Microsoft Project vs. Wrike

Microsoft Project

717 Reviews and Ratings

Wrike

1,538 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Microsoft Project	Score8.1 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.	$120 per year per user
Wrike	Score8.3 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Wrike is a project management and collaboration software. This solution connects tasks, discussions, and emails to the user’s project plan. Wrike is optimized for agile workflows and aims to help resolve data silos, poor visibility into work status, and missed deadlines and project failures.	$240 per year 2 users (minimum)

Pricing

Microsoft Project

Wrike

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

Wrike Free: $0
per month per user
Wrike Team: $10
per month (billed annually) per user (2-15 users)
Wrike Business: $25
per month (billed annually) per user (5-200 users)
Wrike Enterprise: Request a quote
per month per user
Pinnacle: Request a quote
per month per user

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

No setup fee

No setup fee

Plans are billed annually.

Every premium plan begins with a 14-day trial period.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Microsoft Project	Wrike
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Quratulain Habib, PMP Partner / Director / Head of Projects in Information Technology at QZ Global (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) 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? Robert Paul Project Manager in Information Technology at Mainstay Technologies (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Project Trello and Wrike are cheaper alternatives, but I do not consider them true project management software. They can certainly work to organize tasks, and they are collaborative, which is something MS Project lacks, but they lack the depth and, in my opinion, the actually necessary … Incentivized Helpful? Henry Winchonlong Jefe de sistemas de información in Information Technology at Gilat Perú (Telecommunications, 201-500 employees) 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? Verified User Chose Microsoft Project Microsoft Project was selected because it integrates well with other Microsoft products and has better tracking and visualization tools that can be used with different projects. Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Melder Process Optimization Analyst in Corporate at Quad (Printing, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Project While many of the above tools are extremely well-versed, Microsoft Project's largest advantage comes from it being related to the largest business productivity company in the world. Project does have its sharing limitations - but regardless, offers one of the most robust tools … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Project At the end of the day, Microsoft Project still is best in class overall. It isn't as specialized as some tools like Trello or JIRA, but especially with new integration with Planner and native support for Agile project management templates it becomes a lot closer. Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Felix Maximiliano Obes Project Manager in Information Technology at Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco \| Puerta del Sur (Airlines/Aviation, 201-500 employees) Chose Microsoft Project The strength it has is that it's the best complete solution for project planning. I would choose Microsoft Project over cloud solutions only if the requirements specify self-hosted solutions or that it allows integration with the AD and other corporate tools. But be prepared to … Incentivized Helpful?	Wrike Verified User Chose Wrike I've used Microsoft Project to manage waterfall projects and Jira to manage agile projects. Compared to Wrike, Project has more features for waterfall management, but can be complicated to use. Wrike seems to have all the functionality of Jira with all the added features needed … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike Wrike is more user friendly than Microsoft Project and has more features like the custom fields than Trello. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike Even though we had fully licenced Microsoft Project along with other products. we we looking for other products for project planning me and other few team members had already used Wrike in our previous jobs and were really impressed with ease of working which Wrike offered. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike Wrike wins this by FAR. MS Project does not have a lot of the features we need, like uploading files for review, automation of tasks, and honestly, MS Project looks so much worse. Not that looks are everything, but if you were to compare someone using Windows 95 to someone … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike The gold standard of project management, it remains my "ultimate goal" in any PMO I've been a part of our or overseen. I have yet to encounter a web-based platform that can hold a candle to the reliability and rock-solid stability of Project. There is a steeper technical … Incentivized Helpful? Brian Bulthuis IT Project Manager in Information Technology at San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (Government Administration, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Wrike Compared to other project management software we have used, Wrike is easy to implement and garner user acceptance. Other applications we have used and complex to configure and maintain, whereas Wrike is intuitive and simple to understand out of the gate. The communication … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike ClickUp does have nice features, and Asana used to be a much better interface. Frankly, Wrike can be a bit of a beast to administrate and setup more intricate pieces. The learning curve is steeper than something like ClickUp; but, it is cost effective and simply takes time to … Incentivized Helpful? Shewit Agaskar Marketing Manager in Marketing at Samsung (Semiconductors, 51-200 employees) Chose Wrike It is comparable. Monday is more colorful. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike My company already had selected Wrike before I joined. From my experience, it's easier on the eyes, better CX, customisation and automatisation. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike Wrike sales team was down to earth, and very facilitative with our disparate set of requirements. They had additional security features as well as solid user stories. In the end all of our PMO offices voted and Wrike came out on top. With a large company any switch of project … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike Wrike has better customization and integrations Flexibility to give different access depending on what it is needed. Spaces provide independence for each Team to set up what they need Open to feedback from users and implementing changes suggested by users Learning material … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike Better in resourcing worse in scheduling, both better and worse in terms of use control it is easier to move tasks in Wrike but also easier to make mistakes, the snapshot function is a bigf benefit compared to others, lacks against deltek in reports for EV or actuals dd dd Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike I really liked Wrike in comparison to monday.com. I was using a higher version of monday.com and in several areas it fell short. It required lot of scrolling and sub tasks in monday.com was disliked by everyone in our company. Wrike is intiutive and really easy to use. It … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike Accessible over Cloud, work on project update, anytime, anywhere. The collaboration using the Stream, the annotation to notify users with their action items. It is excellent for projects that are quick and result oriented. SMB businesses are well suited to adopt the tool quickly … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Ireton Test Engineering Manager in Research & Development at Qorvo (Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Wrike With MS-Project, only a select few people had licenses, and they distributed PDF copies that were immediately obsolete. We used SharePoint for a ticket system and it was adequate for those working in a silo, but we are working as part of a larger project, so being able to link … Incentivized Helpful? Gabriel Zang Product Specialist in Information Technology at Techdinamics Integrations Inc. (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Wrike Wrike is a much more complete and integral solution, easy to use, and for our company structure and task nature, weighing heavily on the pros side compare to these other products. Even though it's not an all-in-one solution based on our needs, it's surely the one in terms of … Incentivized Helpful? Nir Borenstein Senior Mechanical Engineer in Engineering at Augury (Industrial Automation, 201-500 employees) Chose Wrike Again, value for many is really good Incentivized Helpful? Rachel Barnes Senior Manager in Marketing at KU Memorial Union (Higher Education, 201-500 employees) Chose Wrike It was easier for me to use Wrike than the other products listed. I was able to quickly adapt to the offerings in Wrike and it was easy to train others to use it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike I haven't used this program a lot, but from what I remember, it wasn't as easy or intuitive. It may have had more functionality if you're a power user, but I wasn't. I also remember that program planners had to share paper copies for all of us to know what was going on, which … Incentivized Helpful? Salma Rahman Senior Software Test Engineer in Information Technology at Enosis Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Wrike Wrike is competitive by offering a wide range of integrations with other popular tools and apps, allowing you to sync data, collaborate in familiar settings, and maximize efficiency. Its integration with apps like Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike Wrike is more user friendly than both of the above Incentivized Helpful? Robert Purtee Quality Manager in Quality Assurance at Volta Power Systems (Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 51-200 employees) Chose Wrike Project is far superior. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike We did not evaluate other Products and Wrike was a reference from one of our Group of Companies. We started using the same and we are comfortable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wrike I was not part of the decision to select Wrike so I cannot give much input. From my minimal comparison, it does seem to have more features than Microsoft products, however integration with other Microsoft products is minimal and poor. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Microsoft Project

Wrike

Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Project and Wrike
Feature	Microsoft Project 9.1 108 Ratings	Wrike 8.0 758 Ratings
Task Management	10.0107 Ratings	9.0752 Ratings
Resource Management	10.0104 Ratings	8.3635 Ratings
Gantt Charts	10.0104 Ratings	8.8531 Ratings
Scheduling	10.0106 Ratings	8.1657 Ratings
Workflow Automation	10.083 Ratings	8.4643 Ratings
Team Collaboration	8.096 Ratings	8.7751 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	6.080 Ratings	7.4391 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	10.080 Ratings	8.4348 Ratings
Document Management	9.077 Ratings	7.3633 Ratings
Email integration	5.082 Ratings	7.3569 Ratings
Mobile Access	10.067 Ratings	8.0550 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	10.073 Ratings	7.5345 Ratings
Change request and Case Management	10.063 Ratings	7.723 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	10.083 Ratings	7.4266 Ratings

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Microsoft Project and Wrike
Feature	Microsoft Project 10.0 77 Ratings	Wrike 7.8 264 Ratings
Quotes/estimates	10.054 Ratings	8.21 Ratings
Invoicing	10.045 Ratings	7.31 Ratings
Project & financial reporting	10.074 Ratings	7.5260 Ratings
Integration with accounting software	10.050 Ratings	8.3152 Ratings

User Ratings
	Microsoft Project	Wrike
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (108 ratings)	8.7 (792 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (3 ratings)	8.1 (99 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (6 ratings)	8.4 (114 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	7.9 (22 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	7.5 (19 ratings)
Support Rating	8.2 (34 ratings)	6.7 (88 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (5 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	7.5 (12 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.0 (1 ratings)	7.7 (32 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (11 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	- (0 ratings)	6.7 (3 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	6.9 (7 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	7.8 (14 ratings)
Professional Services	- (0 ratings)	6.7 (3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	5.9 (6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (7 ratings)