Senior Manager of Web Development at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
Good collaboration tool for our midsize company
What is most valuable?
Google Doc integration
How has it helped my organization?
We've been a lot more collaborative and communication has been better since starting to use Wrike
What needs improvement?
The pay model is in blocks of users - would be nice to add one user at a time
For how long have I used the solution?
Over 2 years
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
None
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
None
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
More users are an additional fee
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service: 8/10Technical Support: 8/10
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We switched from Tracky - Wrike is a much more mature solution.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Business Process Analyst at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
The Enterprise edition has valuable analytics, but it would be nice if the "basic" paid version had more options.
What is most valuable?
Simple/powerful hierarchy. The analytics in the Enterprise edition are great.
How has it helped my organization?
Great way for our employees to send in project requests/ideas and then for us to be able to prioritize and schedule them.
What needs improvement?
More options in the "basic" paid version would be nice.
For how long have I used the solution?
2 years
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
None so far.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Not at all. The mobile platform is remarkably stable as well.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No, our enterprise is able to use it and customize it to individual departments.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
A+
Technical Support:Haven't needed to contact them.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No similar product was used company wide. Having most departments using the same solution.
How was the initial setup?
Straightforward. Email invitation to join and that was about it as far as user set up. Tags/folders are set up per department and as needed.
What about the implementation team?
In-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Enterprise is the way to go.
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Advancement Programs Coordinator at a university with 501-1,000 employees
Great Project Management System
Valuable Features
- Labels/folders
- Customer service
Improvements to My Organization
- Better communication
- More streamlined
Room for Improvement
- Adding specific time to remind
Use of Solution
1.5 years
Customer Service and Technical Support
Customer Service:
Amazing
Technical Support:Great
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Developer at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
We have been using Wrike for over a year. We have tried other Project Management software, but this was the most stable.
Valuable Features:
Email tasks
Improvements to My Organization:
Keeping everything centralized
Room for Improvement:
Subtasks
Use of Solution:
1 year
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Constructor at a manufacturing company
In the dashboard, you have a perfect overview to all assigned, to do, and overdue tasks and in activity stream, you get news about the work that is done in your team.
What is most valuable?
I find it flexible as tasks can be easily categorized to allow you to handle your work in a variety of ways.
In the dashboard, you have a perfect overview to all assigned, to do, and overdue tasks and in activity stream, you get news about the work that is done in your team.
Wrike is improving continually and over time they have developed many features in order to achieve better efficiency.
How has it helped my organization?
The communication between other departments in our company is much better and helps to get things done more effectively.
Communication without emailing!
What needs improvement?
Unfortunately there are a few dislikes:
- Various exports like the whole folder structure with the users who are directly shared with or the users/collaborators full list is not working.
- No flexibility for group avatars or platform colours or fonts.
- Lack of administrative control.
For how long have I used the solution?
For two years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
From time to time, the pages are loaded incorrectly or it takes a long time.
But it retains all information!
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Very good.
Technical Support:They take user feedback to make their changes. Perfect!
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No.
How was the initial setup?
No problem! It is a browser-based solution and adjustment of accounts was very easy.
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Licensing Coordinator at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
With the enhanced features of Enterprise such as custom fields and user groups, we are able to accomplish so much more and gain a better footing across the board.
Valuable Features:
With the enhanced features of Enterprise such as custom fields and user groups, we are able to accomplish so much more and gain a better footing across the board.
Improvements to My Organization:
It has streamlined our processes
Cut email in half
Room for Improvement:
Possibly another user group, the collaborators cant do enough and they dont have a program it seems to have a ton of users.
Use of Solution:
6 months
Deployment Issues:
No, it was fairly seemless.
Customer Service:
Their customer services is great. Anytime I need something I can just pull up a live chat and they walk me through it.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
E-Learning Web Developer at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
Straightforward setup and easy to learn how to use.
Valuable Features:
The ability to assign and reassign tasks to multiple stakeholders, time tracking, project completion.
Improvements to My Organization:
Its great for tracking multiple projects over a large team.
Room for Improvement:
Mostly UI issues.
Use of Solution:
3 years
Stability Issues:
As our number of projects grow I find that Wrike crashes more often.
Scalability Issues:
As our number of projects grow I find that Wrike takes longer and longer to load.
Initial Setup:
Straightforward setup and easy to learn how to use.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Programmer at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
Some features I really enjoy are the ability to add tasks remotely by email and also keep up to date with their iPhone and Android apps.
Valuable Features
The email integration tool, the ability to assign and reassign different folks to different tasks and the ability to connect with Google Drive, Dropbox and Onedrive.
Improvements to My Organization
This keeps projects out of my email and into a workable timeline that can be shared and assigned to others.
Room for Improvement
The interface takes some getting used to.
Use of Solution
One year
Stability Issues
This software is quite stable.
Customer Service and Technical Support
Customer Service:
I had a question and was helped immediately and they also followed up to make sure things were working well.
Technical Support:The support is top of the line.
Initial Setup
The setup is strait forward and easy for any level of technical skills.
ROI
This saves time on folks over lapping on tasks and missing deadlines that cost.
Other Advice
Great software with excellent support.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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