500apps vs. Microsoft Project

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
500apps
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
500apps is a business platform designed to offer value to every department in growing businesses. With its application suite of 50 apps, 500apps enables work in all department categories such as Marketing, Sales, Support, HR, Developers, Collaboration, and Productivity management. The company's vision is to enable growth in global SMBs through the software applications suite. In addition, this infinity suite can be accessed for $14.99/month with all product categories, no feature caps, access…
$14.99
per month
Microsoft Project
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.
$120
per year per user
Pricing
500appsMicrosoft Project
Editions & Modules
500apps Infinity Suite
$14.99
per month
500apps Infinity Suite
$14.99
per month
Project Server
$0
Planner Plan 1
$10
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 3
$30
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 5
$55
per month per user
Project Standard 2024
$679.99
one-time fee per installation
Project Professional 2024
$1,129.99
one-time fee per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
500appsMicrosoft Project
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUnlimited Access to 50 apps, No Feature Caps, 24x5 Email, Chat, and Phone Support, & Single Sign-On No tiers. Honest pricing. Cancel anytime.Plans are billed annually.
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Community Pulse
500appsMicrosoft Project
Features
500appsMicrosoft Project
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
500apps
-
Ratings
Microsoft Project
8.0
111 Ratings
3% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings8.2110 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings7.7107 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings9.0107 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings8.4109 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings10.083 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings7.398 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings4.883 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.783 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings9.077 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings5.082 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings10.067 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings10.073 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.764 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.686 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
500apps
-
Ratings
Microsoft Project
8.8
79 Ratings
13% above category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings7.755 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings7.576 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings10.050 Ratings
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User Ratings
500appsMicrosoft Project
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(111 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(34 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
500appsMicrosoft Project
Likelihood to Recommend
500apps
I think it is well suited in the IT and HR/administration areas. As it offers a large services related to communications and data management systems. Also in educational institutions we can use the service as well. Hospitals and medical systems will be the top most benificiries of these softwares as data tracking and monitoring of patients will be efficient.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Project Online is suited to Turnkey Projects where more Collaboration is required in Project Progress monitoring, risk assessment and conveying, issue recording and tracking. It is less appropriate when ERP Suites other than MS Dynamics are used, i.e when Enterprises need to integrate Finance / Accounting with It and having straight project management workflow
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Pros
500apps
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
  • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data. by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
  • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
  • The alert system for the fulfillment and delay of assignments is perfect. Microsoft Project allows me to configure the task system, I can assign the necessary tasks to fulfill the project, and the software alerts me immediately if the managers are fulfilling the assignments.
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Cons
500apps
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
  • Seems overly complicated for users sometimes in using Project and its functionalities
  • Hard to share files for those folks who do not have MS Project, and then have to print out for them
  • Can be confusing since it looks and feels like MS Excel
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Likelihood to Renew
500apps
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I like using Microsoft Project. It simplifies building a schedule
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Usability
500apps
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Microsoft
Project is easy to operate because data could be inserted, changed and
deleted like you are in an Excel timesheet. Besides, it provides a great
level of automation beween his fields allowing few data changes. Also, its
funcionalities are well defined and grouped in upper menus, so you can find a
funcionality quickly
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Support Rating
500apps
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
Microsoft in recent years has transformed itself and gives a positive feeling when one interacts with the company. The company is focusing on its customers and willing to go extra mile to make customers happy.The company continues to invest in its products and bringing new features from time to time. Overall it is a positive feeling to be associated with such an iconic company.
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Implementation Rating
500apps
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
I wasn't part of it so I don't know
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Alternatives Considered
500apps
The user-friendly UI is excellent. In contrast to other platforms, I am able to build my chatbot in a matter of minutes. I finally chose Botup. It's the most user-friendly and cost-effective chatbot software available, thanks to its intuitive user interface and first-rate customer support. I advise you to use the 500apps all-in-one suite instead of wasting time and money seeking third-party integrations for your company
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Microsoft
While many of the above tools are extremely well-versed, Microsoft Project's largest advantage comes from it being related to the largest business productivity company in the world. Project does have its sharing limitations - but regardless, offers one of the most robust tools in the market today. Microsoft Project is built with large-scale projects in mind but is more than up to the task for smaller projects as well. However, there are options available (especially cloud-based options) that may be more fitting for higher-level projects that do not require going into the weeds.
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Return on Investment
500apps
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
  • Project saved me, as the project manager, countless hours of digging through tickets and schedules to plan everything out. It also saved me time in adjusting the project triangle as needed, since it does so much automatically.
  • It is costly, and since it requires extensive training to master, it's not just the high licensing cost that you need to take into account.
  • The reporting features - even just printing out Gantt charts - makes it far easier to communicate with stakeholders. That means less time for PMs doing all of this manually, and it means less follow-up questions and delays moving forward.
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ScreenShots

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