Compare Clarizen, Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management, and Smartsheet
 Clarizen 4.0 Based on 145 reviews Optimized for quick response |  Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management 4.0 Based on 1,359 reviews |  Smartsheet 4.1 Based on 892 reviews |
Pricing
Unlimited Contact for pricing | Project Professional (Project Managers) $1,159.99 | Individual $14 / month | |
Enterprise Contact for pricing | Project Standard (Project Managers) $589.99 | Business $25 /month | |
| ‐ | Project Online Premium $55 /User/Month | Enterprise Contact for pricing | |
| ‐ | Project Online Professional $30 /User/Month | ‐ | |
| ‐ | Project Online Essentials $7 /User/Month | ‐ | |
Free Trial | Free Trial | Free Trial |
Ratings
| Meets Requirements | 8.3 (Based on 125 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 1,271 reviews) | 8.6 (Based on 849 reviews) |
| Ease of Use | 7.7 (Based on 126 reviews) | 7.5 (Based on 1,277 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 855 reviews) |
| Ease of Setup | 7.3 (Based on 82 reviews) | 7.7 (Based on 439 reviews) | 8.6 (Based on 394 reviews) |
| Ease of Admin | 7.8 (Based on 84 reviews) | 7.8 (Based on 413 reviews) | 8.7 (Based on 385 reviews) |
| Quality of Support | 8.4 (Based on 111 reviews) | 7.8 (Based on 996 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 541 reviews) |
| Ease of Doing Business With | 8.4 (Based on 81 reviews) | 8.1 (Based on 382 reviews) | 8.6 (Based on 337 reviews) |
| Product Direction (% positive) | 7.7 (Based on 126 reviews) | 6.8 (Based on 1,257 reviews) | 8.0 (Based on 846 reviews) |
Features
Reviewers' Company Size
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) | 14.0% | 24.8% | 31.8% |
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) | 49.7% | 27.1% | 38.5% |
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) | 36.4% | 48.2% | 29.7% |
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software 18.0% | Information Technology and Services 14.6% | Information Technology and Services 11.3% | |
Information Technology and Services 13.5% | Hospital & Health Care 5.3% | Computer Software 7.9% | |
Marketing and Advertising 6.7% | Higher Education 5.0% | Marketing and Advertising 7.0% | |
Financial Services 6.2% | Construction 4.7% | Higher Education 5.7% | |
Market Research 5.1% | Computer Software 4.4% | Hospital & Health Care 4.1% | |
Other 50.6% | Other 66.0% | Other 64.0% |
Reviews
| Most Helpful Favorable Review | Jason B. Administrator in Computer Software The Clarizen tool is likely the most configurable SaaS tool available in the PPM world - especially when it comes to the user interface. Meeting a company's need for custom fields & workflows to support unique processes is a major selling point of the... | John O. User in Computer Software Microsoft Project has been a standard for tracking projects of various sizes. The dependency chaining works quite well and helps visualize resource and task scheduling. Good for milestone tracking at a high level, while also designating resources to... | Scott B. Consultant in Computer Software SmartSheet's simplicity and intuitive design make it very easy to become productive very quickly. It combines the best aspects of Microsoft Excel like the ability to create complex formulas with the sharing, collaborative parts of Google spreadsheets. |
| Most Helpful Critical Review | G2 Crowd User in Management Consulting Everything. The whole software environment is useless. | Brittany T. User in Computer Software It is buggy and difficult to use at times. It does not lend its self to ease of use. | Jeff N. Administrator Slowest app to load, sometimes takes several reloads for app to become available. Slower than any other app I use. Downtime for maintenance. Have to log back in after maintenance. Adertisement banners appearing across top of page more and more. Can't merge... |
