Nuclino vs. RationalPlan

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Nuclino
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
Nuclino is a unified workspace where teams can organize knowledge, manage projects, and share ideas, all in one place. Progress can be tracked in a Kanban board, work structured in a hierarchical list, or data organized in a visual graph — Nuclino adapts to a team's unique workflow. Presented as simple and lightweight by design, Nuclino focuses on the essentials, doing away with clunky menus and rarely-used settings, and minimizing the learning curve for new users. The vendor states it…
$5
per month per user
RationalPlan
Score 7.7 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
NuclinoRationalPlan
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
per month per user
Standard
$5
per month per user
Premium
$10
per month per user
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
NuclinoRationalPlan
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsNuclino offers a free plan for up to 50 items and 2GB total storage. Paid plans start at $5/user/month (billed annually) or $6/user/month (billed monthly) and include unlimited items, advanced features, and 10GB storage per user.
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Features
NuclinoRationalPlan
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Nuclino
8.7
4 Ratings
10% above category average
RationalPlan
6.6
4 Ratings
13% below category average
Task Management9.02 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.01 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Scheduling9.01 Ratings6.44 Ratings
Workflow Automation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access7.74 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Search8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings6.84 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings3.63 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Nuclino
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
RationalPlan
-
Ratings
Chat8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Nuclino
8.3
4 Ratings
2% above category average
RationalPlan
-
Ratings
Versioning8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Nuclino
-
Ratings
RationalPlan
4.5
1 Ratings
49% below category average
Invoicing00 Ratings4.51 Ratings
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User Ratings
NuclinoRationalPlan
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(4 ratings)
7.7
(4 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
NuclinoRationalPlan
Likelihood to Recommend
Nuclino
Nuclino is suitable for just about any company. It is intuitive and helps keep any company organized.
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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.
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Pros
Nuclino
  • Workspaces are helpful to segment information.
  • Being able to download files directly from Nuclino is useful.
  • Having the ability to link to external docs is useful.
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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.
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Cons
Nuclino
  • No real offline use is possible.
  • For small teams it's ok, but pricing is too high if lots of employees need to work with it.
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Stand By Soft
  • Milestones should be a primary option instead of 0h to create one.
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Usability
Nuclino
I love Nuclino's usability. The layout is clean, simple, easy to follow, and bright. I like that there is a read-only account option so that less-tech savvy people can still use it and they won't need to worry about deleting key information from the database. Similarly, I like the features that allow multiple contributors to have the same features to edit.
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Stand By Soft
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Nuclino
The Nuclino knowledge base is good. Most answers to your questions can be found there. I didn't need to contact support at all.
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Stand By Soft
I had to ask for support once and got a response immediately.
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Alternatives Considered
Nuclino
Nuclino is the clear winner when it comes to ease of use for both the administrator and user. Less setup time and less "training" time. The streamlined interface is quick and intuitive to learn and is not cluttered as compared to Confluence. Every tool you need to use to create a page or administer the workspace is available immediately on screen or by right-clicking. In contrast, Confluence buries many tools in administrative interfaces and only allows use of some features once you make several clicks to include a "macro" or "plug-in". We use both tools and I get complaints constantly from my team about how complicated Confluence can get just to author a quick page.
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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.
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Return on Investment
Nuclino
  • Having a central documentation allowed users to find data more quickly, which resulted in 50% less "question" type bugs that would appear in our queue.
  • Collaborating documentation before development resulted in less bugs; this is part process but the ease of sharing and making related documentation easy to access encouraged users into adapting the process.
  • Increased use in documentation allows support response time to be higher for triage since supporting documentation is ready to go.
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Stand By Soft
  • Helps explain the target schedule and resource estimates for cost of the project
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ScreenShots

Nuclino Screenshots

Screenshot of Create a modern company wikiScreenshot of Manage projects and plan sprintsScreenshot of Build your knowledge graph

RationalPlan Screenshots

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