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 is well-established, reliable, and compatible."
"The solution's ease of use is its most valuable aspect."
"It is easily adaptable. In addition, it is easily used on mobile applications."
"In the competitive landscape of project management and portfolio management solutions, Microsoft Project Server stands out significantly."
"Technical support is good."
"The solution, overall, is excellent for project planning."
"It is a scalable solution. We have been able to manage larger scale projects easily using this solution."
"I found the portfolio management valuable."
"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."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"The dashboard and the layouts are quite good."
"For doing project plans what was really valuable is the ability to do a predecessor."
"The most valuable feature of Smartsheet is it can be highly customized."
"The most valuable features of Smartsheet are its collaboration tools, the ability to centralize and prioritize projects, and robust reporting capabilities."
"The tool reduces manual labour and it is user-friendly."
"The solution is scalable."
"This is a good product but we have struggled with stability from time to time. The service has stopped intermittently and it has been difficult to find a reason why."
"The initial setup was complex."
"It should be more agile and more flexible when it comes to customization."
"The product is difficult to use for complex projects."
"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."
"The solution needs to be much more stable."
"Improvements are needed in the technical support process, aiming for a better user experience."
"The price of the product must be improved."
"The product must include more modules for project management."
"Areas for improvement in Smartsheet include better integration capabilities with other technologies through APIs and addressing limitations in reporting functionalities."
"Asana has a modern look and feel, particularly its agile project management interface featuring movable cards between columns."
"We have to manually put in every dependency in Smartsheet."
"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 system can become more challenging to use in more complex scenarios, requiring additional add-ons that can be quite costly."
"Smartsheet needs to improve the user interface."
"I think it is all going to be about APIs in the future and I don't think Smartsheet is doing a lot in that regard. They have some integrations with Jira, but you have to pay for them."
Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews while Smartsheet is ranked 4th in Project Portfolio Management with 34 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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