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    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

    Redmine

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ARedmine is a project management web application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database, and free to download and use as an open source project available on the GNU 2.0 license.

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    Copper ProjectRedmine
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Copper ProjectRedmine
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Copper ProjectRedmine
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Copper Project and Redmine
    Feature
    Copper Project
    9.4
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Redmine
    8.2
    13 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Task Management10.01 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Resource Management9.01 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Gantt Charts10.01 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Scheduling10.01 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.01 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.01 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology9.01 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology9.01 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Document Management10.01 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Email integration10.01 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Mobile Access10.01 Ratings5.59 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.01 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.01 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management9.01 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Copper Project and Redmine
    Feature
    Copper Project
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Redmine
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Quotes/estimates10.01 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Invoicing9.01 Ratings7.82 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting10.01 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software10.01 Ratings7.92 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Copper ProjectRedmine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Copper ProjectRedmine
    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.
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    Open Source
    Redmine is a perfect solution for businesses that are looking for a FREE and open source solution for project management. It is great for teams that are managing numerous tasks or projects at one time. Redmine is easy to set up and is fairly self-explanatory for anyone who is semi tech-savvy.
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    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.
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    Open Source
    • Issue Tracker - Redmine allows in-depth issue tracking complete with workflows and customization.
    • Release Tracker - Redmine allows releases to be tracked by milestones, collecting relevant issues in each milestone.
    • Agile Management - With a few free or low-cost add-ons, Redmine becomes a great tool for Agile project management
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    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.
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    Open Source
    • The design and user-interface are a little outdated. It looks like a product that was designed ten years ago and doesn't have a polished look and feel like newer apps have.
    • It's not particularly designed to support agile-based project management methodologies such as Scrum.
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    Usability
    Element Software
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    Open Source
    Redmine is a great product to have in an organization. It's extremely flexible, costs much less to maintain than other alternatives, and as a tool, it is relatively fast to get experienced with. The primary advantages of working with Redmine are: flexible platform, API, open-source and highly configurable, stability.
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    Support Rating
    Element Software
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    Open Source
    Redmine is free, easy to use and it's everything you could want in a free project management program. The fact that it has wiki integration and that it can track on such a granular level is amazing. Assigning tasks to other users, such as our development team, is fantastic and ensures we are always up-to-date on where we are what - on what projects.
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    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.
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    Open Source
    Jira is a great project management tool for software product life cycle management for an agile environment based on agile methodologies. Jira is an intuitive and modernized user interface design compared with Redmine but Redmine is a lightweight and affordable project management and task tracking solution with its essential features and functionalities.
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    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.
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    Open Source
    • Customers receive updates on all progress made for their issues -- this results in an informed customer who is being given transparency on all steps of our process.
    • Customers have responded well from being able to not have to track down emails and instead come to a central place for requests.
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