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Hive vs Microsoft Project Server comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Hive
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (35th)
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

SS
Sr Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Provides efficiency in metadata storage and implementation
Many applications perform similarly to Hive, offering metadata implementations. I'm looking into their advancements, such as aggregated joins and MBT joins. Hive's virtual implementations are evolving, and tools like Snowflake offer specific use case advancements. In future releases, the Bloomfilter function should be a part of Hive. Windowing functions should also be there. I would also like to see AI implementation.
Mouloud Fourali - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Digital Research Alliance of Canada
Visual project planning enhances collaboration and proactive management
The dependency management in Microsoft Project is highly valuable, as it visually maps dependencies and impacts within a project plan. The online version facilitates easy collaboration without having to share multiple versions of the file. The Gantt chart is also a very powerful tool for a visual presentation of sequences, critical paths, and execution processes, which simplifies comprehension for users.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a good solution for us when it comes to metadata implementation. It's beneficial to have metadata stored in Hive."
"It excels in handling diverse data formats and is particularly beneficial for constructing a data lake for companies with mixed data types, such as videos and structured data."
"We use Microsoft Project Server for project management."
"The product is user-friendly."
"Using Power BI and SQL Server, I can extract a lot more data."
"I think the division between the onsite work on the cloud of Microsoft Office is something valuable."
"The working blocks within the solution are excellent, allowing me to follow four or five projects, see item deadlines in the calendar, understand workload capacity, and plan each team member's activities accordingly."
"I have seen a return on investment from the use of this solution, it has been good."
"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."
"The most useful feature of Microsoft Project Server is you can select a function to see the baseline."
 

Cons

"In future releases, I would also like to see AI implementation."
"For smaller datasets, it may not be as suitable, and its performance might not be optimal."
"Microsoft doesn't always have all the answers, and they rely more on communities. Their support tends to decline when not supporting cloud solutions, and there is often an attempt to upsell alternate products rather than solve problems."
"Microsoft Project Server is limited and falls short in using agile methodologies, which is the most important issue to improve."
"When we started using this solution from scratch, we got lost. Microsoft should provide some templates for configurations for certain use cases."
"The check-in, check-out feature makes Microsoft Project Server pretty slow or cumbersome to use."
"Work needs to be done on collaboration with SharePoint."
"There are more user-friendly products on the market that I would suggest using in preference to this one."
"It's very expensive to scale out."
"The solution's synchronization with Jira Projects should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an open-source solution."
"Microsoft Project Server is more expensive than other solutions on the market. We purchase the license annually."
"The licensing was procured before my involvement."
"There is a licensing cost."
"It has features that cannot be bought by other rivals, so cost does not matter."
"It is on the expensive side."
"Microsoft Project Server is relatively cheaper than other products."
"It's not subscription-based, we purchased the on-premises version."
"The product is expensive."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
17%
University
15%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

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Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise33
 

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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 ...
 

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Magnachip, Gwinnett County Schools, CLEAResult, Medbit Oy, Intelbras S.A., ETS, CORE Construction, Keller Foundations
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