We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project and Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management 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."
"Microsoft Project is easy to use and helps our teams visualize the evolution of our projects."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product's GUI is very good...The product's scalability is good."
"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."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Project are the availability of being online and within Teams. My entire team can use it and see it, versus the full Microsoft Projects, such as Project Professional, you need to have a license."
"We have not had any problems with Microsoft's technical support. We are happy with the support."
"It is very stable. I haven't had any kind of issues with it. It is also very scalable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are dependency management, milestone progress, multiple resource rates, and RAG views."
"Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is a well-engineered product from an IT perspective."
"I like Primavera's planning capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is accuracy."
"The solution's tech support is good."
"The ability to streamline the process of obtaining signatures from our contractors is valuable."
"I find that MS Project has limited control in comparison to other solutions in the same sphere."
"We'd like the solution to have better integration with other third-party and open-source solutions."
"There needs to be better integration with other Microsoft products such as SharePoint, and the like."
"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."
"It would be ideal if the solution integrated more with Azure DevOps and other work management platforms like Jira."
"When a project plan becomes huge, it is painful to arrange and structure the project in Microsoft Project. Currently, you require a separate product for managing agile projects, and people are using Jira and Rally to manage stories in agile. Primarily, on the software development side, people are kind of moving away from Microsoft Project."
"The stability of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"Planview FLEX licensing gives us a central repository where all the projects are stored so you can check the finances, resources, etc. It's quite useful to have everything connected. We don't have that for Microsoft Project. It's disconnected. The reporting capabilities could also be better, especially with finance and resources. Everybody complains about reports. That's why we need another tool."
"The solution's user interface is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."
"The reporting could improve project management. We need multiple source reports. If someone is new to the support it has a steep learning curve."
"Primavera could be better integrated with other products, and it needs more cost management features."
"They should work on integrating the solution with ERP."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
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Microsoft Project is ranked 2nd in Project Management Software with 77 reviews while Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is ranked 11th in Project Portfolio Management with 6 reviews. Microsoft Project is rated 8.0, while Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project writes "A stable solution that very accurately runs projects". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management writes "It helps us track progress and results". Microsoft Project is most compared with Asana, Jira, Microsoft Project Server, Smartsheet and Broadcom Clarity , whereas Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management is most compared with Microsoft Project Server, JIRA Portfolio, EcoSys, Broadcom Clarity and LoadSpring SpringBoard Cloud Portal. See our Microsoft Project vs. Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management report.
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