We performed a comparison between Microsoft Project and Zoho Projects based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Management Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Microsoft Project is easy to use and helps our teams visualize the evolution of our projects."
"The integration between SharePoint and Power BI has been great."
"The reporting features are quite strong. Being able to do team reports and find out what work is pending, what work needs to be done are key in my day-to-day management of the team. The earned value analysis capabilities and critical path capabilities inside the tool help me make sure that I'm keeping the projects on track."
"It is easy to define timelines with Microsoft Project."
"It is very stable. I haven't had any kind of issues with it. It is also very scalable."
"The most valuable feature is probably the Kanban diagram. People are familiar with the Kanban tools. When they do their scrum meetings, they have that Kanban board where you can see the different tiles for all the queries and move them from left to right. IT is familiar with that because, for development, most of the tools have that capability. It could also be more graphical, like Asana."
"The solution is very complete. It makes it a great option for project managers and they can use it extensively in almost any organizational setup."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Project are the availability of being online and within Teams. My entire team can use it and see it, versus the full Microsoft Projects, such as Project Professional, you need to have a license."
"The product is very easy to understand."
"Timesheets and the ability to add attachments are very valuable features to us."
"Zoho Projects is very flexible and user-friendly."
"We can customize the tool."
"It's easy for a user with a technical background to set up Zoho Projects on their own."
"We were able to track each department's work and what they were doing inside the actual department. Gantt charts are useful to track departmental progress and operation, or we are that item stuff."
"While integrating a voice solution with Zoho Projects, the focus was on creating a unified interface for voice and customer engagement across various platforms like Facebook, social media, and emails. The primary goal was to seamlessly merge the two platforms into a single interface. To achieve this, we engaged in API integrations and worked on aspects such as initializing, authentication, and access control."
"The timeline features are excellent."
"I would like to see an entire baseline, like in JIRA."
"They should assist with tedious tasks."
"Collaboration is an area that needs improvements."
"The collaboration has room for improvement."
"I would like to see both Time and Team based options improved."
"When a project plan becomes huge, it is painful to arrange and structure the project in Microsoft Project. Currently, you require a separate product for managing agile projects, and people are using Jira and Rally to manage stories in agile. Primarily, on the software development side, people are kind of moving away from Microsoft Project."
"We'd like to have more resource allocation and monitoring features."
"I would like to have more access to templates and tools that could be used to teach project management best practices."
"The solution should improve on integration and customization."
"We'd like to have milestone features."
"Sometimes the solution does not work."
"The UI and UX must be improved."
"The only room for improvement over here is a feature related to the trend, like AI-related things that we can expect need to be introduced."
"If given the opportunity, I would focus on improving automation within Zoho Projects. While attempting to integrate with other platforms, users often encounter errors. The integration capabilities of Zoho Projects could be enhanced. Currently, the integration options are categorized as either easy or customized, with the latter requiring deluge code, which might pose challenges due to its lesser-known usage."
"Its template management feature could be easier to use."
"Zoho Meeting definitely needs an improvement, because the quality is not as good as Zoom or Microsoft Teams, which I've used in the past."
Microsoft Project is ranked 2nd in Project Management Software with 77 reviews while Zoho Projects is ranked 14th in Project Management Software with 14 reviews. Microsoft Project is rated 8.0, while Zoho Projects is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Project writes "A stable solution that very accurately runs projects". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zoho Projects writes "A scalable solution with great features that enable efficient collaboration". Microsoft Project is most compared with Asana, Jira, Microsoft Project Server, Smartsheet and Broadcom Clarity , whereas Zoho Projects is most compared with Trello. See our Microsoft Project vs. Zoho Projects report.
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