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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forecast

    Score8.3 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)

    TaskRay

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ATaskRay is a project management platform for managing project within Salesforce. It enables work to be planned quickly and efficiently, across geographically distributed teams. It supports collaboration using Chatter groups, and file sharing.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    ForecastTaskRay
    Editions & Modules
    Lite (Annual subscription)
    $29
    per seat (billed annually)
    Pro (Annual subscription)
    $49
    per seat (billed anually)
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    TaskRay
    $25.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ForecastTaskRay
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    ForecastTaskRay
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Forecast and TaskRay
    Feature
    Forecast
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    Ratings
    TaskRay
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Forecast and TaskRay
    Feature
    Forecast
    -
    Ratings
    TaskRay
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Invoicing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
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    Score7.6 out of 10
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    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ForecastTaskRay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ForecastTaskRay
    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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    TaskRay is a great solution for small to medium sized businesses running multiple projects at the same time. It is very cost effective and their development team is actively adding new functionality regularly. If you prefer working from a tiled Kanban board view, this is highly worth evaluating.
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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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    Bracket Labs
    • Onboarding Templates
    • Scheduling Onboarding tasks and assignments to client and employees
    • Creating project logs so that everyone knows what is being worked on
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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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    Bracket Labs
    • Unfortunately TaskRay does not allow us to share templates externally with customers.
    • We have employees all over the world and we don't think TaskRay will support other languages such as Japanese. Note, I am speaking with a sales rep next week to confirm this, so we may be incorrect.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forecast
    No answers on this topic
    Bracket Labs
    It's hands-down the best PM tool we have ever used. Nothing compares in ease of use and being easy to learn. It also looks great and makes sense immediately
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    Usability
    Forecast
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    Bracket Labs
    Easy Easy Easy to use
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    Support Rating
    Forecast
    I have not needed support for Forecast.
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    Bracket Labs
    I have not had many support issues but when I have, they have been courteous helpful, and solved the issue
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    Implementation Rating
    Forecast
    No answers on this topic
    Bracket Labs
    Again, just like the app, the implementation was very easy.
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    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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    Bracket Labs
    We are still in our year long evaluation process. But TaskRay has been the easiest, and most successfully adopted tool so far. Even if we do not end up choosing TaskRay, I do not regret implementing the system or the experience working with the team at TaskRay. The only reason we may not end up going with TaskRay is lack of templates and slightly stunted reporting features (this is mainly due to Salesforce limitations). Our organization is growing so quickly, we need to consider tools that are better able to regiment processes in a larger group of Customer Service Representatives and give management more detailed insight into those activities.
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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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    Bracket Labs
    • It was highly effective in organizing projects and sprints.
    • Time cards were easy to manage.
    • TaskRay's integration with Salesforce is a huge win as well as you can leverage workflows, approval processes, and alert notifications.
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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