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Broadcom Clarity vs Microsoft Project comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.4
Broadcom Clarity enhances project budget tracking, driving value and cost efficiency, with returns often seen within six months.
Sentiment score
7.6
Microsoft Project boosts ROI by optimizing resources, streamlining tasks, enhancing transparency, and reducing time and costs effectively.
Microsoft Project does help save time and money due to its completeness as a project management solution.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Broadcom Clarity's customer service is praised, but technical support feedback varies; 24/7 availability is appreciated despite documentation issues.
Sentiment score
6.6
Microsoft Project support varies; users often prefer community resources and documentation over official channels, citing responsiveness challenges.
Customers receive 24/7 support as long as they have a license.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Broadcom Clarity offers scalable, adaptable solutions for diverse user counts, efficiently supporting small to large enterprises with easy integration.
Sentiment score
7.0
Microsoft Project is adaptable and scalable, supporting large organizations despite potential challenges with integration and licensing.
We have customers ranging from 50 users to 100 to 200,000 users.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Broadcom Clarity is stable, with minor issues, reliable SaaS uptime, but customizations and upgrades occasionally cause brief disruptions.
Sentiment score
7.9
Microsoft Project is stable for small to medium projects but may encounter issues with complex dependencies and large plans.
 

Room For Improvement

Broadcom Clarity needs a more intuitive interface, better integration, flexibility, customization, responsiveness, and enhanced mobile and predictive features.
Microsoft Project requires usability, integration, and customization improvements, focusing on templates, collaboration, reporting, interface, stability, and automation.
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.
Microsoft Project tends to become very unstable on large project plans with more than 400 lines.
 

Setup Cost

Broadcom Clarity offers competitive pricing with various licensing models, potential discounts, and flexibility depending on organizational needs.
Microsoft Project offers flexible pricing, seen as affordable by some and expensive by others, with options for cost management.
The least price works out to about fifty dollars per month per user.
 

Valuable Features

Broadcom Clarity excels in resource, project, and portfolio management with strong integration, reporting, and customization for improved efficiency.
Microsoft Project offers scheduling, cost management, and integration features, making it versatile and efficient for diverse project management needs.
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.
This tool is the most accurate project management tool, allowing me to run a full set of project activities without having to switch between different tools for scheduling and other tasks.
 

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Clarity
Ranking in Project Management Software
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
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
7.0
Number of Reviews
80
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Broadcom Clarity is 5.8%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Project is 8.9%, down from 11.9% 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
67%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Government
4%
Educational Organization
67%
Computer Software Company
4%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Government
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Broadcom Clarity PPM?
Broadcom Clarity could improve by adding artificial intelligence and reporting capabilities, which they are already working on.
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Clarity PPM?
I use Broadcom Clarity for end-to-end project and program portfolio management.
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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