Compare Microsoft Project and Cerebro - May 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / May 17, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Microsoft Project or Cerebro?

Microsoft Project is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Cerebro, and Microsoft Project is rated higher (90/100) than Cerebro (84/100). Microsoft Project offers users more features (7) than Cerebro (6).

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. Cerebro

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.

Cerebro: Cerebro is a project management system with a unique toolset for collaboration on visual content. It has been developed to meet special demands of advertising agencies, VFX/CGI and animation facilities, TV production and post-production companies, web studios. The key advantage you get with Cerebro is “less typing – more understanding – faster...

Who is more expensive? Microsoft Project or Cerebro?

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 Cerebro.

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. Cerebro price starts at $6 per user/month , When comparing Cerebro to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Project Management software cost.

Bottom line: Microsoft Project is more expensive than Cerebro.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Microsoft Project Vs. Cerebro 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.

Cerebro: Collaboration, Document Management, Issue Tracking, Project Management, Resource Management.

Target customer size

Microsoft Project is best for all sizes of business as well as individual users. Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes and a variety of types.



Microsoft Project

ITQlick rating
(4.4/5)

starts at $10 per user/month

Microsoft Project is project management software that has all the necessary tools to help take a project to completion. There are so many Microsoft programs and this software was designed to help in the utiliza...

Categories: Project Accounting, Team Collaboration, Development project, Project Management.

Cerebro

ITQlick rating
(2.8/5)

starts at $6 per user/month

Cerebro software is a cloud-based collaboration and project management solution. It offers the following features namely; a budget and time tracking tool that sets custom budget limits for tasks or resources to...

Categories: Project Management, Project Management, Project Management.

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Microsoft Project: 7 Features

Collaboration
Document Management
Issue Tracking
Project Management
Resource Management
Scheduling
Task Management

Cerebro: 6 Features

Collaboration
Document Management
Issue Tracking
Project Management
Resource Management
Scheduling
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ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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Microsof...
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
5.4/10
License pricing
$10 per user/month
Functionality
17
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Cerebro
ITQlick rating
2.8/5
Score
84/100
Pricing
3.4/10
License pricing
$6 per user/month
Functionality
9
Trello
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$5 per user/month
Functionality
16
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Basecamp
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$11 per user/month
Functionality
15
monday.c...
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$10 per seat/month
Functionality
92

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.