Planview PPM Pro vs SAP Portfolio and Project Management comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Planview PPM Pro
Ranking in Project Portfolio Management
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (15th)
SAP Portfolio and Project M...
Ranking in Project Portfolio Management
9th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Project Portfolio Management category, the market share of Planview PPM Pro is 7.7% and it decreased by 20.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of SAP Portfolio and Project Management is 7.2% and it increased by 48.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Portfolio Management
Unique Categories:
Project Management Software
2.4%
No other categories found
 

Featured Reviews

JA
Aug 23, 2022
It has a slick dashboard view, so you can analyze all your progress from a single place
PPM Pro requires a great deal of internet bandwidth because it's a cloud-based solution. This can present a problem if a team member is working in a remote area where they can't access high-speed Internet or experience outages. They may face challenges logging in or updating tasks. If the Internet connection is inadequate, it may not sync with the solution. If the Internet is not working, the user's work should be saved in a cache within the solution, and it should sync automatically once Internet connectivity has been restored. For example, if you are a remote user updating your details you click the "save" button, and the changes are not synced with that application because of an Internet outage. The changes are submitted, but it is not synced with the application. Once the connectivity returns, the changes that you have submitted should automatically be synced with that application so other users or the project manager can see the updated details.
Nalin Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 7, 2023
End-to-end project management capabilities and offers seamless vendor and client contract alignment
The system is old, so there are several issues that arise when we fetch data from integrated systems. Sometimes the data gets stuck, and there are instances where we need to access multiple pieces of information simultaneously. This creates problems that I have personally experienced. Therefore, these aspects need to be much more free-flowing and seamless. If something gets stuck, it takes time to resolve, and during the contract phase, we have Service Level Agreements (SLAs). If those SLAs are breached, it becomes problematic. Given that there are approximately 3000 projects running concurrently worldwide, utilizing the system with a vast database and numerous activities taking place. It could benefit from decentralization. Currently, it operates as a central system, but if it could be centralized for specific subsidiaries, it would be easier for us to manage.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In my current company, it provides a quicker ramp up to understand what it can do for people by taking away all their barriers to entry: time, managing resources, and linking projects."
"The solution is great for viewing projects and timelines."
"The product's deployment is straightforward."
"The timesheet & staffing management function gives us clarity in terms of how capacity planning has to happen and how much actual effort is going into the programs. The risk and project status information gets captured in the project gives more clarity for stakeholders to understand how the programs are running. We have only explored a portion of the application features so far."
"It is flexible, because so far we haven't been able to figure out anything that it cannot do. It's highly configurable. We've added custom field design screens to fit our needs, develop reports, and dashboards that give us the ability to deliver much better information, especially to senior IT management."
"PPM Pro has enabled us to set up and run a project priority committee (PPC) within the organization. Without the PPM Pro tool, we wouldn't be able to have the project information, updates, and project listings in the pipeline to be able to run the meeting efficiently, give information prior to the meeting, and also run the meeting when we meet on either monthly or on a bi-monthly basis."
"Time tracking, portfolio management reporting, and what-if analysis create visibility into project planning, resource capacity, and demand planning."
"The reporting and dashboards are the most valuable features. For most of what we're using it for almost all of it is pretty valuable to us."
"The integration portion with SAP models is valuable."
"SAP is gradually introducing more flexibility and customization options to the system, allowing users to adapt it to their specific needs."
 

Cons

"Integrations need improvement. We have the ability now with the FLEX licensing to take advantage of the different applications. But if you want them integrated there's a really large cost associated with that. The integration should be included in the cost per license. We shouldn't have to pay these really high fees to get the systems to talk together."
"Reporting and dashboards need improvement. They've got the new beta coming out now and I've been playing around with that in our sandbox environment."
"The resource management tab is clunky, inefficient, and slow. And from a portfolio manager perspective, it would be nice if there were an easier way to view enterprise-wide resourcing to manage my team more effectively."
"Integrating with other tools should be easier and more straightforward."
"The reporting has some areas for improvement. It is not always as simple as we would like to get the reports we want or the information that we want."
"I would like to see integration with third-party applications, like the JIRA, Microsoft Project, and financial applications."
"From a usability standpoint, the part where there are people on the tasks section on a team is a little challenging. Then for some reason, the in-demand reports are embedded in the resource section and to run them is just completely different and separate from the reports entity which is a lot."
"Training documentation improvement is required because there are some high-level words in that material, terms that a non-technical person is unable to understand."
"It would be valuable if SAP integrated seamlessly with some products like Jira and Bitbucket."
"The system is old, so there are several issues that arise when we fetch data from integrated systems. Sometimes the data gets stuck, and there are instances where we need to access multiple pieces of information simultaneously."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing model is simple. Planview has plans at different levels, so you can pick one according to your budget and user base. They also have customized plans."
"The cost was in line."
"A collaboration of all their tools truly gets the biggest bang for the buck."
"They could improve on the pricing. They are charging $25 to $30 per user per month. It varies according to the access a user has, such as admin, developer, contributor, or owner."
"Pricing was fair and I thought it was comparable to the other ones that we looked at. Other than ServiceNow, it was the most expensive, but we knew we were going to get a lot of value for that, so we went with it. We paid $40,000 for the implementation and for the workshops."
"The pricing for me is more about understanding your own needs in the company because it is one license for one person model. So, you have to really understand how many licenses you need and what may be the influx of your staff. The good thing about Daptiv is that we just need a quick telephone call to our customer success manager if we want to increase our licensing. It takes a day or two to do. So, we can upscale very quickly. We've never downscaled, but I'm guessing if we had to, we'd have to wait till the contract completes or renegotiate a different licensing cost. So, you definitely need to understand what different types of licenses provide from a functionality point of view, and then order 10% more than you need based on the influx of staff in the company. There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. We have the report functionality for which we pay separately for 10 hours per month."
"Bulk volume discounts are a little better. Right now we have to buy in lots of 20 at $200 a license. That's a little steep. For example, with Service Now, I pay $48 a seat for a license."
"My advice is to pay attention to integration opportunities to reduce your licensing cost with Planview. There are additional costs for consulting services and advanced customer support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Planview PPM Pro?
The product's deployment is straightforward.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Planview PPM Pro?
Licensing costs are competitive enough. The price is reasonable given that the solution is geared towards large companies.
What needs improvement with Planview PPM Pro?
The product feels like a toy. The tool needs to improve its roadmap. It needs to improve things on a project management level which includes communication as well.
What needs improvement with SAP Portfolio and Project Management?
The system is old, so there are several issues that arise when we fetch data from integrated systems. Sometimes the data gets stuck, and there are instances where we need to access multiple pieces ...
What is your primary use case for SAP Portfolio and Project Management?
We use it for end-to-end project management as per the received requirements. There is a customized module called the Project Management System (PMS) where we receive the requirements. Once a requi...
What do you like most about SAP Portfolio and Project Management?
SAP is gradually introducing more flexibility and customization options to the system, allowing users to adapt it to their specific needs.
 

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Sample Customers

The Weather Channel, corcs, Crayola, Scan Health Plan, Vermont, Bank of the West, North West Company, University of Southern Mississippi, Jeffries, Purdue University, Chesterfield County Virginia, City of Memphis
Joy Global Inc., Citrix, EMC Corporation, Concho Resources, Concho Resources, RZD Russian Railways, Family Dollar Stores Inc., Lenovo
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