RationalPlan

RationalPlan

RationalPlan

5 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
RationalPlan	Score 7.7 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	RationalPlan is project management software that has been designed to help project managers keep their projects on time and within budget. The main goal of this software is to make the process of planning projects as short and as straightforward as possible and to guide novice project managers through each step but offer enough tools to those who are more experienced.	$0

Pricing

RationalPlan

Editions & Modules

Free: $0
Beginner: $4
per user
Master: $12
per user
Production: $19
per user
Stakeholder: $64 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Single: $145 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Multi: $288 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Server: $668 USD
Lifetime License per Seat

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
RationalPlan
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	RationalPlan
Considered Both Products	RationalPlan Verified User Anonymous Chose RationalPlan RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose RationalPlan RationalPlan has what we need license Costs, runs on Linux, and Windows fits precisely what we need. Incentivized Helpful? Justin James, MComPM, Prince2 Operations Project Management Chose RationalPlan I use Multi which is the standalone platform. While there is no team collaboration it does have an email feature built in. Rational Plan does have the Server option but it all comes at a price the same as Wrike. I have used many free and commercial platforms and rationalplan … Incentivized Helpful? LeRoy Mattingly Chief Architect Chose RationalPlan MSProject - way too expensive for what I need. I think I could do everything I did in MSProject in RationalPlan Incentivized Helpful?

Features

RationalPlan

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	RationalPlan 6.6 Ratings 15% below category average
Task Management	7.30 Ratings
Resource Management	6.80 Ratings
Gantt Charts	7.30 Ratings
Scheduling	6.40 Ratings
Team Collaboration	7.30 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	7.30 Ratings
Document Management	3.60 Ratings
Email integration	6.40 Ratings
Mobile Access	9.10 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	4.50 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	6.40 Ratings

Professional Services Automation

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
	RationalPlan 4.5 Ratings 51% below category average
Invoicing	4.50 Ratings

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User Ratings
	RationalPlan
Likelihood to Recommend	7.7 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.7 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	RationalPlan
Likelihood to Recommend	It's got its shortcomings but is still the best PM tool in my opinion Justin James, MComPM, Prince2 Operations Project Management Read full review
Pros	Runs on Linux and Windows. It Can read Microsoft Project files. Contains all functions needed for easy to use project planning Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Duration at top level only in days (no options to change). Not so fun when running multi-year projects and trying to convert to weeks months on the fly in meetings Ability to customize built in reports (even if it was done outside and you had to use fields provided) Printing flexibility for reporting Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	I had to ask for support once and got a response immediately. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Helps explain the target schedule and resource estimates for cost of the project Incentivized LeRoy Mattingly Chief Architect Read full review
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