Function Point Productivity Software vs. RationalPlan

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Function Point Productivity Software
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Function Point is a project management software built specifically for ad agencies, design studios, and marketing departments.
$46
per month per user
RationalPlan
Score 7.7 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
RationalPlan is project management software that has been designed to help project managers keep their projects on time and within budget. The main goal of this software is to make the process of planning projects as short and as straightforward as possible and to guide novice project managers through each step but offer enough tools to those who are more experienced.
$0
per month per user
Pricing
Function Point Productivity SoftwareRationalPlan
Editions & Modules
Agency (30-49)
$46
per month per user
Studio (10-29)
$48
per month per user
Boutique (5-9)
$52
per month per user
Enterprise
Call for Pricing
per month per user
Free
$0
Beginner
$4
per user
Master
$12
per user
Production
$19
per user
Stakeholder
$64 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Single
$145 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Multi
$288 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Server
$668 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Function Point Productivity SoftwareRationalPlan
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsCustomers save 11% on annual billing. Demo’s available.
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Function Point Productivity Software
7.9
6 Ratings
5% above category average
RationalPlan
6.6
4 Ratings
13% below category average
Task Management8.86 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Resource Management8.85 Ratings6.84 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.86 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Scheduling8.86 Ratings6.44 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration7.96 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology7.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology8.35 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Document Management5.45 Ratings3.63 Ratings
Email integration7.24 Ratings6.43 Ratings
Mobile Access6.34 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking8.86 Ratings4.51 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management8.56 Ratings6.43 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Function Point Productivity Software
9.0
6 Ratings
19% above category average
RationalPlan
4.5
1 Ratings
49% below category average
Quotes/estimates9.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing9.66 Ratings4.51 Ratings
Project & financial reporting8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Function Point Productivity SoftwareRationalPlan
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(6 ratings)
7.7
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(2 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Function Point Productivity SoftwareRationalPlan
Likelihood to Recommend
Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
Well suited in:
  • Project management from estimate creation to final billing.
  • Time tracking per job.
  • Delegating tasks internally (and externally if choosing to use this feature).
  • Creative agency environments where jobs have many moving parts and employees working on.
  • Customer contact information management.
  • Internal creative collaboration (brainstorming).
  • Management oversight allowing team leads to review hours logged per employee to each job.
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Stand By Soft
Appropriate as a great alternative to MS Project. RationalPlan provides most of the features needed to develop and maintain mid-level complex schedules. Less Appropriate for large complex schedules of long duration. These can be a challenge due to Duration at top-level. It is also a challenge to generate reports for management - reporting feature is limited.
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Pros
Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
  • Time tracking - like several time tracking solutions, FP uses a clock that will track in real time so that you do not need to remember how long you worked on a project to input later.
  • Dashboards - I love FP's dashboards that let me track my personal utilization, the utilization of my team members and all of my open tasks.
  • Reporting - FP's reports provide insight organization-wide into how we are doing and where we (as an organization) are spending our time. As with any reporting, though, it is important to manage the cleanliness of your data to make the reporting useful.
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Stand By Soft
  • Portfolio view is great to get a feel for how your programme is running at a glance and which areas possibly might require attention. The fact that you can customise your view by adding your own columns is another plus.
  • All project information in one tool is a big plus for me considering the amount of projects we run with. This really improves efficiency and saves me time. You have the ability to add documents to tasks, manage risks, email resources tasks due for projects they are assigned to(might need some refinement depending on your requirements), material db with costing etc.
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Cons
Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
  • Function Point often provided reports that were inaccurate due to bad calculations. The support team would work with us to troubleshoot these issues, but the fact remained that calculations were wrong.
  • Function Point was purchased by a new parent company that increased prices over their nearest, superior, competitor, pricing themselves out of the market.
  • Function Point's interface is dated, as is its code base.
  • New features are being implemented not as software revisions or upgrades, but as new for-pay features.
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Stand By Soft
  • Milestones should be a primary option instead of 0h to create one.
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Support Rating
Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
  • Receive weekly emails from FP team about new features being added and webinars to review.
  • Always extremely reliable and quick to respond with answers to questions or concerns.
  • Includes function for their clients to make recommendations to their platform.
  • Allows for customization on the back end to provide the best solution/functions for each client.
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Stand By Soft
I had to ask for support once and got a response immediately.
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Alternatives Considered
Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
Workamajig was NOT a good fit, after over a year of back-end setup. FunctionFox didn't have the financial integration capabilities we needed, but we used it for years and were happy with the service and support. FunctionPoint brought together the 30,000-foot view of the projects and resources with a simplified process for getting day-to-day jobs into the queue, which was essential for our organization.
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Stand By Soft
RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project.
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Return on Investment
Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
  • We have a much more timely and accurate sense of our financials since switching to FunctionPoint
  • Our team is more efficient at tracking time, and we are much more able to track resources and profitability
  • Our accounting manager is able to use Quick Books in a much more efficient manner than previously
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Stand By Soft
  • Helps explain the target schedule and resource estimates for cost of the project
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ScreenShots

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