Clearview InFocus vs RationalPlan

Likelihood to Recommend

Compared to other accounting software, I think InFocus offers more functionalities and it's very user friendly. It's a cloud based solution you can easily access remotely, and the connection speed is quite fast. It integrates project management data and financial data, which is important for an engineering company like us.

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Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Civil Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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Appropriate as a great alternative to MS Project. RationalPlan provides most of the features needed to develop and maintain mid-level complex schedules.Less Appropriate for large complex schedules of long duration. These can be a challenge due to Duration at top-level. It is also a challenge to generate reports for management - reporting feature is limited.

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Clearview InFocus

RationalPlan

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Team Collaboration

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Clearview InFocus

RationalPlan

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Pros

Functionality - compared to some other software, it's a breeze to make modifications in InFocus.
Integration - it's a pretty smooth implementation from our legacy system Deltek.
User friendly - it's cloud based, easy to access from anywhere, connection speed is fast.

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Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Civil Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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Portfolio view is great to get a feel for how your programme is running at a glance and which areas possibly might require attention. The fact that you can customise your view by adding your own columns is another plus.
All project information in one tool is a big plus for me considering the amount of projects we run with. This really improves efficiency and saves me time. You have the ability to add documents to tasks, manage risks, email resources tasks due for projects they are assigned to(might need some refinement depending on your requirements), material db with costing etc.

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Justin James, MComPM, Prince2

Operations Project Management

VodacomTelecommunications, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

The report module can include more canned reports.

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Verified User

Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Civil Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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Milestones should be a primary option instead of 0h to create one.

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LeRoy Mattingly

Chief Architect

About Objects, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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RationalPlan 7.7

Based on 4 answers

I had to ask for support once and got a response immediately.

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Engineer in Research & Development

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I prefer InFocus over other products.

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Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Civil Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project.

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Improves efficiency.
Increases productivity.

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Administrator in Finance and Accounting

Civil Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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Helps explain the target schedule and resource estimates for cost of the project

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LeRoy Mattingly

Chief Architect

About Objects, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Clearview InFocus Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

RationalPlan Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Single	$87 USD¹
Multi	$149 USD¹
Server	$560 USD¹
Stakeholder	$49 USD¹

Lifetime License per Seat

SaaS Edition

Beginner	$4¹
Master	$12¹
Production	$19¹
Free	$0

per user

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Rating Summary

Clearview InFocus

RationalPlan

Clearview InFocus

RationalPlan