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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Planview Portfolios

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/APlanview Portfolios is an end-to-end project portfolio management and enterprise architecture management tool. It includes two components: Portfolio and Resource Management and Capability and Technology Management. The platform is available as a cloud-based or on-premise service.N/A

    Fathom by The Access Group

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AFathom is a management reporting, forecasting and financial analysis tool from the Access Group. It helps users to assess business performance, monitor trends and identify improvement opportunities. Fathom combines business planning with simple three-way cash flow forecasting.

    $44

    per month

    Pricing
    Planview PortfoliosFathom by The Access Group
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $44
    per month
    Silver
    $225
    per month
    Gold
    $325
    per month
    Platinum
    $575
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Planview PortfoliosFathom by The Access Group
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Planview PortfoliosFathom by The Access Group
    Considered Both Products
    Planview
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    The Access Group
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    64 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    64 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    30 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    72%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Planview PortfoliosFathom by The Access Group
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Planview Portfolios and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Planview Portfolios
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Planview Portfolios and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Planview Portfolios
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    15% below category average
    KPIs00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Budgeting Tools
    Comparison of Budgeting Tools features of Planview Portfolios and Fathom by The Access Group
    Feature
    Planview Portfolios
    -
    Ratings
    Fathom by The Access Group
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Financial Planning Collaboration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Budget Customization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Departmental Budgeting00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Import & Export Tools00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Project Server
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Planview PPM Pro
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Oracle Hyperion (legacy)
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Planview PortfoliosFathom by The Access Group
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (113 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.7
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Planview PortfoliosFathom by The Access Group
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Planview
    Planview Portfolios is well suited to provide a single, central, view of the truth. There is clear expansion capabilities to integrate it as a true Enterprise toolset with existing organisation wide (not just delivery) - you can pick and choose what you need to implement and that list gets longer. The ability to quickly gain an understanding of resources within the overall portfolio and some really clever tools regarding capacity and demand modelling. I think the only challenge we have encountered is modelling our Business as Usual activity to a level of detail - this is due to other tools being very embedded not just in the organisation but across a lot of industries.
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    The Access Group
    Report could be used in any industry but when it comes to functionality, it is more suitable businesses where there are not many division. I found it hard for Fathom to extract Xero tracking data and to represent it in the financials. If you would like to consolidate the financials, I also find it easy to do it via Fathom
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    Pros
    Planview
    • Manage large portfolios with thousands of projects.
    • Roll up financials across strategic hierarchy for projects around the world.
    • Manage access in multiple ways so we can set up each user/role with just the right permissions.
    • Support a variety of reporting and analytics methods.
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    The Access Group
    • Consolidation and Eliminating Entries
    • Easy to use dashboards
    • Customizable Metrics and Targets
    • Customizable Dashboard
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    Cons
    Planview
    • Capturing lower-level detailed expenditures within a project so that financial screens can show the details of the roll-up.
    • Reporting flexibility so that end users can create their own quick ad hoc reports for analysis.
    • Capturing matrixed skills on resources to ensure staffing is adequate and better align demand to supply.
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    The Access Group
    • If you have multiple divisions within the business, reporting/budgeting by division are not as good as induvial reports.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Planview
    We have been a Planview customer since 1999 and have seen it grow and mature as a tool. We have looked at other tools and have found that PV continues to meet our needs and is easy for our resources to use. They work to stay up on the project management industry and the direction it is going, keep on on current technology so that we can work more effectively, provide excellent customer support and have great pricing for what they offer. We can purchase only the modules we need versus buying a tool where we would only use a portion of the functionality.
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Planview
    Perfect tool for planning resource time management. Giving flexibility with ease in uptodate . Team collabration . Team aligment. Top management aligment. Close the project with feed back . Team aligment. Expert contribution in task . Task management easy for project manager . Nice tool to have for project manager. Cost contol & project management is very easy with Planview
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    The Access Group
    Great dashboards and very easy to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Planview
    We are long time Planview users and its availability is only limited to our internal SLAs for nightly backups. I have never experienced any unexpected or prolonged software downtime from Planview itself.
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Planview
    There are occasions when the system is a bit sluggish. However, it may not always be on the Planview side. We are investing in better tools to monitor our network performance, which will help us diagnose issues more effectively in the future.
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    The Access Group
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    Support Rating
    Planview
    Going through proper channels of support is fine for minor to moderate issues. However, lately the critical issues that arise have been frequent and the standard support cases do not always seem to relay just how critical these issues are and we have to utilize our customer rep to help escalate. Fortunate to have that escalation method.
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    The Access Group
    I have not used customer support.
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    Online Training
    Planview
    Generally good. Sometimes, users are a bit overwhelmed, and it takes multiple sessions for them to get the hang of it.
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Planview
    Always have a pre-implementation meeting or conference call with Planview to ensure all are on the same page, disclosure of all and any customization (including reports) and plan for support after implementation of a specified amount of time with the assigned implementation resource. And document everything
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    The Access Group
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    Alternatives Considered
    Planview
    We are currently using Planview AgilePlace. Also we use Tasktop Hub for integrating with other applications within the organization. We would like to use ProjectPlace which is integrated with Planview Portfolios in the future.
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    The Access Group
    We also used Spotlight reporting before we tried out Fathom and we found Fathom much easier to navigate and Xero integration, consolidation are very strong feature of the product. Spotlight reporting is similar to Fathom however, Fathom is more flexible, there are better visual reports and grafts and we found it easier to customize the reports templates. You can also share the reports with multiple group of people online.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Planview
    Did not help purchase product.
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    The Access Group
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Planview
    We are constantly growing and expanding. It is challenging to accommodate different user needs, but the system does provide means of doing that as we desire.
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    The Access Group
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    Professional Services
    Planview
    some resources were great, but too much on their plates to be available
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    The Access Group
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    Return on Investment
    Planview
    • The positive impact is the ability to manage our projects enterprise wide.
    • Managing and reporting on projects and programs via portfolios makes it easy to identify troubled projects/programs that need immediate attention.
    • The negative is that pushing too much change too quickly is hard for us. We need to get our users focused on the basics of PM before we can adopt everything else. We need to introduce change to different companies based on their maturity level. Too much change too quickly is not always beneficial. We need to focus on core competencies.
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    The Access Group
    • it saved us few hours a month to prepare consolidated reports.
    • it made is easy to understand the financials with visuals
    • Integration with Xero also made it much accurate
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    ScreenShots

    Planview Portfolios Screenshots

    Screenshot of END to END VISIBILITY: Planview offers complete visibility across all strategic endeavors, the status, spend, and progress. This gives organizations a connected view of how all initiatives are tracking without having to manage disparate teams and tools.Screenshot of SCENARIO ANALYSIS: Unlike strategic portfolio management solutions that only allow users to create different plans and manually compare them, Planview users can compare plans, analyze investment trade-offs, and prioritize investments across different types of portfolios to ensure delivery of the best outcomes. This helps users to ensure the organization's capacity and investments are aligned to the highest priority initiatives.Screenshot of PERSONALIZED USER EXPERIENCE: Planview can create unique, real-time views based on a job and the status, progress, and other data-oriented use cases. As a result, it can pinpoint where to focus, issues to address, and risks to mitigate in a single view.Screenshot of DYNAMIC PLANNING AND FUNDING: Unlike applications that do not allow for the reprioritization of in-flight initiatives, with Planview you can pivot plans and key priorities at any time, and continue planning as needed based on your organizational strategies and goals. As a result, you get a portfolio mix of investments, initiatives, products, and projects that meet stakeholder and customer expectations.Screenshot of GENERATIVE AI ASSISTANT: Unlike other AI Copilots, Planview Copilot taps into decades of Planview knowledge and learnings from thousands of Planview customers to glean insights, derive recommendations based on best practices, and inform strategic decisions. It connects data across project and product initiatives to help you understand insights from all parts of your organization – and it does this using a natural language interface. As a result, you can surface previously hidden insights, identify delivery risks, and act in seconds.