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Adobe Workfront vs Planisware comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
Adobe Workfront boosts productivity by 250%, enhancing efficiency, collaboration, and justifying investment despite challenging precise ROI tracking.
Sentiment score
1.0
Planisware is highly valued in pharma for project management, though opinions differ on its financial benefits and effectiveness.
It is primarily used for the pharma vertical and related fields, and since we were running a full ERP digital transformation project in the life sciences domain, it suited that requirement very well.
Sometimes I feel that the ROI is not optimal because we are totally dependent on Planisware's system stability.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Adobe Workfront support is generally positive but variable, with quick responses for most, yet delays for complex issues.
Sentiment score
2.8
Planisware's customer service is enthusiastic yet dependent on costly advanced support, with some feedback noting varied response accuracy.
They provide answers and guidance on how to resolve issues, such as clearing cookies and cache, and assist in best practice configuration and optimization of the platform.
If L5 does not understand, it moves to L4. If they can't solve it, it moves to a higher level.
We experienced a couple of issues, and they responded and resolved the issues and bugs promptly.
The support was good, but there's more space for collaboration that we can do internally through Planisware, which was not the case.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Adobe Workfront scales globally, handling complexity and data, favored by larger enterprises, though costs and admin efforts increase.
Sentiment score
4.9
Planisware offers stable scalability on resourceful servers, with customization on-premises and strategic modifications for extensive user environments.
The solution is really scalable.
The scalability of Planisware is good, as when you want to implement changes, you need to manage the process with your collaborators.
We experienced crashes in the upcoming year, but these mostly occurred on weekends, which minimized the impact on our users.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Adobe Workfront is generally stable, with minimal downtime; occasional bugs occur, but issues are resolved promptly, with varied stability.
Sentiment score
6.4
Planisware, especially in SaaS, is stable and reliable, with minor bugs, and praised by companies like Pepsico and Ford.
Adobe Workfront provides a stable foundation for project management.
I have not faced any challenges with the stability of Adobe Workfront.
There is no data loss, indicating good reliability with Adobe Workfront.
They have made significant improvements, but still, there is a long way to go in terms of their flexibility, adaptability, and usability.
Sometimes the ROI is affected because we are totally dependent on Planisware's system stability.
 

Room For Improvement

Adobe Workfront needs better reporting, interface flexibility, third-party integration, customization options, and faster updates to improve user experience.
Planisware needs enhancements in integration, UI/UX, reporting, accessibility, stability, collaboration, flexibility, and third-party system integration.
We can enhance integrations, such as ensuring Adobe Workfront integrates more seamlessly with other Adobe products like Experience Manager and Creative Cloud.
Integration with Azure DevOps could be improved to facilitate better communication between the two systems.
The performance needs to be smoother, and there is room for improvement in Data Connect while writing queries and integrating with other analysis tools.
Better integrations to JIRAs and perhaps open APIs for task management would be super beneficial.
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.
We have experienced crashes in Planisware and system slowdowns.
 

Setup Cost

Adobe Workfront offers costly, scalable enterprise solutions, with flexible licenses and discounts, enhancing service and morale for large teams.
Planisware is a costly tool with licensing, setup, support, and training expenses, requiring strategic management commitment.
This can include items such as mileage, supplies, software, licenses, and travel costs.
 

Valuable Features

Adobe Workfront offers customizable templates, intuitive interfaces, and secure integrations, enhancing collaboration, project tracking, and decision-making efficiency.
Planisware provides robust project management with resource planning, data integration, Agile support, and built-in BI tools for enhanced decision-making.
The system aids in supporting demand management and producing high-level status reports.
You can set up the complete workflow from start to end with Adobe Workfront, such as content creation, content publication, and getting that approval process, storing it somewhere.
Adobe Workfront acts as a centralized platform, providing a single source of truth for project tasks and resources.
The tools communicate with other tools, making it effective, and when we have a new resource, we can add it and send it to the resource management team, who can view it in Planisware.
 

Categories and Ranking

Adobe Workfront
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (11th), Digital Asset Management (2nd)
Planisware
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

Graham Sprague - PeerSpot reviewer
Centralized task management and simplified creative collaboration but interface is inconsistent
Adobe Workfront could improve its interface, which may benefit from an overhaul for better consistency between the web interface and the API. The current setup was not originally designed API-first, leading to some confusion and differences in available functions. Additionally, the low-code environment in Workfront Fusion is beneficial yet sometimes limiting, and it might be more powerful with enhancements.
Avinash Padmanabhan - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
9%
Retailer
8%
Manufacturing Company
18%
Energy/Utilities Company
14%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Workfront?
Workfront incurs around a hundred thousand plus dollars per year. Licensing is strict, particularly with free accounts, however, it offers flexibility in project access, which could be enhanced fur...
What needs improvement with Workfront?
Integration with Azure DevOps could be improved to facilitate better communication between the two systems. The current report is not providing the expected side-by-side comparison of capabilities,...
What is your primary use case for Workfront?
For my team, we are using Adobe Workfront ( /products/adobe-workfront-reviews ) right now to support demand management, primarily. We also pull some high-level reports on status. From our perspecti...
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.
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...
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...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

AtTask, Workfront DAM
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