Board vs. Kanban Tool

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Board
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Board is presented as an enterprise planning platform, offered as a solution to accelerate business performance and enable continuous planning with greater forecast accuracy to drive confident, aligned decisions.N/A
Kanban Tool
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Kanban Tool is a visual project management application based on Kanban that helps companies visualize workflow, track project progress, analyze and improve business processes. Some key features include: time tracking and time reports, real-time collaboration and Kaban analytics.
$6
per month per user
Pricing
BoardKanban Tool
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Kanban Tool Team
$6
per month per user
Kanban Tool Enterprise
$11
per month per user
Kanban Tool On-Site Team
$720
per year per 10-user pack
Kanban Tool On-Site Enterprise
$1,320
per year per 10-user pack
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BoardKanban Tool
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
BoardKanban Tool
Features
BoardKanban Tool
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.8
91 Ratings
11% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports6.678 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards6.991 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates6.884 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.8
96 Ratings
17% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis6.894 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities6.192 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages6.864 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.587 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.1
88 Ratings
14% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Publish to Web6.877 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF7.285 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning6.878 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.676 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.3
71 Ratings
5% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.870 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.664 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics7.662 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.5
72 Ratings
13% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)7.671 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.467 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.970 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.367 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Board
6.9
75 Ratings
9% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access6.170 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application6.156 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.167 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.5
77 Ratings
9% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning7.572 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting7.576 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting6.673 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling8.269 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting7.675 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.3
72 Ratings
8% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation8.268 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports6.869 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management7.559 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.560 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership7.554 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting6.666 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails6.863 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.1
75 Ratings
12% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting7.570 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting6.874 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting6.871 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting7.668 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing6.848 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.4
77 Ratings
8% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards7.676 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards7.572 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs6.874 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis7.670 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting7.669 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data7.460 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Board
7.3
75 Ratings
13% below category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Flat file integration7.374 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration7.473 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.369 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Board
-
Ratings
Kanban Tool
6.4
13 Ratings
19% below category average
Task Management00 Ratings8.613 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings6.48 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings6.711 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings6.713 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings3.96 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings6.79 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings7.39 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings8.610 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Board
-
Ratings
Kanban Tool
5.7
6 Ratings
30% below category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
BoardKanban Tool
Likelihood to Recommend
6.2
(97 ratings)
8.6
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(7 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(5 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
8.3
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.2
(3 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BoardKanban Tool
Likelihood to Recommend
Board International
Board is a useful tool with a great set of features. We migrated from human apps to board and we find it relatively fast in search results and better-managed threads and forums. There are some areas, such as UI and interactions which could be improved but overall a great product. The learning section is also pretty good.
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Shore Labs
Kanban is well suited for a fast-paced working environment for larger teams who want continuous communication with users. Kanban is good for rapid development and daily meetings for updates and statuses. Kanban is less suited for smaller teams or groups who don't require collaboration and constant communication with involved users. Kanban is time-consuming and it takes additional effort outside of your regular work to maintain and manage the tool.
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Pros
Board International
  • The user interface is intuitive and easy to navigate
  • You don't need programming knowledge to create dashboards which is a great flex for non-technical users
  • You can seamlessly convert large, raw, and complex data to meaningful reports to visualize better and plan to act accordingly
  • The financial forecasting that Board provides post-analysis is truly reliable
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Shore Labs
  • It provides a good basic overview of where tasks are on a timeline (particularly helpful for a pull-based approach).
  • It provides a good collaborative space to have multiple folks commenting on multiple tasks.
  • It does a good job of managing very basic visual elements of an agile development cycle.
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Cons
Board International
  • Board BI tool has a steep learning curve and can be challenging for a new user to reach to board's full capacity.
  • We have to use a windows scheduler to schedule data import tasks; it would be great if Board could provide its own scheduler.
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Shore Labs
  • Kanban does not show the task or story clearly. You have to open the project separately to view the details of the project.
  • Kanban gives a higher level project management view but it lacks customization and personal settings features.
  • I would like to see Kanban provide mobile access to their tool, data, and board. This would be very useful for all companies and provide an increase in efficiency and productivity.
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Likelihood to Renew
Board International
Board is a fantastic product for swift BI solution delivery when compared with its peers. Ease of use, support and integration with Microsoft Office Addin open a wide horizon of opportunities for further enhancements to solutions. Easy bespoke app development capabilities make it a winner for us. BOARD is just like a white canvas, it lets you explore your creative side while designing and delivering a solution
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Shore Labs
We are more likely than not to renew our use of Kanban. Even with its limits, it still is a good product that fulfills our needs.
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Usability
Board International
From a user perspective, Board is quite simple to use. You
can evaluate the presentation of the data, the navigation, the configuration of
the users, the selection of the data etc ... It would have a better rating if
it were even more intuitive as regards the construction of a project, starting
from the database, to the info-cubes, to entities, to data acquisition
procedures from other servers.
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Shore Labs
The integration with Teams is well suited. This works wonderful for my
company. Our team can easily prioritize tasks based on their importance.
It help our team identify and reduce inefficiencies in workflow. With
great visibility in data our team can make informed decisions. Ensuring
clear accountability and responsibility of team members
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Performance
Board International
very fast and no integration problems
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Shore Labs
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Support Rating
Board International
The only time I needed assistance was due to a problem in
the prints: the colors of the brochures as they were on the screen were not
reproduced in the print, but a series of standard colors were reproduced. This
fact made colored numbers on a colored background illegible. From the
assistance they confirmed that it was a problem of version 10.2 that occurred
when leaving the brochures with the default colors proposed by Board. To obtain
the desired colors, they had to be personalized ... I didn't like the solution
very much and the technician who recommended it didn't like me either, but they
would have solved the problem with the following versions. In any case, the
assistance was quick and effective even if not exactly efficient.
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Shore Labs
This is the best tool I had a chance to work with- since I started to use it I saved a lot of time and I made my work go smoothly.
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In-Person Training
Board International
Board is fairly simple and straight forward. Advance training on workflows and procedures is a good one but the training content only touches through the interesting areas. training content needs to cover a few areas more in-depth
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Shore Labs
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Implementation Rating
Board International
The problem of user profiling in our context is certainly
quite complex. The complexity is given by the fact that the company is divided
territorially into logistic points of sale, but at the same time they are
virtually divided into divisions (or specific implementation areas) and points
of sale of competence. The same operator can have access to data at different
logistic sales points, sales points of competence and divisions.
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Shore Labs
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Alternatives Considered
Board International
Board has been more complete when compared to Anaplan. Although I didn't participate in the buying decision of any of those products I have used both and by far Board just has more features. It's more than a CPM, it's BI and CPM put together. If I had to make a choice now it would be Board.
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Shore Labs
We've only tried JIRA Agile and KanbanFlow before. Kanban Tool was the one that our team actually liked and enjoyed working with. Also - it's been much easier to get started with and to understand than some of the other two (JIRA in particular). Although JIRA has many more features that we would have possibly used, the user feedback on it was so poor we were afraid that the negativity would create time wasted and less "job satisfaction" amongst the team.
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Return on Investment
Board International
  • Board facilitates proactive decision making - it gives all the insights of the company's needs, which includes predictive analytics and manipulation of data to make different types of reports.
  • Easy to use for non-programmer and integration with other software is seamless. It has [the] ability to handle large amounts of data.
  • It facilitates advanced decision-making.
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Shore Labs
  • Better communication and organization of ongoing projects.
  • We are a very small team, with many areas to work on. Having everything in one system gives us a lot of visibility.
  • Greatly reduced costs from using other tools that were much more expensive.
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ScreenShots

Board Screenshots

Screenshot of PlanningScreenshot of Sales PlanningScreenshot of ProfitabilityScreenshot of GeomapScreenshot of ForecastScreenshot of Financial Plan

Kanban Tool Screenshots

Screenshot of Visual project management tool - Kanban board from Kanban Tool.Screenshot of The collection of Power-Ups form Kanban ToolScreenshot of Kanban Tool board example, with My Work widget, Recurring and Postponed Tasks visible in the side panel. User's own background selected.Screenshot of Kanban Tool  board example. Default light theme applied.Screenshot of Kanban Tool - an open card view, with comments in the side panel. The choice of what fields show on cards is with the user.Screenshot of Kanban Tool's free Power-Ups  for user's own activation.