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BMC IT Business Management OnDemand [EOL] vs Microsoft Project Server comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

BMC IT Business Management ...
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Project Server
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (5th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user233283 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Tight integration with systems like SAP, Oracle Financials and Siebel
* Tight integration with systems like SAP, Oracle Financials and Siebel * Demand management: It helps in planning methodology used to forecast or predict, plan for and manage the demand for products and services. * Finance planning & analysis: It helps accelerate planning cycles and make decisions based on real-time financial insights. It supports budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, performance management, and more. These features can help you track and control costs, and tightly align operations with business strategy, and control the allocated or budgeted costs vs. actual and forecasted cost. * Portfolio management: It is one of the very important functions in this space because in my view it is the function that ensures that the portfolio of IT projects, applications and infrastructure are providing cost-effective benefits to the organization. It is the centralized management of the processes, methods, and technologies used by project managers and project management offices to analyze and manage projects.
JV
Owner at CPSTECH
Collaborative task management simplifies office work, but agile methodology features need enhancement
In order to improve Microsoft Project Server, collaborative features could be enhanced, as it is possible to improve it in a collaborative way similar to other office products, for example, using cloud drives like OneDrive. Another feature is Kanban or other features such as Scrum with agile methodologies. Microsoft Project Server is limited and falls short in using agile methodologies, which is the most important issue to improve. Microsoft Project Server is a good product; it is possible to improve regarding enabling agile features because the teams in my work are using Trello and Jira products due to the blackboards, Kanban, and Scrum. To do activities and stopping activities is more comfortable and easier to use, making it more practical in my teamwork. These features do not exist in Microsoft Project Server.

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

Pros

"I believe that the BMC ITBM solution provides valuable information to CIOs and other business heads, and helps them take quick business decisions about how to manage and utilize their resources."
"The solution offers excellent resource allocation tools and is flexible, particularly in portfolio management."
"It enables us to view all of our projects, and that is really great."
"Deliverables List: Most useful to enable meaningful status reporting at an enterprise level."
"The dependency management in Microsoft Project is highly valuable, as it visually maps dependencies and impacts within a project plan."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate."
"The ability to track a project's progress using Microsoft Project Server is the most valuable aspect. It depends, especially when managing multiple projects."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"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."
 

Cons

"Better integration with other corporate finance systems would be an advantage."
"The stability and performance in enterprise-grade farm implementations needs to be improved."
"The reporting in the desktop version is not highly customizable or professional compared to other solutions."
"The solution is stable for small projects but when used for larger projects it can become heavy and slow to load and operate."
"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."
"I think that earned value calculation could be improved, and also the relationship between time and cost, that sometimes does not allow adjustments during execution."
"Resource management has room for improvement because it uses a lot of resources."
"Risk and issues are stored in the project SharePoint but there is no real auto communication of assignments; there is no mechanism for automatic escalation (much needed)."
"It is not updated in real-time. Sometimes it, therefore, is not accurate."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is on the expensive side."
"Microsoft Project Server is relatively cheaper than other products."
"I rate the pricing a one out of ten because the price is way too high."
"The product is expensive."
"The technical assistance is expensive but the solution is an open source software."
"Microsoft Project Server is an expensive solution. Small businesses will not be able to afford it."
"The price of the Microsoft Project Server could improve, it is expensive here in Africa. When comparing Microsoft Project Server to Oracle Primavera for us, Microsoft Project Server is quite cost-effective."
"We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft, and our licensing is based on the agreement."
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Project Server?
The pricing for Microsoft Project Server is standard, around $200-$250, but I think it's actually $80 to $100 per year. The pricing for Microsoft Project Server is relative; I would say it is cheap.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Project Server?
In order to improve Microsoft Project Server, collaborative features could be enhanced, as it is possible to improve it in a collaborative way similar to other office products, for example, using c...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Project Server?
Today, the use cases for Microsoft Project Server are for office tasks, such as writing in Word processors, worksheets in Excel, Word processors with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft ...
 

Also Known As

IT Business Management OnDemand, BMC IT Business Management Suite
MS Project Server
 

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