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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project Server and monday.com based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Project Portfolio Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"This is a scalable solution. It is easy to set up and to add clusters to your environment.""Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution.""It's fine to navigate for a layperson.""A single place for all our organisation's project records.""The solution is stable.""The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate.""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 technical support for Microsoft Project Server and the support is very good. Microsoft support is working very well."

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"There are a lot of features and once you understand how to use them, it's quite easy to get the benefit out of them.""All of the features are valuable. Especially, creating tickets for projects and assigning workers. Having trackable conversations and archive items for reference. We offer our customers a live update of their project by sharing a board directly with them. This allows them to comment or submit documents directly to Monday.com.""It is also easy for us to share a viewer account with our exco and they can see where we are with our work.""Integrations such as the one for Slack have helped us receive updates on tasks immediately as they occur by other team members.""Monday has been really beneficial in allowing us to place all of our records in one place.""It works perfectly and runs very smoothly.""Creating super-smart to-do lists, intern management, and sales leads lists has been huge.""The "My Week" view and task list are probably the most helpful for us - it's really great to set a project schedule and assign people to tasks."

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Cons
"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.""Permission management needs improvement.""The deployment aspect of the product is a bit tedious.""It would be useful if the solution allowed us to share files or project schedules. You may get that with the cloud version. However, it's not available on the on-premises versions.""The check-in, check-out feature makes Microsoft Project Server pretty slow or cumbersome to use.""When we started using this solution from scratch, we got lost. Microsoft should provide some templates for configurations for certain use cases.""Microsoft Project Server could improve by making the solution more user-friendly.""It should be more agile and more flexible when it comes to customization."

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"It would be nice to have more customization around the documents, such as different title headings, fonts, etc.""Currently, we run our accounting on Quickbooks Online and we are forced to use their reporting tools to bring out the data we want to see. I would much rather have Quickbooks integration that allows us to more seamlessly pull transactions into Monday in real-time and allow us to manipulate that data on the Monday interface.""We would like to see better Microsoft Outlook integration.""Constant updates mean the service is down sometimes, which isn't ideal.""We need the product to keep adding automation - specifically more subitem automation.""The ability to build the dashboard and visualizations out of the data that is in the platform could be better. There are no color themes and no further customization on that front, so you cannot brandify or white label all the platforms to make it look more like your business rather than a generic one.""Coordination with different social media platforms would be a convenient feature.""Monday could be improved if it could be linked with Google Calendar."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I think they need more flexibility with licensing, because there are preconceived ideas that don't allow as much flexibility with the various licenses."
  • "The licensing was procured before my involvement."
  • "It has features that cannot be bought by other rivals, so cost does not matter."
  • "It is on the expensive side."
  • "There is a licensing cost."
  • "There is an annual license required for this solution."
  • "I cannot comment on the price as I was not responsible for purchasing the solution."
  • "I'm not quite sure about the licensing costs. We're probably paying somewhere in the neighborhood of about 80,000 to 90,000 a year for our current on-prem because we handle our own licensing. As far as Project Online is concerned, we're still trying to get a good handle on that. It looks like it is going to be in a neighborhood of about 120,000 to 150,000 a year, but we're getting a lot more capability out of it."
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  • "I wasn't involved with the licensing, but I believe it's negotiable."
  • "The solution is quite inexpensive. For example, we pay $8,500 for 75 users. It's somewhere around $100 a user, approximately."
  • "The project manager would be responsible for any licensing fees. As an end-user, we just follow suit."
  • "Fees are paid monthly per user."
  • "The price is reasonable for the number of users we have."
  • "I am using its free version."
  • "We tell others it's about $2200 for a ten-person plan and it can be adjusted; it's easy to scale."
  • "monday.com's pricing is fair compared to its competitors, although it is a bit more expensive than most of them. It's more expensive than Jira, Zoho, ClickUp, and Trello. But it is fairly priced when you compare the kinds of features and the capabilities that you get and the ROI."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The ability to track a project's progress using Microsoft Project Server is the most valuable aspect. It depends, especially when managing multiple projects.
    Top Answer:The solution is very expensive. It is a part of my enterprise database. I am paying a subscription for it. It doesn't cost for hardware but for other tools to use.
    Top Answer:Microsoft is going to integrate the Co-Pilot features into Microsoft Project. The AI feature is an additional feature. It can look at the plan and identify risks early on from any part of your… more »
    Top Answer:Monday.com is one of the best project management softwares available on the market. It lets you create and customize the tools you need to run every aspect of your work. I particularly favor it… more »
    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.
    Top Answer:Mostly, the sub-items in the organization of the project are areas where improvements are needed. Though it offers full customizability, the table is an area where the product's performance is not… more »
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    Also Known As
    MS Project Server
    DaPulse
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    Overview
    Microsoft Project Server 2013 is a flexible on-premises solution for project portfolio management (PPM) and everyday work. Team members, project participants, and business decision makers can get started, prioritize project portfolio investments and deliver the intended business value from virtually anywhere. Requires SharePoint 2013, sold separately.

    Monday.com is a project management solution used for CRM, task tracking, managing projects across multiple disciplines, and maintaining continuity of service for clients and team members. Its most valuable features include global search, scalability, stability, flexibility, affordability, user-friendliness, and task management features. The solution is also praised for its ease of use, adaptability, and automation capabilities. Monday.com has improved efficiency, provided automatic reminders and dashboards for executives, allowed for better collaboration, and reduced paper usage. It has helped organizations to be more organized and improve communication.

    monday.com is a basic yet intuitive work operating system that facilitates teamwork in these ways:

    • Allows teams to define workflows

    • Adapts to changing demands

    • Establishes transparency

    • Allows for collaboration

    • Eliminates manual grunt work

    monday.com is extremely adaptable and may be utilized in any sector and for any workflow. You can build your apps to match your specific operational needs and modify your boards, dashboards, and documents to fit your team properly. It may be used for anything, including projects and procedures, and it can be used across teams, departments, leaders, and organizations.

    Here are a few examples of how monday.com software can be put to good use:

    • Marketing pipelines
    • Recruitment procedures
    • Video production planning
    • Tracking progress
    • Product timelines
    • Business management
    • Design planning
    • Bug tracking
    • Event planning
    • Construction planning

    monday.com Features

    monday.com has many valuable features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Customized workflows
    • Task prioritizing
    • File sharing
    • Drag-and-drop
    • Context-aware communication
    • Progress and milestone monitoring

    The most popular key features include:

    • Work scheduling: monday.com’s Workload feature allows you to accurately assign and schedule team members at any given time. Check who's available and who isn't so you may reschedule or reassign work as needed to meet all of your project deadlines.
    • Tracking time for tasks: It's crucial to know where your time goes, especially if you're invoicing clients by the hour. Greater work precision is achieved by having a clear grasp of how much time is spent on each task because you’re able to make more informed decisions about how you spend your time.
    • Automated processes: Automations eliminate the need for manual labor in the completion of repetitive tasks.
    • At-a-glance dashboards: Dashboards are an excellent method to quickly see what's essential. They make it simple to gather useful information, manage project progress, predict effort, and keep track of budgets. They also keep your team focused and engaged on the high-level objectives that drive progress.
    • Integration with external tools: With two-click integrations, you can easily make monday.com your primary work hub. Integrate popular external apps like Jira and Slack, as well as Gmail and Mailchimp, to optimize your workflow even further.
    • Varied options for viewing data with Views: monday.com provides a number of ways to examine the data in your boards, including Gantt Chart View for project plans and Chart View for progress tracking. Views helps you to take a fresh perspective on things and obtain crucial insights that you might not have gotten otherwise.

    Reviews from Real Users

    monday.com stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its task status feature and its ability to integrate with external apps. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

    Ben D., Front End Developer at a marketing services firm, writes of the product, “Their flagship feature, what used to be called the pulse, is great. Pulse offers great management. Being able to see everything at a glance and check task status, is wonderful. They use subtasks and the simple aspects of task management have been really helpful.”

    Another PeerSpot reviewer, the Head of Projects at Smart Media SA, notes, “The boards offer an amazing and clear view of my tasks, campaigns, and progress. Automations especially with Slack and Outlook help with keeping my team up-to-date always. Graphs and charts are valuable for reporting purposes and to track progress made. Workforms/surveys are valuable and a very cool added feature.”

    Sample Customers
    Magnachip, Gwinnett County Schools, CLEAResult, Medbit Oy, Intelbras S.A., ETS, CORE Construction, Keller Foundations
    Raw Digital, Wix, Discovery, Frost & Sullivan, Adidas, Asos, Uber
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    REVIEWERS
    Marketing Services Firm18%
    Non Tech Company9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Real Estate/Law Firm6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization53%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Financial Services Firm5%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business80%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise58%
    Large Enterprise32%
    Buyer's Guide
    Microsoft Project Server vs. monday.com
    March 2024
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    Microsoft Project Server is ranked 6th in Project Portfolio Management with 55 reviews while monday.com is ranked 1st in Project Portfolio Management with 222 reviews. Microsoft Project Server is rated 7.8, while monday.com is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project Server writes "Provides holistic reporting and allows us to keep track of what's going on with projects". On the other hand, the top reviewer of monday.com writes "We can collaborate with our customers efficiently and professionally, and automation makes it easy for everyone". Microsoft Project Server is most compared with Microsoft Project, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Planisware, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management and JIRA Portfolio, whereas monday.com is most compared with Wrike, Asana, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Zoho CRM and Microsoft Project. See our Microsoft Project Server vs. monday.com report.

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