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Broadcom Clarity vs ProProfs Project comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Clarity
Ranking in Project Management Software
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
143
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (1st)
ProProfs Project
Ranking in Project Management Software
32nd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Broadcom Clarity is 3.1%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ProProfs Project is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Clarity3.1%
ProProfs Project0.9%
Other96.0%
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Featured Reviews

Farshad Farhadieh - PeerSpot reviewer
National Practice Manager - Enterprise Work Management at Ampion
Efficient project management with roadmap and hierarchy features
I use Broadcom Clarity for end-to-end project and program portfolio management Every customer has achieved a return on investment within the first six months of implementation with Broadcom Clarity. The most valuable features of Broadcom Clarity are the roadmap feature and the hierarchy feature,…
it_user830829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Marketing Manager at a tech vendor
It increased productivity and timely delivery of projects within a set budget
The primary uses for this tool are task delegation, generating reports, and on-time invoices It has increased productivity and timely delivery of projects within a set budget, which has helped us a lot. Real-time collaboration, invoice generation, task delegation, and file management features…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Clarity PPM is an open design tool that you can design the way you want."
"Go for the PPM product, try it once, you will see it makes a big difference and you can get a lot of benefit from CA PPM."
"We have a very stable environment."
"It's definitely met and exceeded all our expectations with regards to the tool."
"CA PPM gave them the ability to automate approval processes, manage the project life-cycle in a central tool, fill time-sheets against the projects and provide reports to executives, helping them reduce their effort in terms of cost and time involved."
"I enjoy the Risks/Issues section.I use that to raise things before they happen."
"It is easier to use than most other products that are out there, and it will provide us the transparency we need in our organization to see how work is being managed and moving along."
"Based on my use of the tool, my ability to look at data in the interface itself, or to get data out of it, export data to do additional manipulations and digging, or what have you, I would say, to me, it was not difficult to use, it was straightforward, it was logical."
"Real-time collaboration, invoice generation, task delegation, and file management features have become valuable features for our organization."
"It increased productivity and timely delivery of projects within a set budget."
"The primary uses for this tool are task delegation, generating reports, and on-time invoices."
 

Cons

"I wish patches would be quicker since we're a SaaS customer, and just be a non-event, so we don't have to go through a whole - essentially - upgrade cycle, just to do a patch. As a SaaS customer, I'd like the patch to just happen."
"The user interface (UI) needs to be improved. Right now, it's not the best."
"Their online documentation is okay. It is not great. It is hard to get to some of the answers to the things that we may be running into, such as use cases that we are trying to fix. So, frequently we have to put in tickets."
"The user interface seems a bit outdated in some modules, while the most frequent modules have already been updated to a modern look and feel."
"So the only thing that’s missing is that the dashboards do not go into enough detail."
"Needs Gantt to MS Project link."
"I give the solution an eight out of 10 because I think the classic UX is a little bit clunky."
"The classic UI is very cumbersome. It can do everything but it's hard to use. It's easy to use once you understand it, but it's intimidating at first for somebody to see the solution."
"The timely reminders could be reduced from one mail a day to three mails in a week. This tends to fill up our inboxes a lot."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are different licensing models with Broadcom Clarity PPM. With the software as a service model, you pay as you go, and if you are on-premises, you can buy a perpetual license and an annual fee for maintenance."
"The price point of Broadcom Clarity PPM is less than Planisware. If a customer comes to me, and the cost is the main parameter for the selection of a tool, then I'll recommend Broadcom because cost-wise, they are less than other solutions."
"The licensing costs are a little bit high, and unfortunately, it has been a while since I've had that paperwork in front of me. I don't remember how much it was, but it seemed like it was fairly high. It is probably comparable to some of the other solutions because I do know that, for example, on a lot of the AWS stuff, they found that the costs wound up being higher than having some on-prem solution. Comparatively, Clarity is within the price range of other solutions."
"In recent times, I have been involved in the purchase of the license for this solution. However, the process of procurement changed and the option to buy individual licenses was no more available. The new subscription model was introduced, as a followed-up trend in the industry. The subscription costs put us in shock because it was double what we paid in the past as the yearly maintenance. We negotiated and the price was dropped. But this incident made me observe a lack of transparency from Broadcom in terms of licensing expenses. This isn't unique to Broadcom but seems to be a broader industry issue."
"For all the functionalities of the solution, the price is in the market range, since it is a product which offers governance issues and supports the digital transformation, which is where we will go in the next year."
"It is a little bit costly compared to others, but it is mature. Customer should understand this product is geared towards project management, not financial management."
"It is hard for them to say, "I have a person on my team who is going to be available, I am going to move that task to them". That requires a project management license, it doesn't require a team member license, so the licensing model does not sometimes support the way the business world is going."
"We're also moving to the latest version for less than $20,000 for a major corporate system. It's just amazing."
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Top Industries

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14%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
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Company Size

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Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise117
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Broadcom Clarity PPM?
The product execution part, such as planning and executing, is done through Atlassian tools, specifically Jira. We wanted to upgrade our ability to understand how all these products and teams are w...
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Clarity PPM?
An interesting point in this discussion is how much value organizations already get from Clarity as a central portfolio information source. I'd add one question to the evaluation: when priorities o...
What advice do you have for others considering Broadcom Clarity PPM?
When assessing the flexibility of Broadcom Clarity in adapting to industry-specific requirements, it can do many things, but the biggest challenge is that it has traditional project management impl...
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Also Known As

Clarity PPM, CA Clarity, CA PPM, CA Clarity PPM
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