Microsoft Project - Top Competitors (Apr 2022)

Microsoft Project Review
ITQlick Score: 90/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 5.4/10 - average cost
Category: Project Management -> Microsoft Project review -> Microsoft Project competitors
Ranking:Ranked 27 out of 884 Project Management systems
Company: Microsoft
Pricing: starts at $10 per user/month
Typical customers: Small, medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop, Mobile, Cloud
Links: Microsoft Project review, Microsoft Project pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Apr 22, 2022

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Microsoft Project vs. Alternatives in 2024

Microsoft Project is a project and portfolio management software solution, and its top alternatives include Asana, monday.com, Smartsheet, and Clarizen by Planview. In the selected aspects listed below, Microsoft Project is compared to its top alternatives:
  • Cloud/On-premise: Microsoft Project supports cloud and on-premise deployment options. In comparison, all top Microsoft Project alternatives are fully cloud-based options.
  • Cost: Microsoft Project pricing starts at $10 per user per month, billed monthly, and a free trial is available. In comparison, monday.com pricing starts at $8/seat/month (minimum of 3 seats), Asana pricing starts at $10.99/user/month, and Smartsheet pricing starts at $7 per user per month, minimum of 1 user. Clarizen pricing is undisclosed, and a free trial is available for all except Clarizen. Asana and monday.com also have a free plan.
  • Customers/Industries: Microsoft Project targets teams across several industries like product development teams in the automobile industry, students, freelancers, and teams in finance. In comparison, Microsoft Project and its top alternatives target similar customers like marketing and IT & DevOps teams.
  • Functionality: Microsoft Project offers several features, including Gantt Charts, roadmaps, resource management, project planning & scheduling, etc. Compared to its top alternatives, Microsoft Project offers portfolio selection and optimization and financial management, which only Clarizen offers.
  • Popularity: Microsoft Project is a leading project management solution with customers like Aston Martin, Hitachi, and Scania. In comparison, monday.com has over 152,000 customers, over 90% of the Fortune 100 companies use Smartsheet, and over 100,000 companies use Asana.
  • Scalability: Microsoft Project is a highly scalable solution that can support teams and project management operations of all sizes. In comparison, all top alternatives of Microsoft Project are highly scalable solutions.
  • Support: Teams that use Microsoft Project can access support via phone, FAQs, community forums, and a knowledge base. Compared to its top alternatives, Microsoft Project does not offer support via a live chat channel like Asana and email support like all its top alternatives.

Microsoft Project alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to Microsoft Project that are worth checking out: Trello for SMBs, Hive for large size business, Smartsheet for growing companies, and monday.com for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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4.4/5
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$10 per user/month
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ITQlick rating
4.5/5
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98/100
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2/10
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12
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96/100
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ITQlick rating
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Score
98/100
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$10 per seat/month
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92


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