Compare Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Office (PPO), and Smartsheet
 Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management 4.0 Based on 1,359 reviews |  Project Portfolio Office (PPO) 4.6 Based on 14 reviews |  Smartsheet 4.1 Based on 898 reviews |
Pricing
Project Online Premium $55 /User/Month | ‐ | Individual $14 / month | |
Project Online Professional $30 /User/Month | ‐ | Business $25 /month | |
Project Online Essentials $7 /User/Month | ‐ | Enterprise Contact for pricing | |
Project Professional (Project Managers) $1,159.99 | ‐ | ‐ | |
Project Standard (Project Managers) $589.99 | ‐ | ‐ | |
Free Trial | Free Trial | Free Trial |
Ratings
| Meets Requirements | 8.4 (Based on 1,271 reviews) | 8.3 (Based on 13 reviews) | 8.6 (Based on 855 reviews) |
| Ease of Use | 7.5 (Based on 1,277 reviews) | 8.2 (Based on 13 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 861 reviews) |
| Ease of Setup | 7.7 (Based on 439 reviews) | 7.6 (Based on 8 reviews) | 8.5 (Based on 396 reviews) |
| Ease of Admin | 7.8 (Based on 413 reviews) | 8.9 (Based on 8 reviews) | 8.7 (Based on 387 reviews) |
| Quality of Support | 7.8 (Based on 996 reviews) | 9.3 (Based on 13 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 545 reviews) |
| Ease of Doing Business With | 8.1 (Based on 382 reviews) | 9.4 (Based on 8 reviews) | 8.6 (Based on 339 reviews) |
| Product Direction (% positive) | 6.8 (Based on 1,257 reviews) | 9.2 (Based on 13 reviews) | 8.0 (Based on 852 reviews) |
Features
Reviewers' Company Size
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) | 24.8% | 7.1% | 31.8% |
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) | 27.1% | 28.6% | 38.2% |
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) | 48.2% | 64.3% | 29.9% |
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services 14.6% | Financial Services 25.0% | Information Technology and Services 11.3% | |
Hospital & Health Care 5.3% | Insurance 15.0% | Computer Software 7.9% | |
Higher Education 5.0% | Oil & Energy 10.0% | Marketing and Advertising 7.0% | |
Construction 4.7% | Food & Beverages 10.0% | Higher Education 5.6% | |
Computer Software 4.4% | Fishery 10.0% | Hospital & Health Care 4.1% | |
Other 66.0% | Other 30.0% | Other 64.1% |
Reviews
| Most Helpful Favorable Review | 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... | G2 Crowd User Having visibility to all the projects and being able to report on them is great. In the past, setting up of the PMO was not successful due to the lack of visibility and with PPO I now have the buy in and confidence from the executive level that the PMO will... | 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 | 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... |
