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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aha! Roadmaps

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AAha! Roadmaps is used to set strategy, prioritize features, and share visual plans. It includes Aha! Ideas Essentials for crowdsourcing feedback. For an integrated product development approach, Aha! Roadmaps and Aha! Develop can be used together. The software is available with a 30-day trial.

    $59

    per month per user

    Smartsheet

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASmartsheet is an online project management and collaboration tool. It includes automated alerts, instantaneous updating and sharing across team members, resource management, nested tasks organized in a hierarchy, a Gantt chart view, exportable and automated reports, and integration with email.

    $12

    per month per user (up to 10 users)

    Zenhub

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AZenHub is a project management solution that runs native within GitHub with collaboration boards, file sharing, and pipeline selection.

    $8.33

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Aha! RoadmapsSmartsheetZenhub
    Editions & Modules
    Premium
    $59
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $99
    per month workspace owner or contributor
    Enterprise+
    $149
    per month workspace owner or contributor
    Pro
    $12
    per month per user (up to 10 users)
    Business
    $24
    per month per user (3 user minimum)
    Enterprise
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    Advanced Work Management
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    Free
    $0
    Growth
    $8.33
    per month per user
    Growth
    $8.33
    per month per user
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsStartup pack available for early stage companies.A discount is offered for annual billing.The listed prices are per user, per month when billed annually.
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    Community Pulse
    Aha! RoadmapsSmartsheetZenhub
    Considered Multiple Products
    Aha
    Chose Aha! Roadmaps
    Aha! is a better fit for the specific type of strategic planning that I do. The other tools are more intended for other grains of planning and/or execution.
    Incentivized
    Chose Aha! Roadmaps
    Wizeline is an up-and-comer in this space. At the time we considered them, the solution was not robust enough to manage a large backlog or multiple products with a JIRA integration. They are adding features rapidly, though, and every release is very robust.
    Incentivized
    Smartsheet
    Chose Smartsheet
    Price and ease of collaboration was the deciding factor and since we made this decision quite awhile ago, Microsoft Project's collaboration features were not there yet, making Smartsheet the clear winner. Many of our Project Manager were comfortable working with Microsoft …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Smartsheet has more features than Google Sheets but is more cumbersome to use. Aha! allows users to more visually apply tasks and tickets to corresponding topics and timelines.

    Smartsheet is a happy medium of easy to use for fundamental timeline management with added …
    Incentivized
    Zenhub
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    Features
    Aha! RoadmapsSmartsheetZenhub
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Aha! Roadmaps and Smartsheet and Zenhub
    Feature
    Aha! Roadmaps
    -
    Ratings
    Smartsheet
    9.1
    129 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Zenhub
    7.2
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings9.8126 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings10.0108 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings9.0109 Ratings6.24 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.8111 Ratings9.13 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings9.2100 Ratings6.27 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings10.0122 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.981 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings9.079 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings9.2101 Ratings5.43 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings9.0100 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.096 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings9.762 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.169 Ratings9.72 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.075 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Aha! Roadmaps and Smartsheet and Zenhub
    Feature
    Aha! Roadmaps
    -
    Ratings
    Smartsheet
    7.9
    66 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zenhub
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.144 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings7.537 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings8.760 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings7.332 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    ProductPlan
    Score9.5 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Roadmunk
    Score4.9 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Aha! RoadmapsSmartsheetZenhub
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (22 ratings)
    9.3
    (146 ratings)
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    8.1
    (45 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (6 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Aha! RoadmapsSmartsheetZenhub
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aha
    It is great for organizations that want to ensure that the work they focus on is the work that will have the most impact on value and drive them toward their strategic objectives. I consider it to be a real Product Management tool. If all you are looking for is a tool to hold your product backlog or collect customer feedback, then Aha! is probably going to be overkill for your needs
    Incentivized
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    Smartsheet
    Smartsheet shines for collaboration. When you have multiple people involved with planning events Smartsheet makes it easy to share and collaborate. For instance, multiple people can be in Smartsheet working at the same time. Also setting permissions for exactly those who need to know is quite easy with Smartsheet. For data analytics and general spreadsheet purposes Excel is better but for project management and event planning Smartsheet is superior
    Incentivized
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    Zenhub
    If you have more than 2 developers this thing is basically a requirement within github to manage sprints if you use agile methodology. Why use a different website entirely when you can run your entire board right from github itself? I've tried other solutions but basing everything on github issues makes it so no duplicate work has to take place. If the UX quirks and mobile were fixed this would be 10/10 for me! If you're only one or two devs on a team it may be overkill to use, but if you're going to scale it's better to put the process in early.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Aha
    • Aha! is an all around product management suite. It is great for breaking product plans into initiatives, features, and user stories. This helps the organization understand the product plan and what is driving individual work items. Unlike Jira and project management tools, it helps you prioritize by major themes, features, and releases. Once you start to use it, you can't go back to a project management tool because the views for organizing and prioritizing features just isn't there.
    • Aha! also excels at idea management. You can create a portal for users to submit ideas and manage them through a workflow. Users can submit ideas through a variety of channels, including email, ZenDesk, and SalesForce. You can even attach account values to an idea submitted through SalesForce, though the UI in SalesForce is a little kludgy. This is a great feature for those that have the capacity to manage feedback this way, but be aware that it takes time to manage.
    • Aha! works pretty well with Jira so that project managers can have their backlog that is understandable to the business and engineering can break down those work items however they want.
    • Aha! also has a lot of useful integrations: Slack, ZenDesk, Zapier, etc. It also integrates with every major software project management tool on the market: Jira, Pivotal, Rally, Redmine, and TFS.
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    Smartsheet
    • Its hard to overstate the value of familiarity. Being able to use a tool that has some familiarity takes away the time needed to train and orient employees on a new tool and allows an organization to hit the ground running.
    • Smartsheet covers most of the basics of a project management tool, the usual tasks, milestones and project viewing options.
    • For data viewing, you get multiple data viewing options including a calendar view (good for marketing teams and those who work around scheduling), Kanban, Gaant etc
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    Zenhub
    • ZenHub has a lot of basic functionality, so that limits the complexity of the application
    • The ability to provide user defined labels and customize pipelines provides flexibility
    • The integration with GitHub provides a seamless process
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Aha
    • The roadmap feature presentation web page could use some better visuals. It's a little bland and grey.
    • The mobile app only shows you what you are assigned. I am not able to manage through the mobile app--I need to use the web page.
    Incentivized
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    Smartsheet
    • Smartsheet set up is similar to Excel, yet when you upload an Excel file, things like conditional formatting are lost. Smartsheet has its own conditional formatting, and you have to reinstate the rules. It would be great if those would apply automatically once a file is uploaded
    • Some Smartsheet management and access rules can take some tweaking to work properly. This may be a case of offering more info to admins so they can apply these better and with more efficiency
    Incentivized
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    Zenhub
    • Additional communication/collaboration inside the platform would be helpful
    • Integration with additional systems like Slack would be a plus
    • sometimes web pages load slowly, but for the most part things are alright
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aha
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Zenhub
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Aha
    I think Aha! works really in general, it offers a very comprehensive and well-structured platform that supports strategic product management at scale. Although there is a learning curve for new users and a few areas to be improved. Overall, it is highly usable for experienced product teams who need a robust roadmap tool.
    Incentivized
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    Smartsheet
    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
    Incentivized
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    Zenhub
    Once it's up and running it's easy to use. It needs a little consideration to get set up perfectly for your own needs, but that is the same for any feature-rich software.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Aha
    We've always had excellent support whenever we need help from the company or need questions answered regarding the setup and installation of the product. Tickets are answered in a timely fashion and there's minimal back and forth to get issues resolved, which are rare.
    Incentivized
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    Smartsheet
    I give this rating because it fills a niche in the market. MS Project scares many away from proper task management but there are limited tools our there, especially cloud-based that are mobile-friendly. Smartsheet fills this market gap, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. IT is not fair to compare it to MS Project, but fairer to see what gaps it fills.
    Incentivized
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    Zenhub
    Support is good, but quite honestly, I haven't needed any support since 2015. As I remember, I was required to open a ticket and had to wait a few days for resolution. I give it a rating of 8 because of the lag in getting a solid resolution, but it was resolved adequately.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Aha
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    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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    Zenhub
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Aha
    In terms of outright features, a lot of roadmapping tools have the same feature set. We chose Aha! based on look-and-feel, the easy learning curve, and the reviews it has. Between collaboration, milestone tracking, comment threads, and content importing and exporting, we had every feature in Aha! that we were looking for.
    Incentivized
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    Smartsheet
    Jira and Redmine are much more robust and technologically advanced project management solutions. I enjoy using either when managing a very large project. However, I prefer to use Smartsheet for my smaller to medium sized projects. As for Google Drive - I would say that Google sheets and Smartsheet are almost identical in my opinion when it comes to functionality. Personally I prefer to manage smaller projects via Google Drive, but it is a personal preference!
    Incentivized
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    Zenhub
    I have used Workfront in the past, which in my experience, is best with a traditional waterfall methodology, similar to Microsoft Project and the other more traditional project management software projects. ZenHub is truly designed around the agile methodology. Other products that claim they are agile oriented seem to just be adjusting and tweaking their traditional product to include a few agile features.
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    Return on Investment
    Aha
    • It has helped us improve our product lifecycle communication. We have less wasted time spent figuring out where the project is and what it's waiting on. This has helped departments further down the project better use their time so they're already aligned with what's happening rather than waiting for a handoff.
    • Aha! has helped include our customers more in our product planning and especially in our bug fixes and new feature roadmaps.
    • Aha! has improved our strategy meetings or roundup discussions by storing everything in one place. They're shorter and more focused.
    Incentivized
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    Smartsheet
    • This has really opened up collaboration across teams. A lot less working in silos.
    • It hasn't fully replaced any one tool so it means having to go to another place. Hopefully, we can eliminate a tool or two in the next six months.
    Incentivized
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    Zenhub
    • No official review done.
    • Saves developer time knowing what needs to be done next.
    • Saves leadership time to easily plan sprints and review work done.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Aha! Roadmaps Screenshots

    Screenshot of Goal TrackingScreenshot of Ideas PortalScreenshot of Features BoardScreenshot of Visual RoadmapScreenshot of Progress ReportScreenshot of the collaborative whiteboard

    Zenhub Screenshots

    Screenshot of Zenhub boards are similar to Kanban boards but more powerful as it's powered by data and objects from GitHub. You can also add multiple repos and automate issues across multiple boards.Screenshot of Get real-time updates on a teams performance with Zenhub reportsScreenshot of See and share work in flight with Zenhub roadmapsScreenshot of Automate hand offs between teams with workflow automationScreenshot of Get a snapshot of a team's productivity from Zenhub boardScreenshot of Request, provide and review story point estimates right on the issue. Reduce time spent in meetings by allowing team members to estimate on their own time right in Zenhub