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."I like the way you can build the schedule by the Don't Start Before or Don't Start After values. You can use it to build your schedule based on how you change your dates. This is how it actually builds the schedule."
"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."
"This is a scalable solution. It is easy to set up and to add clusters to your environment."
"It is well-established, reliable, and compatible."
"We are able to know what we are doing, how much we have spent, how much time we've taken, and it tells us how much money is left for the project. It also tells us whether we are below or above our expenditures, whether we are below or above our budget."
"The solution is scalable and easy to expand."
"The ability to look at the resource loading is most valuable."
"It's stable and reliable."
"The ability to build a quick dashboard and give management insight into the progress of the project itself is probably one of the most beneficial pieces."
"The tool creates shareable dashboards. These dashboards allow us to display project deliverables' status, their position in the queue, expected delivery timelines, and more. The best part is that these dashboards can be shared with our clients without a license."
"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 most valuable feature of Smartsheet is it can be highly customized."
"The solution has subtasks and a rollup."
"Enables coordination and sharing of information that is relatively inexpensive."
"It is my favorite project management tool. The reason for that is that it is very flexible. It is much easier to use than Microsoft Project in terms of creating custom fields. It is very similar to Excel. So, people understand it, which makes it a little bit easier to use for most users."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution's synchronization with Jira Projects should be improved."
"It has to be more user-friendly. For instance, there should be some assistance, like when you go to certain sites, people pop up and say, "Can we help you? What are you looking for?" It's not interactive enough."
"Project Server could be improved by simplifying how tasks are assigned and reviewed on a daily basis."
"It is not updated in real-time. Sometimes it, therefore, is not accurate."
"The cost could be lower."
"The solution's desktop version is not compatible with the MacBook."
"Microsoft Project Server's user interface is pretty average, and sometimes it can have bugs."
"We need to be able to compare milestones, calls, and other variables regarding the projects we are working on. I have to contract developers to make reports, which is where things get complicated. They need to develop personal and custom fields for us."
"Smartsheet needs to improve the user interface."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly, it needs improvement."
"There are some pain points for me. Other people use it a little differently, but I would like to be able to do a little more with it. I would like database functionality with it wherein if I bring in several Excel spreadsheets of data and load them into Smartsheets, I should be able to make a correlation between an index field and run a report against those two. I can do it, but it's a little clunky. So, I need a little more experience to feel comfortable doing that."
"The downside of Smartsheet is that there are some security concerns. We were able to restrict people from sharing sheets with anyone who was not in our domain, but it could be easier. We also found it hard to restrict certain user groups from adding attachments to sheets."
"Smartsheet could improve by having seamless integration with Azure Board."
"They should improve the solution's integration with API."
"The system can become more challenging to use in more complex scenarios, requiring additional add-ons that can be quite costly."
"Maybe the solution could be a little bit more flexible."
Microsoft Project Server is ranked 5th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews while Smartsheet is ranked 4th in Project Portfolio Management with 33 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8, 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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