Compare IDERA vs Planview

IDERA

Based on 95 reviews.

Planview

Based on 151 reviews.

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Buyer's Guide

IDERA ER/Studio vs. Planview Portfolios

April 2026

Planview Portfolios vs. IDERA ER/Studio

Updated: April 2026

Buyer's Guide

IDERA ER/Studio vs. Planview Portfolios

April 2026

IDERA ER/Studio vs. Planview Portfolios

Updated: April 2026

Overview

Idera Software is a computer software provider, headquartered in Houston, Texas and founded in 2004. Idera is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. In June, 2010 Idera Software acquired iDevFactory. Idera has won several awards for fast growing technology company.

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Sample Customers

IDERA ER/Studio

Newmont Mining, Entrust, Accolade, TalkTalk, Catalina, Protective Life, NTT Data, dir systèmes, Microsoft; American Express, Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Coriant, Fedex, GlaxoSmithKline, PepsiCo, Prudential, Wells Fargo

Planview Portfolios

UPS, NatWest, Ingram Micro, Canadian Tire, Viessmann, Volvo, NASCO, UNESCO

Planview Barometer

Ethias

Popular Solutions

IDERA ER/Studio

6 reviews

TestRail

4 reviews

IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server

0 reviews

Planview Portfolios

8 reviews

Planview PPM Pro

0 reviews

Planview Daptiv

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Top Industries

Financial Services Firm

15%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

Quotes From Member Reviews

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

Most Helpful Reviews

ChristineAnderssen
Release and Test Manager at a consultancy
I'm running an agile release train and we use TestRail for agile testing, mostly for manual testing, to keep track of...
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Jaime Caballero
Tech Support Analyst at Cibernética, S.A.
Some use the solution as a day-to-day tool for querying databases to have information.
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Nafiu Garba
Special Assistant to the Governor ICT COO at a tech services company
We're using IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor for infrastructure monitoring, particularly for monitoring devices,...
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Anonymous User
Data Architect at a financial services firm
I work in the finance industry, and the use cases for this product are very similar to what I mentioned previously...
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a insurance company
Auditing. We mainly use it to follow up on changes to the individual databases. We audit exactly what the database...
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Monabi Kingsley
Project Manager at 3M
Planview Portfolios is used for work management, scheduling, and milestone communication, resource management, and...
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VishalSingh11
Director BPM at a marketing services firm
Planview AdaptiveWork is a PPM tool for project management, timesheets, etc. It is different from other PPM tools....
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Anonymous User
Senior Tech Manager at a manufacturing company
This was an enterprise rollout of Planview, as well as a number of projects. One of them had me as the senior project...
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Anonymous User
Director of Operations at a tech services company
Our organization was establishing a new project management office within one of the business divisions that did not...
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Eli Gerson
Manager of Innovation at Ameren Corporation
The team I'm on within our company does corporate planning and strategy. We're the innovation team within that world....
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Customer Service

Nafiu Garba
Special Assistant to the Governor ICT COO at a tech services company
Before my organization subscribed to IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor, it had issues with the support, but after...
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Anderson-Moura
Assistant Architect at a energy/utilities company
The support is not so good but it's not so bad. They help us, but sometimes they are slow to give us an answer. I...
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StuartBarker
Managing Director at Corecom Quality Engineering
The solution's technical support hasn't resolved one or two of my problems. In general, the solution's technical...
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Gonçalo Teixeira
Business Development and Product Owner at wrightia
I used only online materials and online support. I never contacted the tech team directly.
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David Nemec
Oracle developer at OKsystem a.s.
The tech support team is helpful.
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Anonymous User
Sr. Data Engineer at a computer software company
While they weren’t always able to solve my issue (feature limitations not bugs/education issues), when I did reach...
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Anonymous User
Senior Consultant
Customer Service: Very good. They're pretty easy to work with. Technical Support: Excellent. Over the years as I've...
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Jean-Luc Mercier
Managing Partner at DXC Technology
There is plenty of documentation available online for assistance, making it straightforward to address any issues.
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a government
The technical support has been fine. I have only used them for licensing issues.
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Anonymous User
Database Designer at a manufacturing company
Tech support has been good. I have no complaints about it. We haven't needed to use tech support in quite a while....
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Anonymous User
Database Architect at a insurance company
Good.
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a insurance company
To be honest, technical support has gotten worse. It was really fine in the beginning, but it's not what it used to...
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Anonymous User
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
I was not the point person.
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Anonymous User
Data Architect at a financial services firm
I have not been in contact with technical support.
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Anonymous User
Senior SQL Server Developer at a tech vendor
Customer Service: It was pretty good once the licensing phase was completed. Technical Support: It's good.
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Anonymous User
Data Architect at a computer software company
We bought premium support and so far it is good. The normal technical support is okay; I would not rate it too high....
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Недашковский Евгений
Senior SQL DBA at a financial services firm
Customer Service: Idera is just interested in selling you something. Afterwards you can do what you want, they forget...
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Anonymous User
ProQuest Development and Quality Assurance Support at a tech services company
Customer Service: 10/10. Technical Support: 10/10.
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a media company
I don't have any issues with their technical support.
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Anonymous User
Senior DBA
Tech support has been okay, not that great, but they made sure that we got what we were looking for.
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Anonymous User
Senior DBA Lead at a government
By and large, their tech support has been pretty good over the years. Recently, because we have been a customer of...
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Anonymous User
Software Engineer in Research & Development at a tech consulting company
Very good.
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Anonymous User
Cloud Database Administrator at a tech services company
Customer Service: The Idera team is amazing: 10 out of 10. Technical Support: The Idera team is amazing: 10 out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Administrador de Dados at a non-tech company
Very good. When we need, they respond to us quickly.
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Anonymous User
Database Administrator at a healthcare company
Tech support is pretty good. They resolve issues right away, I usually don't have to wait too long.
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Anonymous User
IT Infrastructure Team Lead
Customer Service: I'd give them four stars. Technical Support: I'd give them four stars.
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Uros Gavric
QA Automation Engineer at a computer software company
I haven't used their tech support directly because all I needed was info that I was able to find in their knowledge...
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Ioana Haralamb
Project Manager at a computer software company
We've never needed any technical support, so I can't evaluate it.
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Anonymous User
Senior DBA Lead at a government
I would evaluate tech support as "fair." It has declined over recent years. It's not what it once was.
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager, Data Operations at a consumer goods company
Our experience with technical support has been good.
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Brian Chege
Business Development Manager at Walmart
Customer support is very strong, and the ability to configure the tool to our company needs through customization is...
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Antonio Lira
Territory Manager LATAM at LeaseWeb
They have very good customer service and technical support.
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Monabi Kingsley
Project Manager at 3M
Customer support for Planview Portfolios is very proactive and responsive 24/7.
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Mark Hillman
Global Head of Portfolio Management at a wholesaler/distributor
We've opened a few tickets with Planview due to bugs, defects, or configuration issues. Because it varies so much, I...
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Anonymous User
Business Consultant at a financial services firm
The technical support is really good and very prompt. It's quite impressive compared to our experience with other...
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Allan Shafer
IT Architect at a healthcare company
The technical support seems strong. I know they've started doing some more off-shore support, and that space still...
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HeathVerburg
Program Manager at Citizens Bank
To the degree that we've needed it, the solution has been very helpful. Part of the struggle that we've had over the...
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Anonymous User
PMO Project Manager, PMO / QA at a financial services firm
Customer Service: 6 out of 10. Hard to get a hold of anyone with urgency, root cause analysis, leadership,...
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Anonymous User
Enterprise Architect at Qualcomm Incorporated
On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the technical support an eight. It depends on the question that I asked...
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Anonymous User
Enterprise Program Management Office, Center of Excellence Leader at a financial services firm
Technical support has been pretty good. We had some challenges as we were not on the latest platform, on the latest...
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Anonymous User
Strategist at a healthcare company
I haven't dealt with technical support. I go to our internal team and they help me get the answer. I haven't had to...
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Anonymous User
System Administrator at a financial services firm
I would rate technical support a six out of ten. Most of the time, if a ticket is open for an issue or we are not...
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Shantel Lutz
Global Applications Functional Lead at Carlisle Companies Incorporated
Technical support is absolutely great. Anytime that I have to actually submit in a ticket, I have a resolution...
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Anonymous User
Director IT at a insurance company
We're not live yet, so I can't speak to post go-live technical support.
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Gabriela Cerasela Stan
IT Business Analyst at a manufacturing company
I haven't spoken to Planview Projectplace technical support because there was no need. My company has an IT...
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Beth Noser
Applications Analyst at University of Kansas Medical Center
I have found their technical support to be helpful. I have opened a few cases with them and they've been very...
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Anonymous User
Senior Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm
Customer Service: 7 out of 10 Technical Support: 7 out of 10
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Anonymous User
Innovation Consultant at a healthcare company
The biggest room for improvement for Planview, from a customer relationship standpoint, is to bring more value to...
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MichaelRay
Manager, Project Governance at Clorox
I would rate Planview technical support as a seven out of 10. When we first deployed, there were some issues. We...
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Anonymous User
Sr Systems Analyst at a insurance company
The technical support for this solution is good. We haven't had a lot of tickets, but anytime we have had a problem...
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Carsten Mueglitz
PPMS Manager at a pharma/biotech company
The quality of the support depends on the technician you get. Overall the expirence is really good and if there are...
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Anonymous User
Report Architect/Developer at a insurance company
The technical support is among the best in the industry. They're very clear, very thorough and they get right to the...
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Anonymous User
PM Systems Analyst at a insurance company
I have not used their technical support for an issue. I have only used them when we needed to renew our secure...
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Helmut Friesl
Owner at CBG Informatik GmbH
Works well
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Ray Veenema
Portfolio Manager at State Of Delaware
Their support is great. When I open a case I can always cut the responses within a couple of minutes, depending on...
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Anonymous User
Director IT Strategic Initiatives and PMO at a insurance company
Support has been great. Last year we engaged with Planview to help us with some of the apps that we've been doing,...
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Anonymous User
PM Systems Analyst at a insurance company
They have been excellent. They're very accessible. I would give their support team the highest rating because of the...
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Anonymous User
Associate Director, PPM Governance & Operations at a pharma/biotech company
There are people on my team in my organization who work with the technical team. I do not usually work with the...
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Anonymous User
Planview System Admin/Project Coordinator IT PMO at a pharma/biotech company
Customer Service: Customer service is hit and miss. GREAT front-end c/s; not so great once you're up and running....
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Anonymous User
Manufacturing Manager, Capital COE at a manufacturing company
We call the helpline sometimes, and I would say they're average. We've had no problems. Planview's consulting folks...
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