Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Smartsheet
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Smartsheet 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.
$14
per month
Uptempo
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Uptempo is marketing planning software used by enterprise marketing teams to centralize campaign and budget planning, track spending, predict and monitor performance, and pivot plans in real-time to enable marketing agility.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Individual
$14
per month
Business
$25
Per User / Per Month
Enterprise
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Premier
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Cons

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Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Smartsheet
7.7
123 Ratings
2% above category average
Uptempo
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Ratings
Task Management8.3120 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management8.8102 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.5105 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.194 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.3116 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology8.476 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology5.674 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management6.595 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration7.994 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access7.390 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking6.257 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.163 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management8.069 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Smartsheet
6.6
61 Ratings
12% below category average
Uptempo
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Ratings
Quotes/estimates5.639 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing6.132 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting7.155 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software7.629 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
SmartsheetUptempo
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(141 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(23 ratings)
6.4
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(12 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(45 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Smartsheet
For teams and users who are very familiar with Excel and its mode of operation, Smartsheet will feel like a walkover. If you have a number of users who use Excel or Google Sheets for their personal project management then you will find this tool to be very useful and somewhat familiar.
Teams that may be used to other project management suites or styles would find Smartsheet a bit challenging to adapt to, as formulas and formatting can be challenging to adapt to.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
Although the Analytics part is already available it could be improved. So for now Allocadia is very recommended if you are looking for a data maintenance software but less appropriate as a analysis tool. Ask yourself what is it you are looking for (analysis or controlling) and for which purposes (management level or specialists). The costs are very resonable and an absolute Plus!
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Pros
Smartsheet
  • The easy to use dashboard has enabled us get comprehensive view of projects across the entire business.
  • It has streamlined internal communication with ease of sharing information across different teams.
  • Smartsheet automates our workflows, enhances collaboration and ensures there are no data silos.
  • I like that it saves time for us and ensures we spend less time switching between apps.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
  • The user interface is clean, well-thought out, and easy for marketers to use. It behaves like their spreadsheets in all the right ways...without the baggage of having budgets locked into separate spreadsheets.
  • Allocadia knows that revenue attribution is important, and has great out-of-the-box adapters to flow actual spend and actual performance in to the tool.
  • The reporting engine is both substance and style. Data is accurate, can be sliced-and-diced, and is easy for marketers to get what they want in an ad hoc fashion, if a canned report does not already exist. The visuals are also excellent, which promotes the use of analysis.
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Cons
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
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
  • Integrate the marketing department closer to the other companies departments output.
  • Connect to more markets for customer acquisition and care as well as customer satisfaction and experience enhancements.
  • We think it can get even closer to SAP Marketing Cloud at less investments and more ROI.
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Likelihood to Renew
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.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
I am hesitant to comment on renewal in detail because we haven't been using the system for very long. But I am encouraged by the speed and ease of implementation, and look forward to getting to know the system better.
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Usability
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
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
Easy to use and allows you to track just about anything that's important to your business
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Support Rating
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.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
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Implementation Rating
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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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
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Alternatives Considered
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!
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
We have just used Bynder for some time but when we compared its performance with Uptempo we instantly knew it was superior in most of the aspects. It had better data analysis accurate reports and helped us track and manage our budget, so overall we were really happy with Uptempo.
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Return on Investment
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.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
  • We have been able to more effectively look at our buys and see how they are performing on an ROI basis. Previously our spend data and leads were in two different places but this has allowed us to combine them.
  • We have only been in the software for five months so I think we will continue to see the ROI impact as we build out reports. Right now we're still trying to find the reports that will help us the most in our optimization.
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ScreenShots

Uptempo Screenshots

Screenshot of Uptempo's Marketing & Campaign Planning interface, which provides full visibility and control over activity planning across teams and channels.Screenshot of Uptempo's Impact Modeller, which translates planned activities into projected outcomes based on conversation rate and deal velocity data.Screenshot of Uptempo's Marketing Budget Management interface, which provides the ability to plan, iterate, control, and optimize budgets.Screenshot of Uptempo's Investments interface tracks actuals and reconciles them with planned marketing spend to ensure teams stay within budgets.Screenshot of Uptempo Work & Resource Management, the a central platform that manages, controls, and optimizes workflows across the marketing team's workload.Screenshot of Uptempo Brand Management, which forms the central platform to access, adapt, and order timely, correct, and brand-compliant media for every touchpoint.