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Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$9.00 1 user Per Month
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
Star Rating
(1,497)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)Smartsheet
Star Rating
(21,372)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.00 1 user Per Month
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Smartsheet excels in ease of use with a score of 8.4, while Kantata Professional Services Automation lags behind at 7.7. Reviewers mention that Smartsheet's intuitive interface and user-friendly design make it easier for teams to adopt and utilize effectively.
- Reviewers mention that Smartsheet's task prioritization feature scores 8.5, significantly outperforming Kantata's 7.3. Users say that Smartsheet allows for better visibility and management of tasks, which enhances productivity and project flow.
- Users on G2 highlight Smartsheet's superior due dates functionality, scoring 8.8 compared to Kantata's 8.1. Reviewers say that the ability to set and track due dates seamlessly in Smartsheet helps teams stay on schedule and meet deadlines more effectively.
- Reviewers mention that Smartsheet's collaboration features score 8.8, while Kantata's are rated at 7.6. Users report that Smartsheet's real-time collaboration tools, such as comments and file sharing, foster better communication among team members.
- Users say that Smartsheet's project budgeting capabilities score 7.6, while Kantata's are rated higher at 8.0. However, reviewers mention that Kantata's budgeting tools are more robust for professional services, making it a better choice for firms focused on financial tracking.
- G2 users report that Smartsheet's quality of support is rated at 8.3, matching Kantata's score. However, users mention that Smartsheet's support team is often quicker to respond, which can be crucial for teams needing immediate assistance.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
No pricing availableSmartsheet
Pro
$9.00
1 user Per Month
For people and teams that want to track, share, and manage projects.
Includes:
- Up to 10 editors (paid license required to edit)
- Unlimited free viewers
- Unlimited sheets, reports, and forms
Free Trial
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
No trial information availableSmartsheet
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.1
1,176
8.5
18,090
Ease of Use
7.7
1,187
8.4
18,328
Ease of Setup
7.2
706
8.3
10,122
Ease of Admin
7.7
742
8.5
7,595
Quality of Support
8.3
1,073
8.3
14,002
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
734
8.6
7,045
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
1,106
8.6
17,583
Features by Category
Tasks
8.1
382
|
Verified
8.7
10042
|
Verified
8.1
379
|
Verified
8.8
10048
|
Verified
7.3
337
|
Verified
8.5
9775
|
Verified
7.1
321
|
Verified
8.4
9452
|
Verified
7.3
330
|
Verified
8.1
9259
|
Verified
6.5
288
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.2
322
|
Verified
8.1
9327
|
Verified
7.0
312
|
Verified
8.0
8791
|
Verified
Projects
7.9
359
|
Verified
8.6
9270
|
Verified
7.6
306
|
Verified
8.3
8621
|
Verified
7.4
338
|
Verified
8.2
8732
|
Verified
7.3
340
|
Verified
8.0
8650
|
Verified
7.4
331
|
Verified
8.2
8818
|
Verified
8.0
350
|
Verified
7.5
7592
|
Verified
7.0
279
|
Verified
8.0
8291
|
Verified
7.7
348
|
Verified
8.0
8850
|
Verified
7.1
260
|
Verified
7.8
7832
|
Verified
8.4
399
|
Verified
7.6
7436
|
Verified
7.2
292
|
Verified
7.6
7256
|
Verified
Resource Management
7.7
336
|
Verified
7.6
7732
|
Verified
7.8
349
|
Verified
7.6
7799
|
Verified
7.9
355
|
Verified
8.1
8430
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
7.4
317
|
Verified
7.8
7444
|
Verified
7.9
358
|
Verified
7.7
7553
|
Verified
7.8
360
|
Verified
8.2
8596
|
Verified
Generative AI
5.0
90
6.0
3055
4.7
88
6.1
3040
Agentic AI - Project Management
3.6
15
5.5
917
4.0
16
5.9
918
3.4
15
5.7
910
3.9
17
5.7
909
3.7
17
5.6
909
3.5
17
5.6
905
4.0
17
5.8
907
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.9
4812
Not enough data
8.5
5517
Not enough data
8.0
4998
Not enough data
7.7
4602
Project Management
Not enough data
8.2
5418
Not enough data
8.3
5495
Not enough data
7.7
4622
Resource Management
Not enough data
7.8
4753
Not enough data
7.8
4822
Not enough data
7.9
4772
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
4983
Not enough data
8.0
5161
Not enough data
8.1
5075
Not enough data
7.5
4445
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
6.7
2051
Not enough data
7.6
2082
Not enough data
7.9
2060
Not enough data
7.6
2058
Not enough data
7.8
2052
Not enough data
7.6
2052
Not enough data
7.2
2033
Not enough data
7.6
2047
Not enough data
7.5
2035
Not enough data
7.8
2040
Setup
Not enough data
8.3
5150
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
5016
Not enough data
8.5
5386
Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
4648
Not enough data
7.5
4364
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
1815
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
5.8
404
Not enough data
5.9
407
Not enough data
5.9
402
Not enough data
5.9
398
Not enough data
5.9
397
Not enough data
5.8
399
Not enough data
6.1
400
Planning
7.8
335
Not enough data
7.9
354
Not enough data
7.9
354
Not enough data
Optimization
7.8
343
Not enough data
7.9
357
Not enough data
7.2
315
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.3
1037
Not enough data
8.7
1226
Not enough data
8.5
1167
Not enough data
8.0
1005
Not enough data
8.6
1166
Not enough data
8.7
1192
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.6
1185
Not enough data
8.9
1236
Not enough data
8.6
1117
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.0
882
Not enough data
8.4
1033
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
5.1
43
Not enough data
5.2
45
Not enough data
5.1
45
Not enough data
5.0
45
Other Features
Not enough data
7.9
987
Not enough data
8.3
1015
Task Creation
Not enough data
8.7
7304
Not enough data
8.8
7385
Not enough data
8.3
6917
Not enough data
7.8
6110
Task Management
Not enough data
8.5
7064
Not enough data
8.5
6973
Not enough data
8.1
6632
Not enough data
8.2
6460
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
2411
Not enough data
6.2
2413
Customer Management
6.9
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.9
175
|
Verified
Not enough data
5.6
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.4
138
|
Verified
Not enough data
Project Management
7.7
221
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
229
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
212
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
227
|
Verified
Not enough data
Accounting
7.5
206
Not enough data
7.2
192
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.6
146
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
192
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
203
|
Verified
Not enough data
Portfolio Management
7.4
165
Not enough data
7.2
164
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.6
160
Not enough data
6.7
144
|
Verified
Not enough data
Analytics
7.9
211
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
228
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
194
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administration
7.1
184
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
195
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
198
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
7.0
161
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.9
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
212
|
Verified
Not enough data
5.7
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
4.6
123
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
4.5
49
Not enough data
4.4
51
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
6.0
12
Not enough data
5.1
13
Not enough data
5.5
14
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
4.6
12
Not enough data
4.2
12
Not enough data
Automation
7.2
150
8.5
4242
7.0
164
8.3
4197
7.3
160
8.1
3928
Administration
7.8
169
8.2
4097
7.4
150
8.1
3880
8.3
174
8.8
4095
Project management
7.7
165
8.7
4162
7.4
162
8.2
3890
8.0
169
8.6
4173
7.5
163
8.3
4021
7.8
172
8.4
3942
7.2
148
8.0
3619
7.9
177
8.3
4060
Workload
8.1
173
8.0
3690
7.5
163
8.3
3931
7.3
152
8.0
3734
7.8
167
7.9
3549
Communication & Collaboration
7.0
157
8.1
3719
6.8
153
8.3
3914
7.6
162
8.8
4109
Cost Management
8.2
167
7.7
3424
8.8
187
7.8
3418
8.1
160
7.5
3229
Integration
7.2
132
7.4
3271
7.1
131
7.4
3321
6.9
113
7.4
3352
Generative AI
5.5
46
6.5
1651
5.4
47
6.5
1657
Agentic AI - Work Management
4.1
13
5.8
360
4.1
13
6.0
359
3.5
12
5.8
359
3.7
13
5.8
357
Communication
Not enough data
7.2
5662
Not enough data
7.6
6044
Not enough data
7.5
5800
Not enough data
7.7
5826
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.4
7179
Not enough data
8.4
7123
Not enough data
8.0
6868
Not enough data
7.8
6093
Controls
Not enough data
8.0
6467
Not enough data
7.6
5485
Not enough data
8.2
6798
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
6081
Project Management
Not enough data
8.8
7421
Not enough data
8.7
7293
Not enough data
8.6
7159
Not enough data
7.9
6145
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
6556
Not enough data
8.5
6736
Not enough data
8.4
6628
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
2270
Not enough data
6.3
2274
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
5.7
425
Not enough data
5.6
425
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble) and Smartsheet are categorized as Project Management and Work Management
Unique Categories
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble) is categorized as Professional Services Automation and Resource Management
Smartsheet is categorized as Project Collaboration, Marketing Calendar, Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Workflow Management, Project and Portfolio Management, and Task Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Smartsheet
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
25.1%
Computer Software
14.5%
Marketing and Advertising
14.2%
Management Consulting
9.6%
Consulting
3.1%
Other
33.4%
Information Technology and Services
7.6%
Construction
7.2%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Computer Software
4.6%
Other
70.7%
Discussions
Does Mavenlink have an integration platform?
2 Comments
RS
Yes, you can. We needed a way to get monthly, recurring tasks to repeat for our retainer clients and Mavenlink created an integration for us.Read more
What is Mavenlink?
1 Comment
Official Response from Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
Mavenlink sits between your CRM & Backend Accounting Software (General Ledger). It allows you to know the availability of every resource, the status of every...Read more
Who uses Mavenlink?
1 Comment
Official Response from Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
Consulting / Professional Services - Every consultant acts as a project manager, whether for a big team or independently, so they need a tool to monitor both...Read more
What can smartsheet be used for?
57 Comments
WA
It has a wide range of functionalities for project management or even asset management. Read more
Why is smartsheet bad?
34 Comments
NK
Complexity: Smartsheet has a fairly steep learning curve, especially for users who are not tech-savvy or unfamiliar with project management tools.
Limited...Read more
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