Kanban Tool vs ProjectLibre

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Investment Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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You have to come in without bias and looking forward to embracing a new program. That sounds a bit biased myself, yes, but this program would have been perfect for the organization I consulted with. Absolutely perfect. But out of twelve individuals, only one had an open mind and wanted to explore the program. The remainder saw the program and said "Oh, it's like Excel, I'll just use that instead..." because they knew Excel. ProjectLibre is FUNCTION-centric, not pretty for the sake of being pretty. Once you get into it, you will fall in and love it. If you know marketing automation software, you will know how to use this program. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to manage their time visually, in a program that is built to be what they need and not just something that looks good on a second monitor when the boss walks in.

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Patrick Stephens

Consultant

ConsultingEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Pros

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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Chris Carpenter

Staff Project Manager, Awesomizer, Fixer, Maker, Collaboration Enabler

Beckman Coulter, IncBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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It opens Microsoft Project files, therefore making it somewhat unrestricted in use or sharing files from MS Project.
It has a simple and familiar user interface.

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Verified User

General Manager in Other

Food & Beverages Company, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Some of the boards we have could do with more than 22 card colors, although it is enough for most projects.
Really looking forward to the iOS application, which is said to be coming in 2015.

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Consultant in Professional Services

Events Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Translation of some words.
Interface is not fast and fluid.
Problems saving the file sometimes. The program closes.

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Paula Gomez

IT-Support

General MotorsAutomotive, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Kanban Tool 9.1

Based on 2 answers

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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Verified User

Manager in Quality Assurance

Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Usability

Kanban Tool 6.0

Based on 4 answers

Again, this is a strong tool for software teams using Agile that are distributed across multiple geographies. It can be good for co-located teams too, but there are better platforms on the market like JIRA that provide a more built-out story.

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Chris Carpenter

Staff Project Manager, Awesomizer, Fixer, Maker, Collaboration Enabler

Beckman Coulter, IncBiotechnology, 10,001+ employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

Kanban Tool 7.4

Based on 5 answers

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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Verified User

Analyst in Other

Chemicals Company, 11-50 employees

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ProjectLibre 9.9

Based on 5 answers

There are a lot of discussions online about it, and a customer addition based manual. While that can lead to some confusion, I am not the kind of person who likes talking on the phone. So it is easier to go online with ProjectLibre!

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Patrick Stephens

Consultant

ConsultingEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Kanban is superior to Scrum and AGILE because it can visually organize all your projects and data into one board. Kanban integrates with JIRA which digs deeper into the project data when it is needed. By integrating Kanban with JIRA, you don't need any other tool for project management that is effective for both the business and the development teams. Kanban is recommended for any user groups who wish to increase their efficiency to deliver products, transparency for all users and on-time productivity.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Investment Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Microsoft Project has a great interface and features. However, the cost of ProjectLibre overshadows anything that Microsoft can provide. The cost to benefits that ProjectLibre provides along with their similar features to Microsoft makes ProjectLibre a leader in the project management software category.

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Verified User

Engineer in Research & Development

Automotive Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

We have been able to track projects much more efficiently
We have had less missed deadlines as we can see where a project is in the workflow

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Care Bach Gerland

Senior Account Supervisor

Savage BrandsMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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No investment made, besides time, but definitely worthwhile in using it.

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David Thomas

IT Project Manager

All-in-1Staffing and Recruiting, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

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Rating Summary

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Likelihood to Recommend

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Feature Rating Comparison

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Pros

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Cons

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Likelihood to Renew

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Usability

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Support Rating

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Alternatives Considered

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Return on Investment

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Screenshots

Kanban Tool

ProjectLibre

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Rating Summary

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