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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kanban Tool

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AKanban Tool is a visual project management application based on Kanban that helps companies visualize workflow, track project progress, analyze and improve business processes. Some key features include: time tracking and time reports, real-time collaboration and Kaban analytics.

    $6

    per month per user

    KanbanFlow

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/ACodeKick AB headquartered in Swedenoffers KanbanFlow, a kanban organized project management and collaboration workspace.N/A

    Upland PSA

    Score5.8 out of 10
    N/AUpland PSA helps professional services teams grow their business.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    Kanban ToolKanbanFlowUpland PSA
    Editions & Modules
    Kanban Tool Team
    $6
    per month per user
    Kanban Tool Enterprise
    $11
    per month per user
    Kanban Tool On-Site Team
    $720
    per year per 10-user pack
    Kanban Tool On-Site Enterprise
    $1,320
    per year per 10-user pack
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kanban ToolKanbanFlowUpland PSA
    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Kanban ToolKanbanFlowUpland PSA
    Considered Multiple Products
    Shore Labs
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    CodeKick AB
    Chose KanbanFlow
    I really like the simplicity and the subtasks found in KanbanFlow. It seems to be the easiest tool to get clients not using another method to use this without any challenges on their part.

    Trello has card dependencies, which is a nice touch. Trello also has a lot of add-ons, but …
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    Upland Software
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    Key User Insights
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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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    Features
    Kanban ToolKanbanFlowUpland PSA
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Kanban Tool and KanbanFlow and Upland PSA
    Feature
    Kanban Tool
    6.3
    13 Ratings
    20% below category average
    KanbanFlow
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.513 Ratings7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management6.48 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts1.03 Ratings6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling6.111 Ratings4.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.311 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration6.113 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.311 Ratings3.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology3.96 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management6.49 Ratings8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.39 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.510 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking8.06 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.28 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management3.04 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Kanban Tool and KanbanFlow and Upland PSA
    Feature
    Kanban Tool
    5.7
    6 Ratings
    30% below category average
    KanbanFlow
    9.7
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Upland PSA
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates5.55 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing5.55 Ratings9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting3.04 Ratings10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
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    Autotask PSA
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Podio
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Kanban ToolKanbanFlowUpland PSA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    6.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Kanban ToolKanbanFlowUpland PSA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Shore Labs
    Kanban is well suited for a fast-paced working environment for larger teams who want continuous communication with users. Kanban is good for rapid development and daily meetings for updates and statuses. Kanban is less suited for smaller teams or groups who don't require collaboration and constant communication with involved users. Kanban is time-consuming and it takes additional effort outside of your regular work to maintain and manage the tool.
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    CodeKick AB
    Most of the project management software in existence today is focused on agile/sprint based processes. If your team happens to use Kanban instead, KanbanFlow is one of the best options for tracking work. It's quick to get started and learn and has a manageable feature set that won't overwhelm anyone.
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    Upland Software
    We have discovered over the last few years using Tenrox that we could adapt our needs or processes to fit in the Tenrox box rather than adapting Tenrox to fit in ours completely. I feel like Tenrox would be better suited for a company that has fewer clients and projects over the course of a year, as well as fewer users. We have approximately 350 clients, 21,077 projects in Tenrox at this exact moment (we close projects as we can), 188 active users currently, and 415,635 tasks (some of course assigned to now closed projects).
    With this much information hosted through the Tenrox cloud server, we experience increased lag time frequently. This causes a lot of unwanted rejection towards Tenrox in our company.
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    Pros
    Shore Labs
    • It provides a good basic overview of where tasks are on a timeline (particularly helpful for a pull-based approach).
    • It provides a good collaborative space to have multiple folks commenting on multiple tasks.
    • It does a good job of managing very basic visual elements of an agile development cycle.
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    CodeKick AB
    • Project monitoring with detailed management reports.
    • Keep the team organized, focused on projects and demonstrate your goals in the tool.
    • Simultaneous collaboration of the team in activities.
    • Intuitive and user-friendly interface to use. Ease of learning how to use the tool.
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    Upland Software
    • We love that our timesheets are pre-populated with all our employee's assigned contracts and we get to control what is on their timesheet as far as funder and contract codes.
    • Tenrox did very well with our integration and getting a timesheet that exports well with our payroll provider.
    • Tenrox has a great email reminder system for when people need to submit or approve timesheets.
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    Cons
    Shore Labs
    • Kanban does not show the task or story clearly. You have to open the project separately to view the details of the project.
    • Kanban gives a higher level project management view but it lacks customization and personal settings features.
    • I would like to see Kanban provide mobile access to their tool, data, and board. This would be very useful for all companies and provide an increase in efficiency and productivity.
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    CodeKick AB
    • I'm not sure if it has this or not because I've only been using it for about 6 months but we haven't quite figured out how to archive things. We have lots of data on that main page from Q3 and Q4 of last year but we need to figure out how to get it away from our main page so we can focus on new things this quarter
    • I know when I was first added there were a few things the admin had to do in order to do that. All I remember is that it wasn't simple for them to get me hooked up. They had to do a few steps and then I was granted access. I don't know what exactly but I had to wait.
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    Upland Software
    • Tax calculation per state tax rules. Tenrox's current capabilities relative to tax codes is extremely limited and we have to do several time-consuming work-arounds in order to apply the tax as needed for our business. What is particularly frustrating about this aspect is that our need is based on tax laws and codes set by states and I feel a financial system should be able to sufficiently structure for legally-defined tax codes.
    • Tenrox Project Planning add-on module. This portion of the system has never worked as seamlessly as you would assume given they were designed to work together. We've run in to many bugs and just oddities over the years. It's very finicky in my experience. We only use TPP for a small portion of our projects - those being our smaller or need to have huge task lists per client naming requirements.
    • (The bad that became the good!) In the past, we have had significant customer-service challenges with Tenrox and then Upland, however over the past several months we have noticed a marked change in this. If we had not previously experienced issues with the customer service, I would not have any issue with the level of service that we are currently receiving. Given the history, I am cautiously optimistic that our current level of customer service will continue. I think our service concerns finally reached the 'right' people and I am reasonably confident the positive changes are here to stay!
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Shore Labs
    We are more likely than not to renew our use of Kanban. Even with its limits, it still is a good product that fulfills our needs.
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    CodeKick AB
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    Upland Software
    I am not in charge of renewing the Tenrox contract. However, if it was up to me, I would renew in a heartbeat. Tenrox is an asset to our organization and it keeps us focused. I am not aware of other products similar to Tenrox that provide the depth that they do.
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    Usability
    Shore Labs
    The integration with Teams is well suited. This works wonderful for my
    company. Our team can easily prioritize tasks based on their importance.
    It help our team identify and reduce inefficiencies in workflow. With
    great visibility in data our team can make informed decisions. Ensuring
    clear accountability and responsibility of team members
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    CodeKick AB
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    Upland Software
    I feel like if the user interface could combine time and expense for users to be entered on one screen rather than two completely separate locations it would greatly improve usability. If the expense entry process could be improved completely, it would greatly improve the usability as well. Everything else within Tenrox, makes everything very user friendly.
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    Support Rating
    Shore Labs
    This is the best tool I had a chance to work with- since I started to use it I saved a lot of time and I made my work go smoothly.
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    CodeKick AB
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    Upland Software
    The support team is always very helpful and strives to ensure they have met your needs and corrected your issues in a timely manner. If they need more information or cannot recreate the issue themselves, then they will follow-up to gather the necessary data themselves. They are constantly striving to meet the needs of all users and understand so many different industries and types of environments out there, it is very impressive.
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    Implementation Rating
    Shore Labs
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    CodeKick AB
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    Upland Software
    The main thing with implementation is to make sure you have taken full advantage of the "sandbox testing" site that Tenrox provides to you during development. Try out every scenario you can think of, have other people enter information if needed, so that you can make sure you have not missed any big items. If you have the opportunity, roll out implementation to small groups of users. Depending on how your company is set up, I would choose groups that are not all in the same department so that you can address questions across all areas before adding in more users in the next wave of implementation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Shore Labs
    We've only tried JIRA Agile and KanbanFlow before. Kanban Tool was the one that our team actually liked and enjoyed working with. Also - it's been much easier to get started with and to understand than some of the other two (JIRA in particular). Although JIRA has many more features that we would have possibly used, the user feedback on it was so poor we were afraid that the negativity would create time wasted and less "job satisfaction" amongst the team.
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    CodeKick AB
    I really like the simplicity and the subtasks found in KanbanFlow. It seems to be the easiest tool to get clients not using another method to use this without any challenges on their part. Trello has card dependencies, which is a nice touch. Trello also has a lot of add-ons, but I find them to be a little glitchy. Kanban Tool has really nice reporting and analytics.
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    Upland Software
    The Tenrox software looks and feels older and is not as user friendly! Harvest, for example, is an upgraded version that is easier to track and compile. This is what I'm comparing it to and it's not even close! We only selected Tenrox because it was cheaper and we had a connection in the company with someone at Tenrox to use that platform. We are currently looking for a change.
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    Return on Investment
    Shore Labs
    • Better communication and organization of ongoing projects.
    • We are a very small team, with many areas to work on. Having everything in one system gives us a lot of visibility.
    • Greatly reduced costs from using other tools that were much more expensive.
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    CodeKick AB
    • Creating visibility of the status of all open work items
    • Allowed for self-service ownership of projects by stakeholders
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    Upland Software
    • Tracking, tracking, tracking. It keeps the data we need and gives us the ability to look at it in countless different ways with just a few clicks, which is a big time saver. Without Tenrox, we would definitely have to increase our headcount in order to accomplish billing and payroll.
    • We recently were able to automate a huge portion of business that was still (yes, still in 2014!) being managed out of an Excel spreadsheet. We experienced a great deal of resistance to the change with our own employees, however now that we have it going we have cleaned up our invoicing and impressed the highest-financial officer for two consecutive months - our first/only two months billing directly from Tenrox for that group.
    • A newer development for our team - Some client managers in the other divisions our company have begun to look at what we are able to do with Tenrox and our other primary system and get some of their work moved over to our group. This is great and is giving us new opportunities - we will likely need to increase the headcount of our admin. team, but for a good reason (too much work coming our way!).
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    ScreenShots

    Kanban Tool Screenshots

    Screenshot of Visual project management tool - Kanban board from Kanban Tool.Screenshot of The collection of Power-Ups form Kanban ToolScreenshot of Kanban Tool board example, with My Work widget, Recurring and Postponed Tasks visible in the side panel. User's own background selected.Screenshot of Kanban Tool  board example. Default light theme applied.Screenshot of Kanban Tool - an open card view, with comments in the side panel. The choice of what fields show on cards is with the user.Screenshot of Kanban Tool's free Power-Ups  for user's own activation.