Microsoft Project vs Planview Daptiv comparison

"The user interface is simple and it helps me in planning what needs to be accomplished."

"If you work with Microsoft, it's very easy to work with this."

"The standard project planning features and charts are most valuable."

"I have found that the chart reporting feature is very helpful for us currently."

"It is easy to use and pretty intuitive. User interfaces have stayed the same for the most part for the last 20 years. So, there is a familiarity."

"The integration between SharePoint and Power BI has been great."

"It's an easy solution to set up."

"Microsoft Project offers comprehensive project overviews and the ability to rate down what we have and what we need in terms of software."

"It's difficult to pinpoint just one most valuable feature, as there are many features that can be beneficial. For the specific use case of my client's project management office, they found the project management features of the application to be particularly valuable, such as project boards, reporting, and the ability to customize views. Additionally, task management and project scheduling were also highly utilized. However, capacity planning was not used as much as the others, as there was a lack of support from executives to invest in training and implementing it due to a lack of processes in place. The project planning features, dashboard, and reporting capabilities were considered the most valuable."

"The powerful collaboration is definitely the most valuable and the fact that you can adjust flexibility to almost any methodology, and the easy creation of complete new functionalities without programming code."

"I like the reporting engine, IBM Cognos, especially the analytics. That's a good tool. It's quite strong on the ideation and capacity-planning side, which is a huge plus."

"Changepoint gives us a view of the project status and needs very clearly, which are things that we used to miss with MS Project and Excel."

"The timekeeping features are great and very helpful."

"It would be ideal if the solution integrated more with Azure DevOps and other work management platforms like Jira."

"Microsoft Project should provide better documentation regarding the usage of the solution."

"The Gantt set needs to be improved. The grid lines needs to be more interactive."

"They could also work on integrations with solutions like Teams. We have all of our project files in Teams and it is much easier to use for communication than MS Project, but there is no integration of the two solutions."

"The solution could offer waterfall options for agile and sprint planning."

"The tool's most valuable feature is scheduling."

"The full suite would be pretty expensive."

"The dashboard could be improved."

"It would also be nice to see some improvements on the IBM Cognos Analytics. There's still work to be done on the analytics side of things, like your condition formality."

"Expense management, simulation scenarios, and budget control could be great and useful features to include."

"This solution needs more standard connectors to other solutions."

"I find the solution has an excessive amount of features. Many aren't even kept current. Some aren't useful at all. There's an overall lack of coherence within the solution. It can make the execution difficult. Many features can easily be eliminated and it would help streamline the solution. They should get rid of 80% of the features and then really focus on the leftover 20% to make it a really great product."

"The areas that should be improved in Planview Daptiv are a subject that can be viewed differently depending on who you ask. I feel they should focus on excelling in one specific area rather than providing average capabilities in many areas. For example, their project planning software is satisfactory but not as advanced as Microsoft Projects. The same goes for the capacity planning tool and reporting capabilities, which can be improved upon by using custom Excel spreadsheets or by hiring a business analyst for additional support. In short, the biggest weakness of Daptiv is that it does not excel in any one area and only provides average performance."

"The licensing model is somewhat complex."

"The cost for an on-premises-based license is a one-time fee, and the cloud-based is an annual payment plan."

"We purchase perpetual licenses due to the high cost of subscriptions, which are about 1,000 Australian dollars."

"I do not remember the exact cost we paid but usually, they charge per user per month."

"The product is not expensive. My company has opted for an annual subscription."

"The solution has a decent annual license subscription cost, which is not high."

"I do not have personal experience with pricing or licensing of this product."

"Its price could be reduced a little."

"The licensing is pretty complex. Each kind of user is a different price. It's approximately $300 per year. They charge additional fees for technical support and other additional services."

"It's a yearly license, but it's not an open license. It's based on users and their roles. So your administrator is priced differently from your timesheet user."