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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Project

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.

    $120

    per year per user

    monday.com

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    monday.com Work OS is an open platform designed so that anyone can create the tools they need to run all aspects of their work. It includes ready-made templates or the ability to customize any work solution ranging from sales pipelines to marketing campaigns, CRMs, and project tracking.

    $36

    per month (3 seats)

    Pricing
    Microsoft Projectmonday.com
    Editions & Modules
    Project Server
    $0
    Planner Plan 1
    $10
    per month per user
    Planner and Project Plan 3
    $30
    per month per user
    Planner and Project Plan 5
    $55
    per month per user
    Project Standard 2024
    $679.99
    one-time fee per installation
    Project Professional 2024
    $1,129.99
    one-time fee per installation
    Basic
    $12
    per month per user
    Standard
    $14
    per month per user
    Pro
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Projectmonday.com
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPlans are billed annually.An 18% discount is available for annual billing.
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    Microsoft Projectmonday.com
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Project
    Microsoft Project will continue to be my tool of choice for high stakes high complexity projects with over 100 tasks and many requirements to control costs and delivery but the assumption is that a dedicated PM is needed to keep the file updated and manage communication with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Project
    Microsoft Project needs to do better job on the flexibility and user interface of the software. The colors used by monday.com and shortcuts they have provided are much smoother. However, Microsoft project is more compatible with other Microsoft products like excel which gives …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Project
    monday.com is great for smaller projects but lacks the in-depth features that MS projects offer. The customization and templates that MS project offers are amazing and practically cover every industry type.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Project
    Our company already has our client and tracking database in microsoft 365 so it was the logical step to stay with microsoft although it is a bit lacking compared to other offerings. If our team was on the go one of these other products might work better. We needed something …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Project
    Better suited for everyone in the team due to an existing partnership with Microsoft for access to other software suite provided by them.
    Incentivized
    monday.com
    Chose monday.com
    I feel like I've tried almost every project management software out there ranging from Microsoft Project to Teamwork. monday.com is just nice because you log in and it works. There isn't a lot of set up. The controls are intuitive. When you want to do something like change a …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    Monday.com is far more easy to learn then MS Project and eliminates the need to install applications and maintain applications. One of the key benefits is being able to access Monday.com from anywhere in the world.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    MS Project is not very general user-friendly. Working with colleagues with and without project management experience, it is crucial that those we collaborate with can understand the information we send them.
    Being a more visual interface with clear timelines and customised task …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    i have tried Microsoft's project management software but basically found it to be like a downgraded version of monday.com. monday.com has infinitely more features and workflow options to make it make sense for each individual user.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    Monday.com was heavily influenced by the leader of our project team. Monday was selected for its approachability, and ability to handle both technical and creative project simultaneously.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com does more than just a single function like other tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    Cost is a big factor as the alternatives stacked up poorly in user costs and built in features. Also, the business was already using a different facet of monday.com so it was a quick setup and we already had experience and people were Jo knew the platform. Less complex and also …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    I prefer Wrike to monday.com because it has better hierarchy and more integrated product
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    More complex and takes a while to learn and onboard new employees. Also expensive compared to monday.com.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    Monday.com does not believe in Gantt charts therefore there is no built in Gantt chart that we missed a lot and we found those in other products. Pricing is also questionable, Monday.com seems to lag behind in competitive pricing. Monday.com does not have an in-built module for …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    2244 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    42 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    1904 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    2248 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    1575 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    1748 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Projectmonday.com
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft Project and monday.com
    Feature
    Microsoft Project
    8.0
    111 Ratings
    4% above category average
    monday.com
    7.6
    2324 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Task Management8.3110 Ratings8.92317 Ratings
    Resource Management7.8107 Ratings7.81987 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.0107 Ratings7.81371 Ratings
    Scheduling8.5109 Ratings7.71933 Ratings
    Workflow Automation10.083 Ratings7.82017 Ratings
    Team Collaboration7.298 Ratings8.62272 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology4.283 Ratings7.21220 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.883 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Document Management9.077 Ratings6.91879 Ratings
    Email integration5.082 Ratings7.21669 Ratings
    Mobile Access10.067 Ratings7.01849 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking10.073 Ratings7.61092 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.364 Ratings7.91212 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.386 Ratings7.21088 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Microsoft Project and monday.com
    Feature
    Microsoft Project
    8.6
    79 Ratings
    11% above category average
    monday.com
    6.9
    1060 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Quotes/estimates7.355 Ratings6.5714 Ratings
    Invoicing10.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting7.176 Ratings7.6945 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software10.050 Ratings6.7534 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Projectmonday.com
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (111 ratings)
    8.4
    (2340 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.2
    (2268 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (34 ratings)
    8.1
    (1965 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (9 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (9 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Projectmonday.com
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Project Online is suited to Turnkey Projects where more Collaboration is required in Project Progress monitoring, risk assessment and conveying, issue recording and tracking. It is less appropriate when ERP Suites other than MS Dynamics are used, i.e when Enterprises need to integrate Finance / Accounting with It and having straight project management workflow
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    monday.com
    Another feature I love in the free plan is the “Sort” feature, which enables me to sort all my clients by name alphabetically. Or sort by date,
    status, progress notes, etc. I make extensive use of the text column, where I can keep ongoing, detailed notes on the progress of a particular client's work and the information I am still waiting on. I have it open automatically every day, and my tasks are listed there for me to follow through on.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data. by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
    • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
    • The alert system for the fulfillment and delay of assignments is perfect. Microsoft Project allows me to configure the task system, I can assign the necessary tasks to fulfill the project, and the software alerts me immediately if the managers are fulfilling the assignments.
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    • Intuitive board functionality with a variety of column types and customizations to address different use-cases, such as templates for user lifecycle management, checklists for onboarding.
    • Extensive automation capabilities to reduce tedium in more complex boards, such as our company's computer asset inventory board, to ensure devices are kept organized within the board for quicker reference.
    • The ability to connect boards and mirror info across them allowed us to build out a cross-functional, quasi-ticketing system enabling more efficient processing of requests that involved action items from different departments and/or teams.
    • We could use both the many board functions in tandem with the WorkForm feature to create an IT ticketing system that could be replicated and tailored for other teams needs.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Seems overly complicated for users sometimes in using Project and its functionalities
    • Hard to share files for those folks who do not have MS Project, and then have to print out for them
    • Can be confusing since it looks and feels like MS Excel
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    • The management of holdable items, continuously drops in incorrect places or doesn't show the 'correct way' to handle in the wished place, it happens with the dragable items on dashboards
    • The 'favorites' menu on desktop is now with 'Use my IA feature' everywhere and has removed the Fav section of for the boards in the sidebar. It was so useful when there were hundreds of Tables and only work on or update 3 - 4 of them (it is still visible on the mobile version, by the way)
    • The errors after using for a while, like 90 minutes, I am writing something and unexpectedly the app says something is wrong and I need to reload the page, and the thing I was doing doesn't still local storage as in other use cases
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    I like using Microsoft Project. It simplifies building a schedule
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    Teams involved in content creation, such as marketing or editorial teams, could use monday.com to manage the entire content lifecycle. Boards might track content ideas, assignments, drafts, reviews, approvals, and publication schedules, helping teams collaborate and keep content production on track.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Project is easy to operate because data could be inserted, changed and
    deleted like you are in an Excel timesheet. Besides, it provides a great
    level of automation beween his fields allowing few data changes. Also, its
    funcionalities are well defined and grouped in upper menus, so you can find a
    funcionality quickly
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    monday.com
    monday.com was pretty easy to use from the get-go. Their automation templates are really easy to get things set up. A few of my monday.com boards are essentially upgraded spreadsheets that are much easier to digest and automatically send out reminder email to myself and my team.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    There have only been 2 instances in the past year where monday.com was down.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    Everything performs fairly well. Every now and then there are user errors where an employee will not click "ok" on a note they've created and simply exit out (I do wish that something was in place to prevent this, such as a pop "are you finished?")
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Microsoft in recent years has transformed itself and gives a positive feeling when one interacts with the company. The company is focusing on its customers and willing to go extra mile to make customers happy.The company continues to invest in its products and bringing new features from time to time. Overall it is a positive feeling to be associated with such an iconic company.
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    monday.com
    I personally haven't found their customer success managers to be proactive or useful as the primary user of our monday.com account. This is different from a few years ago, when I had a contact that I reached out to as-needed (we are an enterprise account). I don't get a lot of touchpoints with anyone from monday.com and rarely submit tickets.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    To have someone walk you thru the features and capabilities of Monday.com is priceless. Someone also coming along later in the contract to see if you are maximizing the program to suit your company needs is beyond helpful. The staff that have provided this training are fun, creative and very patient.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    I wasn't part of it so I don't know
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    We signed up for the accounts. Created the accounts. Ran the trial version and tested it live while we were running multiple projects and found that it was fitting our needs perfectly. When the trial ended and we were asked to purchase the full version, we did. We have found other ways to use it and it's a breeze.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    While many of the above tools are extremely well-versed, Microsoft Project's largest advantage comes from it being related to the largest business productivity company in the world. Project does have its sharing limitations - but regardless, offers one of the most robust tools in the market today. Microsoft Project is built with large-scale projects in mind but is more than up to the task for smaller projects as well. However, there are options available (especially cloud-based options) that may be more fitting for higher-level projects that do not require going into the weeds.
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    monday.com gives us the most flexibility when it comes to its features -- to create templates and quickly modify or customize. While limited in its overall functionality, it is secure and does what it is supposed to do well. An ability to interpret documents given to it -- not just its own assets -- would take monday.com to the next level.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    monday.com
    For it to work across multiple departments and sites, I would like to see improvements made with integrations and automation. For this question, I am acknowledging not only the addition of internal triggers/automation, but also an expansion on external ones.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Project saved me, as the project manager, countless hours of digging through tickets and schedules to plan everything out. It also saved me time in adjusting the project triangle as needed, since it does so much automatically.
    • It is costly, and since it requires extensive training to master, it's not just the high licensing cost that you need to take into account.
    • The reporting features - even just printing out Gantt charts - makes it far easier to communicate with stakeholders. That means less time for PMs doing all of this manually, and it means less follow-up questions and delays moving forward.
    Incentivized
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    monday.com
    • The platform has saved us time by allowing us to have all of our program information in one place.
    • The fact that it is easy to set up has saved us countless hours of trying to learn the platform.
    • The platform has helped us greatly with collaboration with our program partners who need to use our data.
    Incentivized
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