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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forecast

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AForecast.it is a project portfolio management solution built around features such as resource planning and time tracking, budget estimating, and analytics and reporting, with key third-party integrations.

    $29

    per seat (billed annually)

    Rocketlane

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAs per the information provided by the vendor, Rocketlane is a platform specifically designed to cater to onboarding, implementation, and professional services teams. The primary objective of this platform is to enhance collaboration with customers, optimize project delivery efficiency, and augment customer experience and accountability. Its target audience primarily includes industries such as CS (Customer Success) and Professional Services. It emphasizes its capability to expedite time-to…N/A
    Pricing
    ForecastRocketlane
    Editions & Modules
    Lite (Annual subscription)
    $29
    per seat (billed annually)
    Pro (Annual subscription)
    $49
    per seat (billed anually)
    Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    ForecastRocketlane
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    ForecastRocketlane
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    ForecastRocketlane
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    ForecastRocketlane
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forecast
    Forecast is well suited for tracking schedules, especially if it is only being controlled by a single department. When it comes to using Forecast in a larger ecosystem with more "cooks in the kitchen" it would be helpful to have the software more easily integrated with other software.
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    Rocketlane
    There is project management tracking from the start till the end (onboarding till hypercare). The bifurcation of project stages and pre-built templates is good; you can assign client tasks. Less appropriate: Raising tickets for developers because there is no escalation management option. Let’s say the developer didn’t reply in 24 hours for a high-priority task; this should be automatically escalated to their senior.
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    Pros
    Forecast
    • Assign and allocate resources.
    • Identify lean departments and identify areas to increase headcount.
    • Manage agile teams.
    • Identify bottlenecks in departments or resourcing.
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    Rocketlane
    • Saved Project Manager time by 80-85%
    • Ease of use, User Friendly interface
    • Reminders : Email notification on upcoming due task to task owner
    • Publishing of Periodic Project Status Report
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    Cons
    Forecast
    • Not as intuitive as its companion software, Harvest. This software takes longer to learn when on-boarding new staff. It is also difficult to view time notes without needing to physically open them up. This could be improved by expanding the "on hover" functionality. Personally, having spent as little time in workflow software is really important, as it gives me more time to code.
    • Because we use this software to plan schedules, items often fall through the cracks. I would like to see some more sophisticated syncing with not only Harvest but also with Asana.
    • Lack of integration with Asana. It would be nice to pull data from forecast and display it in Asana. This would be helpful for understanding how much time I have to spend on a project rather than bounce back and forth between web apps.
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    Rocketlane
    • Project Opening time
    • Automated time tracked should be there
    • Every phase has a option to make a call and zoom so time tracked real time
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forecast
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    Rocketlane
    It really helps to support us in supporting our customers.
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    Usability
    Forecast
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    Rocketlane
    Because of the impact, it has created in terms of saving resources and time by helping them with project-related timelines.
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    Support Rating
    Forecast
    I have not needed support for Forecast.
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    Rocketlane
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Forecast
    I have not used any other scheduling software other than Forecast. The company selected Forecast because it is used in conjunction with Harvest. The pair of web apps can be used to pull detailed data. This is very important to our agency, and making data-driven decisions is exceptionally important to our agency mission.
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    Rocketlane
    For our specific needs, Rocketlane fits the bill perfectly. It had just the right amount of features without it being overly complicated to teach the client. The pricing also worked out well: just pay monthly licenses per user.
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    Return on Investment
    Forecast
    • Allow departments to run efficiently.
    • Quickly identify whether departments need to hire.
    • Easily visualize project gaps in resources.
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    Rocketlane
    • Dislike can be that we are not able to add tasks when we are filling the timesheet directly and so then we have to go to that project and create task and then put up the time. If I want to fill past days timesheet then this cause double work.
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    ScreenShots

    Forecast Screenshots

    Screenshot of Understand and know how to best utilize your capacityScreenshot of Easily plan and adjust workloads across the entire resource pool to prevent bottlenecks.Screenshot of Have everything in one place to groom the backlog, plan the sprint, and track the progress and velocity.Screenshot of Share real time reports with stakeholders to help them make important decisionsScreenshot of Understand the true cost of each projectProduct screenshot

    Rocketlane Screenshots

    Screenshot of Project ListsScreenshot of Project PlanScreenshot of Status UpdateScreenshot of Customer ViewScreenshot of TemplateScreenshot of Documents