Overall Wrike cant be beat in terms of a Project Management tool
April 08, 2025

Overall Wrike cant be beat in terms of a Project Management tool

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Wrike

Our Marketing and Creative team uses Wrike to manage project requests and marketing campaigns. We needed a project management tool that really let us customize our blueprints for projects, select SLAs, and monitor performance to stay aligned with our company's goals. The tool helps us track how many campaigns we have planned and currently running in order to properly plan so we can better set our expectations.

Pros

  • Wrike dashboards help us see into the full team's scope of work so we can properly set expectations for turnaround times
  • Wrike's automation tools help us take the manual load off our plates so we can work more efficiently
  • Wrike's blueprints help us to ensure no task gets missed on a new campaign when there are so many items involved in a successful launch

Cons

  • Navigating Wrike has proved tricky for some of our team member's
  • The sheer amount of capability Wrike has to offer can be overwhelming, it's hard to know what all there is to offer and how best to properly utilize the tool
  • I'd love to see automation features go even deeper/more specific
  • Our creative team can more easily track completed tasks and arrange by date ranges to be more accurate
  • By having everything now consolidated in Wrike, we have less channels we need to communicate on so less things fall through the cracks
  • The calendar view lets the team see into all live, planned, and scheduled campaigns to keep launches steady and consistent
Using automation features have saved us time specifically by using an automation that will notify an individual when a task has been moved to "Awaiting Approval", that eliminates any manual need to notify the person. We've also set up an automation that when a task gets moved to "Incomplete Details" it will automatically notify the Author to either add more information or move due dates to a new realistic date.
The learning curve is a little steep for this tool but it allows you to really dive deep into specific custom workflows and automations. When we first were working on our blueprints, being able to select SLAs for each individual task and assigning proper dependencies set us up well for project creation.
The features and automations in Wrike definitely overshadow the previous tools I've used. I think Asana has a slightly better visual appeal to it and I found navigation simpler vs Wrike but how detailed you can get with a tool like Wrike is unparalleled. Basecamp was actually very hard to navigate and wasn't super intuitive. I also felt it lacked functionality in comparison to Wrike.

Do you think Wrike delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Wrike's feature set?

Yes

Did Wrike live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Wrike go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Wrike again?

Yes

Wrike is a great tool that can be customized to your department and individual needs. There is so much functionality that I think any department could find it useful. It will help remove tedious tasks and keep everything in one tool. The onboarding can be tough as there is a fairly steep learning curve, but it is worth the effort compared to other project management tools I've used in the past.

Wrike Feature Ratings

Project Management
8.2
Task Management
8
Resource Management
7
Gantt Charts
9
Scheduling
9
Workflow Automation
10
Team Collaboration
9
Support for Agile Methodology
8
Support for Waterfall Methodology
Not Rated
Document Management
7
Email integration
7
Mobile Access
7
Timesheet Tracking
9
Budget and Expense Management
Not Rated
Professional Services Automation
Not Rated
Project & financial reporting
Not Rated
Integration with accounting software
Not Rated

Using Wrike

ProsCons
Like to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Feel confident using
Unnecessarily complex
Difficult to use
Requires technical support
Slow to learn
Lots to learn
  • Dashboard customization
  • Inbox
  • Personal Space
  • Navigating to folders
  • Visibility into other spaces
  • Large blueprint changes
Yes, but I don't use it

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