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Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management
Star Rating
(1,622)4.0 out of 5
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Enterprise (46.8% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
$10.00
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(4,521)4.2 out of 5
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Mid-Market (43.2% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
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- G2 reviewers report that Wrike excels in user experience, with many praising its intuitive interface and customizable workflows. Users appreciate how these features enhance visibility across teams, making project management smoother and more efficient.
- Users say that Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management offers robust capabilities for resource allocation and project scheduling. Recent feedback highlights its effectiveness in managing complex projects, with one user describing it as a "marvelous beast" for its strategic alignment and reliable resource management.
- Reviewers mention that Wrike's implementation process is quick and straightforward, which is a significant advantage for teams looking to adopt a new tool. One user noted that the platform's customizable dashboards and smoother navigation greatly enhance the overall user experience.
- According to verified reviews, Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management shines in planning and dependency management, with users highlighting its strong capabilities in visualizing project timelines and dependencies. This makes it a solid choice for teams focused on detailed project planning.
- G2 reviewers indicate that while Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management has a strong feature set, it may not be as user-friendly as Wrike, particularly for new users. Some feedback points to challenges in configuration and setup, which could hinder adoption for teams seeking a more intuitive experience.
- Users report that Wrike's collaborative features are a standout, especially for teams working on large projects. One user shared their success in completing a massive project with the help of Wrike's customizable workflows, which streamlined their proofing process and improved team collaboration.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management
Planner Plan 1
$10.00
Formerly Project Plan 1
- Includes everything in Planner in Microsoft 365, plus:
- Backlogs and sprints
- Premium plan templates
Wrike
Free
$0.00
Essential task management
- Web, desktop, and mobile apps
- Project & task management
- Board view
Free Trial
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management
No trial information availableWrike
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
1,445
8.5
3,682
Ease of Use
7.3
1,451
7.9
3,719
Ease of Setup
7.5
487
7.8
1,617
Ease of Admin
7.6
454
8.3
1,290
Quality of Support
7.6
1,141
8.5
2,912
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.9
423
8.5
1,235
Product Direction (% positive)
6.6
1,426
8.2
3,515
Features by Category
Tasks
8.6
81
|
Verified
8.9
1570
|
Verified
8.7
85
|
Verified
8.8
1592
|
Verified
8.6
83
|
Verified
8.4
1542
|
Verified
8.4
81
|
Verified
8.5
1518
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.1
1448
|
Verified
8.0
45
7.7
1303
|
Verified
8.0
78
|
Verified
8.1
1437
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.2
1387
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
84
|
Verified
8.5
1403
|
Verified
8.7
82
|
Verified
8.2
1303
|
Verified
8.7
84
|
Verified
8.0
1277
|
Verified
8.6
82
|
Verified
8.0
1325
|
Verified
8.4
79
|
Verified
8.2
1357
|
Verified
8.4
75
|
Verified
7.5
1007
|
Verified
8.0
72
|
Verified
7.6
606
7.9
78
|
Verified
8.1
1283
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
1070
|
Verified
8.1
77
|
Verified
7.7
1034
|
Verified
8.2
75
|
Verified
7.8
1039
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.4
78
|
Verified
7.8
1078
|
Verified
8.3
75
|
Verified
7.8
1130
|
Verified
8.8
81
|
Verified
8.2
1214
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.6
72
|
Verified
7.7
1023
|
Verified
8.4
78
|
Verified
7.9
1092
|
Verified
8.3
76
|
Verified
8.3
1341
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.9
6
6.9
169
6.4
6
6.3
444
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Portfolio Management
8.6
74
|
Verified
7.7
37
9.2
79
|
Verified
8.1
38
8.9
77
|
Verified
7.8
36
8.7
71
|
Verified
7.5
38
Project Management
9.1
81
|
Verified
8.1
39
9.1
79
|
Verified
8.3
39
8.6
73
|
Verified
7.7
36
Resource Management
8.6
82
|
Verified
8.0
37
8.7
83
|
Verified
8.1
36
8.6
81
|
Verified
7.9
34
Data & Analytics
8.7
80
|
Verified
7.4
35
9.0
77
|
Verified
7.4
38
8.8
80
|
Verified
7.5
35
8.5
78
|
Verified
7.4
34
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.1
28
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.5
29
Not enough data
7.6
30
Not enough data
7.4
30
Not enough data
7.1
30
Not enough data
7.5
30
Not enough data
7.4
30
Not enough data
7.6
31
Setup
Not enough data
8.3
764
Not enough data
8.3
782
Not enough data
8.1
767
Not enough data
8.2
845
Management
Not enough data
8.3
751
Not enough data
8.0
630
Not enough data
7.8
596
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
278
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.4
148
Not enough data
8.2
143
Not enough data
8.4
151
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.1
141
Not enough data
8.3
142
Not enough data
8.4
143
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.0
87
Not enough data
8.0
86
Not enough data
7.8
88
Goal Creation
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
7.1
81
Not enough data
8.3
85
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
8.9
172
Not enough data
8.7
171
Not enough data
8.5
168
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
8.5
169
Not enough data
8.5
169
Not enough data
8.6
167
Planning
Not enough data
8.6
167
Not enough data
8.1
169
Not enough data
7.9
168
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.2
351
Not enough data
8.4
387
Not enough data
8.3
375
Not enough data
7.4
278
Not enough data
8.5
354
Not enough data
8.3
382
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.4
385
Not enough data
8.9
398
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
7.4
261
Not enough data
8.2
316
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Other Features
Not enough data
7.7
312
Not enough data
7.7
305
Task Creation
Not enough data
8.8
1272
Not enough data
8.8
1285
Not enough data
8.3
1197
Not enough data
7.8
1052
Task Management
Not enough data
8.4
1234
Not enough data
8.5
1242
Not enough data
8.1
1159
Not enough data
8.2
1123
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
409
Not enough data
6.2
409
Customer Management
Not enough data
7.9
23
Not enough data
7.1
22
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
8.2
23
Project Management
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.4
24
Not enough data
8.6
25
Accounting
Not enough data
7.1
23
Not enough data
6.4
23
Not enough data
6.5
23
Not enough data
6.7
23
Not enough data
6.7
23
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
7.9
22
Not enough data
7.5
22
Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
7.7
21
Administration
Not enough data
7.5
22
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
8.6
22
Platform
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.0
21
Not enough data
8.9
21
Not enough data
8.2
23
Not enough data
7.0
21
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
7.2
20
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
8.5
853
Not enough data
8.3
853
Not enough data
8.0
746
Administration
Not enough data
8.3
796
Not enough data
8.2
735
Not enough data
8.9
815
Project management
Not enough data
8.6
874
Not enough data
8.3
814
Not enough data
8.5
851
Not enough data
8.3
815
Not enough data
8.4
813
Not enough data
8.0
677
Not enough data
8.4
855
Workload
Not enough data
8.2
728
Not enough data
8.5
822
Not enough data
8.2
767
Not enough data
8.0
703
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.3
795
Not enough data
8.2
793
Not enough data
8.8
847
Cost Management
Not enough data
7.7
549
Not enough data
7.8
579
Not enough data
7.4
515
Integration
Not enough data
7.6
518
Not enough data
7.5
515
Not enough data
7.5
505
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.4
238
Not enough data
7.3
102
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Earned Value
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Performance
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
Integration
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
1043
Not enough data
7.8
841
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.5
1082
Not enough data
8.6
1071
Not enough data
8.0
1071
Not enough data
8.0
909
Controls
Not enough data
8.2
1001
Not enough data
8.1
908
Not enough data
8.4
993
Not enough data
8.0
956
Not enough data
7.9
813
Project Management
Not enough data
8.9
1154
Not enough data
8.6
1109
Not enough data
8.6
1101
Not enough data
8.1
900
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.5
995
Not enough data
8.6
1025
Not enough data
8.6
994
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.0
141
Not enough data
6.1
332
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
7.6
24
Not enough data
7.1
22
Customization
Not enough data
8.6
113
Not enough data
8.4
103
Not enough data
8.8
106
Not enough data
7.9
110
Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
92
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
85
New Product Introduction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
CAD
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Product Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bill of Materials
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Engineering Change Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Simulation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Quality management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proofing Features - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
7.4
47
Not enough data
7.5
47
Not enough data
8.3
45
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Workflow and Collaboration - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.2
47
Not enough data
8.6
50
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Event Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Workflow Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
504
Not enough data
8.7
593
Not enough data
8.0
408
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
7.2
319
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
329
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
464
Administration
Not enough data
7.9
382
Not enough data
8.4
521
Not enough data
8.5
517
Not enough data
7.8
358
Not enough data
8.6
514
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
502
Not enough data
7.7
380
Not enough data
7.7
348
Not enough data
8.5
530
Not enough data
7.8
426
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management and Wrike are categorized as Project and Portfolio Management, Project Management, Project Collaboration, Task Management, and Work Management
Unique Categories
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management is categorized as Earned Value Management and Product Management
Wrike is categorized as Marketing Calendar, Kanban Project Management, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Workflow Management, Online Proofing, Online Form Builder, Event Planning, Bug Tracking, Time Tracking, Professional Services Automation, Marketing Resource Management, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Wrike
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
14.3%
Computer Software
4.9%
Construction
4.8%
Hospital & Health Care
4.8%
Higher Education
4.5%
Other
66.7%
Marketing and Advertising
19.5%
Computer Software
7.5%
Information Technology and Services
7.5%
Higher Education
4.1%
Financial Services
3.7%
Other
57.7%
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Discussions
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4 Comments
DD
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3 Comments
DD
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2 Comments
WG
Yes, it has good and extensive branding optionsRead more
What is wrike used for?
14 Comments
HS
Wrike is a scaleable project management tool.
From Wrike: "Wrike is a SaaS-based, work management platform features
engaging collaboration, workflow and...Read more
Are there additional capabilities beyond project management? Seems like it going through this review process.
9 Comments
CM
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