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IDERA

Based on 92 reviews.

Planview

Based on 143 reviews.

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Buyer's Guide

IDERA ER/Studio vs. Planview Portfolios

September 2025

Planview Portfolios vs. IDERA ER/Studio

Updated: September 2025

Buyer's Guide

IDERA ER/Studio vs. Planview Portfolios

September 2025

IDERA ER/Studio vs. Planview Portfolios

Updated: September 2025

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

5 reviews

TestRail

5 reviews

IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server

1 reviews

Planview Portfolios

1 reviews

Planview PPM Pro

0 reviews

Planview Daptiv

0 reviews

Top Industries

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare 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

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
Automation Test Engineer Il at a computer software company
I used to work with Selenium at the start of my career, but right now, from the last almost four and a half years,...
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reviewer3261598
Business Solutions Specialist at a energy/utilities company
I have been working with data modeling tools. Personally, I have been working with Erwin for many years now....
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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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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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Bobby Ozuna
Planview Portfolio Support Analyst at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Currently, we're building out a model for managing work for timesheets in Enterprise One, and then syncing that work...
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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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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
Innovation Consultant at a healthcare company
We use it primarily to run what we consider to be focused or open innovation challenges or initiatives. They are...
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Customer Service

Aaron Cutshall
Enterprise Data Architect & Senior Manager at Health First Inc.
The solution's technical support is good. Sometimes, getting the support team to respond takes time.
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AndersonMoura
Data Management Product Owner at ExxonMobil
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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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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David Nemec
Oracle developer at OKsystem a.s.
The tech support team is helpful.
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Stuart Barker
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
I have never needed to contact customer support. I have posted questions on the community page. The community support...
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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 Consultant
I have received answers to issues within a week from a report.
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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
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
Business Intelligence Analyst DBA at a government
Customer Service: 9/10. Technical Support: 9/10.
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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
Data Architect at a financial services firm
I have not been in contact with technical support.
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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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Mike Grove
DBA at a consumer goods company
Tech support is very helpful. I have only had to engage with them once, as far as I can remember, during an upgrade....
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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
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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Anonymous User
Software Engineer in Research & Development at a tech consulting company
Very good.
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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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reviewer3261598
Business Solutions Specialist at a energy/utilities company
I cannot comment on customer service as we haven't purchased the tool yet and are still in the evaluation process.
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Anonymous User
Data Management Specialist at a government
Customer Service: It's good. Technical Support: It's good.
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Jamie Vasser
IT Specialist at a government
Tech support is a sticking point with me. I am really disappointed in the tech support. We pay for the Platinum...
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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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Anonymous User
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
I was not the point person.
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Anonymous User
Quality Assurance Manager at a financial services firm
I have not contacted technical support.
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Anonymous User
Software QA Tester / Team Lead at Brightest NV
I’m rating technical support a nine out of 10.
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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 Manager, Data Operations at a consumer goods company
Our experience with technical support has been good.
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Stuart Barker
Test Architect at Zest Consulting
Customer support could be enhanced. All the support is provided via chat and emails. Sometimes, you really need to...
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Anonymous User
Database Architect at a insurance company
Good.
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Anonymous User
IT - Server Administration
Customer Service: Although I haven't contacted customer service often, the response has always been prompt, courteous...
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EduardoMaya
Project Office Manager at Hoteles City Express
Customer support sometimes takes a lot of time, but otherwise they do great. It is necessary to have some support...
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KashifKhan
IT Project Director at UT MD Anderson
The technical support is pretty good. We have opened up many cases with Planview which get addressed in a timely...
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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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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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Keith Kennedy
Project Administrator at Texas Mutual Insurance Company
Technical support is very good if they know what's going on. The reason I say that is because we have introduced a...
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Vamsi KiranPasala
Specialist Project Solutions at Flowserve Corporation
Technical support is awesome. I personally know Natalia. I have been interacting with her for my last couple of...
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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
Sr PPM Service Manager at a pharma/biotech company
Overall, the technical support has good people who are knowledgeable. They are a little overworked. At least, they...
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KrishnaMohandos
Director PMO at Sephora USA
We have had both ups and downs with the support. We have been with Planview for three years. We have the new...
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Anonymous User
Director of IT at a educational organization
Their support is good but not as good as it was a couple of years ago. Since it's moved out internally from Planview...
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Anonymous User
Management consultant at Sloan Consulting
The technical support is excellent and responsive. Planview has a very active user community that they promote.
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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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Roderic Person
Planview Administrator and Robotic Process Engineer at a financial services firm
Technical support is great. It's just like technical support at any other institution where sometimes you'll get...
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Musunga Kabwe
Senior Analyst - Technology at LPL Financial
We submit cases from time to time. If we see any errors or encounter any system behavior that we're not able to...
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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
Enterprise Solutions Architect
Its support to legacy paying customers is something PlanView is not handling well. We were unable to implement due to...
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Anonymous User
Lead Intellectual Property Engineer at a manufacturing company
The technical support is very good.
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Jane Mattei
Project Administrator - PMI at a energy/utilities company
Excellent. The online documentation is very complete and useful, particularly for functions that are not often used....
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AndyJohnson
PVA at Prime Therapeutics
The support is slow. I've heard that they're beefing up that side of the company. It just seems to be the same people...
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CarstenMueglitz
PPM Services Manager at Roche Diabetes Care
The customer support center is really valuable. I have had a lot of email discussions and talks with them. We have...
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RebeccaMorrison
Director Enterprise Applications at Nassau Health Care Corporation
With respect to the technical support, they are one of the best vendors I've ever worked with. When we had issues...
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Vi EnChoong
Sr R&D Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific
I don't interact with the technical support of Planview that much. We have our own IT department. Usually, we...
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Kori Patrick
Technical Manager, Innovation R&D at Enbridge Gas
The technical support has been good. I use the chat feature quite a bit, so I get support right away there. I also...
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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
Manufacturing Manager, Capital COE at a manufacturing company
We meet with our Planview representative once a week. If we have any questions, we just ask her, then she gets us the...
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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
Senior Consultant at a tech services company
Customer Service: 10/10 Technical Support: Technical support is great. They have got really good experts on their team.
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Anonymous User
Project Manager at a pharma/biotech company
I would rate technical support as very good!
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Anonymous User
Director of Enterprise Program and Portfolio Management at a retailer
My experience with their tech support was great. We had no issues. They were responsive and knowledgeable.
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ManishSrivastana
Project Manager at New Orleans Convention Center
I don't directly deal with the technical support because I'm a super users. We have an admin team for PPM Pro. They...
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