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Feature Set Ratings
- Planview Projectplace ranks higher in 1 feature set: Project Management
Project Management

8.4
Planview Projectplace
84%
8.2
Smartsheet
82%
Planview Projectplace ranks higher in 8/14 features
Planview Projectplace ranks higher in 8/14 features
Task Management

8.7
87%
182 Ratings
8.6
86%
117 Ratings
Resource Management

8.6
86%
153 Ratings
7.7
77%
101 Ratings
Gantt Charts

8.7
87%
162 Ratings
8.8
88%
100 Ratings
Scheduling

8.4
84%
162 Ratings
8.6
86%
103 Ratings
Team Collaboration

8.9
89%
183 Ratings
8.6
86%
113 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology

8.2
82%
146 Ratings
7.6
76%
74 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology

8.1
81%
138 Ratings
8.0
80%
70 Ratings
Document Management

8.2
82%
176 Ratings
7.7
77%
93 Ratings
Email integration

8.1
81%
157 Ratings
8.2
82%
91 Ratings
Mobile Access

8.0
80%
151 Ratings
7.8
78%
87 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking

8.4
84%
134 Ratings
8.2
82%
57 Ratings
Workflow Automation

N/A
0 Ratings
7.8
78%
91 Ratings
Change request and Case Management

N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
86%
61 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management

N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
67 Ratings
Professional Services Automation

Planview Projectplace
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.4
Smartsheet
84%
Smartsheet ranks higher in 4/4 features
Smartsheet ranks higher in 4/4 features
Quotes/estimates

N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
38 Ratings
Invoicing

N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
86%
30 Ratings
Project & financial reporting

N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
53 Ratings
Integration with accounting software

N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
89%
28 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Planview Projectplace is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
- Smartsheet is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Performance
- Planview Projectplace and Smartsheet are tied in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

8.4
Planview Projectplace
84%
189 Ratings
8.4
Smartsheet
84%
138 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

7.2
Planview Projectplace
72%
7 Ratings
10.0
Smartsheet
100%
24 Ratings
Usability

8.5
Planview Projectplace
85%
85 Ratings
8.6
Smartsheet
86%
12 Ratings
Availability

9.1
Planview Projectplace
91%
2 Ratings
Smartsheet
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

8.2
Planview Projectplace
82%
2 Ratings
10.0
Smartsheet
100%
2 Ratings
Support Rating

8.5
Planview Projectplace
85%
82 Ratings
8.1
Smartsheet
81%
90 Ratings
Online Training

Planview Projectplace
N/A
0 Ratings
7.0
Smartsheet
70%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating

Planview Projectplace
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
Smartsheet
100%
18 Ratings
Product Scalability

5.5
Planview Projectplace
55%
1 Rating
Smartsheet
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Planview Projectplace
Planview Projectplace provides excellent collaborative project planning and engagements with the best project management tools to get work and projects done easily. Online visualization functionalities allow easy tracking of project progress, identifying top projects and underperforming ones, and tries to find the bottleneck cause of the whole problem.
Technology Product Manager
Booking.comInternet, 10,001+ employees
Smartsheet
There were new vendors who needed to submit their documents by the sales department for legal and Risk department for reviewing and checking the validity of the documents, The way of escalation and attaching the documents and the vendor's data was well suited to be done through the smart sheet. As the sales use smart sheet tickets for submitting the vendor's details and attaching the documents. Through the Smartsheet automation process, a notification mail was sent to the legal and risk department for reviewing and the tickets were assigned already to the admins for validating . After the admin's review and tick mark on the check box of reviewing in the smart sheet which was customized than when its clicked send automated emails to the supervisors for approval, Then after the supervisor's approval, an automated mail was sent to the sales team for completing approval of the vendor. All of these scenarios and hierarchy did because of Smartsheet.
AML Compliance Analyst
AMAN EXCHANGE COMPANY KUWAITFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees
Pros
Planview Projectplace
- As a cloud based solution, Projectplace is one of the few true multiple location, multi person project management tools available for large teams. The reliability for large projects (with teams of anywhere between 50-200+ people) was a huge selling point for this and I witnessed this first hand.
- The Windows and Mac applications for Projectplace are well designed and work impressively well for a project management tool. I found most of the teams had either application installed on their machine and did not have any complaints about it.
- Features like AI and project management viewing styles like Kanban, Ganntt and others make the experience customizable for each user and made them adapt it to their preferred project management style.

Verified User
Consultant in Corporate
E-Learning Company, 1-10 employeesSmartsheet
- Its hard to overstate the value of familiarity. Being able to use a tool that has some familiarity takes away the time needed to train and orient employees on a new tool and allows an organization to hit the ground running.
- Smartsheet covers most of the basics of a project management tool, the usual tasks, milestones and project viewing options.
- For data viewing, you get multiple data viewing options including a calendar view (good for marketing teams and those who work around scheduling), Kanban, Gaant etc
Freelance Consultant
Self-EmployedE-Learning, 1-10 employees
Cons
Planview Projectplace
- Under the time tracking, it would be nice to have a set template that would load each week and not have to click a button to load the previous week's template.
- Somehow making it more intuitive.
- Having to add in each service line and each detail that I cover for every service line each week is a bit ridiculous.
Street Outreach Coordinator
Family Youth InterventionsMental Health Care, 11-50 employees
Smartsheet
- Smartsheet set up is similar to Excel, yet when you upload an Excel file, things like conditional formatting are lost. Smartsheet has its own conditional formatting, and you have to reinstate the rules. It would be great if those would apply automatically once a file is uploaded
- Some Smartsheet management and access rules can take some tweaking to work properly. This may be a case of offering more info to admins so they can apply these better and with more efficiency

Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employeesPricing Details
Planview Projectplace
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$29 per seat
Planview Projectplace Editions & Modules
Edition
Projectplace Enterprise | $29.001 |
---|
- per seat
Additional Pricing Details
—Smartsheet
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
Smartsheet Editions & Modules
Edition
Individual | $141 |
---|---|
Business | $252 |
Enterprise | Contact Sales |
Premier | Contact Sales |
- per month
- Per User / Per Month
- none
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Planview Projectplace
Planview Projectplace 7.2
Based on 7 answers
We're committed now & have >50 users on Projectplace. All our projects are now tracked in the tool. We this investment of time & training, the cost of maintaining Projectplace is relatively low for the benefit. So we will renew, even if there are some idiosyncrasies in the tool & there are opportunities for improvement.

Verified User
Program Manager in Research & Development
Medical Devices Company, 51-200 employeesSmartsheet
Smartsheet 10.0
Based on 24 answers
It definitely meets our needs as far as organizing and archiving our tasks and files. As we train more staff to view it, I see opportunities for more improvement, which I am sure this program can handle. I look forward to seeing continued improvement from Smartsheet on their capabilities and functionality.
Communications Specialist
Covenant CreekReligious Institutions, 51-200 employees
Usability
Planview Projectplace
Planview Projectplace 8.5
Based on 85 answers
It is being actively used, and as far as I know, it was managing ten projects at the same time successfully. Boards are helpful for communication about particular tasks, and prioritization allows flexibility when it comes to actually accomplishing them. Web-based functionality also makes it significantly easier to manage from an admin perspective, whereas for other products, we'd see new versions being loaded. Data is secure in the software, and closing the project seems to be easier.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Alternative Medicine Company, 201-500 employeesSmartsheet
Smartsheet 8.6
Based on 12 answers
Smartsheet is very easy to learn. However, while I have been able to pick it easily, Microsoft Excel and Project super users that I have trained on Smartsheet get bogged down in the differences and can find it frustrating. Explaining the differences ahead of time and why Smartsheet is being chosen instead of a different software seems to counteract those reactions
Program Assistant, Epidemiology Planning and Communications Division
Tri-County Health DepartmentProgram Development, 201-500 employees
Reliability and Availability
Planview Projectplace
Planview Projectplace 9.1
Based on 2 answers
No downtime-issues since the implementation. It has been very stable
Application manager
Agentschap Wegen en VerkeerGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees
Smartsheet
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Planview Projectplace
Planview Projectplace 8.5
Based on 82 answers
It would be really hard to complain about Planview Projectplace support. Their response time is super fast and it is very easy to contact them through one of available contact channels i.e. phone, live chat or submitting a ticket. Additionally, their always up-to-date Top 25 FAQs helped us several times and as a result we did not have to contact Customer Care team at all.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesSmartsheet
Smartsheet 8.1
Based on 90 answers
I give this rating because it fills a niche in the market. MS Project scares many away from proper task management but there are limited tools our there, especially cloud-based that are mobile-friendly. Smartsheet fills this market gap, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. IT is not fair to compare it to MS Project, but fairer to see what gaps it fills.
Sr. Project Manager
CaptureRXHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees
Implementation Rating
Planview Projectplace
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Smartsheet
Smartsheet 10.0
Based on 18 answers
It's absolutely paramount to take a few minutes to actually play with the software. It's nearly impossible to do anything wrong or make a mistake which cannot be fixed easily. Under the help menu is Live Training option. After you familiarize yourself with the commands, watch the live training for some in depth understanding of how to make the software fit your needs perfectly.
Project Manager
Vitatech ElectromagneticsEnvironmental Services, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
Planview Projectplace
[In my experience] Jira is more refined, better looking, and easier to become familiar with. Also, the massive market share of Jira helps in consultancy as you can switch between clients easily. Projectplace has many powerful tools but so does Jira, and Jira integrates with our suite of software much easier compared to Projectplace.
RPA Developer
Randstad UKComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Smartsheet
Jira and Redmine are much more robust and technologically advanced project management solutions. I enjoy using either when managing a very large project. However, I prefer to use Smartsheet for my smaller to medium sized projects. As for Google Drive - I would say that Google sheets and Smartsheet are almost identical in my opinion when it comes to functionality. Personally I prefer to manage smaller projects via Google Drive, but it is a personal preference!

Verified User
Project Manager in Marketing
Marketing & Advertising Company, 51-200 employeesScalability
Planview Projectplace
Planview Projectplace 5.5
Based on 1 answer
It is a bit more difficult to fluently use in large scale implementations
Application manager
Agentschap Wegen en VerkeerGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees
Smartsheet
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Planview Projectplace
- [We have the] ability to support remote work through projects that scale across multiple groups
- We have large-scale quarterly projects, so the ability to save and duplicate project templates are helpful for us to keep track of tasks down to the specific card

Verified User
Employee in Marketing
Semiconductors Company, 501-1000 employeesSmartsheet
- This has really opened up collaboration across teams. A lot less working in silos.
- It hasn't fully replaced any one tool so it means having to go to another place. Hopefully, we can eliminate a tool or two in the next six months.

Verified User
Analyst in Marketing
Automotive Company, 5001-10,000 employees