Compare Microsoft Project and Aha! - Apr 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Microsoft Project or Aha!?

Microsoft Project is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Aha!, and Aha! is rated higher (91/100) than Microsoft Project (90/100). Microsoft Project offers users more features (7) than Aha! (5).

Looking for the right Project Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Microsoft Vs. Aha! Labs

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Aha! Labs: Brian de Haaff and Dr. Chris Waters founded Aha! in the spring of 2013 in Menlo Park, California. They wanted to help themselves and product development teams just like them build better software. Collectively, they have founded or been early employees of six cloud- based technology companies in Silicon Valley, where they have led product and engin...

Who is more expensive? Microsoft Project or Aha!?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Project Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Microsoft Project and Aha!.

Microsoft Project price starts at $10 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Microsoft Project is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Project Management software. Aha! price starts at $39 per user/month , When comparing Aha! to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Project Management software cost.

Bottom line: Microsoft Project cost is around the same cost of Aha!.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Microsoft Project Vs. Aha! based on some of the most important and required Project Management features.

Microsoft Project: Collaboration, Document Management, Issue Tracking, Project Management, Resource Management, Scheduling, Task Management.

Aha!: Project Management, Project Collaboration, Document Management, Design Simulation, Engineering requirements.

Target customer size

Microsoft Project is best for all sizes of business as well as individual users. The general customers of Aha! software are the individuals and organizations that engage with SMBs (small and/or medium sized businesses that has employees ranging from one to 100 and 100 to 1,000 respectively) that are relying on the services from Information technology/IT, data and web hosting and other information related services, mainly with project management and product road map management.