We performed a comparison between Planisware and Smartsheet 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.
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the boards on Monday which allow for allocation, time tracking, and storing of important information."
"We can remove, add, and modify a project or task charter easily."
"With multiple team members working on multiple fast-moving briefs, tasks, and projects - often remotely and in different timezones - Monday.com has become our reliable source of truth to oversee and manage everything that's going on."
"The newest feature of "My Work" is my favorite."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The solution is more of a streamlined Slack."
"Timeline and countdown systems have been great for us as well as the ability to "@" team members in comment sections to have collaborative conversations, give feedback, and share files."
"Shareable boards are a great solution for clients who want to track the progress of their work orders without checking in with us directly."
"The solution is performance-oriented and easily customized accordingly to many areas, such as performance KPI."
"We have a variety of different modules, but it is mainly used for costs, risks, and resources."
"There are two things in particular that I enjoy. The first is the portfolio planning section. Another advantage is that it is highly customizable."
"Smartsheet does a really good job of creating Gantt charts. Export to Excel feature was also very useful."
"The fact that you can have different access groups is definitely a pro for Smartsheet. It also has the ability to integrate with a lot of tools."
"Enables coordination and sharing of information that is relatively inexpensive."
"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."
"Smartsheet is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Smartsheet is it can be highly customized."
"What I found most valuable in Smartsheet is its project customization feature. It's a great solution because you can add in your own WBS. You can see it in Jira style, Kanban, and you can even do Agile and Waterfall. Another feature that's valuable in the solution is when you have those connections, you have that API, you have a sandbox, and you can make a solution, it's a tremendous product because you can pull data."
"They need to improve the user interface of the automation/integrations."
"It spams my inbox with many unwanted emails."
"Sometimes automation is delayed, which can lead to duplicate items being created."
"Monday could be improved if it could be linked with Google Calendar."
"I'd like better CRM integrations."
"We'd like to see less downtime."
"Automation is often glitchy for us. Maybe we have too many automations set up?"
"When replying to colleagues, it would be useful to see the formatting options (bold, bullets, etc.)."
"They do not have anything that can assist customers with multi-year roadmap planning."
"Its stability should be improved. Its stability is the main issue, but we sometimes also have issues with calculations."
"More integration is needed with other kinds of products for better collaboration."
"There are some pain points for me. Other people use it a little differently, but I would like to be able to do a little more with it. I would like database functionality with it wherein if I bring in several Excel spreadsheets of data and load them into Smartsheets, I should be able to make a correlation between an index field and run a report against those two. I can do it, but it's a little clunky. So, I need a little more experience to feel comfortable doing that."
"You were forced to create a new tab rather than add another sheet."
"The integration with Microsoft products should be improved."
"Maybe the solution could be a little bit more flexible."
"Smartsheet could improve by having seamless integration with Azure Board."
"They provide a limited number of sheets which is not enough."
"If there was some way to store more complex files in the system, or if there was a back-end structure where you could store files, that would be ideal."
"I would like if Smartsheet allowed more formulas in its sheets. I don't think working with formulas is as intuitive as it is in Excel. I use Vlookups and index matches in some of my sheets, and I had to find an outside consultant to help me build out those formulas."
Planisware is ranked 9th in Project Portfolio Management with 4 reviews while Smartsheet is ranked 6th in Project Portfolio Management with 17 reviews. Planisware is rated 7.8, while Smartsheet is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Planisware writes "Capably brings single source of truth to enterprise project portfolio management; provides consequential, flexible data display with effective visualization; integrated use of Agile, Kanban ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Smartsheet writes "Has customization, data pulling, and cross-functional global communication features; it's a secure solution". Planisware is most compared with Planview PPM Pro, Jira, SAP Portfolio and Project Management, Broadcom Clarity PPM and Asana, whereas Smartsheet is most compared with Microsoft Project, JIRA Portfolio, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Teamwork Projects and Wrike. See our Planisware vs. Smartsheet report.
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