Zoho Projects - Top 4 Alternatives (Apr 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Apr 25, 2022

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The main competitors for Zoho Projects include Mavenlink & Clarizen.

Mavenlink provides a project management solution that focuses on team collaboration. There is a central dashboard to monitor all projects under implementation, as well as options for task management, documentation sharing and change request management. Additionally there is a project template library which can be utilized to handle common project related tasks. Project accounting is available to handle both fixed & variable cost projects with integration to Quickbooks for financial management.

Zoho Projects also provides a cloud based project management tool. It integrates project management plans with a collaboration platform, task management, and time & expense tracking. The product supports workflow automation and includes a logging system to track errors or changes that need to be addressed. Zoho Project is also mobile device access ready and supports project chat rooms & forums for real-time project discussions.

Clarizen on the other hand provides specialized project management solutions for project managers, IT Services teams, professional services management, marketing project teams, as well as software development. It includes an Apps marketplace which has added functionality to enhance the software, and supports social collaboration, customization and an API for integration to third party applications. Clarizen can also handle project budgeting requirements as well.

Zoho Projects does not support these functionally based project management requirements, but provides integration with Dropbox for project documentation storage & sharing, as well as reporting tools to measure project performance. Additionally it provides integration to select third party applications and includes support for multiple languages.