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

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Pros
"It can auto-connect based on the dates, which makes it easy. It auto-assigns people, and when you're starting to type in, it auto-fills and populates for you, which is great. It provides little time savers when you're typing everything out.""Microsoft Project is easy to use and helps our teams visualize the evolution of our projects.""The reporting features are quite strong. Being able to do team reports and find out what work is pending, what work needs to be done are key in my day-to-day management of the team. The earned value analysis capabilities and critical path capabilities inside the tool help me make sure that I'm keeping the projects on track.""Microsoft Project's integrated timeline is tied to the project plan almost seamlessly, and you add whatever action item or milestone you choose. All you have to do is set up a column and click on the timeline. It will automatically put it in there and allow you to choose the type, whether it's a bar or if it's a milestone, just pointing out that single milestone""A lot of valuable features have been added in the last three years, including scheduling automation and intelligence.""The most valuable features of this solution are the scheduling, managing the resources, budgeting, tracking the progress, viewing the progress, reporting, and it is very easy to use.""The solution is stable.""It is very stable. I haven't had any kind of issues with it. It is also very scalable."

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

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Cons
"Collaboration is an area that needs improvements.""There needs to be better integration with other Microsoft products such as SharePoint, and the like.""Its user experience can be improved while configuring it. Its reporting can also be better. Reporting is not very easy. Reports do not always work. I was trying to download some reports, and they didn't work. I don't know if it was related to the configuration that I was using. I didn't go too deep to check if something was missing.""There have been some drawbacks with customization. Some users want it to be an automation tool.""The setup and scalability can be somewhat difficult for new users until they gain knowledge.""It is positioned at the more high end. Sometimes it's more complicated than we need.""This solution needs more templates focused on types of projects to ease setup.""In a future update, the system should be more inclusive and open to everyone, not just limited to one organization. For example, there may be instances where we want to bring in a guest from outside our organization and integrate them into our project. It would be beneficial if the system was more accessible and easy to integrate with other projects. Additionally, it would be great if there was a way to receive notifications, regardless of whether they come from a Gmail domain or another domain, to keep us informed of any incoming tasks."

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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 am not involved with this."
  • "I do not have personal experience with pricing or licensing of this product."
  • "You do not have to invest much in terms of configuring this solution to suit your needs."
  • "It gets expensive when having to add all of the plugins and everything that you need."
  • "It probably was $30 per license on a monthly basis. There is no additional fee."
  • "I do not remember the exact cost we paid but usually, they charge per user per month."
  • "Its price could be reduced a little."
  • "It was a three-year license deal that was reconciled on a quarterly basis. It is a reasonably priced product, and I consider that we got good value for money."
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    Top Answer:Hi @Eire Zimmermann,  I helped an organization evaluate both MS-Project and Smartsheet when they were conducting their PM tool RFP. The short of it is this, MS Project is not caught up with the… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Microsoft Project is status reporting.
    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.
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    Project Pro, MS Project
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    Overview

    Microsoft Project helps you get started quickly and execute projects with ease. Built-in templates and familiar scheduling tools help project managers and teams stay productive.

    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
    Aston Martin, ABANCA, Airbus Group, Capita, Cardiff University, City of Saskatoon, Intel, Pegasus Airlines, South Australia Power Network (SAPN), Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing
    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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    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government13%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
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    Educational Organization58%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Government4%
    Manufacturing Company4%
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    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise62%
    Large Enterprise28%
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    Buyer's Guide
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    March 2024
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    Microsoft Project is ranked 2nd in Project Management Software with 74 reviews while RationalPlan is ranked 20th in Project Management Software with 1 review. Microsoft Project is rated 8.0, while RationalPlan is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project writes "A stable solution that very accurately runs projects". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RationalPlan writes "Easy to understand with fair pricing and lots of unique features". Microsoft Project is most compared with Asana, Jira, Microsoft Project Server, Smartsheet and monday.com, whereas RationalPlan is most compared with .

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