We performed a comparison between Broadcom Clarity and Microsoft Project Server 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."It has highlighted areas in our company that were deficient in resources. It has allowed us to hire, then realize more benefits regarding the number of projects we can get done."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the XFlow, that interface is pretty cool."
"The most valuable features are the project, resource, and portfolio management processes are combined in one solution. The data is possible to use either in the one or the other process, and we do not need to enter the data multiple times."
"Easy to use, visually. The new UX is intuitive."
"It is easier to use than most other products that are out there."
"The new UX is great because it has helped remove some of those barriers, so that people who are not classically trained project managers can easily get up to speed in using the tool without having to learn a whole other tool set. It's very intuitive, and very collaborative, and very easy to adapt to their existing work styles."
"You can identify resources by roles."
"It is allowing us to keep track of what our projects are doing, and the idea module, what projects are coming into the pipeline."
"The solution has easy integration with Excel."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate."
"It's stable and reliable."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"Technical support is good."
"The key things are managing interactions, resource allocation, resource-leveling (enterprise) and as a collaborative tool, because we use it across multiple projects at a time."
"It's fine to navigate for a layperson."
"I want to see integration for SMS functionality."
"Needs Gantt to MS Project link."
"Financials are okay, but there's a lot of room for improvement in financials.Financial plans, if those could be made so that you're not always grouping your financial data by predefined attributes, that would be helpful for us."
"CA Communities need a lot of improvement."
"A little bit better financial management. Right now it is more accountant-related, the financial management - of course, it's finance, it has to be financial. But it should be a little bit easier for project managers."
"I would really like a modern UI. I do not want to get on a user interface and feel like I am in the 1990's."
"It would be good for them to work on the user interface to make it more interactive."
"We're looking at adding the Agile piece to it. I want to make sure that that integration is very smooth."
"The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious."
"EPM 2010 UI seems a bit dated now that 2016 is available."
"The solution could improve the ease of access could improve. It can be time-consuming."
"It may be considered expensive."
"We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of."
"We sometimes need support from the IT department for installing and deploying the Microsoft Project Server. It is not user-friendly, and users cannot install it themselves."
"In terms of tech support, it took a long time for them to resolve a ticket."
"There are certain shortcomings in the documentation part where improvements are required."
Broadcom Clarity is ranked 2nd in Project Portfolio Management with 137 reviews while Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 56 reviews. Broadcom Clarity is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Project Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Broadcom Clarity writes "A dynamic solution with a lot of great out-of-the-box calculations, but integration with reporting utilities is a bit painful". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". Broadcom Clarity is most compared with Microsoft Project, Jira, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planview Portfolios and Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management, whereas Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and Jira. See our Broadcom Clarity vs. Microsoft Project Server report.
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