Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EPM Live
Score 5.0 out of 10
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EPM 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.N/A
Nifty
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Nifty consolidates projects, work, and communications in one place. Nifty simplifies and automates the tracking of project milestones, communications with teammates and clients, collaborative document creation, and more in a centralized workspace! Nifty enables organizational oversight across projects and teammates with project & team workload overviews. With communications, project management, and workflow collaboration centralized in one place, teams can consolidate their workday as well…N/A
Plutio
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Plutio is a project management application from the UK company of the same name, featuring configurable shareable task lists, task notifications and alerts, and a client portal.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$89 simple flat-rate pricingNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
EPM LiveNiftyPlutio
Considered Multiple Products
EPM Live
Chose EPM Live
The experience with TaskRay was like night and day. The TaskRay representative has always been responsive and helpful. EPM's promise to integrate with Salesforce was limited at best.TaskRay exists within Salesforce, so the install and customization took less than a day. …
Chose EPM Live
Although we looked at competing products, this is the only product we have implemented.
Chose EPM Live
This product was brought into the company by Customer Service but then the director left so it was never used and IT thought we would try it out. After 2 years we are no further along then we were before just more frustrated.
Chose EPM Live
EPM Live is being used because it is comparatively easy to customize compared to other project management solutions and because it is based on SharePoint.
Chose EPM Live
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
Nifty
Chose Nifty
The one thing that makes this nifty stand out from its peers is its ability to support everything that one can think of while working/managing a project! It has got effective timeline management, charting capabilities, chat functionality, document storage, and the ability to …
Chose Nifty
We've tried several project management tools and most of them lacked the features we exactly needed. Jira was the last we tested and it was complicated to handle as projects grew bigger. Nifty is structured well and has major features that can handle big projects and does well …
Chose Nifty
There's no comparison. Nifty does what all of these do all in one place (with the exception of slack's community aspect with hashtagging - not sure if Nifty can do this, never tried)

Nifty even has the ability to import directly from many other platforms - I've personally …
Plutio
Chose Plutio
I'm using the only Plutio platform to manage and track each task I perform for my work and organization. This tool is perfect for me and serves what our organization needs. It makes what I need and does not need other platforms to get help or dependency. It seems like one …
Chose Plutio
I have tried Suite Dash, Agiled, FlowLu throughout the process of finding a tool that fits our business the best. Plutio was the easiest to deploy and use by far. The other systems had more features and capability but was pretty difficult to learn how to use and set up. We were …
Chose Plutio
Basecamp threads discussions by task, which is fine but in practice we found that it functioned more as a message board than as a task or project management option.
Trello is good for a single user, it felt messy when we tried to use it for our whole team. Trello also lacked …
Chose Plutio
I have not used any other project management software. Plutio was the first one that I instituted at the company and it has been very good so far. I know that there are many other options out there such as Monday which I see a lot of people using. Other than how often I see it …
Chose Plutio
Plutio is much more robust than Trello. If you are looking for a full suite of tools to help you stay organized Plutio is the best option. Trello is simple and a great Kanban board tool, however, you can organize Plutio to fit your specific project and preferred workflow. Then …
Chose Plutio
Well, to be honest, the other tools are somewhat limited in their functionality and other software suites are way more expensive. Also with Plutio, you have the option to completely white label it.
Chose Plutio
Plutio is a great combination of many of the popular PM systems available, such as Trello, Asana, and Basecamp. Plutio really stands out by offering multiple tools that integrate directly with its project management system. For example, invoicing and time tracking integrate …
Chose Plutio
  • Plutio is much more powerful than Trello
  • Ora is another project management platform, but not nearly as complete as Plutio
  • The pricing of Plutio is very good, the time saved every month is well worth the subscription fee.
Chose Plutio
Doesn't compare to anything as it combines multiple resources into one.
Chose Plutio
Plutio continues to get better, offering more enhanced features that can help you customize the experience and keep you digitally organized. Where Slack has a great chat board, but Plutio offers more in project management and task completion. It may not be at nuanced as Trello …
Features
EPM LiveNiftyPlutio
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
EPM Live
4.6
Ratings
50% below category average
Nifty
9.6
Ratings
22% above category average
Plutio
8.3
Ratings
7% above category average
Task Management7.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Resource Management7.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Scheduling5.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation2.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Team Collaboration5.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Document Management1.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Email integration1.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking6.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings10.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings10.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings10.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
EPM Live
3.0
Ratings
88% below category average
Nifty
9.3
Ratings
19% above category average
Plutio
7.1
Ratings
8% below category average
Project & financial reporting3.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.60 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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Likelihood to Renew
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Usability
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8.3
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User Testimonials
EPM LiveNiftyPlutio
Likelihood to Recommend
EPM Live is well suited for a business that feels they are slightly disconnected between departments. If you think you're sales and support staff need to be better connected with your development and programming (like us), then you can benefit immediately. There are a host of other features to help any business that has a lot of "irons in the fire". They make it a lot easier to pinpoint what areas need more attention and what areas probably should be spending so much money.
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Nifty speeds up project lifecycles, aligns teams to work together to avoid missing deadlines and automates the process of reporting. Individual team members use Nifty to set their own project goals so that they can complete tasks on time. This app brings feedback together and offers teams dynamic collaboration to help them focus on the completion of the project.
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It's best at managing projects on a small or medium scale; managing teams and projects for large-scale projects might be complex. It also works perfectly for day-to-day tasks that aren't dependent; it might be challenging to manage a task that depends on other projects or teams. Another thing is that no automation or anything makes your workflow extraordinary. It's a simple but more likely platform to utilize and track growth.
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Pros
  • EPM Live has several modules that users can use for their project management solutions.
  • EPM Live can be customized by the company that is using it.
  • It integrates well with Microsoft products.
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  • Versatility
  • Project Management
  • Neurodiverse - Allowing user to choose view of their choice (kanban, swimlane, list, calendar)
  • Ability to break down projects and tasks with multiple variables
  • Task Management
  • Integrations
  • Consistently adding new features / improving software
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  • Task management is excellent. It can be broken down into so many levels and makes it easy to keep track of what needs to be done.
  • The ability to customize your method of using it is key. Setting it up to both look and work in a way that fits your company and employees is very important and Plutio does this very well.
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Cons
  • Performance is not always consistent. There are periods of time where everything goes wrong with the tool, and there are times when everything just goes perfect. It seems like a cycle that lasts couple months.
  • Support is not that great in terms of solutions provided. Most of the time the support responses are not helpful at all.
  • The vendor is not proactive in planning the releases specific to customer. We had many issues because of inadequate release planning.
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  • It is not possible to edit time logs because there are no comment sections in time logs.
  • I just want to see more templates added.
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  • The design of the invoices, when I used it, was not as sleek as I would have wanted it to be. There wasn't a proper template that I could use.
  • Similar to the design of the invoice, there wasn't a proper email template I could use.
  • The app itself didn't seem to be very secure, when I used it, it seemed to be buggy/clunky in some areas, not updating properly, etc.
  • When I used this, there wasn't a professional-looking contract, and there was no auto sending of the contract once an action was taken by a client, such as payment. It didn't make for a smooth enough workflow for me.
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Likelihood to Renew
Our staff have found it easy to implement and use. Virtually any company can improve the way it manages its resources, and those improvements can deliver real competitive advantages. If you are finding your current software wanting, look at EPM LIve. We are happy we did.
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Usability
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Plutio puts work into real contribution, allowing me to connect with the team with white-label collaboration. It is an all-in-one platform for me to manage all tasks effectively. Consistently, it positively impacts work and overall growth by adding encouragement. It's worth using this tool to keep track of the task and overall development, so sharing positive reviews might be helpful to others.
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Support Rating
When we have needed help (infrequently), the help has been prompt and understandable.
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I have only needed to reach out for support once and got a quick response. There was an issue with the Mac app, but I knew it was in beta. Leo, the owner, was quick to reply thanking me for letting him know about the issue, that the Mac app is still in beta, and that I can use the web version in the meantime until the bug was fixed.
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Alternatives Considered
The experience with TaskRay was like night and day. The TaskRay representative has always been responsive and helpful. EPM's promise to integrate with Salesforce was limited at best.TaskRay exists within Salesforce, so the install and customization took less than a day. Ultimately we are still evaluating solutions and working with EPM made it easy to see what we were not looking for in a partner.
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There's no comparison. Nifty does what all of these do all in one place (with the exception of Slack's community aspect with hashtagging - not sure if Nifty can do this, never tried) Nifty even has the ability to import directly from many other platforms - I've personally imported projects from Trello and Asana, saving tons of time in migration.
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Plutio continues to get better, offering more enhanced features that can help you customize the experience and keep you digitally organized. Where Slack has a great chat board, but Plutio offers more in project management and task completion. It may not be at nuanced as Trello yet, but it is a terrific middle combining elements of Slack and Trello into one confined location.
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Return on Investment
  • This product has actually caused major frustration for the IT team and we were never able to deploy it past IT.
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  • Improvised the overall project management, task tracking across business lines where we introduced Nifty replacing the previous PM platform
  • Increase efficiency of our team
  • Better integrated with our tech stack including email and meeting apps - easier to collaborate and have logs of everything at one place.
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  • We landed some contracts on platforms like Upwork, due to the professional image we portray with Plutio
  • Excellent ROI, we save lots of time with this tool
  • Very reasonable pricing for what you get (ROI)
  • More organized in our daily business
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