We performed a comparison between Smartsheet and Trello 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."The dashboard and the layouts are quite good."
"The management aspect is the most valuable. You can also prioritize tasks and then view tasks by priorities as passports."
"It operates as an enhanced and versatile version of Excel, offering a wide range of capabilities that allow you to accomplish various tasks and operations."
"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."
"Smartsheet is easy to use."
"It's very user friendly."
"It is my favorite project management tool. The reason for that is that it is very flexible. It is much easier to use than Microsoft Project in terms of creating custom fields. It is very similar to Excel. So, people understand it, which makes it a little bit easier to use for most users."
"The most valuable feature of Smartsheet is its intuitiveness, ease of use, and overall simplicity."
"Trello is very easy to install and set up. It is also easy to use. Its interface is excellent."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"We found that the solution was available on multiple devices, has a great user experience, is simple to use, and it is available on multiple channels."
"The user interface is great. I find it very easy to create cards."
"The usability of this solution is its most valuable feature. It offers a great flow of creating a business rule that allows you to just add identifiers and qualifiers."
"All the features are valuable but the data extraction is extremely helpful for automation."
"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."
"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."
"Smartsheet should continue to expand the spreadsheet-type functionality because it's limited currently. Most business users are familiar with Excel and Office, so Smartsheet should adopt a similar way of navigating the program."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Smartsheet needs to improve the user interface."
"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."
"I'd like to see them add more features to their automation."
"Asana has a modern look and feel, particularly its agile project management interface featuring movable cards between columns."
"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."
"Pricing can be improved."
"There aren't as many tracking tools."
"I would like to see improvement in onboarding back-office team members."
"The product is not easy to use."
"The documentation is not readily accessible. It is difficult to connect with technical support. Additionally, their knowledge base seems limited."
"The hardware configuration is limited."
"In the card area, you should not be able to modify so easily what is already written, as this can cause loss of information."
Smartsheet is ranked 5th in Project Management Software with 34 reviews while Trello is ranked 7th in Project Management Software with 39 reviews. Smartsheet is rated 8.2, while Trello is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Smartsheet writes "Has customization, data pulling, and cross-functional global communication features; it's a secure solution". 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". Smartsheet is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Spreadsheet.com, Adobe Workfront and Planisware, whereas Trello is most compared with Asana, Wrike, Jira, monday.com and Broadcom Clarity . See our Smartsheet vs. Trello report.
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