Planisware vs Planview Portfolios comparison

Planisware and Planview are both solutions in the Project Portfolio Management category. Planisware is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while Planview is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.0. Planisware holds a 9.5% mindshare in PPM, compared to Planview’s 7.1% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Planisware users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Planview users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Planisware and Planview Portfolios are competing products within the project portfolio management category. Planview Portfolios has a slight advantage in feature variety, appealing to those seeking comprehensive solutions, while Planisware shows favorable pricing, attracting cost-conscious buyers.

Features:Planisware offers robust scenario planning, cost tracking, and in-depth analytics, making it ideal for financial project tracking. In comparison, Planview Portfolios focuses on strategic alignment and resource management with versatile dashboards and reporting tools, emphasizing big-picture strategic management while Planisware emphasizes detailed financial control.

Room for Improvement:Planisware could improve its user interface and lower the learning curve for new users, expand offline documentation, and streamline charting capabilities like the Planisware Explorer (PEX). Planview Portfolios could benefit from a simpler deployment process, more intuitive user navigation, and reduced complexity in integration configuration.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:Planisware offers a streamlined deployment model with straightforward integration options and prompt support responses for efficient setup. Planview provides extensive customization and integration flexibility, with comprehensive customer service and thorough onboarding processes, though it involves a more complex deployment due to these extensive features.

Pricing and ROI:Planisware’s lower setup costs and pricing strategies are attractive for organizations seeking cost savings. Planview’s higher initial investment offers strong ROI through an advanced feature set and long-term strategic benefits, suiting organizations willing to invest in extensive project management solutions for broader strategic planning advantages.

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Categories and Ranking

Planisware

Ranking in Project Portfolio Management

1st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Planview Portfolios

Ranking in Project Portfolio Management

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Project Portfolio Management category, the mindshare of Planisware is 9.5%, up from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Planview Portfolios is 7.1%, up from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Project Portfolio Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Planisware	9.5%
Planview Portfolios	7.1%
Other	83.4%

Project Portfolio Management

Featured Reviews

Avinash Padmanabhan

Solution Architect | Planisware Consultant at Schlumberger

Efficient project management and resource allocation, but agile capabilities need improvement

One drawback with Planisware is that it doesn't have good features for test management or agile; it lacks many concepts in agile such as retrospective, velocity planning, and backlog view. Some features are still missing because they have introduced these agile modules only in version seven and are still improving that product, so I see a good roadmap on those modules from Planisware's end. I find Planisware's collaboration tools to be good but not great as they still have certain restrictions. It can interact with Jira, it can interact with ADO, and you can have APIs created to interact with your internal HR systems or other systems for data flow. However, the error messages or fail scenarios don't provide good visibility of what is happening, why errors occur, or why something is not working. Regarding scenario planning, I haven't explored much on that side. We have the strategic module, strategic planning module, but we haven't explored much on the other side, so I don't have much experience or exposure to scenario planning.

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EduardoMaya

Project Office Manager at Hoteles City Express

A solution that gives you all the information you need to plan detailed projects

The initial setup was just a little complex. I rate the initial setup a seven out of ten. Deploying the solution took two weeks. While deploying the solution, we had two instances, one for the IT team and one for the business team. And we had to connect the two and explain things to the team. Only two people were needed to deploy the solution, me and another person.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The area that could benefit from improvement in this Planisware is the project management tool. I have previously used Project Server, which is a Microsoft solution, and I found it to be more user-friendly as it included a client solution. In contrast, with this solution, the only option available is the online version, making it difficult to create activities, milestones, and other necessary components. This is in comparison to Planisware, which offers a more comprehensive solution."

"It has an inbuilt BI tool, which can be compared to Power BI or Tableau."

"The solution is performance-oriented and easily customized accordingly to many areas, such as performance KPI."

"We have a variety of different modules, but it is mainly used for costs, risks, and resources."

"The positive impact I have seen from working with Planisware is due to its efficacy and speed; it has very few updates and is easy to use."

"Planisware has introduced Agile concepts, making it capable of Agile management similar to Jira and other Agile tools."

"Planisware offers integration with multiple tools and provides a good level of customization."

"There are two things in particular that I enjoy. The first is the portfolio planning section. Another advantage is that it is highly customizable."

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"The most valuable feature of this solution is reporting."

"We can view a project both at the top level and dig into the particularities. It's given us greater visibility into the work itself."

"With the lifecycles, it helps us step through our processes easier. We'll take a process and create it in Visio, then we'll go and implemented in Planview. Anytime that we have to do a new process, this is what we use. We just step it through the lifecycles and the configure screens are very easy to use. The fields that you need are easy to use."

"I like that everyone is able to see the same data. All of our users who aren't just time reporters have read access to all the data that is out there. So, it is one source of truth where everybody can go in and see the exact same data that everybody else sees. It is transparent."

"The financial planning capabilities are very useful. We have integration for an SAP system, and so we load financial data from SAP into Planview for prior months. And then we use the forecasting capabilities to get a complete picture of the cost of a specific project. The financial management is very useful."

"The most valuable features are the control and visibility that you have for portfolio management in terms of projects and capacity planning for resources along with strategies and outcomes, etc. It's so easy to access information for sharing analytics and reporting."

"When it comes to managing project plans, Enterprise One is awesome at enabling us to see what stage work is at. I've always thought it was awesome because it's good whether we're doing a traditional WBS or we're linking in epics into projects that are supporting the programs and the strategies, I've always thought it was an excellent tool."

"Enterprise One provides end-to-end work management for the full spectrum of types of work in one tool. It affects our project management because our project management uses Planview to monitor their daily work. Every night it loads our SAP system and then they monitor the daily work. They use Planview as a full planning and monitoring tool."

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Cons

"The reports should be improved because all companies now need reporting, and with tools such as Grafana or Tableau, Planisware needs to add interfaces for data lakes since all companies require this."

"I have experienced some issues, and that’s okay. It tends to be stable when the server's processing power and memory are adequate."

"The UI and UX of Planisware are not that advanced."

"Its stability should be improved. Its stability is the main issue, but we sometimes also have issues with calculations."

"More integration is needed with other kinds of products for better collaboration."

"The solution's user experience and user interface need improvement because they are not that great and intuitive."

"The learning curve is steep and there could be more avenues for opening up learning materials to a broader audience, enabling individuals to gain practical experience with the tool."

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"I would like to be able to integrate with Oracle to supplement what we're currently doing with reporting."

"The out-of-the-box reports, as far as I can tell, are weak. We've had to build a lot of reports using Power BI, which we connected to it."

"The solution needs to be better at accepting new ideas for upcoming releases."

"The technical people are very competent, but there is so much turnover in the people that we talk to, and that's frustrating. They will say, "We can make this work." Suddenly, that guy has left, and we have no one. Then, we have to start all over."

"The technical support is a little overworked. At least, they have been in the past year. We need them to focus on somethings from time to time. You can tell that they're really focusing on many things. It has gotten better, but I think they could still use some relief."

"It is not an end-user-friendly product, and that's really the biggest thing. The hardest or the biggest hurdle I've ever had to face was adoption. I did the installation of the HP product in 2011. The company used it from 2011 to 2015, and the adoption was very high. When I was given the Planview product, adoption was very low. It wasn't as extensively used. We actually had people who wanted to go back to HP PPM because the interface of Planview was so broken, and it still is to some degree. So, it is not user-friendly. It doesn't flow the way a project manager thinks. What we did with HP PPM was a lot more manual programming. It wasn't as nice in terms of the interface, and it wasn't as pretty, but you could design it and build it so that everything flows with the way you worked, but Planview doesn't quite do that. There are a lot of screens. You have to jump back and forth. There are so many different places you have to go to just to do some basic tasks. That's the biggest thing that has really hindered adoption."

"I would suggest for the request module that they open up the fields and columns so it's like we are doing our work in the work module. You can't do that with today. We also have to make sure that the fields can go both ways with the request and work modules. Including fields in the column sets would be helpful, because today they only use attributes."

"When you think of planning at a PI level, roadmap planning, or release planning, I think they should make a little more headway into how agile delivery works, tying it back into the financials and the planning to Planview. I think it would be good."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It comes with a high cost."

"The solution could be less expensive and the cost of scaling is expensive too."

"There are training and certification costs."

"The solution is expensive and support is an extra cost. There are three license types to choose from, and we only pay for support and cloud services depending on our needs."

"Our licensing costs are about a quarter of a million dollars per year."

"Our licensing fees are approximately $50,000 USD annually."

"We have several hundred licenses. It costs us several hundred thousand dollars a year."

"We overbought our licenses. We looked at our needs three to four years down the road and tried based our contract on that. However, we were over aggressive. We use about a third of the licenses that we have. We're looking to adjust the makeup so we can start utilizing the amount of money that we are spending. Right now, we're overspending, and my organization is not seeing the value in Planview because we are paying so much for licenses that we're not using."

"When we went through that process, I believe it is competitive with others on the market. However, there are less expensive options available. It's a more premium offering at a higher price."

"I don't know about the actual pricing. I have not come across any costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"I think all in we are at $33,000 a year and that includes Projectplace and Planview. We used to have the integration to JIRA, but we don't pay for that anymore."

"In the time that I've used it, we've doubled up the amount of dollars on our intended projects."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

19%

Energy/Utilities Company

14%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	58

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Planisware?

Planisware is very costly. I can comment that it's expensive, and even the consultants from Planisware charge a very high rate for their time. Generally speaking, they are expensive.

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What needs improvement with Planisware?

The tool can be improved with integrations to Agile tools. We used Azure DevOps, which I dislike. Better integrations to JIRAs and perhaps open APIs for task management would be super beneficial. A...

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What is your primary use case for Planisware?

My use cases involve building out a template library based on our methodology and continuing to iterate on that. We used a template, and basically, to start this out, we built out the template libr...

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What do you like most about Planview Portfolios?

Planview Management integrates seamlessly with other tools and systems used within the organization, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, customer relationship management (CRM) syst...

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What needs improvement with Planview Portfolios?

Enhancements are needed in: Advanced reporting and analytics: While Planview Management provides robust reporting and analytics capabilities, further enhancements could include more advanced data v...

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What is your primary use case for Planview Portfolios?

We use Planview Management to assess the current project portfolio, evaluate resource availability, and prioritize projects based on strategic objectives, ROI, and risk factors. Planview Management...

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Also Known As

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Overview

Resource and cost scheduling, time tracking, risk and document management in a collaborative environment. Software solution that supports the end-to-end governance of company portfolios, from finance and resource planning, to the life cycle management of products.

Planisware

Planview Portfolios offers a comprehensive platform for managing IT, project and resource management, along with strategic planning. The tool focuses on optimizing resource allocation and financial analysis, supporting global operations.

Organizations use Planview Portfolios to streamline project tracking from inception to completion, enhancing strategic alignment with corporate objectives. The tool integrates with platforms like JIRA to provide seamless workflows and supports critical business processes, including budgeting and capacity planning. Teams benefit from customized configurations and robust reporting, further supporting effective decision-making. Despite its strengths, improvements are sought in navigation, documentation, and integration capabilities.

What are the key features?

Customizable interface: Allows personalization to meet specific needs.
Comprehensive resource and financial management: Enables detailed tracking and analysis.
Robust reporting: Provides extensive data insights.
Integration with Power BI: Enhances data access for stakeholders.
Resource and capacity planning: Optimizes workforce allocation.

What benefits should users expect?

Improved strategic alignment: Supports better decision-making.
Increased operational efficiency: Streamlines project management.
Enhanced resource optimization: Ensures optimal use of workforce.
Better financial insights: Allows precise budget tracking.

In industries like IT and project management, Planview Portfolios supports complex portfolio handling, ensuring visibility across global operations. Companies in these sectors leverage its strategic planning tools for strategic alignment and resource management, integrating with existing systems for improved process efficiency.

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Sample Customers

Apotex, Alstom Transport, HP, Stryker, Rexam, Jotun, Gelita, Kraton Performance Polymers, Abbvie, Rio Tinto Alcan, Maruho, Teva, SK Chemicals

UPS, NatWest, Ingram Micro, Canadian Tire, Viessmann, Volvo, NASCO, UNESCO

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