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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server, OpenText Project and portfolio Management, and Wrike based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Technical support is good.""Microsoft Project Server is simple to use.""The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the tool's reporting is very good.""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.""I found the portfolio management valuable.""I like the way you can build the schedule by the Don't Start Before or Don't Start After values. You can use it to build your schedule based on how you change your dates. This is how it actually builds the schedule.""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."

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"I like the ease of customization from an admin perspective. I'm really excited about some of the things that are coming in version 10.0.3 as far as what admins are able to do.""There are so many different pieces of functionality, and we use almost every single piece from deployment to demand, project, resource, and time management.""Overall, they have a very strong workflow management capability. That's a very strong feature because then you can model any process easily. Whether it is a demand management process, a pipeline management process, or your project delivery methodology, it is much easier because of their workflow management capability.""Resource management: The resource management module is very complete and covers most of the time all needs of customers.""The portfolio management and the resource management are the key features.""Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) has a very strong workflow engine.""Has a powerful workflow engine that allows creation of workflow complexities and processes.""Scenario comparison is the feature most valuable to us and the reason why we decided to choose HPE PPM over other portfolio management products."

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"The product is intuitive. It is easy to learn and update. You can follow the project from the beginning till the end with the help of the solution. The tool helps to update the project in seconds.""The solution is stable and reliable.""The most valuable feature of Wrike is the tag functionality.""We can easily write down the tasks and reorganize them as well as have a progression index. Wrike offers several views including a kanban view and Gantt chart view.""Visibility and organization are the most valuable features of Wrike.""It's a very easy-to-use and flexible tool. We can easily write and create queues for different themes. It's very user-friendly.""In our company, we heavily rely on Wrike. Wrike has helped in communication, managing all sorts of projects and tasks, and having a history of all our correspondence items.""This is a good tool for project progress tracking and sharing tasks with internal and external parties."

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Cons
"This solution could improve by adding integration with Primavera schedules to allow the reading and management of them.""Stability of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious.""Collaboration within the tool is lacking when you compare it to online or cloud-based tools.""In terms of tech support, it took a long time for them to resolve a ticket.""The solution could have more compact dashboards, such as one finds with Planview.""Project Server could be improved by simplifying how tasks are assigned and reviewed on a daily basis.""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."

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"User interface continues to be poor. The product does not have a similar view in the different modules, e.g., staffing vs financial management, it looks like you are working with a different product and it is not easy to use or intuitive.""There are some limitations when it comes to attaching receipts. For example, if we are going to buy some non-labor-related assets such as hardware, we are not able to attach the receipts in the Financial Management module in version 9.41.""Currently, HPE PPM does not allow “Project” approval, but only simple “Demand Request” approval (mobility).""We had a couple of issues with stability or performance degradation about a year ago, around the time of the initial rollout. Since then, we've only had two unexpected outages that were quickly resolved.""The solution can sometimes be a little inflexible and a bit caustic.""I would also like to see improvement in PPM's reporting and alerts. PPM has reporting capabilities, including HTML reports and portlets. But a majority of clients will build their own reporting platforms, or they will use external reporting platforms like Tableau and QlikView.""Sometimes features in PPM don't work as expected, or our users request a new feature. Typically, our partner vendor can deploy those changes. But there have been a few instances when we had to raise it with Micro Focus because it's beyond the ability of our partner vendor. When we raise the issue with Micro Focus, it sometimes takes time because it needs support from other customers using PPM, not just our bank. It goes through a voting system. Other customers need to vote for the feature. The features that get the most votes will possibly be added.""We constantly put in requests for some of the things we need. One of those is being able to export just our standard request type to PDF."

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"On one side, it's very easy to create a task with text, but on the other side, it's not very well-formatted. Therefore, it's difficult to track specific data written in a task. We are making templates, but it's not enough to use a template to know the exact status of different tasks. One thing that we are looking for in Wrike is a better workflow. Because we can only move the status of tasks, we can't really manage workflow and send a task to a specific person. This is what is really missing in Wrike as compared to other tools. We are looking to replace Wrike because we need support for workflow. Another issue with Wrike is that they bring a lot of versions of the tool, which it's not so easy. They bring new versions very frequently, and these versions look similar. For example, we are using robots to read the tasks in the tools, which is problematic with Wrike because it is changing very frequently.""We feel that the actual project reports and roll-ups could be a lot different. We are seeking something more for the dashboard. We would like a high-level dashboard that can be broken down into individual product roll-ups and tasks that are assigned. If you assign someone to a task, it assigns them all of the tasks under that. We want to be able to break those down so that a person doesn't have an 800 task list, for example. We want more separation with that and a higher-level dashboard experience.""This solution could be improved if we were able to better analyze how the application consumes cloud resources as this can cause a delay in performance.""It would be great if they could develop more reporting.""We faced an issue with the Wrike outlook add-on; it is only available for Microsoft Office 365, and not the on-premise version.""Wrike needs to be more responsive to community requests for new features.""The product needs to send direct emails to customers updating the latest aspects since it is better to hear directly.""What annoys me with Wrike and things that I would like to improve is that you need to have a very organized workflow that everyone in the company follows, and only then will Wrike work."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I think they need more flexibility with licensing, because there are preconceived ideas that don't allow as much flexibility with the various licenses."
  • "The licensing was procured before my involvement."
  • "It has features that cannot be bought by other rivals, so cost does not matter."
  • "It is on the expensive side."
  • "There is a licensing cost."
  • "There is an annual license required for this solution."
  • "I cannot comment on the price as I was not responsible for purchasing the solution."
  • "I'm not quite sure about the licensing costs. We're probably paying somewhere in the neighborhood of about 80,000 to 90,000 a year for our current on-prem because we handle our own licensing. As far as Project Online is concerned, we're still trying to get a good handle on that. It looks like it is going to be in a neighborhood of about 120,000 to 150,000 a year, but we're getting a lot more capability out of it."
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  • "Support and license management are two hurdles for us. Every time we purchase new licenses, it has taken us half a year to implement those."
  • "It is SaaS without a base fee."
  • "HPE PPM SaaS model is comprehensive, however, the base fee component has customer resistance to its recurring setup,"
  • "Now, we also received an increase in the support license prices, without any advanced notice. At this point, switching to unify all our licensing under HPE and customer support has been poor."
  • "We have an annual license, and it is fairly priced in comparison to that of other solutions."
  • "A large organization will find Micro Focus PPM affordable, but it may be a bit costly for a small or medium-sized company. The license is based on the number of users."
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  • "Wrike is not so expensive, but I don't know exactly how it compares with other tools. Wrike might not be so cheap when we are using it for a lot of users."
  • "From a pricing perspective, I would rate Wrike a four out of five."
  • "Wrike is expensive."
  • "Wrike is very expensive, and its price is almost $1,400."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the tool's reporting is very good.
    Top Answer:The product's UI is not very user-friendly. From an improvement perspective, I want the tool to offer a user-friendly… more »
    Top Answer:Hi, @Cheryl Joseph Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management solution could be a good candidate, see my review on… more »
    Top Answer:Micro Focus PPM is flexible and easy to use. It's simple to customize and configure workflows.
    Top Answer:A large organization will find Micro Focus PPM affordable, but it may be a bit costly for a small or medium-sized… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Wrike is the tag functionality.
    Top Answer:The response from the website is a little bit slow, and the tool is too expensive for a small team. We are a startup… more »
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    Also Known As
    MS Project Server
    Micro Focus Project and Portfolio Management (PPM), HPE Project and Portfolio Management, HPE PPM
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    Overview
    Microsoft Project Server 2013 is a flexible on-premises solution for project portfolio management (PPM) and everyday work. Team members, project participants, and business decision makers can get started, prioritize project portfolio investments and deliver the intended business value from virtually anywhere. Requires SharePoint 2013, sold separately.
    OpenText Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) combines workflows and data to align investments with strategy. Top-down and bottom-up analytics power this strategic portfolio and project management tool.

    Wrike is an online collaboration and project management software bringing together centralized task management and social collaboration features into one real-time workspace. It connects tasks, discussions, and emails to your actual project plan. You get an up-to-date picture of the project and can keep your team aligned with your strategy without boring status meetings. Challenges Wrike helps solve:

    • Data silos: Tasks, discussions and documents scattered across email, Skype, personal computers and spreadsheets
    • Poor visibility into work status
    • Missed deadlines and project failures

    Main benefits:

    • Accelerating project delivery by using a platform your team will actually use and love
    • Keeping all team members on the same page even across borders without lengthy status meetings, long email threads and spreadsheet updates
    • Big picture of project progress with real-time updates and cross-project reports and newsfeed
    • Real-time team collaboration with discussions, files attached to tasks, and a built-in document editor


    Why Wrike?

    • Wrike is a system your team will use. It helps them do their work, not just track it.
    • Wrike can be easily customized to your needs as each team can set up their own workflow.
    • Wrike scales as you grow, providing visibility and ease of use for teams of any size.
    Sample Customers
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    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
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    Computer Software Company14%
    Government12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm7%
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    Financial Services Firm46%
    Insurance Company15%
    Maritime Company8%
    Marketing Services Firm8%
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government11%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Religious Institution15%
    Marketing Services Firm13%
    Construction Company8%
    Transportation Company8%
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    Educational Organization80%
    Computer Software Company3%
    Manufacturing Company2%
    Financial Services Firm2%
    Company Size
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise48%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    Small Business70%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise17%
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    Small Business6%
    Midsize Enterprise83%
    Large Enterprise11%
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