We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and Smartsheet based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Portfolio Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution's ease of use is its most valuable aspect."
"The stability of the 2019 version is quite good."
"The most valuable feature of the Microsoft Project Server is the level of detail with which I can break down a task and check the dependencies."
"It is well-established, reliable, and compatible."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate."
"Microsoft Project Server is simple to use."
"Microsoft Project Server is easy to use compared to other similar solutions, such as Primavera. It functions similar to Excel or others Microsoft solutions which makes it simple for most people to be able to use right away."
"It's stable and reliable."
"The dashboard feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"For doing project plans what was really valuable is the ability to do a predecessor."
"As I am in the corporate legal department, I have to deal with a number of contracts and sometimes it's hard to keep up with email transactions. Having the tracker sheet and being able to build dashboards and workflow has been quite valuable."
"The product is easy to use."
"This solution provides easy collaboration and allows non-building users to use the system without requiring a license."
"The management aspect is the most valuable. You can also prioritize tasks and then view tasks by priorities as passports."
"Smartsheet does a really good job of creating Gantt charts. Export to Excel feature was also very useful."
"What I found most valuable in Smartsheet is its project customization feature. It's a great solution because you can add in your own WBS. You can see it in Jira style, Kanban, and you can even do Agile and Waterfall. Another feature that's valuable in the solution is when you have those connections, you have that API, you have a sandbox, and you can make a solution, it's a tremendous product because you can pull data."
"This solution could improve by adding integration with Primavera schedules to allow the reading and management of them."
"There are certain shortcomings in the documentation part where improvements are required."
"It should be more agile and more flexible when it comes to customization."
"The cost could be lower."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The user interface looks quite old and needs to be improved."
"It appears that Microsoft's primary goal is to migrate as much functionality as possible from the legacy on-premises Microsoft Project Server to the new cloud-based Power Apps solution."
"Microsoft is going to integrate the Co-Pilot features into Microsoft Project. The AI feature is an additional feature. It can look at the plan and identify risks early on from any part of your project."
"They provide a limited number of sheets which is not enough."
"Smartsheet needs to improve the user interface."
"Smartsheet's export and print functions could be more seamless. Once I create the plan in Smartsheet, I need to import it into my corporate web presentations. This isn't always smooth. I have to save it in PDF format, then cut an image from the PDF version."
"The system can become more challenging to use in more complex scenarios, requiring additional add-ons that can be quite costly."
"The solution should include integrations with other platforms or software."
"An area for improvement in Smartsheet is that if you're in the government or you're a regulated customer, you're not allowed to use APIs due to internal restrictions, so there are specific things that you cannot connect to it. Another area for improvement in the solution is that because there's a capacity of how many records you can have, and there's a capacity of how many functions you can apply, Smartsheet has set up their system where they can force people into purchasing a $20,000 additional module that is called Control Center, that will create documents for them on the fly, so they don't use so many functions and automation. Smartsheet also needs to improve on training, because the training that is out there is very little. The solution requires a steeper learning curve. You have to do your own training and you have to work on your own solution."
"I think that the mobile interface needs to be improved. If you cannot access it through your laptop, I'd prefer to have that option on the mobile, but I don't think that it's user-friendly and easy to navigate."
"I'd like to see them add more features to their automation."
Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 56 reviews while Smartsheet is ranked 4th in Project Portfolio Management with 34 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 8.0, while Smartsheet is rated 8.2. 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 Smartsheet writes "Has customization, data pulling, and cross-functional global communication features; it's a secure solution". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas Smartsheet is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Spreadsheet.com, Adobe Workfront and Planisware. See our Microsoft Project Server vs. Smartsheet report.
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