Excellent online collaborative project management tools with feature you have always wanted
October 03, 2019

Excellent online collaborative project management tools with feature you have always wanted

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

Overall Satisfaction with Zoho Projects

Zoho Projects is mainly being used at the project manager and management level to document tasks and issues, assign them owners, and track their progress to completion. It substitutes what we would have otherwise done with MSP, Excel and even Trello and Asana. It provides an online collaborative environment for us to keep ourselves aligned to our targets and goals. The availability of a mobile app is an added bonus to tracking activities.
  • No restrictions on number of projects you can create. Easy to switch between projects in the same online interface vs managing multiple files.
  • Ability to create workflow automations that trigger on event based activities, which enables standardization of processes.
  • Ability to share projects with outside vendors/project participants and improve the collaborative nature of Project management.
  • More flexibility on making the user interface more compact (like Excel or MSP). Current interface is well spaced, but some users may like a more compact view.
  • More simplified Gantt Charts that help us understand progress and dependencies.
  • Ability to export projects to Excel for sharing with others we can't/don't want to bring on to Zoho projects
  • Low cost project management tool
  • No need to invest in expensive windows licenses
  • Easily works online across O/S platforms and without the setup of a self-hosted server
  • Reduces headace / overhead of managing a project management tool online
MSP - Windows based. Not collaborative. Complex UI. Cannot be shared with people outside the organization easily. Cannot set security levels for users to access projects based on the rights granted to them.
Trello and Asana - Expensive subscription plan. Limited capabilities in free plans. No workflow capabilities. Limited dependency capabilities.
While I have not used the customer support for Zoho Projects extensively, all of the other Zoho tools that I use have an extensive Knowledge Base, very active public forum where people respond quickly, in-built live-chat to chat with a customer service representative, and plenty of videos on YouTube to learn different aspects of the software.

Do you think Zoho Projects delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Zoho Projects's feature set?

Yes

Did Zoho Projects live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Zoho Projects go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Zoho Projects again?

Yes

Zoho Projects is well suited for corporates who want to make project management a more collaborative tool rather than a PM managed tool. It's well suited for startups where founders/co-founders come from large corporate settings and prefer to use comprehensive project management tools over new age tools like Asana and Trello. Its well suited for those who appreciate the importance of dependencies between tasks and want to build and track comprehensive plans for their projects.

Zoho Projects Feature Ratings

Task Management
10
Resource Management
8
Gantt Charts
6
Scheduling
8
Workflow Automation
9
Team Collaboration
9
Support for Waterfall Methodology
8
Document Management
9
Email integration
9
Mobile Access
8
Timesheet Tracking
8
Budget and Expense Management
6
Invoicing
Not Rated
Integration with accounting software
Not Rated