Microsoft Project Server vs. Planview Portfolios

Microsoft Project Server

51 Reviews and Ratings

Planview Portfolios

177 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft Project Server	Score7.6 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Project Server is a project portfolio management option.	N/A
Planview Portfolios	Score8.1 out of 10	N/A	Planview Portfolios is an end-to-end project portfolio management and enterprise architecture management tool. It includes two components: Portfolio and Resource Management and Capability and Technology Management. The platform is available as a cloud-based or on-premise service.	N/A

Pricing

Microsoft Project Server

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Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Project Server	Planview Portfolios
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Microsoft Project Server	Planview Portfolios
Considered Both Products	Microsoft No answer on this topic	Planview Bradford Newton Vice President Information Technology Administration in Information Technology at WellStar Health System (Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees) Chose Planview Portfolios In a mature SharePoint environment the Microsoft Project Server can be an appealing option - in prior environments I saw very easy integration between Project Server and SharePoint. Microsoft Project is a great tool for projects that are conducted in isolation, meaning they … Incentivized Helpful? Andreas Gabler Platform Owner in Information Technology at Fonterra (Dairy, 10,001+ employees) Chose Planview Portfolios Planview Portfolios is the market leader in the area, the flexibility of the product and the continuous investment by Planview makes Planview Portfolios currently the best in the market. The support organisation for implementation and run of Planview Portfolios rounds off the … Incentivized Helpful? Martin Dean Manager, Finance & Performance Management in Corporate at Centene (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Planview Portfolios Planview Portfolios product capabilities positions it well, as a leader in the industry Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview Portfolios Planview has much more potential in terms of it's products and capabilities. It can integrate more easily with many more of our other products and software. Planview reporting is much more intuitive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview Portfolios In our organization we selected Planview Portfolios for the capabilities it offered. Incentivized Helpful? Marco De Angelis Project and Portfolio Manager Officer in Information Technology at Angelini (Pharmaceuticals, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Planview Portfolios Compared with other systems, Planview is much easier to use. It has the right balance between functionalities and configuration. It offers a good value against the cost. It offers also a cloud service that help companies to start with the right effort. Incentivized Helpful? Brian Tharp, PMP IT PMO Manager in Information Technology at Mentor Graphics (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Planview Portfolios HP PPM and MS Project Server were past predecessors to PVE1, and both fraught with misconfiguration, lack of top-down support, and neither had effective resource management capabilities. We sort of backed-into PVE1, as we were initially entrenched with Projectplace. As luck … Incentivized Helpful? Diane Williams Roberts, PMP, CSM, Green Belt Director, Project Delivery Portfolio Management in Information Technology at Essilor (Medical Devices, 10,001+ employees) Chose Planview Portfolios Planview is a much more robust Resource and Portfolio Management tool. It is easier to use and provides drill down visibility to address critical issues. Incentivized Helpful? Patricia Schneider Director at Arizona State University (Higher Education, 10,001+ employees) Chose Planview Portfolios Pretty comparable in functionality but we needed a tool that could do portfolio and investment/capacity management. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview Portfolios MS Project Server and MS Project provided MANY more capabilities for detailed project planning than Planview. Unfortunately, I did not select Planview. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planview Portfolios I didn't select Planview, but having worked with it and other comparable systems, it was a complete and well developed PPM system. In regard to support and staff at Planview, they were fantastic! But I would like to stress that buying this system will not automatically solve … Incentivized Helpful? Theresa Graves, PMP, Six Sigma Greenbelt Project Management Professional in Information Technology at Wells Fargo (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Planview Portfolios I don't have any other products to compare to Planview Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Microsoft Project Server	Planview Portfolios
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (8 ratings)	8.8 (113 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.3 (18 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (1 ratings)	6.7 (12 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	8.3 (3 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	6.7 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.5 (11 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	6.4 (3 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	7.9 (3 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	- (0 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	3.6 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	8.3 (2 ratings)
Professional Services	- (0 ratings)	7.6 (2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	7.2 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	5.5 (1 ratings)