Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Brightpod
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Brightpod is a cloud-based project, task and content management software built with marketing & creative teams in mind. Brightpod helps bring visibility to all the work across teams. With Brightpod, teams can create workflows, delegate tasks, setup their editorial calendar, and manage digital content strategies in the cloud. A few practical uses include i) collaboration on an upcoming social media campaign, ii) keeping a working editorial calendar, iii) creating workflows to help similar…
$19
per month
Wrike
Score 8.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Wrike is a project management and collaboration software. This solution connects tasks, discussions, and emails to the user’s project plan. Wrike is optimized for agile workflows and aims to help resolve data silos, poor visibility into work status, and missed deadlines and project failures.
$10
per month per user
Pricing
BrightpodWrike
Editions & Modules
Brightpod
$19.00
per month
Wrike Free
$0
per month per user
Wrike Team
$10
per month per user
Wrike Business
$25
per month per user
Wrike Enterprise
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per month per user
Pinnacle
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per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BrightpodWrike
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEvery premium plan begins with a 14-day trial period.
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Community Pulse
BrightpodWrike
Considered Both Products
Brightpod
Chose Brightpod
Brightpod was definitely the most attractive and we felt like it had the least amount of clutter. We hated how Wrike handled recurring tasks. ActiveCollab just seemed to have some complexity that we didn't need. The Brightpod developers are very responsive and were able to fix …
Wrike

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
BrightpodWrike
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Brightpod
8.0
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Wrike
7.9
793 Ratings
4% above category average
Task Management9.02 Ratings8.7786 Ratings
Resource Management8.01 Ratings7.9668 Ratings
Scheduling8.02 Ratings8.0689 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.02 Ratings8.7785 Ratings
Document Management4.02 Ratings7.3660 Ratings
Email integration9.02 Ratings7.1596 Ratings
Mobile Access9.02 Ratings7.4574 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking9.01 Ratings7.8364 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.2560 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.6674 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.7417 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.2373 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.723 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.8279 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Brightpod
-
Ratings
Wrike
7.7
281 Ratings
3% above category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings7.6277 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings7.7163 Ratings
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User Ratings
BrightpodWrike
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(5 ratings)
8.5
(819 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(3 ratings)
9.0
(101 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.7
(143 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.1
(22 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
7.4
(19 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(2 ratings)
9.3
(89 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(12 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.9
(31 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(11 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(14 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrightpodWrike
Likelihood to Recommend
Brightpod
I like Brightpod. We used their previous product, DeskAway, which we actually liked a bit more for our needs (cannot remember why now as we've found workarounds over the last three years!). It is good for us, and we need to organize multiple task lists for multiple clients. We need to be able to monitor task progression and completion, as well as to track time by resource. We need to prioritize and focus our resources, and we need to review time tracking/performance reports. All possible in Brightpod. We especially like the access we can give to clients, which is on a task list basis, so they can see some task lists in their pod but not others, which allows us to not overwhelm them with unnecessary info, but at the same time, accomplish the detailed tracking we need.
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Wrike
Wrike is best suited for project management, task management, summarizing requests received by the team, open tasks, in-queue tasks, project tracking, etc. It helps with project management excellently, and I would love to recommend it. Analytics is good, but there is a high chance of improvement.
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Pros
Brightpod
  • A very visually pleasing layout of projects in a Kanban style view.
  • Keeps all communication on a task or project in one place, so that everyone is on the same page.
  • Great template system for recurring projects like onboarding or deploying a specific service that has a defined timeline.
  • Flexile recurring tasks.
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Wrike
  • It's user-friendly for anyone familiar with project management and scrum methodologies, making it easy to navigate and understand Wrike at a high level.
  • Wrike offers features tailored to various business use cases, including project management, agile, scrum, workflows, visualizations, folder structures, blueprints, customization, and integrations.
  • Tasks provide a comprehensive history in one place.
  • There are multiple visualization options to view the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) hierarchy, such as Gantt charts, Kanban boards, and table views.
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Cons
Brightpod
  • Reports.
  • Team Member workload.
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Wrike
  • I would like to see the ability to “upgrade” or “downgrade” projects to tasks or tasks to projects.
  • A more thorough training upon contract activation. Showing me what (based on my organization’s workflow and needs) suggestions Wrike would have for me and how to implement them.
  • The cost for Wrike is high compared to competitors. Either a lower price point or more seats/functionalities for the price I’m paying.
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Likelihood to Renew
Brightpod
It's working very well for our organization.
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Wrike
I wish that Wrike had more drag and drop functionality that would be connected to assignee and also I wish that the finish date of a task would update to the date where you checked completed. It does not do that. Also finishing a task doesn't move the start date of the next task it "protects your time in that way", but our management team wants us to quickly see what we have down the pipeline rather than having to scroll down the list of upcoming tasks.
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Usability
Brightpod
Brightpod is easy to use. We have several levels of users, some are from outside the USA and some are here. We needed something that could be used by programmers, coders, technical project managers, marketing individuals, and administrators. We get a thumbs up from all these user types. The system is hardly ever down, so we are able to use 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
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Wrike
A lot of the manual work that would need to take place to provide updates or inform the group is taken off the hands of the project team and on to Wrike. The team has been able to update their task and see the project progress to the next step without having to manually track.
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Reliability and Availability
Brightpod
No answers on this topic
Wrike
Over two years of (almost) daily usage without outages. Don't remember any errors. I give it 9 only because some Wrike plugins (for online document edit) are based on NPAPI architecture. These types of plugins are being phased out in new browsers, and NPAPI plugins are disabled by default in recent versions of Chrome so you have to do some browser adjustments when you switch browsers or move to another computer.
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Performance
Brightpod
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Wrike
Wrike tasks loads fine, but I hate clicking files and wait for a bit of time since it is powerpoint or word, Wrike assumes I want to open those on Wrike. My suggestion is to link it to office 365 so we do not need Wrike based decoder for PPTX and DOCX
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Support Rating
Brightpod
Customer Support was fast and helpful.
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Wrike
During my learning phase with Wrike, I initially struggled with setting up automation rules and request forms. However, Wrike support was always my go-to, resolving issues within seconds or minutes. Their assistance made the learning process much easier. My best experience was receiving step-by-step screenshots to follow, with the support team on standby until I was completely satisfied.
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In-Person Training
Brightpod
No answers on this topic
Wrike
We had staff in person provide some training
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Online Training
Brightpod
No answers on this topic
Wrike
I love the Wrike training options. Wrike Discover has tons of courses, learning plans, certifications, etc. This is an area where Wrike definitely shines! I wish these resources were more in your face for new people, because it seems like a lot of coworkers didn't know all of this training was available to them.
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Implementation Rating
Brightpod
SaaS is the way forward :)
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Wrike
There are a lot of bells and whistles in Wrike, and not all of it is easy or intuitive to understand once it's plopped in your lap. It's easier when there are a few choice people who understand Wrike as a platform and articulate it in such a way where it makes it easy to pass it along to others in the group
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Alternatives Considered
Brightpod
Brightpod was definitely the most attractive and we felt like it had the least amount of clutter. We hated how Wrike handled recurring tasks. ActiveCollab just seemed to have some complexity that we didn't need. The Brightpod developers are very responsive and were able to fix bugs quickly.
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Wrike
Neither Jira nor Asana are user-friendly. There are too many layers without visualizing the broader relationship among tasks. I did not actively want to engage with either of these tools. However, I don't view project management as a burden with Wrike. It makes my job more manageable instead of further complicating it.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Brightpod
No answers on this topic
Wrike
company purchase
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Scalability
Brightpod
No answers on this topic
Wrike
The sky is the limit for what can be done in Wrike. We started with 1 use case and within 5 months we migrated several key business practices over to Wrike because they were easier to manage. Use cases so far: process improvement, management review, corrective actions, maintenance requests, month-end financial closing, and document management. As we grow, it's easy to imagine putting even more into Wrike where it becomes a cornerstone for how we do business
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Professional Services
Brightpod
No answers on this topic
Wrike
not sure
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Return on Investment
Brightpod
  • Increased employee efficiency
  • Ability to have remote teams
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Wrike
  • We have reduced the back and forth communication time between Rev Ops and users by collecting all the info we need upfront.
  • Wrike's collaborative features facilitate better communication and coordination among team members. This can lead to smoother project execution, reduced misunderstandings, and ultimately contribute to achieving business objectives more effectively.
  • Customizable forms, automation workflows, and task dependencies in Wrike can help streamline business processes. This streamlining can save time and resources, allowing teams to focus on core objectives rather than dealing with inefficient processes.
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