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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    EPM Live

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AEPM Live is a PPM (project & portfolio management) platform based on Microsoft™ SharePoint. It offers project management and work collaboration to small and large enterprises. The focus is on helping deliver products successfully, optimize resource utilization, and select the right work. EPM Live is part of the Upland family of cloud-based project, portfolio, and work management software products.

    $21

    per month

    Microsoft Project

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.

    $120

    per year per user

    Pricing
    EPM LiveMicrosoft Project
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Project Server
    $0
    Planner Plan 1
    $10
    per month per user
    Planner and Project Plan 3
    $30
    per month per user
    Planner and Project Plan 5
    $55
    per month per user
    Project Standard 2024
    $679.99
    one-time fee per installation
    Project Professional 2024
    $1,129.99
    one-time fee per installation
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EPM LiveMicrosoft Project
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Plans are billed annually.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    EPM LiveMicrosoft Project
    Considered Both Products
    IgniteTech
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    42 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    Features
    EPM LiveMicrosoft Project
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of EPM Live and Microsoft Project
    Feature
    EPM Live
    4.6
    1 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Microsoft Project
    8.0
    111 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Task Management7.01 Ratings8.2110 Ratings
    Resource Management7.01 Ratings7.7107 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.01 Ratings9.0107 Ratings
    Scheduling5.01 Ratings8.5109 Ratings
    Workflow Automation2.01 Ratings10.083 Ratings
    Team Collaboration5.01 Ratings7.298 Ratings
    Document Management1.01 Ratings9.077 Ratings
    Email integration1.01 Ratings5.082 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking6.01 Ratings10.073 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings4.483 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.783 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings10.067 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.364 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.486 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of EPM Live and Microsoft Project
    Feature
    EPM Live
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    88% below category average
    Microsoft Project
    8.6
    79 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Project & financial reporting3.01 Ratings7.276 Ratings
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings7.355 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings10.050 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    EPM LiveMicrosoft Project
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EPM LiveMicrosoft Project
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (111 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (34 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EPM LiveMicrosoft Project
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IgniteTech
    I think EPM Live might be the right solution for a much smaller company, who does mainly business to business material sales. As a software company with a ramped subscription model and heavy use of Salesforce, it was not well suited to our business.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Project Online is suited to Turnkey Projects where more Collaboration is required in Project Progress monitoring, risk assessment and conveying, issue recording and tracking. It is less appropriate when ERP Suites other than MS Dynamics are used, i.e when Enterprises need to integrate Finance / Accounting with It and having straight project management workflow
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    Pros
    IgniteTech
    • Fantastic project management features
    • Cost and Resource management features more than paid for the software
    • Social Collaboration tools improve communication between departments
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    Microsoft
    • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data. by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
    • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
    • The alert system for the fulfillment and delay of assignments is perfect. Microsoft Project allows me to configure the task system, I can assign the necessary tasks to fulfill the project, and the software alerts me immediately if the managers are fulfilling the assignments.
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    Cons
    IgniteTech
    • This is a solid product. I do not have any suggested changes based on our experience. Cannot understand why there are any negative reviews here. The reviewer(s) must not have given the product a fair chance.
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    Microsoft
    • Seems overly complicated for users sometimes in using Project and its functionalities
    • Hard to share files for those folks who do not have MS Project, and then have to print out for them
    • Can be confusing since it looks and feels like MS Excel
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IgniteTech
    The product is just not fitting our needs so we are looking at other alternatives. The system has gone down 3 times in the last 6 months and was down for at least half a day, timesheets have duplicate tasks, and it takes too long to save and submit. When trying to process updates it randomly changes our dates so we have to go back and fix them, sometimes tasks are lost and the system is just very confusing and hard to manipulate
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I like using Microsoft Project. It simplifies building a schedule
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    IgniteTech
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Project is easy to operate because data could be inserted, changed and
    deleted like you are in an Excel timesheet. Besides, it provides a great
    level of automation beween his fields allowing few data changes. Also, its
    funcionalities are well defined and grouped in upper menus, so you can find a
    funcionality quickly
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    Support Rating
    IgniteTech
    We get support when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft in recent years has transformed itself and gives a positive feeling when one interacts with the company. The company is focusing on its customers and willing to go extra mile to make customers happy.The company continues to invest in its products and bringing new features from time to time. Overall it is a positive feeling to be associated with such an iconic company.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    IgniteTech
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I wasn't part of it so I don't know
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    IgniteTech
    EPM was easier to use, with better and simpler UI. The product was also a great combination of price and functionality compared to other tools
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    Microsoft
    While many of the above tools are extremely well-versed, Microsoft Project's largest advantage comes from it being related to the largest business productivity company in the world. Project does have its sharing limitations - but regardless, offers one of the most robust tools in the market today. Microsoft Project is built with large-scale projects in mind but is more than up to the task for smaller projects as well. However, there are options available (especially cloud-based options) that may be more fitting for higher-level projects that do not require going into the weeds.
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    Return on Investment
    IgniteTech
    • We had to pay EPM for a solution that was, for our business, unusable
    • We gained much needed experience in working with third party software vendors
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    Microsoft
    • Project saved me, as the project manager, countless hours of digging through tickets and schedules to plan everything out. It also saved me time in adjusting the project triangle as needed, since it does so much automatically.
    • It is costly, and since it requires extensive training to master, it's not just the high licensing cost that you need to take into account.
    • The reporting features - even just printing out Gantt charts - makes it far easier to communicate with stakeholders. That means less time for PMs doing all of this manually, and it means less follow-up questions and delays moving forward.
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