TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Copper Project

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/ACopper Project, from Australian company Element Software, is project management software.N/A

    Pivotal Tracker

    Score5 out of 10
    N/APivotal Tracker is a project management program primarily for software developers. It is built from the ground up to facilitate the agile development cycle, and is optimized for structuring projects in sprints, or “stories.” The solution is now owned and supported by VMware, and is part of the Pivotal / Tanzu product line up.N/A
    Pricing
    Copper ProjectPivotal Tracker
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Copper ProjectPivotal Tracker
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Copper ProjectPivotal Tracker
    Considered Both Products
    Element Software
    No answer on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Copper ProjectPivotal Tracker
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Copper Project and Pivotal Tracker
    Feature
    Copper Project
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Pivotal Tracker
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Task Management10.01 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Resource Management9.01 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Gantt Charts10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology9.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Mobile Access10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Copper Project and Pivotal Tracker
    Feature
    Copper Project
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Pivotal Tracker
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile Development
    Comparison of Agile Development features of Copper Project and Pivotal Tracker
    Feature
    Copper Project
    -
    Ratings
    Pivotal Tracker
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    DevOps Tool Integrations00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Velocity Calculation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Dependencies and Blockers00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Copper ProjectPivotal Tracker
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    monday dev
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Planview AgilePlace
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Planview AgilePlace
    Score7.5 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Copper ProjectPivotal Tracker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (32 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Copper ProjectPivotal Tracker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Element Software
    Copper Project is one of the best online project management and communication tools are available for businesses of all types. Creating and assigning the task to other team members becomes easy as it does on its own easily.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VMware by Broadcom
    The UI of the Pivotal tracker is really beautiful and amazing, which looks trivial, but we have it open all the time, so it's nice for us. In Pivotal tracker for me its very Easy to create tasks or stories anytime without facing any problems. Pivotal tracker provides us a ton of features to track the tasks and manage a team and the projects. Pivotal tracker allows for a entire team to be on the same page of the tool in regards to where is the project right now, right status of every task, what is being worked on and by whom.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Element Software
    • It has been a great find for me as it reduces my work and make me more productive at other work which I usually neglect them because of excessive work.
    • The platform is trending on top of list worldwide because of its stand out feature task structure.
    • It comprises all the best tools and strategies that involve a successful activity development system.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VMware by Broadcom
    • It's great for tracking milestones and reporting team velocity per sprint.
    • Maintaining a prioritized backlog that is sharable with different members of your team is relatively simple.
    • There's a free version of the product for up to 3 collaborators working on 2 projects and the starting price for larger packages is relatively low.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Element Software
    • The biggest drawback that Copper Project has that it becomes slow at times [in my experience].
    • Secondly, to manage anything in the platform I have to make a ticket every time to make any changes which are frustrating for me a lot.
    • [In my experience] it usually becomes clunky and slow while dealing with large requests which need to be change and functionality needs to improve more.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VMware by Broadcom
    • In-story task management is still a weak point. The ability to @mention users in tasks and mark tasks as 'in-progress' would go a long way.
    • Epics do not span projects. This becomes troublesome when scaling Pivotal Tracker's agile methodology to multiple teams.
    • Splitting stories is often confusing for team members as there is no concept of a 'parent' story with child stories that have split off of it. There are only two levels: Epic & Story.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Element Software
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    I love the simplicity, non-configurability, and price/performance of this tool. Hands down my favorite project management tool for agile.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Element Software
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    It was generally easy to use once you got the hang of it. The searching and tagging of tickets was fine, commenting worked well, and release planning was good. However, it wasn't the most intuitive tool in the beginning. The UI is pretty outdated and could have used upgrades over time.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Element Software
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    We've never had to request support in the 5 years I have been using it. A solid solution! Everything I have had questions about is on the website. New features are in their newsletter with more details on their website. Often I am using the new features within a few minutes of reading the article.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Element Software
    Integration of the Copper Project is amazing. It is designed on such a great module that it can easily integrate with any other software. I have a lot of software already in my organization which we are using to handle different processes in the organization, Copper Project easily integrated with them and gives me all in one platform to manage all of my activities on one platform which is a great help for me.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VMware by Broadcom
    We have had employees in the past look at Drupal, and other open source project management tools to assist in our needs. Unfortunately each solution took too much time to implement, design and configure that we could not stop the work we were doing for clients to complete a full set up of a project tracker. Thankfully Pivotal is a predefined solution with no configuration needed. Simply input your projects, design your Stories with Tasks and begin your tracking.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Element Software
    • This feature is also helping me a lot in making project structure and prioritizing things according to the flow of work, which is great as it gives clear path what to do next.
    • Customer support of Copper Project is very professional.
    • I recently had some problems while using the platform, they listened to the problem carefully and responded with a more feasible and workable solution within the limited time frame, which gives me the confidence to use the platform more in-depth.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VMware by Broadcom
    • Time is money with development and a lot of things can fall through the cracks. Having a good system for making sure you're building the most relevant product for customers is really important so it was well worth it for us.
    • The process we used worked for us and it helped us streamline our development which reduced a lot of things falling through the cracks and headaches. I'm sure there are other products that can do the same job just as effectively but Pivotal Tracker worked well for us.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots