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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LiquidPlanner

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    LiquidPlanner is a cloud based predictive project management solution. Some key features include: Dynamic Timeline View, Workload View, and Real-Time Activity Stream.

    $0

    per month per user

    Microsoft 365

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is a Microsoft Cloud subscription service that includes Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access). The software can be installed across multiple devices and ensures that users always have the most up-to-date version of the included Office applications.

    $5

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    LiquidPlannerMicrosoft 365
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Essentials
    $15.00
    per month per user
    Professional
    $25
    per month per user
    Ultimate
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
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    Business Basic
    $5.00
    Per User Per Month
    Individual
    $5.84
    *Per Month
    Business - Apps
    $8.25
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - F3
    $10.00
    Per User Per Month
    Business Standard
    $12.50
    Per User Per Month
    Business Premium
    $20.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - E3
    $32.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - E5
    $57.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LiquidPlannerMicrosoft 365
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*When billed annually.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    LiquidPlannerMicrosoft 365
    Considered Both Products
    LiquidPlanner
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    195 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    179 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    198 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    134 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    142 Answers
    Features
    LiquidPlannerMicrosoft 365
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of LiquidPlanner and Microsoft 365
    Feature
    LiquidPlanner
    8.1
    15 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Microsoft 365
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management8.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.68 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access4.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of LiquidPlanner and Microsoft 365
    Feature
    LiquidPlanner
    8.3
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Microsoft 365
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
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    LiquidPlannerMicrosoft 365
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    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Google Workspace
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Google Workspace
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Microsoft 365 Business Premium
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LiquidPlannerMicrosoft 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (17 ratings)
    8.4
    (262 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.4
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (30 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (54 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LiquidPlannerMicrosoft 365
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LiquidPlanner
    LiquidPlanner is amazing for any time of project management scenario where you have to manage several teams and details. Running a project through LiquidPlanner is so easy because it lets you break down the project into sections and folders and small tasks that you can assign to specific people. With a small to medium size team-- LiquidPlanner is amazing for organizing and tracking details. If you have a huge team or not a ton of details to track LiquidPlanner might not be right for you because it is a software that requires some good training to learn and has tons of functions that can be utilized so it seems better suited to be used by a smaller group looking to coordinate or for people who have lots of details that can be difficult to track.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft 365 would be well suited for medium to large enterprises. This is where there are several hundreds or thousands of people. Since most everyone has used one of the applications the learning curve would be reduced. Another reason would be the ability to implement security measures to prevent access to sensitive data. This could justify the cost of an Enterprise license.
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    Pros
    LiquidPlanner
    • Priority based planning. Every other planning software we've used relies on dates and therefore needs constant attention. Priority based planning means that the plan is always up to date.
    • Ease of use. LiquidPlanner has a very short learning curve. This is critical to getting team members to use it.
    • Forecasting. LiquidPlanner makes it very easy to run scenarios by simply dragging and dropping projects and reassigning resources.
    • Awesome Support. I get personal responses very fast. Usually within a couple hours. And, they listen and ask for more information.
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    Microsoft
    • Chat with teams and the integrations with the other apps, and many more smaller ones, like to-dos, news, and the recent Outlook integration.
    • Easy embedding on SharePoint to broadcast all the content created in the different tools.
    • The office package is still robust with the good things from the past and new additions.
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    Cons
    LiquidPlanner
    • The interface is messy and cluttered. The best way to find things and see what you actually want to see is the main Projects view which is also the most cluttered and hardest to maneuver in.
    • Clicking an external link someone posted in a comment or task description doesn't open in a new window by default, so we are constantly having to go back to get to LiquidPlanner again.
    • The way that the interface saves your state globally (rather than per tab instance) means that if you click a link from someone else to a task that's not yours, then it adjusts your filters on the Projects page. Then if you refresh another LiquidPlanner window where you were on the Projects tab, suddenly all of its filters are updated and what you were looking at may no longer be there.
    • It might just be the way that we use the system, but the Home and My Work tabs are fairly useless for us. They typically don't show the tasks we're actually looking for.
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    Microsoft
    • Slack is 1000x better than teams. Why put a 250 limit on a chat? Our company hasn't moved fully to channels and it's making us lose transparency. Plus, the teams channels we do have nobody is going to. 90% loss in visibility and engagement.
    • Teams for web meetings. I think the UI/UX should match Zoom which is the standard for all our customers. They don't like it when we use Teams.
    • Chats and Channels need to somehow be on one screen automatically without having to choose that view because majority of our company hasn't opened Teams Channels and only stays in chats.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    LiquidPlanner
    We may not renew LiquidPlanner's contract, but only because my company has recently been acquired and we'll be adopting some of the software that they're using to standardize process. LiquidPlanner's development team releases new features pretty often, so it seems like the gaps and inefficiencies are slowly getting smaller/less frequent
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    Microsoft
    There are many features of Office that we cannot replicate in any other tool. Plus people know it already. It's not going away anytime soon.
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    Usability
    LiquidPlanner
    Easy to learn and utilize. Can export charts and reports for sharing with colleagues.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft 365 is the gold standard for performing project tasks in a professional environment, enabling the quick transfer and exchange of files and ideas for team members who work locally and remotely. Its suite of tools is familiar and has evolved to being cloud based, allowing for files to be updated in real time from near and far.
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    Support Rating
    LiquidPlanner
    They have been great in trying to come up with creative solutions to help us do what we want to do with the platform. I would say their support has been exceptional because we have hit them with some complex requests.
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    Microsoft
    Over the past 8 years of using Microsoft 365, I have noticed that they change vendors often. This always leads to a poor experience in the beginning, then levels out after some time for the company to get things worked out. As a customer, it is really frustrating because I don't have time when something isn't working to have them "look into my issue" and get back with me. They have even closed a ticket I specifically told them to keep open. Your applications are only as good as the support.
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    Implementation Rating
    LiquidPlanner
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Everything works and I use it all the time.
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    Alternatives Considered
    LiquidPlanner
    Miro is a more versatile tool, but not quite made for planning and organizing. LiquidPlanner is very intuitive, fast to learn and easy to communicate. The added value of prioritizing tasks, personalized boards and gantt charts are really important during the planning and design thinking in the business. LiquidPlanner is simplified yet more helpful.
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    Microsoft
    Its very user-friendly, collaborative and efficient that boosts productivity using cloud tools. their security is strong and it provides data protection. There are regular updates that shields us from attackers too. It offers a wealth of learning resources, including tutorials, help articles and video guide to help users make the most of the application and personally upgrade their skills.
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    Return on Investment
    LiquidPlanner
    • LiquidPlanner really forces you to map out your workflow. For me, honing into a template that I can later adjust as needed has been huge, as there is less time at the beginning of a project trying to assign and figure out what needs to happen when usually it never changes.
    • Communication between employees, especially ones not immediately available in the office has been very welcomed. It helps having conversations documented in a public, logical place that is easy to find and refer to as the project continues.
    • Our productivity has definitely skyrocketed as we've really gotten a feel and committed to using LiquidPlanner daily. As we move forward, we continually try to add more and more ways for us to use the service.
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    Microsoft
    • We have a lot of nonprofit users, so they have a good ROI.
    • I like the constant updates without having to purchase the software repeatedly.
    • I used to purchase each Office (insert year here) often, so the software was up to date and had the newest options and connectors. I think my return on investment would have been much better if Microsoft had updated those versions to keep them current; after all, we did pay for them.
    • Microsoft 365's offering a monthly fee or a discount for a year helps, and you can look at it as a free backup if you have everything set to back up to One Drive. (Cloud-based document filing you can access anywhere ( with an internet connection)—you Can't beat that!)
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    ScreenShots

    LiquidPlanner Screenshots

    Screenshot of Project Dashboards allow users to build high-level views that help visualize data.Screenshot of Workload Views allow users to see an entire team's workload at once and make resource adjustments in stride.Screenshot of Time Sheets keep track of hours per task and automatically update project estimates.Screenshot of Project View allows users to view any project in detail, assign tasks, set their priority, and access schedule risk.Screenshot of My Work View is a personalized view of all work to always know what to work on next.