AceProject vs. Smartsheet

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AceProject
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
AceProject is a project management solution built around features such as central dashboards and task management.
$24
per month 10 active users
Smartsheet
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Smartsheet is an online project management and collaboration tool. It includes automated alerts, instantaneous updating and sharing across team members, resource management, nested tasks organized in a hierarchy, a Gantt chart view, exportable and automated reports, and integration with email.
$12
per month per user (up to 10 users)
Pricing
AceProjectSmartsheet
Editions & Modules
Standard
$24
per month 10 active users
Advanced
$49
per month 30 active users
Silver
$99
per month 100 active users
Gold
$199
per month Unlimited users
Basic
Free
Pro
$12
per month per user (up to 10 users)
Business
$24
per month per user (3 user minimum)
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Advanced Work Management
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AceProjectSmartsheet
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
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Features
AceProjectSmartsheet
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
AceProject
3.2
Ratings
82% below category average
Smartsheet
9.0
Ratings
16% above category average
Task Management5.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Resource Management6.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Gantt Charts3.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Scheduling4.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation1.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Team Collaboration5.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology1.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology1.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Document Management1.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Email integration2.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Mobile Access1.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management4.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management3.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
AceProject
2.0
Ratings
116% below category average
Smartsheet
9.1
Ratings
19% above category average
Project & financial reporting2.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
AceProjectSmartsheet
Likelihood to Recommend
5.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AceProjectSmartsheet
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited if you have a specific work force or are working in a production or an assembly line style environment. It is also well suited if you have small teams that have to get out a certain amount of product in set periods of time. AceProjects is great for monitoring how long each individual spent on their specific task and subsequently how long the team took to complete their work.
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The Smartsheet platform is extremely similar to Microsoft Excel, so if you are familiar with Excel, you will pick Smartsheet up quickly. Even if you aren't Smartsheet has a relatively simple user interface, meaning just about anyone can learn it. One thing to note is that the interface is that some may consider the interface so simple that they feel the need to look for more robust platforms. If you have a small to medium project that needs to be manages in a central hub, Smartsheet would be a great fit. If you have a very large project, I might consider looking into more advanced platforms.
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Pros
  • Time Tracking
  • Resource allocation
  • Easy to implement, small adoption curve.
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  • The easy to use dashboard has enabled us get comprehensive view of projects across the entire business.
  • It has streamlined internal communication with ease of sharing information across different teams.
  • Smartsheet automates our workflows, enhances collaboration and ensures there are no data silos.
  • I like that it saves time for us and ensures we spend less time switching between apps.
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Cons
  • Expand on data tracking
  • Improve report generation
  • Break out from just being a time clock manager.
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  • Smartsheet set up is similar to Excel, yet when you upload an Excel file, things like conditional formatting are lost. Smartsheet has its own conditional formatting, and you have to reinstate the rules. It would be great if those would apply automatically once a file is uploaded
  • Some Smartsheet management and access rules can take some tweaking to work properly. This may be a case of offering more info to admins so they can apply these better and with more efficiency
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Likelihood to Renew
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Smartsheet has made my work life easier. Reduced my email significantly. Smartsheet and SaneBox have got me leaving the office with 0... Yes 0 emails in my inbox. My inbox would reach 150-250 email per day. Smartsheet brought that number down significantly and SaneBox took it the rest of the way. Do yourself a favor and check out SaneBox, too.
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Usability
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Smartsheet is very easy to learn. However, while I have been able to pick it easily, Microsoft Excel and Project super users that I have trained on Smartsheet get bogged down in the differences and can find it frustrating. Explaining the differences ahead of time and why Smartsheet is being chosen instead of a different software seems to counteract those reactions
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Support Rating
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They're a smaller company but they've always given great service when we rarely need to reach out. Pretty good online content but a bigger user base would help to produce more content in a self-sufficient community much as we see with Salesforce. To be fair we haven't needed their direct customer support very often. The sales guys are nice and not too pushy!
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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
Work with the Smartsheet support team to get the best overall. If no one in your organization has used Smartsheet before, the support team will get things started. We had a couple of people who had used this product before and it was a great help in getting our framework together how we wanted to use it.
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Alternatives Considered
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Smartsheet is a dedicated project management tool that is built on spread sheet principles. When compared to Microsoft's own offering, Smartsheet came out on top in some areas like dedicated project management features vs having to build custom features to Microsoft 365. However when you compare them on price, Microsoft 365 definitely has more value than Smartsheet.
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Return on Investment
  • We were able to track our production teams work and refine our methods to improve deliverable dates.
  • Once our staff reached a certain size the capability of the software began to lag. Diminishing returns.
  • The lack of reporting features made data regression and extrapolation difficult.
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  • Our positive ROI has decreased the overall cost in project management as it reduced the amount of MS project licenses we needed.
  • We have also seen a positive ROI on using the cloud storage and it automatically supports proper version control.
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