improvements are required."
"It appears that Microsoft's primary goal is to migrate as much functionality as possible from the legacy on-premises Microsoft Project Server to the new cloud-based Power Apps solution."
"The solution must provide Agile and AI features."
"The product's UI is not very user-friendly."
"The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious."
"Collaboration within the tool is lacking when you compare it to online or cloud-based tools."
"It would be useful if the solution allowed us to share files or project schedules. You may get that with the cloud version. However, it's not available on the on-premises versions."
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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