Microsoft Project Server vs Planview ProjectPlace comparison

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is stable to use, especially since I work with Microsoft for an extended period."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the tool's reporting is very good."

"The ability to look at the resource loading is most valuable."

"The most useful feature of Microsoft Project Server is you can select a function to see the baseline."

"There are many valuable features of this solution. It is very advanced and once you understand and learn how to use it, it can be quite powerful. The whole package can be quite powerful."

"The solution has easy integration with Excel."

"Capacity management and task baselining are the most valuable features of Microsoft Project Server."

"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."

"It simplifies the management of our day-to-day work and brings all our processes into a single place where we can plan our activities, monitor them, and take any actions accordingly."

"Planview Projectplace is a really good solution for document sharing and keeping track of the history of changes in the document. I also like that you can have everything you need for a project in one place, for example, for documentation, planning, and even resource planning."

"The workspace ease, navigation, and portfolios are the most valuable aspects of this solution. I just got access to the portfolios from my upper management, so I'm able to look at our specific SRE portfolio to see what's a priority, look at how many hours we've tracked, and things like that. I'm not so much included in the budgeting but it's important to see what projects are higher priority and so forth."

"Clarizen's slide publisher is one of my favorite features."

"The most useful features of Planview are its integration with resource management and the ability to commit and reserve various resources."

"Right from the initial steps, we found this product easy to use."

"Projectplace has excellent collaboration features, including some nice kanban boards. We use DocuSign, and Planview just integrated it into Projectplace, so that was helpful. And I like the fact that it links to Enterprise One, the other Planview tool that we use to manage our capital portfolio."

"It is a complete solution. It is very useful for the management of our internal processes."

"Project Server could be improved by simplifying how tasks are assigned and reviewed on a daily basis."

"This solution could improve by adding integration with Primavera schedules to allow the reading and management of them."

"The product's UI is not very user-friendly."

"It may be considered expensive."

"We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of."

"The cost could be lower."

"The solution's synchronization with Jira Projects should be improved."

"The solution needs to be much more stable."

"We'd like to see a heartier connection between Projectplace and Enterprise One. We know that's on their roadmap, but they haven't gotten there yet. Planview could also make better use of Projectplace's template capability."

"They should also improve the interface. There are other competitors like Microsoft Project for the web, Wrike, Team Gantt who have a way better, modern user interface."

"The time reporting is an excellent feature that they can show from an individual. The only problem I see is the description field. You can't increase that field, like to pull the column and widen the column that I've seen. I'm not seeing anywhere you could do that. Because you may have some of these cards that start with the same name and you only have so much real estate. There should be a way to adjust those columns somewhat so you can look at the description or hover over it and it tells you what the description is."

"An area of improvement is customer support and services. Sometimes, the issue reported is not resolved within a specific timeframe, and the technical consultants who are approached for the requirement finalization can be better in terms of understanding the requirements. Sometimes, there is a gap in understanding the requirements. Other than that, the solution is fine."

"If the mobile app were improved to show more information then it would be good."

"Planview is a resource management and project management system. Projectplace allows you to create boards and associate some of Planview's work breakdown structure as a top-level tree under which you can place cards, but there are many limitations because when you make a change in Planview, it is reflected in Projectplace. However, except for a few specific things, changes made in Projectplace are not ported back to Planview. At this point, they're two completely different products. The flaw is that there is very little integration between the two."

"It needs some improvement in the project planning reports, ad hoc reports, and some big file transfers are a challenge. If you were going to transfer some 10 MB or 12 MB document with your team members, then it might have some problems in uploading and sharing those files. The overall dashboard view needs some advancement in its visualizations and uploading a large file size is a challenge."

"I believe that the graphs, reporting, and connection with the slides are areas that need improvement."

"It has features that cannot be bought by other rivals, so cost does not matter."

"Microsoft Project Server is an expensive solution. Small businesses will not be able to afford it."

"The licensing was procured before my involvement."

"There is a licensing cost."

"The technical assistance is expensive but the solution is an open source software."

"It is an inexpensive product."

"Microsoft Project Server is relatively cheaper than other products."

"We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft, and our licensing is based on the agreement."

"It can be expensive, but if you see the functionalities and the processes, it's not as expensive as other applications. We pay about 1 million Mexican Pesos per year for all 100 licenses."

"Its pricing plan should be improved. It could be expensive for midsize or small companies. There are no additional costs, but it would be great if you can negotiate or confirm the price during the requirement analysis phase."

"The cost of this product is mid-range. It's not too expensive but not the cheapest on the market."

"I would say the licensing maturity was probably a three out of five. They have a long way to go before they can scale out and retain enterprise customers."

"I believe it is a good value for money for the service they provide and the tailored program. When compared to Microsoft Project."

"Pricing might be a challenge because it costs around $29 to $30 per user a month. If you have a large user base, around 100 to 200 users, then it might be costly for an organization. For organizations who do not have a comprehensive overall budget, it might be a challenge."

"I think the price of Projectplace is highly reasonable for the amount of functionality that you get. We have what they call a FLEX License. That means you get Projectplace, Enterprise One, and Leankits all on the same license. That's great because then you can use the other products without any additional cost."

"In my opinion, the pricing is reasonable."