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Mavenlink: A Masterful Tool for Project Management
Updated October 12, 2021

Mavenlink: A Masterful Tool for Project Management

Rachel Stantliff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Kantata Cloud

Mavenlink is used across our entire organization. We use it as a project management tool. We manage monthly, recurring marketing projects/services as well as one time, web development projects. Mavenlink helps us manage budgets and timelines in real-time. Mavenlink also provides insights into our bottom line and helps us project future needs to continue growing our business.
  • Real-time view of budgets/burn rate
  • Time entry is easy
  • Integrates well with Google Drive
  • Provides a central location for all project information
  • Helps us to accurately forecast how long it takes to do things
  • Checklist items need to be checked off before a task can be marked complete
  • Would love a more visual way to create and manage tasks for staff that work better in a visual environment
  • Integration with Trello
  • Quick and Easy View of Project Burn Rates
  • Easy Time Entry
  • Templates for Cloning Projects
  • Easier to enter time into tasks/projects (estimate 5 hours/week used per Project Manager & 2 hours/week used for other staff clocking in and out prior to Mavenlink)
  • Real time view of budgets/burn rates (estimate 2 hours/project of time used to see burn rates per project prior to Mavenlink)
  • Better insights into estimating project costs (Having a real time view of budgets has helped us improve our estimations and see a better ROI on projects.)
While Trello is very visual, it doesn't have the same, robust abilities that Mavenlink has for time-tracking, burn rates, and timelines. My design and development teams love the visual aspects of Trello for QA and for Content Layout of website builds, but Trello lacks all the things that Mavenlink provides for managing a project from start to finish. Smartsheet is basically a glorified spreadsheet system and doesn't come close to comparing to Mavenlink. Asana is okay for managing issues/bugs but isn't as robust as Mavenlink.

Do you think Kantata PS Cloud delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Kantata PS Cloud's feature set?

Yes

Did Kantata PS Cloud live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Kantata PS Cloud go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Kantata PS Cloud again?

Yes

Before Mavenlink, our organization used several disconnected softwares to manage time, budgets, tasks, etc. We wasted so much time trying to find and connect time entries to project budgets and were constantly going over budgets but not knowing early enough to keep it from happening. Mavenlink has made our organization more efficient and has helped us deliver projects on time and within budget.

Kantata PS Cloud Feature Ratings

Kantata Cloud Support

Mavenlink support is fantastic! Any issues that arise are always handled quickly and efficiently. Granted, we haven't had many issues to report. Typically, my team tends to only reach out to support if they need assistance remembering how to do something or asking about an improvement. We had Mavenlink build an integration when we first started using the software, and the support team worked hard to listen and improve the integration.

Using Kantata Cloud

I think Mavenlink is the most robust and best project management tool out there for an organization like ours. However, some of our staff feel like it isn't as user-friendly as it could be. From a Director point of view or a Project Manager point of view, Mavenlink is exceptional. From the point of view of a task-doer, it could be more visually appealing. Also, the mobile version isn't great.