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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MeisterTask

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    MeisterTask is a task management and collaboration tool that let teams manage tasks in a customizable environment. MeisterTask's project boards adapt to a team’s workflow, and is suitable for managing a variety of tasks from software sprints to editorial calendars. As opposed to only providing a tool that visualizes the work, MeisterTask automates recurring steps in users' workflows to help them work more efficiently and consistently. MeisterTask is developed by…

    $16

    per month per user

    Wrike

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Wrike is a project management and collaboration software. This solution connects tasks, discussions, and emails to the user’s project plan. Wrike is optimized for agile workflows and aims to help resolve data silos, poor visibility into work status, and missed deadlines and project failures.

    $240

    per year 2 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    MeisterTaskWrike
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $16
    per month per user
    Business
    $32
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Wrike Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Wrike Team
    $10
    per month (billed annually) per user (2-15 users)
    Wrike Business
    $25
    per month (billed annually) per user (5-200 users)
    Apex
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MeisterTaskWrike
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for education and non-profit organisations. 28% discount for annual pricing.Every premium plan begins with a 14-day trial period.
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    Community Pulse
    MeisterTaskWrike
    Considered Both Products
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    Chose MeisterTask
    Easy to use user interface, easy setup and probably the quickest setup of what I’ve tried. For what I need it to do it excels. The other platforms are more robust and feature packed, but that comes with more cost and setup time.
    Incentivized
    Chose MeisterTask
    • Some other competitors have too many features and are heavy and slow.
    • Meistertask is very reactive and does what you need in some words or clicks.
    • Easy to use, only the necessary features.
    Incentivized
    Chose MeisterTask
    Simple with a great UI, are the simplest words I think we can use to describe MeisterTask. I have used Trello, FreedCamp, and FreshBooks but, the time tracking is the great feature that I am getting used to with this and it's Trello like UI. So, many of users are fine with this …
    Incentivized
    Wrike
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    819 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    568 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    837 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    391 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    452 Answers
    Features
    MeisterTaskWrike
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of MeisterTask and Wrike
    Feature
    MeisterTask
    7.5
    21 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Wrike
    7.8
    969 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management10.020 Ratings9.1963 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.03 Ratings7.3683 Ratings
    Scheduling6.16 Ratings8.3845 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.019 Ratings8.0836 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.020 Ratings8.8963 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.216 Ratings7.9544 Ratings
    Email integration7.017 Ratings7.8730 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.618 Ratings7.4706 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking5.016 Ratings7.5459 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings7.6832 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.0492 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings7.5815 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.723 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.8354 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of MeisterTask and Wrike
    Feature
    MeisterTask
    -
    Ratings
    Wrike
    7.3
    363 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings6.628 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings7.5358 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings6.9220 Ratings
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    MeisterTaskWrike
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    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
    MeisterTaskWrike
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    8.4
    (1004 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (109 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (340 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (24 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (93 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (37 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MeisterTaskWrike
    Likelihood to Recommend
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    The best part about Meistertask is how dead simple it is, while still absolutely nailing what it needs to really get right. Meistertask makes task management dead simple for me and keeps the detail out of the way unless I specifically need it.
    Incentivized
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    Wrike
    Wrike helped us stitch PMO-related activities under one umbrella. The easy collaboration with multiple access types, combined with security access definitions, helped users across the organization contribute according to their roles. This helped provide the organization with multiple items to be reviewed in a single tool. This saved time in weekly review meetings by avoiding switching between multiple tools & files.
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    Pros
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    • The learning curve is really short compared to other software that is related to this.
    • It is very easy to manage several projects at the same time, thus saving time in the work process.
    • Managing the elements of the list is very comfortable since its interface allows everything to work in an orderly manner based on what I want to put as important for me.
    • It has versions that are adapted to any type of company or if you want to give a personal use because it also has an option based on what you want to do with MeisterTask.
    Incentivized
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    Wrike
    • Excellent dashboards that are easy to use and give amazing insights.
    • User friendly interface that is also easy to interact with.
    • Lot of integrations.
    • Robust project and task management features.
    • Facilitate seamless team collaboration and communication.
    • Highly customizable and multiple project views.
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    Cons
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    • Some detailed task definitions may be difficult to implement.
    • Those using traditional project tools may find MeisterTask a little bit superficial and scattered.
    • Often you may need additional tools to complete the inefficiencies of Kanban board (no analytics for team performance, lack of time planning, etc.).
    • Reports and analytics are limited.
    Incentivized
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    Wrike
    • Email alerts sometimes send too slowly.
    • If you put a project on hold, it can be hard to find it once you are ready to return to it.
    • Sometimes there are too many steps/tasks and the main page can get cluttered.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    I wish that Wrike had more drag and drop functionality that would be connected to assignee and also I wish that the finish date of a task would update to the date where you checked completed. It does not do that. Also finishing a task doesn't move the start date of the next task it "protects your time in that way", but our management team wants us to quickly see what we have down the pipeline rather than having to scroll down the list of upcoming tasks.
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    Usability
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    Simple. interface. Not a lot of extra bells and whistles which can be cumbersome to implement when trying to create a process for efficiency
    Incentivized
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    Wrike
    We have project templates set up based on what job type is selected in our work request form. This helps save time by having specific tasks already on each job as it is opened. Then it's just a matter of scheduling the tasks based on the job request and current workload. As long as a due date is flexible, it's easy to shift specific due dates as needed.
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    Reliability and Availability
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    Over two years of (almost) daily usage without outages. Don't remember any errors. I give it 9 only because some Wrike plugins (for online document edit) are based on NPAPI architecture. These types of plugins are being phased out in new browsers, and NPAPI plugins are disabled by default in recent versions of Chrome so you have to do some browser adjustments when you switch browsers or move to another computer.
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    Performance
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    Wrike tasks loads fine, but I hate clicking files and wait for a bit of time since it is powerpoint or word, Wrike assumes I want to open those on Wrike. My suggestion is to link it to office 365 so we do not need Wrike based decoder for PPTX and DOCX
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    Support Rating
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    Meister task is a great project management app. However, I moved to a move extensive project management tool for our growing team
    Incentivized
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    Wrike
    During my learning phase with Wrike, I initially struggled with setting up automation rules and request forms. However, Wrike support was always my go-to, resolving issues within seconds or minutes. Their assistance made the learning process much easier. My best experience was receiving step-by-step screenshots to follow, with the support team on standby until I was completely satisfied.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    We had staff in person provide some training
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    I love the Wrike training options. Wrike Discover has tons of courses, learning plans, certifications, etc. This is an area where Wrike definitely shines! I wish these resources were more in your face for new people, because it seems like a lot of coworkers didn't know all of this training was available to them.
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    Implementation Rating
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    There are a lot of bells and whistles in Wrike, and not all of it is easy or intuitive to understand once it's plopped in your lap. It's easier when there are a few choice people who understand Wrike as a platform and articulate it in such a way where it makes it easy to pass it along to others in the group
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    Alternatives Considered
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    Meistertask seems like it was made for work, and it doesn’t hide its features amid complicated menus. The Mobile experience is one of the best I have used in task management. It integrates with other tools more widely via Zapier and various built-in ecosystem connections within the Meisterlabs space. If you need to get started simplifying your digital life, this can help.
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    Wrike
    Jira did not at all help us get our work done as content creators. I think that was because Jira wasn't quite right for our uses. Wrike fits our needs so much better. I can't tell you enough the relief I felt when we adopted Wrike and I never had to use Jira again.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    company purchase
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    Scalability
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    The sky is the limit for what can be done in Wrike. We started with 1 use case and within 5 months we migrated several key business practices over to Wrike because they were easier to manage. Use cases so far: process improvement, management review, corrective actions, maintenance requests, month-end financial closing, and document management. As we grow, it's easy to imagine putting even more into Wrike where it becomes a cornerstone for how we do business
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    Professional Services
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    I do not use professional services.
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    Return on Investment
    MeisterLabs GmbH
    • MeisterTask saves me a lot of time in communicating about various tasks of a project. The activity chat feature lets me communicate with other members of my team without having to be in the same location as them, and increasing our productivity.
    • It has caused me to use some additional time though, and create a Gantt chart myself instead of being able to use a built-in feature.
    • MeisterTask is great for letting us organize and keep track of all aspects of a project and make sure each one gets done by its respective due date.
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    Wrike
    • Different teams (e.g., contracting, compliance, provider relations) can view updates in real time, comment directly on tasks, and escalate items when needed.
    • Wrike allows us to template the contracting process (from intake to signature) to ensure consistency across payers and reduce administrative overhead.
    • Leadership can see the status of negotiations at a glance, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize resources accordingly.
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    ScreenShots

    MeisterTask Screenshots

    Screenshot of the MeisterTask DashboardScreenshot of MeisterTask's Personal AgendaScreenshot of MeisterTask's Project BoardScreenshot of the Task boardScreenshot of the MeisterTask TimelineScreenshot of MeisterTask Automations

    Wrike Screenshots

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