Compare CoSchedule, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management
 CoSchedule 4.3 Based on 87 reviews |  Smartsheet 4.1 Based on 896 reviews |  Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management 4.0 Based on 1,359 reviews |
Pricing
Individual $40 user/month (paid annually) | Individual $14 / month | Project Online Professional $30 /User/Month | |
Growth $80 user/month (paid annually) | Business $25 /month | Project Online Essentials $7 /User/Month | |
Professional $400 user/month (paid annually) | Enterprise Contact for pricing | Project Online Premium $55 /User/Month | |
Enterprise $1400 user/month (paid annually) | ‐ | Project Standard (Project Managers) $589.99 | |
| ‐ | ‐ | Project Professional (Project Managers) $1,159.99 | |
Free Trial | Free Trial | Free Trial |
Ratings
| Meets Requirements | 8.5 (Based on 86 reviews) | 8.6 (Based on 853 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 1,271 reviews) |
| Ease of Use | 8.7 (Based on 87 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 859 reviews) | 7.5 (Based on 1,277 reviews) |
| Ease of Setup | 8.6 (Based on 43 reviews) | 8.5 (Based on 396 reviews) | 7.7 (Based on 439 reviews) |
| Ease of Admin | 8.7 (Based on 45 reviews) | 8.7 (Based on 387 reviews) | 7.8 (Based on 413 reviews) |
| Quality of Support | 8.9 (Based on 78 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 543 reviews) | 7.8 (Based on 996 reviews) |
| Ease of Doing Business With | 9.3 (Based on 44 reviews) | 8.6 (Based on 339 reviews) | 8.1 (Based on 382 reviews) |
| Product Direction (% positive) | 8.7 (Based on 87 reviews) | 8.0 (Based on 850 reviews) | 6.8 (Based on 1,257 reviews) |
Features
Reviewers' Company Size
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) | 67.1% | 31.9% | 24.8% |
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) | 30.6% | 38.3% | 27.1% |
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) | 2.4% | 29.8% | 48.2% |
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising 21.4% | Information Technology and Services 11.3% | Information Technology and Services 14.6% | |
Internet 11.9% | Computer Software 7.9% | Hospital & Health Care 5.3% | |
Computer Software 9.5% | Marketing and Advertising 7.0% | Higher Education 5.0% | |
Non-Profit Organization Management 5.6% | Higher Education 5.6% | Construction 4.7% | |
Information Technology and Services 5.6% | Hospital & Health Care 4.1% | Computer Software 4.4% | |
Other 46.0% | Other 64.1% | Other 66.0% |
Reviews
| Most Helpful Favorable Review | Rob Z. User in Internet Browser extension and social media scheduling tool are easy to use and make scheduling content a breeze. Calendar view is really helpful for coordinating content initiatives across the team. Interface is pretty intuitive, but could improve. Google doc... | 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. | 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... |
| Most Helpful Critical Review | Jaime H. Consultant in Marketing and Advertising When we tried to implement CoSchedule with some small clients they really liked the features, but with fewer people to coordinate, the cost didn't end up being worth the functionality | 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... | 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. |
