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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and RationalPlan based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate.""In the competitive landscape of project management and portfolio management solutions, Microsoft Project Server stands out significantly.""The solution scales well.""The solution's ease of use is its most valuable aspect.""Technical support is very responsive - particularly on critical tickets.""It is well-established, reliable, and compatible.""The usability is excellent.""The solution is scalable and easy to expand."

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"Support is top-notch whenever help is needed."

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Cons
"I'd like it if we could divide out the project calendars. On one project server, we might follow five projects or more at one time, and we'd like to see all of the items at once so that it becomes a long loop, but one where we can identify different projects in tandem and then focus on which we need to at the time. While I only have visibility into one, I'd like to see several at a time.""This solution could improve by adding integration with Primavera schedules to allow the reading and management of them.""Permission management needs improvement.""Collaboration within the tool is lacking when you compare it to online or cloud-based tools.""The initial setup was complex.""It needs to be more collaborative from inside the application. It only does project scheduling for me. It would be good if it could do other things and be more collaborative, such as sharing tasks for users. It is not really incorporated into MS Office, so you can't copy-paste stuff. It is on its own, doing its own thing. It is only used for scheduling, and it doesn't work well with anything else.""The price of the product must be improved.""We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of."

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"We use the desktop version of RationalPlan, and It seems some desktop software has the ability to share a document as a web view. This would be a nice feature allowing us to share our plans with clients without needing additional software. This may be something that is offered in the RationalPlan cloud plan."

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  • "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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    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 UI. Microsoft should attempt to match the capabilities offered by the other… more »
    Top Answer:Support is top-notch whenever help is needed.
    Top Answer:The solution offers extremely fair pricing for features similar to or better than many others.
    Top Answer:We use the desktop version of RationalPlan, and It seems some desktop software has the ability to share a document as a web view. This would be a nice feature allowing us to share our plans with… more »
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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.

    RationalPlan is a project management software designed to help project managers and teams to manage projects by creating consistent project plans, allocating resources and analyzing workload, tracking work progress, estimating project costs and managing budgets.

    It offers several deployment solutions to cover different needs. There are several On Premise products that get installed on the customers hardware architecture but RationalPlan can also be used as a Cloud service.

    Enterprise companies means a big number of users with more or less knowledge about managing work, tasks, projects or resources. RationalPlan is well designed: easy to use and practical for the entry personnel but powerful for team leaders, managers and executives.

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    Sample Customers
    Magnachip, Gwinnett County Schools, CLEAResult, Medbit Oy, Intelbras S.A., ETS, CORE Construction, Keller Foundations
    James Cook University, NASA, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Teleflex, Garmin, University of Missouri, BEA, Eurocoating, Adidas Group, Termoemcali, Solid Power
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm7%
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Buyer's Guide
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    March 2024
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    Microsoft Project Server is ranked 6th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews while RationalPlan is ranked 20th in Project Management Software with 1 review. Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8, while RationalPlan is rated 10.0. 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 RationalPlan writes "Easy to understand with fair pricing and lots of unique features". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas RationalPlan is most compared with .

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