PM3 Vs Decision Lens (Jan 2020)

PM3 Vs. Decision Lens: Which is better?

Shlomi Lavi / Jan 19, 2020

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Looking for the right Project Portfolio Management solution for your business? buyers like you are primarily concerned about the real total implementation cost (TCO), full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, pros and cons. in this article we compare between the 2 software products:

Vendor comparison

Bestoutcome: As a dedicated programme management consultancy we know how to manage change. Our project, portfolio management toolset PM3 has been designed by practitioners for practitioners. We can talk to your programme sponsors and delivery teams from a position of experience and knowledge; helping to ensure you always achieve successful outcomes.

Decision Lens: Decision Lens - @Decision Lens - is a collaborative decision making software company focused on simplifying complex decisions for commercial, government and pro sports teams. Our main goal is to identify the best “bang-for-the-buck” people, projects or ideas for our clients in a resource constrained environment. The company was recently named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s List of Best Small & Medium Workplaces in America. Customers include Johnson & Johnson, Genentech, Siemens, Calgary Flames, US Joint Staff, USDA, US Navy, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation among others.

Pricing/cost comparison

The real cost of Project Portfolio Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training cost, customization cost, required hardware, and the cost of maintenance & support and other related services. It's critical that you account for all of these costs to gain an understanding of the system's "total cost of ownership". We prepared a total cost calculator for PM3 TCO and Decision Lens total cost to help with the total cost of ownership calculation.

PM3 price Starting from $12 per user/month , on a scale between 1 to 10 PM3 is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Project Portfolio Management software. Decision Lens accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , on a scale between 1 to 10 PM3 is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Project Portfolio Management software.

Bottom line:Decision Lens is more expensive than PM3.

Features and functionality

As with any business software solutions, it’s important to consider the features & functionality. The tool should support the processes, workflows, reports and needs that matter to your team. To help you evaluate this, we've compared PM3 Vs. Decision Lens based on some of the most important and required Project Portfolio Management features.
PM3: We are still working to collect the list of features of PM3. .
Decision Lens list of features include the following: Ad-Hoc Analysis, .

Target customer size

PM3's typical customers include: Small business, Medium business, Large business, Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.