AceProject vs Microsoft Project

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited if you have a specific work force or are working in a production or an assembly line style environment. It is also well suited if you have small teams that have to get out a certain amount of product in set periods of time. AceProjects is great for monitoring how long each individual spent on their specific task and subsequently how long the team took to complete their work.

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Kyle Culpepper

Project Manager

FACTS EngineeringElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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Microsoft Project is very well suited for a large company where various projects are running under different teams and managers above them. It helps best track the human resources that a company has and how they are being used by the company. It increases productivity and helps track their work as well. It follows Agile methodology which is a state of the art project development lifecycle. It is not recommended for small and microscale projects as more time would be spent on managing rather than the original development.

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Clancy Short

Software Engineer

CloudworksComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AceProject

3.2

Microsoft Project

7.7

Task Management

5.0

8.5

Resource Management

6.0

8.3

Gantt Charts

3.0

8.9

Scheduling

4.0

8.8

Workflow Automation

1.0

7.6

Team Collaboration

5.0

7.0

Support for Agile Methodology

1.0

6.6

Support for Waterfall Methodology

1.0

8.0

Document Management

1.0

7.2

Email integration

2.0

7.3

Mobile Access

1.0

6.8

Timesheet Tracking

8.0

7.7

Change request and Case Management

4.0

7.1

Budget and Expense Management

3.0

8.1

AceProject

2.0

Microsoft Project

7.8

Project & financial reporting

2.0

8.4

Quotes/estimates

—

8.1

Invoicing

—

7.1

Integration with accounting software

—

7.5

Pros

Time Tracking
Resource allocation
Easy to implement, small adoption curve.

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Kyle Culpepper

Project Manager

FACTS EngineeringElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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Basic and/or detailed sequencing of activities.
Helps determine credible timelines for projects.

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Gonzalo Justiniani Herrera

Construction Manager

PanCO Construction ConsultantsConstruction, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Expand on data tracking
Improve report generation
Break out from just being a time clock manager.

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Kyle Culpepper

Project Manager

FACTS EngineeringElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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Overall financial management - Microsoft Project is not indicated for complex financial management, such as Net Present Value, S-Chart, and others. It is strongly suggested to complement this capability with either an Excel or integration with SAP or Oracle Primavera Unifier.
KPIs and dashboards - Microsoft Project still lacks advanced charts and analytics. This should be complemented as well with other tools/software.

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Verified User

Consultant in Corporate

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Microsoft Project 10.0

Based on 2 answers

I like using Microsoft Project. It simplifies building a schedule

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Verified User

Supervisor in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Usability

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Microsoft Project 8.2

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For basic schedule building, which is what I primarily use it for, is great and very easy. I don't really understand much else although I would like to learn because everything I do use it for is very easy to do and learn

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Verified User

Supervisor in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Support

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No answers yet

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Microsoft Project 6.3

Based on 6 answers

I've never used it so I don't know to say

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Verified User

Supervisor in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Implementation

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Microsoft Project 5.0

Based on 1 answer

I wasn't part of it so I don't know

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Verified User

Supervisor in Other

Construction Company, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Kyle Culpepper

Project Manager

FACTS EngineeringElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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This tool is still underrated amongst the software engineers as Microsoft, like Giant, haven't been totally focused on the development of the tool which results in less popularity amongst other tools who are specially built for industry projects like Atlassian's JIRA. However, we got our problems solved thanks to Microsoft Project in the same way Atlassian showed us in their demo.

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Martín Stricker

Electrophoresis Product Specialist

Bioars S.A.Hospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

We were able to track our production teams work and refine our methods to improve deliverable dates.
Once our staff reached a certain size the capability of the software began to lag. Diminishing returns.
The lack of reporting features made data regression and extrapolation difficult.

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Kyle Culpepper

Project Manager

FACTS EngineeringElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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Increased productivity and on-time task achievement
More efficiency for remote members located away from HQ
Time saving

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Martín Stricker

Electrophoresis Product Specialist

Bioars S.A.Hospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Recommend

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Feature Rating Comparison

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Project & financial reporting

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Integration with accounting software

Pros

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Cons

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Likelihood to Renew

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Usability

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Support

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Implementation

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Alternatives Considered

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Return on Investment

AceProject

Microsoft Project

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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