Project Estimator vs Planview LeanKit

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are considering purchasing this (very expensive) software, there is a 100% chance you are doing so because you have been awarded a Government contract that dictates you use 4Clicks Project Estimator. There are plenty of easier to use estimating packages out in the world, but you can't use any of them if you have a contract that requires 4Clicks.

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Tim Corbett

General Manager

Infinite Energy Construction, incConstruction, 51-200 employees

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LeanKit is well suited for smaller teams looking for a flexible tool to track multiple projects. The different options you have for board creation are great.

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Scot Wolcott

Vice President - Information Systems Director

Farmers National CompanyOil & Energy, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Project Estimator

5.2

Planview LeanKit

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Takeoff tools

5.0

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Job costing

2.0

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Cost databases

7.0

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Cost calculator

6.0

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Bid creation

6.0

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Pros

The estimates it produces are simple and easy to follow. The formatting is good.
The tech support provided is very attentive.

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Tim Corbett

General Manager

Infinite Energy Construction, incConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Board customization and flexibility. We are able to set up different work flows and check off points in LeanKit that was not possible with our other tools.
Work in progress, being able to enforce work in progress in each lane is valuable.
Ease of use. Creating different boards and different sections in boards is very easy to do and understand.

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Scot Wolcott

Vice President - Information Systems Director

Farmers National CompanyOil & Energy, 201-500 employees

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Cons

The software feels 20 years old. It has not kept up with modern times, and practically functions like an old DOS program.
Clunky interface, arcane commands.
Even their training info focuses on hotkeys like this is 1995. Even though I am of an age to remember computers in 1995, the younger generations of managers/estimators are not. It is time to bring the software into the new century!

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Tim Corbett

General Manager

Infinite Energy Construction, incConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Import/Export of data could be more robust.
Reporting options are not as comprehensive as other tools.

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Scot Wolcott

Vice President - Information Systems Director

Farmers National CompanyOil & Energy, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Planview LeanKit 8.0

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I see no reason why in the future my department would not be using this product.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

E-Learning Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

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Planview LeanKit 7.0

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LeanKit isn't the best designed Kanban system I've seen, but overall it's pretty usable. The boards I've used are pretty complex, so it can be difficult to find things. I found that searching and filtering for specific cards was somewhat of a challenge. Dragging a card from one lane to another is kind of a fun way to get things done though.

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Nate Dillon

Front-End Web Developer, Office of Mediated Education

Kansas State UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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Support

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Planview LeanKit 10.0

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I have no experience using the LeanKit customer support, but I've heard it's good.

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Nate Dillon

Front-End Web Developer, Office of Mediated Education

Kansas State UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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Implementation

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Planview LeanKit 10.0

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Very easy.

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E-Learning Company, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

WinEst uses much the same database (RS Means/Gordion type) and has a similar interface. It is a bit cheaper.

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Tim Corbett

General Manager

Infinite Energy Construction, incConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Being from QA I prefer SpiraTest and QC for the fact my team can do all our work in one program and it is linked. But the tech department as a whole prefers Leankit as it is the tool of choice based on ease of use and overall performance.

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E-Learning Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

As stated before, if you are buying this software, it is because you have a contract forcing you to. While it does work, it is clunky, awkward, and very expensive.
The price of the software and databases has always been high, but with the fairly recent acquisition of 4Clicks by Gordion (who also bought RS Means for their databases), there is literally no competition. Prices will continue to be very high, with no check on how high they can go.
Again, can't fault 4Clicks tech support, as I think it is the best in the industry. They know their product and they respond to issues immediately. Considering what we spend a year for this product, however, you would expect nothing less.

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Tim Corbett

General Manager

Infinite Energy Construction, incConstruction, 51-200 employees

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We used Pivotal Tracker in the past and we were losing stories as project grew larger. With LeanKit we are doing more frequent releases and have better understanding of project status.
Setting up QA columns made assignment for the offshore team transparent.
Assigning stories is done with ease.

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Project Estimator vs Planview LeanKit