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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kanbanchi for G Suite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AKanbanchi is a project management solution built as a web-based deployment through Google Drive.

    $7.95

    per user

    Smartsheet

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASmartsheet is an online project management and collaboration tool. It includes automated alerts, instantaneous updating and sharing across team members, resource management, nested tasks organized in a hierarchy, a Gantt chart view, exportable and automated reports, and integration with email.

    $12

    per month per user (up to 10 users)

    Pricing
    Kanbanchi for G SuiteSmartsheet
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $7.95
    per user
    Professional
    $19.97
    per user
    Enterprise
    custom
    per user
    Pro
    $12
    per month per user (up to 10 users)
    Business
    $24
    per month per user (3 user minimum)
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Advanced Work Management
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Kanbanchi for G SuiteSmartsheet
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Kanbanchi for G SuiteSmartsheet
    Considered Both Products
    Kanbanchi
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    Smartsheet
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    62 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    51 Answers
    Features
    Kanbanchi for G SuiteSmartsheet
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Kanbanchi for G Suite and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Kanbanchi for G Suite
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Smartsheet
    9.1
    129 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Task Management9.01 Ratings9.8126 Ratings
    Resource Management6.01 Ratings10.0108 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.01 Ratings9.0109 Ratings
    Scheduling7.01 Ratings9.8111 Ratings
    Workflow Automation3.01 Ratings9.2100 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.01 Ratings10.0122 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology10.01 Ratings8.981 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.01 Ratings9.079 Ratings
    Document Management5.01 Ratings9.2101 Ratings
    Email integration8.01 Ratings9.0100 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.01 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.01 Ratings9.762 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.01 Ratings8.169 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.01 Ratings8.075 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Kanbanchi for G Suite and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Kanbanchi for G Suite
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Smartsheet
    7.9
    66 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Quotes/estimates8.01 Ratings8.144 Ratings
    Invoicing8.01 Ratings7.537 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.01 Ratings8.760 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software8.01 Ratings7.332 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Kanbanchi for G SuiteSmartsheet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (146 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (45 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Kanbanchi for G SuiteSmartsheet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kanbanchi
    • If you need transparency around your workloads the product is great as it is easy to use and visually tells a story.
    • It is ideal for SCRUM management as it plays into the ideas of Sprint
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    Smartsheet
    Smartsheet shines for collaboration. When you have multiple people involved with planning events Smartsheet makes it easy to share and collaborate. For instance, multiple people can be in Smartsheet working at the same time. Also setting permissions for exactly those who need to know is quite easy with Smartsheet. For data analytics and general spreadsheet purposes Excel is better but for project management and event planning Smartsheet is superior
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    Pros
    Kanbanchi
    • Great for supporting SCRUM as part of Agile deliveries. We use the ToDo, Doing and Done and build GANNT charts to facilitate resource planning.
    • We use it at a department level to manage workloads and help staff know what work is waiting for them and the relative priority.
    • We have deployed it across the organisation and also work with suppliers and offshore development teams to coordinate activities.
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    Smartsheet
    • Its hard to overstate the value of familiarity. Being able to use a tool that has some familiarity takes away the time needed to train and orient employees on a new tool and allows an organization to hit the ground running.
    • Smartsheet covers most of the basics of a project management tool, the usual tasks, milestones and project viewing options.
    • For data viewing, you get multiple data viewing options including a calendar view (good for marketing teams and those who work around scheduling), Kanban, Gaant etc
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    Cons
    Kanbanchi
    • Occasionally hangs at login but this may be to do with our authentication service.
    • It would be nice when grouping cards together if there was an option to lay them over each other in a fan arrangement.
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    Smartsheet
    • Smartsheet set up is similar to Excel, yet when you upload an Excel file, things like conditional formatting are lost. Smartsheet has its own conditional formatting, and you have to reinstate the rules. It would be great if those would apply automatically once a file is uploaded
    • Some Smartsheet management and access rules can take some tweaking to work properly. This may be a case of offering more info to admins so they can apply these better and with more efficiency
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kanbanchi
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    It definitely meets our needs as far as organizing and archiving our tasks and files. As we train more staff to view it, I see opportunities for more improvement, which I am sure this program can handle. I look forward to seeing continued improvement from Smartsheet on their capabilities and functionality.
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    Usability
    Kanbanchi
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is very easy to learn. However, while I have been able to pick it easily, Microsoft Excel and Project super users that I have trained on Smartsheet get bogged down in the differences and can find it frustrating. Explaining the differences ahead of time and why Smartsheet is being chosen instead of a different software seems to counteract those reactions
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    Support Rating
    Kanbanchi
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    I give this rating because it fills a niche in the market. MS Project scares many away from proper task management but there are limited tools our there, especially cloud-based that are mobile-friendly. Smartsheet fills this market gap, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. IT is not fair to compare it to MS Project, but fairer to see what gaps it fills.
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    Implementation Rating
    Kanbanchi
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    It's absolutely paramount to take a few minutes to actually play with the software. It's nearly impossible to do anything wrong or make a mistake which cannot be fixed easily. Under the help menu is Live Training option. After you familiarize yourself with the commands, watch the live training for some in depth understanding of how to make the software fit your needs perfectly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kanbanchi
    We have used MS Project previously but ended up doing things in spreadsheets so KanBanchi has bridged this gap for us
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    Smartsheet
    Jira and Redmine are much more robust and technologically advanced project management solutions. I enjoy using either when managing a very large project. However, I prefer to use Smartsheet for my smaller to medium sized projects. As for Google Drive - I would say that Google sheets and Smartsheet are almost identical in my opinion when it comes to functionality. Personally I prefer to manage smaller projects via Google Drive, but it is a personal preference!
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    Return on Investment
    Kanbanchi
    • We have seen great value in our planning for Agile deliveries especially when applying it to SCRUM.
    • Using the product we have found it quickly surfaces resource constraints and blockers when planning for projects.
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    Smartsheet
    • This has really opened up collaboration across teams. A lot less working in silos.
    • It hasn't fully replaced any one tool so it means having to go to another place. Hopefully, we can eliminate a tool or two in the next six months.
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