TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nifty

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ANifty consolidates projects, work, and communications in one place. Nifty simplifies and automates the tracking of project milestones, communications with teammates and clients, collaborative document creation, and more in a centralized workspace! Nifty enables organizational oversight across projects and teammates with project & team workload overviews. With communications, project management, and workflow collaboration centralized in one place, teams can consolidate their workday as well…N/A

    RationalPlan

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    RationalPlan is project management software that has been designed to help project managers keep their projects on time and within budget. The main goal of this software is to make the process of planning projects as short and as straightforward as possible and to guide novice project managers through each step but offer enough tools to those who are more experienced.

    $0

    per month per user

    Pricing
    NiftyRationalPlan
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Beginner
    $4
    per user
    Master
    $12
    per user
    Production
    $19
    per user
    Stakeholder
    $64 USD
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Single
    $145 USD
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Multi
    $288 USD
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Server
    $668 USD
    Lifetime License per Seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NiftyRationalPlan
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$89 simple flat-rate pricingOptional
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    NiftyRationalPlan
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Nifty and RationalPlan
    Feature
    Nifty
    9.6
    3 Ratings
    22% above category average
    RationalPlan
    6.6
    4 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Task Management8.83 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Resource Management9.43 Ratings6.84 Ratings
    Gantt Charts10.03 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Scheduling10.03 Ratings6.44 Ratings
    Workflow Automation9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.03 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology10.03 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Document Management9.43 Ratings3.63 Ratings
    Email integration10.02 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Mobile Access10.03 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking8.53 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management10.02 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Nifty and RationalPlan
    Feature
    Nifty
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    19% above category average
    RationalPlan
    4.5
    1 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Quotes/estimates8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    NiftyRationalPlan
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    NiftyRationalPlan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NiftyRationalPlan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nifty
    I've found myself recommending Nifty to other business owners as well as for personal use. I've personally found it to be invaluable when it comes to:
    • Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly recurring tasks
    • Creating templates for company processes such as new product creation, marketing strategy, on-boarding, quarterly goals, content management
    • Having forms zapped into a new task from multiple locations ensuring they're never overlooked
    • Having clear milestones and timelines for projects
    • Communicating on projects, tasks, and just in general
    • Assigning different components of projects to different people
    • Creating prior requirements that must be completed before completing the task
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stand By Soft
    Appropriate as a great alternative to MS Project. RationalPlan provides most of the features needed to develop and maintain mid-level complex schedules. Less Appropriate for large complex schedules of long duration. These can be a challenge due to Duration at top-level. It is also a challenge to generate reports for management - reporting feature is limited.
    Read full review
    Pros
    Nifty
    • An overview of project timelines and milestones.
    • One-on-one or group conversations.
    • Tracking the status of projects and tasks.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stand By Soft
    • Portfolio view is great to get a feel for how your programme is running at a glance and which areas possibly might require attention. The fact that you can customise your view by adding your own columns is another plus.
    • All project information in one tool is a big plus for me considering the amount of projects we run with. This really improves efficiency and saves me time. You have the ability to add documents to tasks, manage risks, email resources tasks due for projects they are assigned to(might need some refinement depending on your requirements), material db with costing etc.
    Read full review
    Cons
    Nifty
    • Time Expense could be improved since we cannot edit the previous/past time logs entered.
    • Lacks expense management and Purchase order management functionality
    • Newest product updates are not always stable and I had to reach Nifty's support team a couple of times in the past to fix the issues with new updates e.g. our document management and meeting integrations had to be re-authorized
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stand By Soft
    • Milestones should be a primary option instead of 0h to create one.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Nifty
    No answers on this topic
    Stand By Soft
    I had to ask for support once and got a response immediately.
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Nifty
    There's no comparison. Nifty does what all of these do all in one place (with the exception of Slack's community aspect with hashtagging - not sure if Nifty can do this, never tried) Nifty even has the ability to import directly from many other platforms - I've personally imported projects from Trello and Asana, saving tons of time in migration.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stand By Soft
    RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project.
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Nifty
    • Consistent communications.
    • Staying on project schedule.
    • Aligned projects with business strategies.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stand By Soft
    • Helps explain the target schedule and resource estimates for cost of the project
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Nifty Screenshots

    Screenshot of Project DiscussionsScreenshot of Project MilestonesScreenshot of Project Overview

    RationalPlan Screenshots

    Screenshot of Project infoScreenshot of Notes and linksScreenshot of Working calendarsScreenshot of Gantt chartsScreenshot of Resource levelingScreenshot of Baseline management