Kintone vs. Microsoft Planner

Microsoft Planner

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Kintone	Score 9.7 out of 10	N/A	Kintone is a customizable digital workplace platform used to manage data, tasks, and communication. The no-code drag-and-drop interface can be used to create custom applications.	$24 per month per user
Microsoft Planner	Score 7.6 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Planner is presented as a solution to organize teamwork with intuitive, collaborative, visual task management. With it, users can create Kanban boards using task cards with files, checklists, and labels. Users can collaborate in Planner and Microsoft Teams and check visual status charts—all in the Microsoft cloud.	N/A

Pricing

Kintone

Microsoft Planner

Editions & Modules

Professional Subscription: $24
per month per user

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Kintone	Microsoft Planner
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

Minimum requirement of 5 users. Kintone offers a free prototype to build with using existing process.

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Kintone Pricing

Community Pulse
	Kintone	Microsoft Planner
Considered Both Products	Kintone Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone Kintone is more customizable, which allowed our small organization to create exactly what we needed. The other platforms we evaluated were really designed for larger organizations with more need for customer facing tools. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone We've used many, many applications that all do one thing, but none have the versatility of Kintone. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone I don't know if this is the right Salesforce platform we used, but it was way too clunky and not built for the metrics we actually wanted to collect. Kintone doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Salesforce, but I don't really need them. For our small organization's needs, … Incentivized Helpful? Nate Powers Deputy Director Chose Kintone We used to use Facilicase and Kintone is miles above in reliability and customization. Incentivized Helpful? Lori Scarmardo Program Administrator - Public Power Pool (P3) Chose Kintone Kintone is more customisable. Platforms like Zendesk and Monday were much more than we needed, yet also lacked things we wanted. Access, which we used for years, was customisable, but also required us to maintain servers on site and tended to be slow. Kintone was the perfect … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone Affordability and simplicity. Incentivized Helpful? CH Caleb Horrocks Project Manager/Estimator Chose Kintone Kintone wasn’t cookie cutter like the other options I consider. It was customizable and had great customer service to help me make it what I need. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone We tested Pipedrive with the free 30-day trial. We did not like the standard layout. It was not customizable to our liking, and it could not perform the functions we were looking for in our daily business workflow. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone We transferred our data records from google sheets to Kintone. While they aren't very comparable, the amount of tools and analysis that Kintone allowed us to do were far superior to Google Sheets. Incentivized Helpful? NM Nic Morrow Inventory Clerk Chose Kintone Again, I came along after the implementation of Kintone. Kintone does provide plenty of customization and personalization within the program without the ability to code HTML. Incentivized Helpful? Farshad Karimi Implementation Manager Chose Kintone More customizable in my opinion and free, though Kintone has drag and drop which is excellent and my favorite part. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone Kintone is the easiest product to create from and the cost is the lowest I believe. In addition, reconfigurability and extendability are great. If you look for a low code tool, you can try Kintone. But as same as another low code tool, don't expect too much. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone It's more flexible and better looking than its competitors. But the main reason is that after extensive searches for a product that would support our requirements, Kintone was the only one that claimed to be able to do so. After building the project, it works as expected. We … Incentivized Helpful? BC Ben Clarkson General Manager Chose Kintone Kintone is the best value for the dollar amount. It is also based on JavaScript (as far as the more in-depth customizations go) so you don’t have to learn a new language. Quickbase was extremely expensive for what it offered and FileMaker Pro required learning their custom … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone We spent 6 months working with programmers and customer service representatives from ActiveCampaign to try to customize ActiveCampaign for our needs. ActiveCampaign employees finally told us that our use-case was too complicated for their system since it was not designed to do … Incentivized Helpful? Caneel Johnson Database Developer Chose Kintone Previously we used, sequalm access, and something called CSST. None of them were as dynamic or easy to build and update as Kintone. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone Kintone won out based on a few factors. MS Access can be a good alternative, but you can have trouble with sharing the data when needed. We like the mobile app that Kintone provides as well. Compared to Trello, the price of Kintone was better, considering the differences in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone These systems have always lacked customization which is really where Kintone shines. That being said, Salesforce did allow a certain level of customization on a more grand scale for a giant company I worked. for. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone Salesforce was very difficult to navigate and I couldn't figure out how to use it. Their interface is not very user-friendly. I contacted someone for help and they gave me a very typical business presentation, which was not useful. I figured out how to use Kintone immediately, … Incentivized Helpful? Shin Kishioka PRESIDENT Chose Kintone Salesforce CMS Incentivized Helpful? CM Cheryl Molyneaux Executive Director Chose Kintone I selected Kintone for price, customization, and user-friendliness. Incentivized Helpful? Carmen Miller Project Manager Chose Kintone Monday.com — I used this in my previous job and loved it for tracking stages and tasks (and I color-code everything), but at the time it was more clunky on raw data. It may have improved in this since then? Kintone is strong on data and I still color-code everything! … Incentivized Helpful? DK Danielle Kroeger Senior Administrative Support Supervisor Chose Kintone We have used RDP, a SalesForce product but you must pay to have any customization done and it is not user-friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Kintone Kintone allowed me to test its product more fully than other platforms. Scalable pricing was an incentive, as was the ability to create apps to perform diverse functions, like scheduling and project management. Kintone's help documentation enabled me to really play around with … Incentivized Helpful? Becca Rusinko Life Coach Chose Kintone We selected Kintone because it was the best combination of price and function. We needed something that could grow and scale with the organization, and that included looking at future prices. We didn't want to invest in something if we would be priced out five new users later. … Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Planner Richard (Ric) Hazel Strategy Planning Advisor Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner is far superior and doesn't require expensive training to give people access to it. It is far easier to customize and allows for people to add projects and milestones without the cumbersome interface that Agility offers. I would far rather use Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner We tried to select software from various tools, and in the end we chose Planner both for economic reasons (it is included in the Microsoft 365 license we have in the company) and for its ease of use (we have no particular or specific needs, such as advanced scheduling or ticket … Incentivized Helpful? MC Micaella Cirilo Talent Acquisition Specialist Chose Microsoft Planner Main reason is that it is cost efficient because we're already using Microsoft 365 and it's literally part of the ecosystem. No need to purchase any other software. Microsoft is also a well known company, credible for providing business solutions and has a strong enterprise … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Planner is free and integrated with other Microsoft products that we use. We don't have a need for something more sophisticated given the price it would have cost to purchase licenses for a dedicated task/project mgmt tool. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner isn't as detailed for project planning as some of these. However, it is more user friendly. Anyone can learn how to use it. If you want simple and affordable for a diverse group, it's the way to go. Incentivized Helpful? Brandon Stokes Global Revenue Enablement Manager Chose Microsoft Planner Our organization chose MS Planner because it is an included tool in the MS Suite, and since we are unfortunately replacing our current and much better project management tool due to a consolidation of the tech stack. However, it doesn't appear that any of the teams using the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner In my experience, Microsoft Planner has much less features and less effective than other project management tools. But, it's free and included as part of Microsoft 365, so senior management may think it's saving them money. However, the poor productivity and the inefficient … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner The Planner has a more straightforward and intuitive interface, making it ideal for teams that want to get started quickly without a steep learning curve. Additionally, Planner is more budget-friendly, making it a better option for smaller teams like mine. Additionally, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner We used Microsoft Planner because it was free to our organization but ended up paying for Asana for more features we needed for our team. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner stands out for its seamless integration with Microsoft 365, making collaboration with tools like Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint effortless. Its user-friendly interface, with drag-and-drop features and color-coded labels, simplifies task management. Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Matt Aldridge Learning Analytics Lead Chose Microsoft Planner Compared to the other options, we already had access to Microsoft Planner, preconfigured accounts, and support and ordination from tech internally to use it. We previously used Wrike, I wanted to use Asana, and other people in the organisation either used Microsoft Project, or … Incentivized Helpful? francesca turra Project Manager Chose Microsoft Planner The integration with Microsoft Teams is a must that other platform doesn't have. Incentivized Helpful? DA Deepika Arora Digital Marketer Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner was included in our package of Microsoft email. Thus, we [don't] have to pay anything separately. This is was the main reason. However, the functionality we required was similar. [Microsoft] Planner also gives a schedule calendar where we can add tasks as per … Incentivized Helpful? Quratulain Habib, PMP Partner / Director / Head of Projects Chose Microsoft Planner While Asana and Trello are mature products, Planner is getting there pretty quickly. Since our organization is on the Microsoft ecosystem, it helps to use SSO for most of the apps that are within the same license. It helps save money and does the work. For proper project … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner won out over Todoist due to it's ability to integrate other software and allow us to be able to do more work in one software. The project management functions were superior as well. Probably the biggest advantage was the task management. We liked how it worked … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Have moved to JIRA in my recent project. I can say Microsoft plan is a good option but JIRA is more powerful compare to this tool. The only thing is its integration and easy communication feature between teams or assigned groups stand it out while comparing with the similar … Incentivized Helpful? DS Darshil S Assistant Manager Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner has a clear cut edge over all the other project planning software of having its native and extensive capability of integrating with the Office 365 apps which everyone uses heavily. Also, it is highly accessible and usable to a large extent through PDAs and … Incentivized Helpful? Christie Carbone Digital Marketing Analyst Chose Microsoft Planner Pros: Communicating with all members of the plan is easy since it’s part of the Office 365 suite. This allows you to easily communicate via Outlook. You can quickly view all the tasks everyone is working across Boards Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Planner provides better integration with Microsoft products that are used across the organization as a whole. It provides better connection to SharePoint, MS Teams, MS Office products, and even in MS Outlook, which is the company's email client. Incentivized Helpful? Fernanda Ministerio Especialista de Desenvolvimento Industrial Chose Microsoft Planner Many areas of the company still use Trello to organize their activities and tasks, but gradually Microsoft Planner must replace the activities. Users are often "attached" to familiar technologies, but Office 365 takes advantage of the more organized use of the tools. This year … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner I would recommend Planner for light project / team management with strong MS Teams integration. For a PMO / large project with resources/cost/gantt management, I would really recommend MS Project. Incentivized Helpful? John Bayerl Director of Teaching Excellence Chose Microsoft Planner I have not used any other products that serve a similar function to Microsoft Planner. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Planner, tho its user interface could be improved, was leaps and bounds better than TYA suite. Their user interface is difficult for many at our job site to use, especially the older generation. The decision to bring it in was largely a corporate decision. Individuals likely … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner I've used Asana and prefer it to Microsoft Planner. Asana has more functionalities than Planner and I think it is more user-friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Trello is better as a one off product, but if you use the Microsoft suite then Planner integrates better into the rest of your day-to-day apps. The integration into team members' calendars and mail makes the ease of assigning tasks across our organization well worth using the … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Kintone

Microsoft Planner

Sales Force Automation

Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 8.3 Ratings 6% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Customer data management / contact management	9.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Workflow management	9.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Territory management	8.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Opportunity management	8.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)	7.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Contract management	7.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Quote & order management	7.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management	9.30 Ratings	00 Ratings

Customer Service & Support

Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 9.0 Ratings 15% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Case management	9.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Help desk management	8.50 Ratings	00 Ratings

Marketing Automation

Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 8.0 Ratings 3% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Lead management	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

CRM Project Management

Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 8.8 Ratings 13% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Task management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reporting	8.60 Ratings	00 Ratings

CRM Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 8.6 Ratings 12% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Pipeline visualization	8.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Customizable reports	8.90 Ratings	00 Ratings

Customization

Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 9.6 Ratings 22% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Custom fields	9.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Custom objects	9.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
API for custom integration	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Integrations with 3rd-party Software

Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 8.5 Ratings 12% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Marketing automation	8.50 Ratings	00 Ratings

Platform

Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 9.3 Ratings 19% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Mobile access	9.30 Ratings	00 Ratings

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	Kintone 9.4 Ratings 11% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Role-based user permissions	9.40 Ratings	00 Ratings

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	Kintone	Microsoft Planner
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User Ratings
	Kintone	Microsoft Planner
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (0 ratings)	7.6 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.3 (0 ratings)	7.8 (0 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	6.8 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Kintone	Microsoft Planner
Likelihood to Recommend	I recommend Kintone for companies that need the ability to customize standalone applications or to provide a 'hub' to employees as a jumping-off point. I also recommend Kintone for any company that is drowning in spreadsheets, or is using 10 apps for 10 different purposes - you can consolidate everything into one place. Kintone, I think, needs a larger team for customization as your company grows. If you are a small office of 20 people, using it out of the box will likely be just fine for your needs. If you're working with 200 people out of an office, it'd likely be good to have someone with a bit of CSS, Java, and API experience in order to maximize what you get out of it - though you won't need that if you're keeping it simple. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft Planner is a user-friendly visual tool for organizing tasks and workflows. It’s great for team collaboration, integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 tools like Teams and Outlook, and offers flexibility for projects of all sizes. Additionally, it provides mobile and web access for seamless productivity on the go. That’s a big plus right there. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Flexibility. You can build apps (without coding) to serve a wide range of processes and projects. Ease of use. The interface is intuitive. Training. There are resources readily available to train new users. Even starting from scratch, I felt like I was up to speed in just a few hours. Incentivized Becca Rusinko Life Coach Read full review	I love the ability to tag and untag others as needed I love the ability to customize the tag labels and that there are so many options I love the ability to add comments and it notifies the others tagged in the task I love that the task description can be changed as needed without notification to others assigned to the task Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	I feel that Kintone is not well enough known yet. This means that other apps/APIs are not necessarily easy to connect with Kintone. Yes, you can use Zapier though for interfacing with other apps. It would be great if it could give more customized options to change the look and format of certain things. You can make price quote apps, for example, but have to rely on 3rd party apps or programming skills to customize the look and fields. If you make a table as an input field, it cannot connect to other internal Kintone apps for lookups and such. I think there is more potential to make more customized data graphs. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Does not allow you to view all tasks and sub-tasks (checklist) in a nested view. Comments have character limits that can make it harder for teams to communicate exactly what they want to share. There is no way to mention a teammate in a comment and share files and documents in the conversation (collaborative tool???). Fernanda Ministerio Especialista de Desenvolvimento Industrial Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	We have been quite happy with our use of Kintone thus far. We looked at several options before choosing Kintone and believe it had the best value and best features, while allowing for complete customization, rather than being locked into preformatted apps that may not address exactly what we need or be more than what we need. Incentivized Lori Scarmardo Program Administrator - Public Power Pool (P3) Read full review	It is a very useful tool that brings teams in sync with one another. The integration with other Microsoft products makes it an obvious choice because you don't have to purchase a license for a completely different tool that doesn't have cross-functional capabilities with the software you already use on a daily basis. Incentivized Richard (Ric) Hazel Strategy Planning Advisor Read full review
Usability	Kintone is extremely user friendly and self explanatory. Very little knowledge is needed to build or use the apps. Kintone has a very robust help section to guide you through anything you might need assistance with while building out apps. The process of building apps is basically drag and drop, making it easy for anyone to create what they need. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The tool is easy to use, but it is just as easy to set up. No specific skills are required, but its usefulness in our work is immediately apparent. Colors are very helpful in creating a clear interface and providing a very precise overview of the tasks to be performed. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Yes, it is always available Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Performance	No issues. Incentivized Farshad Karimi Implementation Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	I am very happy with Kintone and support it fully. I think that it is a great place for any company that wants to create a platform for better management. It is easy to use and pretty affordable. It is straightforward and has many tools that can be used by anyone. There are many helpful tutorials available too to guide users Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Online Training	The training was seamless and easy to follow Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	Everyone has their own tastes of things and way they want to work. Asking them to adapt to the changes with the new tools or apps is always difficult. We would want to start with a very small but best example within the organization, which in our case was that the employees will not be bothered by the bosses by being asked to find the documents, status of the progresses, or major things/requests/projects. Incentivized Shin Kishioka PRESIDENT Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	I don't know if this is the right Salesforce platform we used, but it was way too clunky and not built for the metrics we actually wanted to collect. Kintone doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Salesforce, but I don't really need them. For our small organization's needs, we needed something a little smaller and a little more versatile. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Our organization chose MS Planner because it is an included tool in the MS Suite, and since we are unfortunately replacing our current and much better project management tool due to a consolidation of the tech stack. However, it doesn't appear that any of the teams using the current program intend to use MS Planner due to its poor functionality. We will likely be pivoting to Jira instead. Incentivized Brandon Stokes Global Revenue Enablement Manager Read full review
Scalability	I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly. Incentivized Farshad Karimi Implementation Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	It used to take us 15-20 minutes to create a quote for a client. It now takes less than 3. It allows a few of our employees to work remotely, which was essentially impossible prior. We can see raw data for success/failure rates, which we actively use in our employee review process. Incentivized BC Ben Clarkson General Manager Read full review	Saved over $1000 each year by not having to purchase a third party tool for our content planning Not sure that I can provide a hard number to this, but having the oversight to see when something is coming due and making sure everything gets executed in time Incentivized Christie Carbone Digital Marketing Analyst Read full review
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