Microsoft Project vs. ProjectLibre

Microsoft Project

ProjectLibre

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft Project	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.	$0
ProjectLibre	Score 7.5 out of 10	N/A	ProjectLibre is an open source project management software built as a software as a service (SaaS) deployment.	N/A

Pricing

Microsoft Project

ProjectLibre

Editions & Modules

Project Server: $0
Planner Plan 1: $10
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 3: $30
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 5: $55
per month per user
Project Standard 2024: $679.99
one-time fee per installation
Project Professional 2024: $1,129.99
one-time fee per installation

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Project	ProjectLibre
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Plans are billed annually.

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Community Pulse
	Microsoft Project	ProjectLibre
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Project EG Edgar Garcia GCM Project manager Chose Microsoft Project Jira and Miro are very visual, they provide us a very friendly interface (specially Miro), and in the case of Jira, it give us very customizable workflows that suit team needs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Our company already has our client and tracking database in microsoft 365 so it was the logical step to stay with microsoft although it is a bit lacking compared to other offerings. If our team was on the go one of these other products might work better. We needed something … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Honestly, I am not really using those platforms, but I am familiar with them. Thing is, I know that Microsoft platforms is game changer for everyone not just the Microsoft Project, that's why I chose this platform because I have been using it for a longer time even when I still … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project provided more robust, collaborative solution to Turnkey Project Management. With Excel like sheets for Project Task Schedules are used for contractors and users it was well accepted i.e good UI UX. Integration capability of Microsoft Project Online with Power … Incentivized Helpful? Aybuke Aynur Business Development Architect Chose Microsoft Project I do not use any other software Incentivized Helpful? Suvit Ahuja Project Manager - Digital Chose Microsoft Project Dependency tracking and automated task management helped its raking above other competitors in the usage. Microsoft support and updates are also reliable. Security is also good for this tool. UI is also good and task management is very effective. Integrations are also easy. Incentivized Helpful? Javier Silva SR MGR MFG & SC IT Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project will continue to be my tool of choice for high stakes high complexity projects with over 100 tasks and many requirements to control costs and delivery but the assumption is that a dedicated PM is needed to keep the file updated and manage communication with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Better suited for everyone in the team due to an existing partnership with Microsoft for access to other software suite provided by them. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project As our IT is based on Microsft Office 365, we have privileged access to MS Project licences, resources, training and support, so we didn't use any other PM software. Incentivized Helpful? Quratulain Habib, PMP Partner / Director / Head of Projects Chose Microsoft Project Initially, I tried using Smartsheet and then Wrike, all for Gantt Chart availability and task management. They don't come close to the flexibility or depth of features that Microsoft Project provides. Wrike does have better collaboration amongst team members and provides an … Incentivized Helpful? JJ Jiho Joung Director, IT and Operations Chose Microsoft Project Mostly I chose Microsoft Project due to the usage we're using for our clients. The primary reason for using Microsoft Project is because it's working well with our legacy in-house applications/solutions for our project management. We have many users who have multiple different … Incentivized Helpful? AS Alfredo Sanchez It Director Chose Microsoft Project Because is a powerful tool that include everything that you need to manage your projects also are on-line on cloud. On app very easy to use the other vendor offer minimal support and upgrades for the tool MS project is always improvement, new features a lots of information … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project was the most expensive project management software that we utilized aside from the costs associated with developing and in-house service. Microsoft Project provide a wealth of features for managing a large scale project like planning all of the tasks … Incentivized Helpful? Darrell Dunavan Project Manager / Document Control Chose Microsoft Project We picked Microsoft Project instead of Proofhub due to us already using Office 365. Microsoft Project was the cheaper of the two options and seemed to fit our needs better than Proofhub. It seemed to be easier to use on the front end since some of our less technology-savvy … Incentivized Helpful? Russell Voigt, PE Project Manager Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project is a reasonable price and provides all of the functions we need, and even more. The fancier tools will be more expensive but not necessarily be more effective, so sticking with the industry standard seems to be the reasonable choice. Incentivized Helpful? Fernanda Ministerio Especialista de Desenvolvimento Industrial Chose Microsoft Project I can't remember because it was many years ago. But Microsoft Project was very affordable and had a much larger set of features. Also the stability of its technology, as well as the number of existing users, the abundant documentation and the possibility of having well-defined … Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Smith Estimator and Project Manager Chose Microsoft Project ProjectLibre is a free or open source version of MS Project. It’s supported by a community of programmers that maintain its versions. It’s definitely not MS Project but definitely gives you a good idea what to expect from MS Project. I would recommend trying it first to see if … Incentivized Helpful? Kristen Silvan Project Manager & Chief Estimator Chose Microsoft Project Procore allows Microsoft Project schedules to be uploaded into it. It is not an easy feature to use. The uploading is a piece of cake, but changing anything after that is challenging and never seems to track correctly for me. Maybe I need more practice but it is not a feature I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project had the strongest integrations and Gantt chart qualities. As a team that uses Outlook, Skype, DevOps and the Office Suite, it became clear that Project suited our needs best. Additionally, testing found that the user interface and security features pleased … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project seems more intuitive and user friendly than Agiliti. It helps with organization and planning. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Project is comprehensive and many project professionals are familiar with it, however the other tools are more business user friendly. Little training needed, Airtable and Trello are more intuitive so anyone can make updates and understand progress. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project needs to do better job on the flexibility and user interface of the software. The colors used by Monday.com and shortcuts they have provided are much smoother. However, Microsoft project is more compatible with other Microsoft products like excel which gives … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project is similar in its setup, but as with other Microsoft products there are many features buried in the tabs. You have to know what you are looking for. Incentivized Helpful? Christian Oquendo Personal Trainer Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project is an excellent tool for most businesses to help visualize company progress. This software compares to many others out there, however it doesn't offer anything extra or "different". Since it is Microsoft brand, I will say it runs extremely smooth and you know … Incentivized Helpful? Henry Winchonlong Jefe de sistemas de información Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project has all the functionalities of the others and Microsoft Project responds to all our needs to control the projects. Additionally, Microsoft Project is part of our licensing of Microsoft products. This advantage is the main key to adopt Microsoft Project against … Incentivized Helpful?	ProjectLibre CP Cathy P Project Manager Chose ProjectLibre ProjectLibre is more customizeable and has greater functionality than Google sheets. Though not as intuitive or visually appealing in design, they have the tools you need once you learn them Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ProjectLibre We decided to go with ProjectLibre because it is a free tool and there is a great community that supports us in case there are any questions or concerns about the software. This has allowed us to be able to invest time without having to worry about licensing costs or anything … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ProjectLibre Project Libre being free and open-source, makes it accessible to users regardless of their budget. It has a large and active user community, providing support and resources for those who are new to the software or need help with a specific task. Overall, LibreOffice is a good … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ProjectLibre As already mentioned, ProjectLibre doesn't hold up well against a professional project management tool. It is quite suited for simple projects and if you don't need to advanced features of other tools and if you don't need simple scripting extensibility. My main driver on using … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ProjectLibre Both of those other options are paid options and do not mimic MS Project. While those tools are great in their own right, ProjectLibre is truly unique in that it basically emulates MS Project and does it really well for free. Incentivized Helpful? Ramprasad Rangachary, PMP® Product Manager Chose ProjectLibre 1) Ability to access project plans created using MS Projects - MS Projects license is expensive and we cannot have all users assigned one. This is where ProjectLibre comes in. We can get the team to access project plans rather than sharing them as PDFs 2) User interface is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ProjectLibre ProjectLibre offer many of the same functionalities as MS Project , but at no cost! While the user interface might not be as aesthetically pleasing or intuitive as MS Project, ProjectLibre still gets the job done while enabling substantial cost savings. Both products are … Incentivized Helpful? Patrick Stephens Consultant Chose ProjectLibre ProjectLibre is open-sourced, so constantly on the verge of getting better. I think this one is more suited against other workflow programs because it is built for function and (like referenced in another section) not meant to be something you can distract your boss with to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ProjectLibre The significant reason for choosing Project Libre is that it's free and my business is very small. In fact, we have less than 10 employees. It's easy to learn, especially since its interface is very similar to the leading project management software. It wasn't a hard choice at … Incentivized Helpful? PG Paula Gomez IT-Support Chose ProjectLibre ProjectLibre is a free tool with no limit for users using the tool and mainly works on all Windows, Linux and MAC OS operating systems. It is a very interesting alternative for those who are starting in the project management area. And you don't want to spend on paid software … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ProjectLibre Microsoft project has a great interface and features. However, the cost of ProjectLibre overshadows anything that Microsoft can provide. The cost to benefits that ProjectLibre provides along with their similar features to Microsoft makes ProjectLibre a leader in the project … Incentivized Helpful? David Thomas IT Project Manager Chose ProjectLibre I was looking for something free, and ProjectLibre met my needs. I had used another Gantt program, but it was discontinued. TeamGantt has also been introduced, and I tried it but came back to ProjectLibre because of familiarity. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Microsoft Project

ProjectLibre

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Project 9.1 Ratings 17% above category average	ProjectLibre 6.8 Ratings 12% below category average
Task Management	10.00 Ratings	7.40 Ratings
Resource Management	10.00 Ratings	7.90 Ratings
Gantt Charts	10.00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Scheduling	10.00 Ratings	7.30 Ratings
Workflow Automation	10.00 Ratings	5.80 Ratings
Team Collaboration	8.00 Ratings	6.50 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	6.00 Ratings	5.90 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	10.00 Ratings	6.50 Ratings
Document Management	9.00 Ratings	6.50 Ratings
Email integration	5.00 Ratings	6.40 Ratings
Mobile Access	10.00 Ratings	9.50 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	10.00 Ratings	5.70 Ratings
Change request and Case Management	10.00 Ratings	5.90 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	10.00 Ratings	6.20 Ratings

Professional Services Automation

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Project 10.0 Ratings 28% above category average	ProjectLibre 6.7 Ratings 12% below category average
Quotes/estimates	10.00 Ratings	6.10 Ratings
Invoicing	10.00 Ratings	5.80 Ratings
Project & financial reporting	10.00 Ratings	6.20 Ratings
Integration with accounting software	10.00 Ratings	8.50 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Microsoft Project	ProjectLibre
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (0 ratings)	7.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.2 (0 ratings)	9.8 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Microsoft Project	ProjectLibre
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Project is the perfect platform for medium and large companies. I do not recommend this software for small businesses, because all its functions in the work plans are high cost and this would cause the small business to not perform well in the use of MS Project in the long term. It is very easy to use software, it allows adding, modifying and eliminating all kinds of assignments and tasks for all employees, it allows monitoring the progress of all projects in real time and it also shows the gaps in the planned project. It has a very good performance, it does not take up many computer resources and all the information is stored in sync with the Office 365 service. It occasionally has crashing problems, but this is something that does not affect users as much. Incentivized Sasha Brito Marketing Director Read full review	ProjectLibre is very similar to Microsoft Project, but it is free. It has a user-friendly interface that is simple to understand and use. Best of all is its compatibility to import and export data to Project and PDF without any restriction. ProjectLibre is very important to execute medium and large scale projects that we develop. There is a possibility to create many diagrams, with Gantt and PERT being the most used by me. I feel like you don't lose anything to any paid competitor software Incentivized BA Bruno Almeida Analista de redes Read full review
Pros	It is part of Office365 subscription. The look and feel is similar to other tools like excel. Helps in creating project plans, Gantt charts, work break down structures etc. Helps in resource allocation and tracking the projects. There is an option to use it to capture timesheets too. Helps project managers in producing weekly status reports and integrates well with other collaboration tools like Skype, sharepoint etc. Incentivized Shiva Krishna Oracle Cloud Procure to Pay Consultant Read full review	ProjectLibre is great for project management. It allows us to establish milestones and timeline planning for projects. It allows us to stay organized among multiple projects. It is extremely simple to use with a simple interface. It takes little time to plan out a project with key dates and provides a nice graphic. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Remote work can be challenging - as Project must be downloaded to a specific computer. Upgrading to the top of the line version can feel like a requirement. There is a lot of functionality that is not available unless in the most expensive pay-tiers. Microsoft Project can be extremely expensive on a per user basis. Other tools can be much more cost-effective - especially for more basic project management needs. Incentivized Joshua Melder Process Optimization Analyst Read full review	Customer service is not there - I understand that the product is open source but some kind of forum with FAQs, etc. can come in handy App crashes at time for no reason. There have been instances where you try to create a new task and all the diagrams and other items get messed up Incentivized Ramprasad Rangachary, PMP® Product Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	I like using Microsoft Project. It simplifies building a schedule Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Usability	Microsoft Project is easy to operate because data could be inserted, changed and deleted like you are in an Excel timesheet. Besides, it provides a great level of automation beween his fields allowing few data changes. Also, its funcionalities are well defined and grouped in upper menus, so you can find a funcionality quickly Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	I’m giving MS Project an 8 because in general this is a solid scheduling program. It’s definitely designed with the professional in mind, and they have done well preparing the program to integrate with their other Microsoft products. The program is a workhorse so if you have serious scheduling needs then I would highly recommend MS Project. Incentivized Matthew Smith Estimator and Project Manager Read full review	There are a lot of discussions online about it, and a customer addition based manual. While that can lead to some confusion, I am not the kind of person who likes talking on the phone. So it is easier to go online with ProjectLibre! Incentivized Patrick Stephens Consultant Read full review
Implementation Rating	I wasn't part of it so I don't know Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Project provided more robust, collaborative solution to Turnkey Project Management. With Excel like sheets for Project Task Schedules are used for contractors and users it was well accepted i.e good UI UX. Integration capability of Microsoft Project Online with Power App and Power Automate + Share point made collaboration most useful. Security features of Microsoft Project is managed by Azure Active Directory Settings. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	ProjectLibre offer many of the same functionalities as MS Project , but at no cost! While the user interface might not be as aesthetically pleasing or intuitive as MS Project, ProjectLibre still gets the job done while enabling substantial cost savings. Both products are excellent, but open source software that performs as well as ProjectLibre is hard to beat! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Since it is reasonable priced and flexible and fits into our Microsoft products, it meets our objectives It has prevented expensive scope creep, this has saved us money and had solid ROI Project does require light training cost to use it effectively Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	ProjectLibre is free so it has allowed us to collaborate on MS Project files for users that run a Mac or Linux machine Learning curve is minimal since it so closely resembles MS Project Not all MS Project features (especially the newer editions) are present but it's best for users that are not the primary PM to user ProjectLibre. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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