Microsoft Planner Review
September 22, 2025

Microsoft Planner Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Planner

We use Planner to manage a daily stand up/check in meeting. Planner solves the simple problem of having a central online location for managing the status and progress of key activities of all of our development and operations projects. We are a small team, but it keeps us aligned and allows us to capture key information of each project/effort.

Pros

  • Managing status/progress of projects.
  • Assigning key tasks to team members.
  • Keeping everyone aligned because it is available for everyone to view and update as needed.
  • Very simple to use.
  • Integrated well with Microsoft other productivity products and solutions.

Cons

  • Planner is not very robust compared to other competitors out there.
  • The search function is not so great
  • There should be the ability to add more tasks per card if needed
  • At times it is necessary to manually refresh the page to ensure it is in synch.
  • Moving data around doesn't work so great.
  • Planner just makes us more efficient. I don't have a %, but it is way better than using a white board, notes, and emails for managing project status.
Easy to use overall, but it lacks some features that would make it useful like the ability to add more tasks, better search, an easier way to organize cards and move data around.
Planner is free and integrated with other Microsoft products that we use. We don't have a need for something more sophisticated given the price it would have cost to purchase licenses for a dedicated task/project mgmt tool.

Do you think Microsoft Planner delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Planner's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Planner live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Microsoft Planner go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Planner again?

Yes

Microsoft Planner is great if you have a relatively small team and don't need anything really elaborate or robust in managing status of projects. It works great for stand ups and daily check meetings. Based on the lack of real robust features I think it would not work great for large projects with lots of complexity and people.

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