Microsoft Planner vs. Microsoft To Do

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft To Do

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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
Microsoft To Do	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft To Do replaces the former Wunderlist task management tool.	N/A

Pricing

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft To Do

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Microsoft Planner	Microsoft To Do
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

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Community Pulse
	Microsoft Planner	Microsoft To Do
Considered Both Products	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?	Microsoft To Do Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do Wrike and monday.com are the big siblings of Microsoft To Do. Even the free versions allow you so much more customization than Microsoft To Do. Miro is an infinite whiteboard style workspace that can be used for project management if your work style is more visual. Again, the … Incentivized Helpful? JK Jonathan Kolarik CEO Chose Microsoft To Do No comparison. Microsoft To Do is far better, simply because of the easy integration with Outlook email, allowing me to simply flag an email in Outlook, then recognize it as a task in Microsoft To Do. iCloud does not integrate well, even though it claims to. iCloud also … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do Microsoft came with the company laptop. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do I choose Microsoft to do because is easier and is on the job email, but Clickup is more handful and Google Tasks its in my personal email, so its more convenient. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do Microsoft To-Do simply put just does to-do lists very well. I don't want the visual components of software like Trello or ClickUp, and I had used Asana in previous roles and just found it to have too much going on. I also didn't like the notification system of Asana, constantly … Incentivized Helpful? Quratulain Habib, PMP Partner / Director / Head of Projects Chose Microsoft To Do I am a fan of to-do lists. Previously they were all pen and paper though, which is fine for chores but not so much when you consistently receive emails and chat messages with various tasks mentioned in there. To Do helps keeping track of them. Incentivized Helpful? TK Thomas Knight Product Manager Chose Microsoft To Do The main alternative that I've used is Todoist. Todoist is better at auto-detecting dates and tags, and I found it easier to assign items to other people using Todoist. I think the big benefit that Microsoft To Do has is that it is more integrated into existing Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do The biggest selling point of Microsoft To Do is that it's free. We were able to jump in and start learning it without having to worry about making up for the cost of the software. We liked the idea of using all Microsoft products in hopes of some of our older employees being … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do Its the only tool I use to manage my to dos and daily tasks Incentivized Helpful? AM Alejandro Montes Team Lead Chose Microsoft To Do I selected MS To-Do because is easy to use, has a pretty UI and in my organization is free to use. Amazing to schedule your work, meetings, to-do list, prioritize task, etc, but is not like other software like Evernote that have more functionalities like a diagram, … Incentivized Helpful? YL Yuen Liang Enrollment and Marketing Consultant Chose Microsoft To Do To be honest, I loved Wunderlist, and so just moved over to Microsoft To Do out of inertia. Also Trello is more Kanban than a to-do list, so not exactly what we needed. Todoist might be more what we need, but we were already using Wunderlist, so we didn't want to take the time … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do I prefer Microsoft To Do because of it's amazing app. It seamlessly integrates with mobile so if you're on the go or need to set a reminder, you can very easily take care of it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do Trello Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do Compared to in-built apps from Microsoft or Apple, Wunderlist is far better. It is incredibly hard to collaborate on both Outlook, Gmail, or Apple calendar/reminders. I wouldn't suggest any of those for team projects. Additionally, Wunderlist allows me to separate your work and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do Wunderlist is overly simplistic and a bit outdated compared to competing tools. Trello and Microsoft To-Dos and Planner accomplish the same things better. Incentivized Helpful? Nicholas De Salvo Chief Executive Officer Chose Microsoft To Do I started using Wunderlist purely to keep track of my to-dos and organize my time around the general tasks I have to complete. Attempts I have made to extend Wunderlist into project management or other broader tasks have been largely unsuccessful because it feels like there … Incentivized Helpful? Joel Tanzi Business Owner Chose Microsoft To Do Both Trello and Remember the Milk offer their own value in managing tasks and projects. Wunderlist is the best simple task manager I've come across in that it focuses on the critical features you'd want in a task manager - great interface, ease of use, and accessible anywhere. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do Tried Google Tasks, and Microsoft To-Do (before its integration with Wunderlist) and they didn't quite serve the purpose we were looking for. Incentivized Helpful? Paul Weber Manager, Digital Media Services Chose Microsoft To Do Wunderlist was a good starting point, but we now use Todoist, and I definitely wouldn't look back. It is more complicated, but with that comes much more control than you get in Wunderlist - rather than simple search tags you have filters that can run across projects, human … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do I have tried numerous programs in the past, this one, in particular, has an easy interface and almost anyone can use it. One of the most recent programs we have tried is Microsoft To-Do and it does not even compare. We have created access databases specific to do this type of … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Cohen President Chose Microsoft To Do Any.do had a nicer interface but was not as easy to use as Wunderlist. Incentivized Helpful? Anna Jacobs Project Coordinator Chose Microsoft To Do It is more simple, direct, and easy to manage. Also, the price point is much less than most, if not all CRM's on the market. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft To Do While I have tried a number of other to-do lists, Wunderlist is easy to use and free. Most other to-do lists that I have tried I have used for a day or two and the have deleted and returned to Wunderlist. Part of it is that I am used to this tool, but I think it is also just … Incentivized Helpful? Tish Cator Office Manager Chose Microsoft To Do I think they merged or something—I don’t remember—but it was not as easy as this one was. We love that it is simple and easy. Incentivized Helpful? BW Ben Westby Educator Chose Microsoft To Do Not available, this is the first task management app we have tried so far. Slack is the closest thing we have. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft To Do

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Planner - Ratings	Microsoft To Do 5.6 Ratings 32% below category average
Task Management	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Resource Management	00 Ratings	6.20 Ratings
Gantt Charts	00 Ratings	4.50 Ratings
Scheduling	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Workflow Automation	00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings
Team Collaboration	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Document Management	00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings
Email integration	00 Ratings	6.30 Ratings
Mobile Access	00 Ratings	7.50 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	00 Ratings	3.00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management	00 Ratings	5.30 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	00 Ratings	4.90 Ratings

Professional Services Automation

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
	Microsoft Planner - Ratings	Microsoft To Do 6.5 Ratings 17% below category average
Quotes/estimates	00 Ratings	5.00 Ratings
Invoicing	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting	00 Ratings	7.90 Ratings
Integration with accounting software	00 Ratings	6.00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Microsoft Planner	Microsoft To Do
Small Businesses	7shifts Score 10.0 out of 10	Stackby Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Todoist Score 9.3 out of 10	InEight Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises	TimeCamp Score 7.0 out of 10	InEight Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Microsoft Planner	Microsoft To Do
Likelihood to Recommend	7.6 (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	7.8 (0 ratings)	7.4 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.6 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Microsoft Planner	Microsoft To Do
Likelihood to Recommend	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	Great to capture flagged emails for reminders later. Great for quick entry tasks. Would love it if you could set a checklist so that you could more easily assign a task to a category, that is currently a little more tedious than what it should be. The lack of integration with Google is also a little disappointing. Incentivized JK Jonathan Kolarik CEO Read full review
Pros	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	Wunderlist is what you need for your to do lists. It's really simple to use. Allows you to set due date to your lists, share them with your team and/or create a folder to divide and organize all your list set Also, Wunderlist is compatible with all platform and devices. So you can always be updated on your list or work on them from wherever you are and with all the devices you have. Incentivized Oleg Galimov Руководитель проектов Read full review
Cons	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	Viewing more than one task at a time. Email forwarding tasks - sometimes can be buggy and not always smooth. Option to show more detail on a task without clicking task - example: being able to see attachment without clicking on task to view. Incentivized Brian Spatz Staff Pastor - Students Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	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	I believe Wunderlist is the best to do management app on the planet. So far we are extremely satisfied with the performance. Incentivized Mohammed Anzil Founder and Chief Editor Read full review
Usability	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	The actual user interface and the way to navigate around the app is very intuitive and easy to learn/use which would make me give it a high ranking, but the syncing issues drop down my rating because there are times where you add an item to the list and then it just disappears. Then when you add it again the sync will happen and now you have duplicates. The other negative with the usability is adding extra information to an item, such as files or comments or assignments. You can do it but it's difficult to tell which items have this information from the main screen. You have to click on them individually. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	I have not had an issue where I needed to reach out to Wunderlist, but I know their contact and online chat is easy to access and feel confident that they would be helpful. My only worry is Wunderlist is becoming Microsoft to-do in May 2020, and I believe the app will become worse after that. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	Wunderlist giving 100% work satisfaction for me and my organization Incentivized Abdul Hakkim Founder Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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	Wrike and monday.com are the big siblings of Microsoft To Do. Even the free versions allow you so much more customization than Microsoft To Do. Miro is an infinite whiteboard style workspace that can be used for project management if your work style is more visual. Again, the free version is still so much more customizable and usable than Microsoft To Do. On a team of people of multiple generations, Microsoft To Do might be a good option if you have to work collaboratively on a simple project. Otherwise, I would recommend any of the other three software options above Microsoft To Do. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	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	It helps our team complete tasks on time, securing better ROIs. No tasks are being forgotten, leading to better client retention. The team is getting serious momentum from being able to see and finish the tasks. We even applaud every time we hear the little "ding!" when the task is completed. :) Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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