We performed a comparison between Jira, Project Objects, and Smartsheet based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"In terms of product management, Jira increases productivity and visibility into the product. Those are the top benefits this tool provides to the team. Also, it's accessible to the executives and whoever wants to sign on to Jira to see what's going on."
"The most valuable feature of Jira is that it's a well-known tool that many people are familiar with."
"The sprint tracking is really helpful and very convenient."
"I like it for team collaboration and task management. I also like its analytics and dashboards."
"What I find valuable about Jira is that it's an ecosystem. Sometimes, it does not provide the best in class solutions, but it's so well integrated. You will not have many problems with integration."
"It's easy to use, and it also offers excellent notifications."
"We can cope with processes easily without adapting the tool, but adapting the tool to processes."
"Configuring the platform does not require the writing of any code."
"The solution has subtasks and a rollup."
"The tool creates shareable dashboards. These dashboards allow us to display project deliverables' status, their position in the queue, expected delivery timelines, and more. The best part is that these dashboards can be shared with our clients without a license."
"The dashboard feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The ability to build a quick dashboard and give management insight into the progress of the project itself is probably one of the most beneficial pieces."
"The ability to update in real-time before meetings is great."
"Smartsheet offers more than Project because it's similar to a table-based, database-type system. It's like a hybrid between Excel and project software. We were able to enter the formulas and do much of the automation. We added budgets to it and linked them to a vendor page. Smartsheet let us integrate the budget into the project seamlessly. With Project, we needed to open up Excel."
"The dashboard and the layouts are quite good."
"This solution provides easy collaboration and allows non-building users to use the system without requiring a license."
"It is not user-friendly."
"The release of a MailServer feature within Jira would be beneficial."
"End-to-end management from product backlog to test completion could be improved."
"Jira is raising their prices for the license, which is like a trap because many other providers offer services like Jira but for much cheaper."
"The reporting needs to be improved."
"In the way it is deployed, I think Jira is too dependent on the third-party applications that are available in its marketplace. If we could get some of the basic functionalities which are offered by these third-party applications, that would be ideal because each time we need a new functionality, we have to purchase a new plugin as an add-on."
"The CACD solutions on JIRA has some plugins, but they are not easily understandable or workable."
"There needs to be easier integration with third-parties — personally, this is the biggest issue for me."
"A lot of companies are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, so more such features would benefit this product."
"Smartsheet could improve the UI and integrations. Some of Smartsheet's competitors have more than 2,000 integrations while Smartsheet only has approximately 40 integration applications."
"An area for improvement in Smartsheet is that if you're in the government or you're a regulated customer, you're not allowed to use APIs due to internal restrictions, so there are specific things that you cannot connect to it. Another area for improvement in the solution is that because there's a capacity of how many records you can have, and there's a capacity of how many functions you can apply, Smartsheet has set up their system where they can force people into purchasing a $20,000 additional module that is called Control Center, that will create documents for them on the fly, so they don't use so many functions and automation. Smartsheet also needs to improve on training, because the training that is out there is very little. The solution requires a steeper learning curve. You have to do your own training and you have to work on your own solution."
"The system can become more challenging to use in more complex scenarios, requiring additional add-ons that can be quite costly."
"Lacks the ability to edit attachments within the solution."
"Areas for improvement in Smartsheet include better integration capabilities with other technologies through APIs and addressing limitations in reporting functionalities."
"Smartsheet should continue to expand the spreadsheet-type functionality because it's limited currently. Most business users are familiar with Excel and Office, so Smartsheet should adopt a similar way of navigating the program."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly, it needs improvement."
"Maybe the solution could be a little bit more flexible."
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