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Microsoft Project Server vs Planview Portfolios comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Project Server
Ranking in Project Portfolio Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Planview Portfolios
Ranking in Project Portfolio Management
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Project Portfolio Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Project Server is 6.4%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Planview Portfolios is 7.4%, up from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Portfolio Management
 

Featured Reviews

Mouloud Fourali - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
EduardoMaya - PeerSpot reviewer
A solution that gives you all the information you need to plan detailed projects
The initial setup was just a little complex. I rate the initial setup a seven out of ten. Deploying the solution took two weeks. While deploying the solution, we had two instances, one for the IT team and one for the business team. And we had to connect the two and explain things to the team. Only two people were needed to deploy the solution, me and another person.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability to look at the resource loading is most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is stable to use, especially since I work with Microsoft for an extended period."
"The solution, overall, is excellent for project planning."
"It's fine to navigate for a layperson."
"Microsoft Project Server is quite a powerful tool and offers a good way of seeing dependencies and interactions, along with baselines."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the tool's reporting is very good."
"The solution offers excellent resource allocation tools and is flexible, particularly in portfolio management."
"Microsoft Project Server helps organizations in collaboration."
"We provided whatever feedback we had to the Planview team, and they went in and built those additional features that we requested. For example, they created a great way for our users to search for a specific resource, project, program, or role. We were not using some of the features, and we wanted them to not be visible, and they helped us with that. They also brought a feature to provide visibility into when a resource was never assigned to any task. There was no visibility to this before. This feature was really very good for visibility into the resource portfolio."
"Enterprise One provides end-to-end work management for the full spectrum of types of work in one tool."
"The portfolio management gives you a view of all the projects as well as all the information about the total amount of effort, time, and cost being spent on the projects. It gives the organization how much money and effort should be spent towards projects so they can budget and do better capacity planning in the next fiscal year. It gives them visibility into their resources and if they have capacity."
"When it comes to managing project plans, Enterprise One is awesome at enabling us to see what stage work is at. I've always thought it was awesome because it's good whether we're doing a traditional WBS or we're linking in epics into projects that are supporting the programs and the strategies, I've always thought it was an excellent tool."
"It has been effective for our delivery. It's given us much better visibility into what is being delivered and when."
"The look and feel of it is pretty clean."
"Its view into resource capacity and availability absolutely help us manage work. We can't plan out projects for delivery until we know if we have resources available to deliver them. That's been really critical. We look at our projects and see what availability of resources we have. That helps us to determine when we can start new work."
"The Kanban board has really helped us be more agile and we can keep track of everything that is ongoing."
 

Cons

"EPM 2010 UI seems a bit dated now that 2016 is available."
"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."
"Work needs to be done on collaboration with SharePoint."
"The product's UI is not very user-friendly."
"There need to be more tutorials available to users."
"The main drawback of Microsoft Project Server is that it is offline. Having it online would offer better access to other managers."
"The solution must provide Agile and AI features."
"The solution could improve the ease of access could improve. It can be time-consuming."
"There's still a lot of reluctance within the organization. We're not using all of the capabilities that we have today. We're still doing our strategic and capital investment planning on spreadsheets rather than using the capabilities that exist within Enterprise One. I definitely need to leverage the experts here at Planview to help drive a culture change. There's just a lot of reluctance on behalf of people within the company to put data into the tool."
"Our version is definitely set up a bit more waterfall world. It would be better if some of the agile features were more in the standard product."
"I would like to see more documentation pieces. Right now, they do have the content repository. I would like to see more out-of-the-box features with document repository capabilities."
"When we first deployed, there were some issues. We never got to the root cause of why they happened. Since we didn't have any history with it, we weren't quite sure if this was a standard operating procedure or it truly was a glitch."
"We do have some significant issues with our integrations that we're working through. Those are not as stable or reliable as what we would like."
"I would like to be able to integrate with Oracle to supplement what we're currently doing with reporting."
"The technical people are very competent, but there is so much turnover in the people that we talk to, and that's frustrating. They will say, "We can make this work." Suddenly, that guy has left, and we have no one. Then, we have to start all over."
"The reporting capability and access to the fields for our system administrators to have access to the data without having to pay Enterprise One to get the data that's needed to create custom reports for management to create reports need improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a licensing cost."
"We pay an annual licensing fee for the solution."
"It is an inexpensive product."
"Microsoft Project Server is relatively cheaper than other products."
"There are some payments related to the licensing cost of Microsoft Project Server."
"I think they need more flexibility with licensing, because there are preconceived ideas that don't allow as much flexibility with the various licenses."
"I would rate the price a six out of ten."
"It's not subscription-based, we purchased the on-premises version."
"I don't know about the actual pricing. I have not come across any costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"We have several hundred licenses. It costs us several hundred thousand dollars a year."
"I don't think we have necessarily purchased everything that I would have liked to have seen."
"The cost of other pieces and integrating them in needs improvement."
"Our licensing fees are approximately $50,000 USD annually."
"We have portfolio managers, resource managers, project managers, and time reporting licenses. These are the licenses that we have."
"I think all in we are at $33,000 a year and that includes Projectplace and Planview. We used to have the integration to JIRA, but we don't pay for that anymore."
"Our licensing costs are about a quarter of a million dollars per year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Project Server?
The ability to track a project's progress using Microsoft Project Server is the most valuable aspect. It depends, especially when managing multiple projects.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Project Server?
Microsoft Project Server is on the expensive side due to high licensing costs, but it is mainly accessible to project managers. Online tools are cheaper and present competition.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Project Server?
The main drawback of Microsoft Project Server is that it is offline. Having it online would offer better access to other managers.
What do you like most about Planview Portfolios?
Planview Management integrates seamlessly with other tools and systems used within the organization, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, customer relationship management (CRM) syst...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Planview Portfolios?
Planview Portfolios is not too expensive. You get what you paid for.
What needs improvement with Planview Portfolios?
Enhancements are needed in: Advanced reporting and analytics: While Planview Management provides robust reporting and analytics capabilities, further enhancements could include more advanced data v...
 

Also Known As

MS Project Server
Planview Enterprise One, Troux
 

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Sample Customers

Magnachip, Gwinnett County Schools, CLEAResult, Medbit Oy, Intelbras S.A., ETS, CORE Construction, Keller Foundations
UPS, NatWest, Ingram Micro, Canadian Tire, Viessmann, Volvo, NASCO, UNESCO
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