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."We are able to know what we are doing, how much we have spent, how much time we've taken, and it tells us how much money is left for the project. It also tells us whether we are below or above our expenditures, whether we are below or above our budget."
"Microsoft Project Server is easy to use compared to other similar solutions, such as Primavera. It functions similar to Excel or others Microsoft solutions which makes it simple for most people to be able to use right away."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"Deliverables List: Most useful to enable meaningful status reporting at an enterprise level."
"Microsoft Project Server helps organizations in collaboration."
"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."
"Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are the gantt charts. It's easy to use for me."
"The product is easy to use."
"We like Smartsheet's workflows, automation, and low-code capabilities. I don't know of any other project management tool with low-code functionality designed for project managers."
"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 solution has subtasks and a rollup."
"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 tool creates shareable dashboards. These dashboards allow us to display project deliverables' status, their position in the queue, expected delivery timelines, and more. The best part is that these dashboards can be shared with our clients without a license."
"The solution is scalable."
"The dashboard and the layouts are quite good."
"The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious."
"It has to be more user-friendly. For instance, there should be some assistance, like when you go to certain sites, people pop up and say, "Can we help you? What are you looking for?" It's not interactive enough."
"The solution could improve the ease of access could improve. It can be time-consuming."
"The solution's desktop version is not compatible with the MacBook."
"Microsoft Project Server's user interface is pretty average, and sometimes it can have bugs."
"We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of."
"The price of the product must be improved."
"This solution could improve by adding integration with Primavera schedules to allow the reading and management of them."
"The integration with Microsoft products should be improved."
"If there was some way to store more complex files in the system, or if there was a back-end structure where you could store files, that would be ideal."
"The product must include more modules for project management."
"Smartsheet's export and print functions could be more seamless. Once I create the plan in Smartsheet, I need to import it into my corporate web presentations. This isn't always smooth. I have to save it in PDF format, then cut an image from the PDF version."
"Smartsheet could improve by having seamless integration with Azure Board."
"Lacks the ability to edit attachments within the solution."
"An area for improvement in Smartsheet is that if you're in the government or you're a regulated customer, you're not allowed to use APIs due to internal restrictions, so there are specific things that you cannot connect to it. Another area for improvement in the solution is that because there's a capacity of how many records you can have, and there's a capacity of how many functions you can apply, Smartsheet has set up their system where they can force people into purchasing a $20,000 additional module that is called Control Center, that will create documents for them on the fly, so they don't use so many functions and automation. Smartsheet also needs to improve on training, because the training that is out there is very little. The solution requires a steeper learning curve. You have to do your own training and you have to work on your own 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."
Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews while Smartsheet is ranked 4th in Project Portfolio Management with 33 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8, 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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