RationalPlan

RationalPlan

5 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
RationalPlan	Score7.7 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	RationalPlan is project management software that has been designed to help project managers keep their projects on time and within budget. The main goal of this software is to make the process of planning projects as short and as straightforward as possible and to guide novice project managers through each step but offer enough tools to those who are more experienced.	$0 per month per user

Pricing

RationalPlan

Free: $0
Beginner: $4
per user
Master: $12
per user
Production: $19
per user
Stakeholder: $64 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Single: $145 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Multi: $288 USD
Lifetime License per Seat
Server: $668 USD
Lifetime License per Seat

Pricing Offerings
RationalPlan
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	RationalPlan
Considered Both Products	Stand By Soft Verified User Chose RationalPlan RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose RationalPlan RationalPlan has what we need license Costs, runs on Linux, and Windows fits precisely what we need. Incentivized Helpful? Justin James, MComPM, Prince2 Operations Project Management in Corporate at Vodacom (Telecommunications, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose RationalPlan I use Multi which is the standalone platform. While there is no team collaboration it does have an email feature built in. Rational Plan does have the Server option but it all comes at a price the same as Wrike. I have used many free and commercial platforms and rationalplan … Incentivized Helpful? LeRoy Mattingly Chief Architect in Professional Services at About Objects, Inc. (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose RationalPlan MSProject - way too expensive for what I need. I think I could do everything I did in MSProject in RationalPlan Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

RationalPlan

Comparison of Project Management features of RationalPlan
Feature	RationalPlan 6.6 4 Ratings 15% below category average
Task Management	7.34 Ratings
Resource Management	6.84 Ratings
Gantt Charts	7.34 Ratings
Scheduling	6.44 Ratings
Team Collaboration	7.31 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	7.32 Ratings
Document Management	3.63 Ratings
Email integration	6.43 Ratings
Mobile Access	9.11 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	4.51 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	6.43 Ratings

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of RationalPlan
Feature	RationalPlan 4.5 1 Ratings 51% below category average
Invoicing	4.51 Ratings

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User Ratings
	RationalPlan
Likelihood to Recommend	7.7 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	7.7 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	RationalPlan
Likelihood to Recommend	Stand By Soft Appropriate as a great alternative to MS Project. RationalPlan provides most of the features needed to develop and maintain mid-level complex schedules. Less Appropriate for large complex schedules of long duration. These can be a challenge due to Duration at top-level. It is also a challenge to generate reports for management - reporting feature is limited. Verified User Read full review
Pros	Stand By Soft Portfolio view is great to get a feel for how your programme is running at a glance and which areas possibly might require attention. The fact that you can customise your view by adding your own columns is another plus. All project information in one tool is a big plus for me considering the amount of projects we run with. This really improves efficiency and saves me time. You have the ability to add documents to tasks, manage risks, email resources tasks due for projects they are assigned to(might need some refinement depending on your requirements), material db with costing etc. Justin James, MComPM, Prince2 Operations Project Management Read full review
Cons	Stand By Soft Milestones should be a primary option instead of 0h to create one. Incentivized LeRoy Mattingly Chief Architect Read full review
Support Rating	Stand By Soft I had to ask for support once and got a response immediately. Verified User Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Stand By Soft RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project. Verified User Read full review
Return on Investment	Stand By Soft Helps explain the target schedule and resource estimates for cost of the project Incentivized LeRoy Mattingly Chief Architect Read full review
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