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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Atlassian Jira

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AAtlassian Jira is a project management tool, featuring an interactive timeline for mapping work items, dependencies, and releases, Scrum boards for agile teams, and out-of-the-box reports and dashboards.

    $9

    per month per user

    Planview ProjectPlace

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AProjectplace is a collaborative work management solution. The vendor says the product is built with teams of all sizes and complexity in mind, from virtual teams of five to entire global enterprises with tens of thousands of active users. It is also designed to incorporate waterfall and agile workflows.N/A
    Pricing
    Atlassian JiraPlanview ProjectPlace
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $9
    per month per user
    Premium
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
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    Pricing Offerings
    Atlassian JiraPlanview ProjectPlace
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsHigher volume teams may qualify buyers for a discount.—
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    Community Pulse
    Atlassian JiraPlanview ProjectPlace
    Considered Both Products
    Atlassian
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    As mentioned before, JIRA is a very big tool which also is the reason why we're using it for complex tasks in our company. Other project management tools are often easier to use and have a nicer UI but they simply don't offer the same amount of settings and features.
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    Planview
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Notion is an open book that allows you to create whatever you want... nice but having some bumpers makes creating and implementing a solution a bit easier. ProjectPlace is simple to get started and use. You might miss out on a cool feature or two, but I think the lack of a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Most of these others don't have many of the features that are available in Planview Projectplace. The agile methodology is in a true sense covered by Planview Projectplace, not by Asana nor Wrike. In Confluence, one has to link up with Jira for full functionality, but in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    [In my experience] Jira is more refined, better looking, and easier to become familiar with. Also, the massive market share of Jira helps in consultancy as you can switch between clients easily. Projectplace has many powerful tools but so does Jira, and Jira integrates with our …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    While I am familiar with a lot of other tools available in the market, my recent experience with Planview Projectplace tools was very positive.
    Gantt charts and reports are the best features of the tools, as they help you present your work in a more engaging way. It performs …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Planview Projectplace gives Jira a very tough competition in terms of its very powerful Kanban feature set. Its tracking individual tasks and workload in one single view is also one up on Jira.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    We selected Planview Projectplace since while Jira is great for Agile software teams, often there was a barrier to entry for project and program managers who were more interested in higher level task tracking around deliverables, etc. Planview Projectplace had enough features …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Planview Projectplace and these other project management tools stack up in an honestly very similar way, most offer a similar suite of tools and helpful ways to track and plan all your projects and tasks. I think that Planview Projectplace ultimately has most of the great …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Planview has many features for managing and prioritizing projects, cost effective solution and easy to implement. Manage and execute all types of work, efficiently and effectively leverage resources and technology.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    JIRA was meant for software development, as I said before. It isn't very good for copywriters and designers. I would never work at an organization that used JIRA for copywriting work unless they paid me a lot of money to deal with that frustration. ProjectPlace is great.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    To me, ProjectPlace is the winner above and beyond all of these. Similar or less expensive, and far more practical functionality. Rather than try to be all things to all people, it focuses on basic functions that apply to most businesses. Beyond Asana, JIRA, and Trello (which …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    The visuals and functionality of Projectplace, version control and document storage capabilities are the best compared to the tools I have used above
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Projectplace enables all the users in one single tool to have access to many features: planning of projects, the definition of To Dos, sharing of documents, the creation of documents, communication with project stakeholders whether it be internal or external, have a global …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Project place does not replace any of the listed products except for MS Project. We like project place for schedule alignment, easy project switching, and time tracking. The other programs are still used for issue tracking, investigations, documentation, and reporting of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Projectplace works the best for our kind of work because it's not too complicated to ensure a fast project management but it's also not too stripped down so we still can add all the details and files we need.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    I wasn't the decision maker.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    • ASANA - It's very limited since we can't illustrate GANTT charts in the same way as with Projectplace.
    • JIRA - Software heavy and not really for us as a customer-focused project department.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Our organization has mainly used task management tools such as CA service desk, Jira software or Gantt based project management tools such as Microsoft project. However we have chosen Projectplace for the management of European R&D projects for its repository and its …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    It is a full and finished software product. Atlassian can be a complete solution after choosing what exactly what extensions you need. That is a lot of work.
    If you just want a complete system, you can use projectplace; it satisfies our wishes perfectly.
    In the end, all of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    We stopped using JIRA because it was not possible to handle multiple projects interacting together and because the cloud edition was too slow.

    Projectplace is faster, but we still encounter difficulties with handling multiple projects interacting together.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Projectplace was more usable and knitted together from the outset than as with Wrike or having to customize a lot of features and workflows as with JIRA.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview ProjectPlace
    Projectplace is oriented to foster communication within the projects which is a key (if not the most important) feature of a PPM tool.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    88 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    89 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    80 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    98 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    91 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    51 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    60 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    70 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    Features
    Atlassian JiraPlanview ProjectPlace
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Atlassian Jira and Planview ProjectPlace
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Planview ProjectPlace
    7.7
    201 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Task Management9.73 Ratings8.4194 Ratings
    Resource Management9.43 Ratings6.7161 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.32 Ratings7.7174 Ratings
    Scheduling10.02 Ratings7.7172 Ratings
    Workflow Automation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.03 Ratings8.7196 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.73 Ratings8.7154 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology9.02 Ratings7.8143 Ratings
    Document Management8.93 Ratings9.0187 Ratings
    Email integration9.53 Ratings6.4166 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.03 Ratings7.7150 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking10.03 Ratings6.0132 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management9.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Atlassian Jira and Planview ProjectPlace
    Feature
    Atlassian Jira
    9.9
    2 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Planview ProjectPlace
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Atlassian JiraPlanview ProjectPlace
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Atlassian JiraPlanview ProjectPlace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (190 ratings)
    8.1
    (201 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (35 ratings)
    9.2
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (31 ratings)
    10.0
    (78 ratings)
    Availability
    5.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    8.0
    (75 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Atlassian JiraPlanview ProjectPlace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Atlassian
    Jira facilitates software development, bug tracking, and sprints. It's ideal for structured workflows, issue management, and customer communication. However, more straightforward tools might be more efficient for highly creative, unstructured tasks or tiny, agile teams with quick visual overviews. Jira's complexity can be overkill for basic task lists.
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    Planview
    Planview ProjectPlace is a vibrant platform that manages all activities and schedules different roles based on their urgency, importance, and requests. Further, Planview ProjectPlace outlines the need for proper documentation with the aim of accurate referencing. Tasks are credibly shared, and proper reporting is enhanced to transform firms' work environment. ; Lastly, Planview ProjectPlace brings sustainable email integration for enterprises.
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    Pros
    Atlassian
    • Integration of tools like Bitbucket, Github, etc., has made it easier to track the code changes, pull requests, and branches linked to the respective ticket.
    • The detailed tracking system in JIRA has helped the teams prioritize and understand the project tasks and issues.
    • JIRA's project tracking board helps you keep track of the project, its flow, and expectations in a structured format.
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    Planview
    • Easy of use. Modules are well define.
    • Navigation: Users can use the tool's search functionality to find what they are looking for easily. The home page is configurable to the users' needs.
    • The knowledge center is a key function to understand the tool capabilities.
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    Cons
    Atlassian
    • The interface is not intuitive to learn for new users
    • JQL is similarly challenging for newbies
    • It's possible to accidentally move issues from one sprint to another without realizing your mistake
    • Certain issue attributes aren't available in certain view (e.g. story points from the epic overview)
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    Planview
    • Under the time tracking, it would be nice to have a set template that would load each week and not have to click a button to load the previous week's template.
    • Somehow making it more intuitive.
    • Having to add in each service line and each detail that I cover for every service line each week is a bit ridiculous.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Atlassian
    This is because Jira Software generates a huge profit for an affordable price. Having a tool that makes team management transparent and effective is very valuable.
    In addition, the renewal of Jira Software and all Atlassian tools is predictable and clear, as the prices are published on the Atlassian website and there is no pyramid of intermediaries.
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    Planview
    We're committed now & have >50 users on Projectplace. All our projects are now tracked in the tool. We this investment of time & training, the cost of maintaining Projectplace is relatively low for the benefit. So we will renew, even if there are some idiosyncrasies in the tool & there are opportunities for improvement.
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    Usability
    Atlassian
    The interface is simple and easy to use if you have some experience with it. Configuration is also logical most of the time. However, less experienced users tend to find themselves lost in some tasks - usually complex project configuration- but sometimes simple things, such as seeing why a user can't move issues in a workflow. Jira configuration requires a good amount of experience - and even experienced users often resort to documentation. It's a tool that's easy to use if you know what you're doing and where to find the proper documentation, but novice users tend to find it challenging.
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    Planview
    Easy to use platform and provides the user with an amazing experience and straightforward tools that empower and help execute tasks with fast performances that allow quick and easy service delivery. Easy on implementation and get started immediately with enterprise-ready Planview Projectplace and start to connect with teams and departments at once.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Atlassian
    Did not face any issues and whenever they plan maintanance they update all of us very well in advance also so in that view we are good with the product stability.
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    Planview
    No downtime-issues since the implementation. It has been very stable
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    Performance
    Atlassian
    Performance is really good though it holds lot of data it loads quickly especially search operation also get the results very quickly as needed hence its good
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    Support Rating
    Atlassian
    I have not had a chance to contact JIRA's customer support. It does offer extensive documentation, although it often feels too technical for me. There is also a JIRA training app that lets you take little lessons and quizzes on different areas (e.g., JIRA basics, agile). I did find it a helpful way to teach myself.
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    Planview
    I haven't needed to get in touch with support because the product is quite well structured and understandable. There were no issues initially when making payments or later for monthly payments. The project manager using the software is quite skilled in the software and has not needed much help. New licenses are easy to acquire, and there is no delay in getting them. I know there are several ways of support available, so that's a plus.
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    In-Person Training
    Atlassian
    Had received training from our own internal user so it was good and also very easy to understand topics and many tasks in the UI are self explanatory and we can do by our own
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    Online Training
    Atlassian
    One of their strong points i stheir documentation. Almost all of the basic set up needed within JIRA is available online through atlassian and its easy to find and very precise. The more critical issues need to be addressed as well and hence the rating of 8 instead of a 9.
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    Implementation Rating
    Atlassian
    Take your time implementing Jira. Make sure you understand how you want to handle your projects and workflows. Investing more time in the implementation can pay off in a long run. It basically took us 5 days to define and implement correctly, but that meant smooth sailing later on.
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    Planview
    create an extensive change management process to help folks embrace the change
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    Alternatives Considered
    Atlassian
    monday.com cannot be integrated with CI/CD tools, whereas Atlassian Jira integrates with CI/CD tools seamlessly. Atlassian Jira has strong Agile and Scrum support. Coming to monday.com, it has basic agile functionality. But Atlassian Jira has a complex UI, and monday.com has an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface. Overall, Atlassian Jira provides features like Agile project management, DevOps integration, and customizable workflows.
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    Planview
    [In my experience] Jira is more refined, better looking, and easier to become familiar with. Also, the massive market share of Jira helps in consultancy as you can switch between clients easily. Projectplace has many powerful tools but so does Jira, and Jira integrates with our suite of software much easier compared to Projectplace.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Atlassian
    Product is rellay good but pricing part I am not aware
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    Scalability
    Atlassian
    Atlassian Jira is highly stable and good with its performance and its has all the required scalability features as business needs
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    Planview
    It is a bit more difficult to fluently use in large scale implementations
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    Return on Investment
    Atlassian
    • Atlassian Jira's robust workflow automation has boosted team efficiency, shortening delivery cycles and driving a positive ROI through improved project management.
    • Its advanced reporting and integration capabilities have enabled data-driven decisions, aligning operations with key business objectives.
    • However, the steep learning curve can delay adoption, potentially hindering short-term ROI.
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    Planview
    • [We have the] ability to support remote work through projects that scale across multiple groups
    • We have large-scale quarterly projects, so the ability to save and duplicate project templates are helpful for us to keep track of tasks down to the specific card
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    ScreenShots

    Planview ProjectPlace Screenshots

    Screenshot of Collaborative Workstream: Streamlined interaction between activities, boards and cards. Users can plan and follow up in the Gantt while their teams execute and collaborate for optimum productivity on the Kanban boards.Screenshot of Document Management: This helps to ensure changes to documents are visible in real-time. Version control ensures that team members see the latest document versions with access to document history.Screenshot of Gantt Charts: These support planning and visualizing every step of enterprise work and projects with Projectplace Gantt Charts. Track progress to make sure you'll meet your deadlines and know when things are not happening on time.Screenshot of Kanban Boards: This enables teams to execute and collaborate for optimum productivity, and includes activity notifications, messaging and visualizations of progress of day-to-day tasks.Screenshot of Workload View: A visualization of the workload of members in all workspaces, used to determine whether a team member is overloaded with work, or has room to do more.Screenshot of Workspace Overview: This offers an overview of all work and tasks that have been assigned across all workspaces. Personal tasks can be added that help offer a more complete picture of what's left to do.