AceProject vs Smartsheet

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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I use Smartsheet to manage work load between colleagues and freelancers. It is a critical partner of our project management team. A few use cases include response forms with automated row population, alerts to row changes, cell history, formulas, budget/actual dollar spend reports, workload issues on teams, task progress and gantt chart timelines. The functionality potential with Smartsheet is endless! There is a learning curve - especially with reporting and dashboards. I could not do my job without Smartsheet!

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Janie Larsen

Sr. Partnership Development & Events

McGraw-Hill EducationE-Learning, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AceProject

Smartsheet

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

AceProject

Smartsheet

Project & financial reporting

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Integration with accounting software

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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Formulas. While not as robust as Excel, the formulas offered in Smartsheet are quite good.
Team collaboration. Multiple teammates can access and work on the same sheet at once.
Templates. The standard templates meet all my needs, and are a great guide for what Smartsheet is intended for and the problems it is best suited for solving.
Project management. It is great for creating, assigning, monitoring, and tracking tasks and projects.

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Parker O'Very

Marketing Operations

Impartner SoftwareComputer Software, 51-200 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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Gantt Charts: While the functionality here is very good, sometimes there could be some better options with the automatic coloration of these charts. Additionally, exporting is a little limited.
Formulas: There are a lot of basic formula options but there could be more. Additionally, calculations across multiple sheets could also be improved.
Pivot tables: These are only available as an additional add-on app. I wish this functionality would be standard.

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Joshua Pekar

HRIS Manager

Penske Truck LeasingTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Smartsheet 10.0

Based on 21 answers

It definitely meets our needs as far as organizing and archiving our tasks and files. As we train more staff to view it, I see opportunities for more improvement, which I am sure this program can handle. I look forward to seeing continued improvement from Smartsheet on their capabilities and functionality.

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Courtney Barringer

Communications Specialist

Covenant CreekReligious Institutions, 51-200 employees

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Usability

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Smartsheet 8.6

Based on 13 answers

Smartsheet is very easy to learn. However, while I have been able to pick it easily, Microsoft Excel and Project super users that I have trained on Smartsheet get bogged down in the differences and can find it frustrating. Explaining the differences ahead of time and why Smartsheet is being chosen instead of a different software seems to counteract those reactions

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Meghan M. Prentiss

Program Assistant, Epidemiology Planning and Communications Division

Tri-County Health DepartmentProgram Development, 201-500 employees

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Support

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Smartsheet 8.4

Based on 25 answers

Smartsheet is excellent software for small businesses and agile teams within large organizations alike. It's not overly expensive for the functionality you receive and sports an intuitive interface in a format that everybody is familiar with. I give it a nine instead of a ten only because the jump up into Enterprise and Premier pricing is quite large

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Blake Baron

Ecommerce & Consumer Products Manager

Midwest Tungsten ServiceMining & Metals, 11-50 employees

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Implementation

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Smartsheet 10.0

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It's absolutely paramount to take a few minutes to actually play with the software. It's nearly impossible to do anything wrong or make a mistake which cannot be fixed easily. Under the help menu is Live Training option. After you familiarize yourself with the commands, watch the live training for some in depth understanding of how to make the software fit your needs perfectly.

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Stephanie Carpenter

Project Manager

Vitatech ElectromagneticsEnvironmental Services, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Kyle Culpepper

Project Manager

FACTS EngineeringElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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Which software we use for project management is often determined by the team we interact with or the client's choices. I prefer Smartsheet for process management due to the ease of setting up alerts and attaching necessary documentation. It was also fairly easy to set up and learn.

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Ann M. Frank

Digital Asset Management and Licensing Resource

BVKMarketing and Advertising, 201-500 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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Because we have the ability to enter in expenses and financial info in a real time manner, I am able to run reports more quickly to provide accurate numbers for ROI calculation. The C-Suite loves getting budget info on time!
From what I understand, choosing an enterprise level agreement saves the company money overall, rather than having a bunch of different departments, some using it, some not.
We are more GDPR compliant. That is important to our customers, so it is important to us.

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Megan Gates

Sr. Partnership Development & Events Manager

McGraw-Hill EducationPublishing, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Recommend

AceProject

Smartsheet

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

Smartsheet

Cons

AceProject

Smartsheet

Likelihood to Renew

AceProject

Smartsheet

Usability

AceProject

Smartsheet

Support

AceProject

Smartsheet

Implementation

AceProject

Smartsheet

Alternatives Considered

AceProject

Smartsheet

Return on Investment

AceProject

Smartsheet

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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