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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Milanote

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AMilanote, from the company of the same name in Melbourne, is a presented as an easy tool to organize creative ideas and projects into visual boards.

    $9.99

    per month

    Smartsheet

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASmartsheet 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
    MilanoteSmartsheet
    Editions & Modules
    Pay per person billed annually
    $9.99
    per month
    Pay per person billed monthly
    $12.50
    per month
    Upgrade your team for up to 10 people
    $49
    per month
    Upgrade your team for up to 50 people
    $99
    per month
    Use Milanote for free
    Free
    Pro
    $12
    per month per user (up to 10 users)
    Business
    $24
    per month per user (3 user minimum)
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MilanoteSmartsheet
    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
    MilanoteSmartsheet
    Considered Both Products
    Milanote
    No answer on this topic
    Smartsheet
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Would buy again
    62 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    51 Answers
    Features
    MilanoteSmartsheet
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Milanote and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Milanote
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Smartsheet
    9.0
    125 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Task Management10.02 Ratings10.0122 Ratings
    Resource Management10.02 Ratings9.0104 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.01 Ratings9.0105 Ratings
    Scheduling9.82 Ratings10.0107 Ratings
    Workflow Automation5.12 Ratings8.196 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.02 Ratings10.0118 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology6.01 Ratings7.078 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology9.92 Ratings8.976 Ratings
    Document Management10.02 Ratings8.997 Ratings
    Email integration4.01 Ratings9.996 Ratings
    Mobile Access3.02 Ratings8.092 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.82 Ratings10.059 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management10.02 Ratings9.065 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.92 Ratings9.071 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Milanote and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Milanote
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Smartsheet
    9.1
    63 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Project & financial reporting6.01 Ratings8.957 Ratings
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.841 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings9.834 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings8.931 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    MilanoteSmartsheet
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Any.do
    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
    MilanoteSmartsheet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (143 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (45 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MilanoteSmartsheet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Milanote
    Milanote works great for scheduling work-related trips, events and/or photoshoots. Photoshoots in particular are easier to coordinate with Milanote because of the ability to build a board that functions like a calendar with multiple boards and links inside. The level of collaboration helps my team to organize events and check items off of our checklists in a timely manner.
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    Smartsheet
    Smartsheet shines for collaboration. When you have multiple people involved with planning events Smartsheet makes it easy to share and collaborate. For instance, multiple people can be in Smartsheet working at the same time. Also setting permissions for exactly those who need to know is quite easy with Smartsheet. For data analytics and general spreadsheet purposes Excel is better but for project management and event planning Smartsheet is superior
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    Pros
    Milanote
    • Mindmapping
    • Creative Presentations
    • Marketing Plans
    • Moodboards
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    Smartsheet
    • Its hard to overstate the value of familiarity. Being able to use a tool that has some familiarity takes away the time needed to train and orient employees on a new tool and allows an organization to hit the ground running.
    • Smartsheet covers most of the basics of a project management tool, the usual tasks, milestones and project viewing options.
    • For data viewing, you get multiple data viewing options including a calendar view (good for marketing teams and those who work around scheduling), Kanban, Gaant etc
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    Cons
    Milanote
    • More visually appealing (color + recommended options)
    • Sound desktop notifications when a new task is assigned
    • Slack integration
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    Smartsheet
    • 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
    Milanote
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    It definitely meets our needs as far as organizing and archiving our tasks and files. As we train more staff to view it, I see opportunities for more improvement, which I am sure this program can handle. I look forward to seeing continued improvement from Smartsheet on their capabilities and functionality.
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    Usability
    Milanote
    Milanote is extremely user friendly and easy to learn. I have been able to add new users to our plan with little to no training and they were able to easily integrate themselves into the program. Once a user has been able to navigate through the software in its entirety, they are able to use it with little to no training.
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    Smartsheet
    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
    Milanote
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    I give this rating because it fills a niche in the market. MS Project scares many away from proper task management but there are limited tools our there, especially cloud-based that are mobile-friendly. Smartsheet fills this market gap, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. IT is not fair to compare it to MS Project, but fairer to see what gaps it fills.
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    Implementation Rating
    Milanote
    No answers on this topic
    Smartsheet
    It's absolutely paramount to take a few minutes to actually play with the software. It's nearly impossible to do anything wrong or make a mistake which cannot be fixed easily. Under the help menu is Live Training option. After you familiarize yourself with the commands, watch the live training for some in depth understanding of how to make the software fit your needs perfectly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Milanote
    I think Milanote stacks pretty well. Lucidchart is great for outlining processes, whereas Milanote is excellent for creative mind-mapping and marketing presentations.
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    Smartsheet
    Jira and Redmine are much more robust and technologically advanced project management solutions. I enjoy using either when managing a very large project. However, I prefer to use Smartsheet for my smaller to medium sized projects. As for Google Drive - I would say that Google sheets and Smartsheet are almost identical in my opinion when it comes to functionality. Personally I prefer to manage smaller projects via Google Drive, but it is a personal preference!
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    Return on Investment
    Milanote
    • The positive impact is the ability to outline projects that I share with the team as it saves time from having to use PowerPoint.
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    Smartsheet
    • This has really opened up collaboration across teams. A lot less working in silos.
    • It hasn't fully replaced any one tool so it means having to go to another place. Hopefully, we can eliminate a tool or two in the next six months.
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