Gantt Chart Resource Management
July 04, 2024

Gantt Chart Resource Management

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Enterprise

Overall Satisfaction with DHTMLX

We're developing a custom resource management application in ASP.Net Core 8, Entity Framework 8 and SQL Server hosted on Azure. A critical requirement is a Gantt chart to display projects, tasks and assignments that can be resourced while also displaying below the Gantt chart a grid showing resource load so that over/under loading becomes obvious. The DHTMLX Gantt allows us to do exactly that as it's specifically designed in this way with the ability to capture events from the Gantt and handle them as required server side then display back to the user in the grid. The interaction is handled by Javascript/JQuery back to the server which responds with JSON. Although Vue, Angular and React are also supported if a customer prefers. There are many additional features which can be included like sorting, grouping and the documentation and examples are extensive.

Pros

  • Gantt: Moving tasks or entire projects
  • Gantt: A linked grid to display resource load
  • Gantt: Full control allowing you to decide how to implement
  • Pricing was reasonable and we can upgrade to Enterprise by paying the difference if required.

Cons

  • There's always room to provide more samples to help
  • Critical requirement for the project, without it we couldn't proceed
Feature rich but all requires programming as it's up to you to implement. However this does give full control and so your business logic can be implemented as you require.
We looked at Kendo UI for ASP.Net Core as it has a Gantt chart but it was not as close a fit to our requirements as the DHTMLX Gantt Resource Management component. We'd have had to do much more work to make this fit.

Do you think DHTMLX delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with DHTMLX's feature set?

Yes

Did DHTMLX live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of DHTMLX go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy DHTMLX again?

Yes

I can only speak about the Gantt chart but support has been excellent and the documentation is very thorough. It is only appropriate if you have the skills required to implement it, however this can be outsourced or internal developers augmented, this service can be offered by XB Software as they offer DHTMLX Customization and Development.

Evaluating DHTMLX and Competitors

  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
Without a Gantt that we could write back to the server as the user moved tasks we couldn't proceed with the project

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