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Broadcom Clarity vs Microsoft Project comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.0
Broadcom Clarity's customer service is praised, but technical support feedback varies; 24/7 availability is appreciated despite documentation issues.
No sentiment score available
Customers receive 24/7 support as long as they have a license.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
3.9
Broadcom Clarity needs a more intuitive interface, better integration, flexibility, customization, responsiveness, and enhanced mobile and predictive features.
No sentiment score available
We are having difficulty using the Broadcom mobile application, which is not compatible with our network and inflow settings.
Broadcom Clarity could improve by adding artificial intelligence and reporting capabilities.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Broadcom Clarity offers scalable, adaptable solutions for diverse user counts, efficiently supporting small to large enterprises with easy integration.
No sentiment score available
We have customers ranging from 50 users to 100 to 200,000 users.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
Broadcom Clarity offers competitive pricing with various licensing models, potential discounts, and flexibility depending on organizational needs.
No sentiment score available
The least price works out to about fifty dollars per month per user.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Broadcom Clarity is stable, with minor issues, reliable SaaS uptime, but customizations and upgrades occasionally cause brief disruptions.
No sentiment score available
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.7
Broadcom Clarity excels in resource, project, and portfolio management with strong integration, reporting, and customization for improved efficiency.
No sentiment score available
The most valuable features of Broadcom Clarity are the roadmap feature and the hierarchy feature, which allow rolling up all the projects into programs and portfolios.
The valuable feature is the portfolio management, which includes project management and status reporting, managing the projects and programs at a portfolio level.
 

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Clarity
Ranking in Project Management Software
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
142
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (3rd)
Microsoft Project
Ranking in Project Management Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Broadcom Clarity is 5.6%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Project is 9.0%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Lowell Wetzel - PeerSpot reviewer
A dynamic solution with a lot of great out-of-the-box calculations, but integration with reporting utilities is a bit painful
One of the things that have always been a bit painful is the integration with reporting utilities. The current integration is with Jaspersoft, and there are a number of difficulties with that. If you're using out-of-the-box fields and everything, it is a bit slow and clunky. It has a drag-and-drop interface for the users. On the backend side, there is a report designer. They haven't given or allowed me any training on it yet. So, it has been a bit limited in its features. On one of the earlier report utilities, they had one called Actuate, which had VBA as its base programming language, and you could do quite dynamic things behind the scenes, whereas the Jaspersoft interface seems rather locked. So, you're limited in your options. Being a programmer, you like to have room to be able to invent and create rather than just being limited to a few selection boxes.
Md.  Kamruzzaman - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable solution that very accurately runs projects
Project availability and speed could always be improved. Most of the time, we get the target from the system. If there is a chance to improve the interface, then it should be implemented. Otherwise, our end users are satisfied with using our own interface. Reports could be pushed more quickly.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
66%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Government
4%
Educational Organization
66%
Computer Software Company
4%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Government
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Broadcom Clarity PPM?
While Clarity is highly customizable, it could be better delivered as an agile solution out of the box. However, Broadcom has a separate agile tool called Rally.
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Clarity PPM?
Clarity is used for financials, resource management, project planning, and portfolio planning. I work with companies in the United States and abroad across various industries, utilizing Clarity as ...
Has anyone moved from Microsoft Project to Smartsheet? How has your experience been with Smartsheet?
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 mo...
What do you like most about Microsoft Project?
The product's initial setup phase is easy.
 

Also Known As

Clarity PPM, CA Clarity, CA PPM, CA Clarity PPM
Project Pro, MS Project
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Toyota Financial Services, GameStop, Polycom, Sky, Qantas, Cox Enterprises, Banco Mercantil, Borealis
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
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