We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and Trello 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."Technical support is very responsive - particularly on critical tickets."
"It's stable and reliable."
"Microsoft Project Server helps organizations in collaboration."
"The solution, overall, is excellent for project planning."
"The most useful feature of Microsoft Project Server is you can select a function to see the baseline."
"The solution has easy integration with Excel."
"The solution scales well."
"Microsoft Project Server is simple to use."
"Trello's most valuable feature is its visuals. You can customize your board with covers and pictures. There are no restrictions in workflow columns as in Jira. It is a powerful solution to organize work. Jira is process-oriented and restrictive."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that it is easy to use and flexible while offering the ease of use of drag-and-drop functionality for each task."
"The product has a lot of integrations."
"I really enjoy the drag-and-drop feature."
"Another feature that impressed me is the clear Kanban board, as it provides a clear view of to-to tasks, assuring the team not to forget anything."
"There is a huge community to help us with the issues we face while using the product."
"Projects do not take as long and meetings take less time, since you know the status of developments or tests."
"Trello is very easy to install and set up. It is also easy to use. Its interface is excellent."
"We sometimes need support from the IT department for installing and deploying the Microsoft Project Server. It is not user-friendly, and users cannot install it themselves."
"It would be better if the solution had some more training or resources available for a person who is new to Microsoft Project Server."
"We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of."
"It may be considered expensive."
"The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious."
"It is not updated in real-time. Sometimes it, therefore, is not accurate."
"In terms of tech support, it took a long time for them to resolve a ticket."
"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 tool should be able to predict the task completion dates based on the date assigned and sprint dates. It is also not commercial compared to competitors."
"There aren't as many tracking tools."
"Trello does not provide you with as many functionalities as Jira and various third-party integrations provided by these different platforms."
"Unstructured data cannot be directly used; it needs to be structured first."
"Trello cannot be integrated with other tools like Jira and Google Workspace."
"Having more integration with third party tools is an area for improvement in Trello. It would also be nice if it has a voice messaging functionality similar to what you have in WhatsApp, for quicker communication with colleagues."
"Users should be able to log their time against the tasks and visual reports should be available in Trello for time spent."
"I would like to see improvement in onboarding back-office team members."
Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 56 reviews while Trello is ranked 7th in Project Management Software with 39 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 8.0, while Trello is rated 8.4. 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 Trello writes "The solution is easy to set up, extremely stable, and is available on multiple devices". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas Trello is most compared with Asana, Wrike, Jira, monday.com and Broadcom Clarity . See our Microsoft Project Server vs. Trello report.
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