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Planview AdaptiveWork
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(530)4.1 out of 5
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Mid-Market (48.0% of reviews)
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(1,122)4.1 out of 5
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- Users report that Planview AdaptiveWork excels in task creation and assignment, scoring 9.2, while Workfront follows closely with a score of 8.9. Reviewers mention that the drag-and-drop functionality in Planview makes it particularly user-friendly for managing tasks.
- Reviewers mention that Planview AdaptiveWork's portfolio management features, such as portfolio performance and risk assessment, score higher than Workfront's, with scores of 8.8 and 8.1 respectively. Users on G2 appreciate the clarity and depth of insights provided by Planview in managing multiple portfolios.
- Users say that the resource management capabilities in Planview AdaptiveWork, particularly in scheduling and resource definition, are superior, scoring 9.0 and 8.9, compared to Workfront's 8.5 and 8.6. Reviewers highlight that Planview's resource allocation tools are more intuitive and effective for project planning.
- G2 users report that Planview AdaptiveWork offers better automation workflows, scoring 9.2, while Workfront scores 8.9. Users mention that the customization options in Planview allow for more tailored workflows that fit specific team needs.
- Reviewers mention that Planview AdaptiveWork provides a more robust project budgeting feature, scoring 8.9 compared to Workfront's 8.7. Users appreciate the detailed financial tracking and reporting capabilities that Planview offers, which help in maintaining budgetary control.
- Users on G2 report that the communication and collaboration features in Planview AdaptiveWork, scoring 9.2, are more effective than Workfront's 8.9. Reviewers highlight the real-time editing and commenting tools in Planview as particularly beneficial for team collaboration.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Planview AdaptiveWork
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Essential work management capabilities to collaborate, execute, and accelerate work.
- Work management
- Demand management
- Resource management
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Planview AdaptiveWork
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No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.4
443
8.4
917
Ease of Use
7.7
447
7.8
957
Ease of Setup
7.3
184
7.1
400
Ease of Admin
7.8
185
8.0
338
Quality of Support
8.4
372
8.2
777
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
181
8.4
317
Product Direction (% positive)
7.8
444
8.1
910
Features by Category
Tasks
9.2
83
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Verified
8.8
214
|
Verified
9.0
87
|
Verified
8.9
216
|
Verified
9.0
48
8.8
215
|
Verified
9.0
78
|
Verified
8.6
208
|
Verified
9.0
77
8.5
205
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
198
|
Verified
8.5
82
|
Verified
8.4
200
|
Verified
8.7
77
8.5
196
|
Verified
Projects
9.2
82
|
Verified
8.9
204
|
Verified
9.2
83
|
Verified
8.6
199
|
Verified
9.1
79
|
Verified
8.2
184
|
Verified
8.9
76
|
Verified
8.4
200
|
Verified
9.0
82
|
Verified
8.4
198
|
Verified
8.9
71
8.4
182
|
Verified
8.9
76
8.5
194
|
Verified
9.0
85
|
Verified
8.6
196
|
Verified
9.0
73
8.3
181
|
Verified
9.2
74
|
Verified
8.5
189
|
Verified
8.8
71
|
Verified
8.4
180
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.9
77
|
Verified
8.4
182
|
Verified
8.8
77
|
Verified
8.5
188
|
Verified
9.0
76
|
Verified
8.5
193
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
9.0
76
|
Verified
8.4
177
|
Verified
8.9
77
|
Verified
8.6
184
|
Verified
9.1
84
|
Verified
8.6
192
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
66
Not enough data
6.3
65
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
6.2
30
Not enough data
6.5
31
Not enough data
6.5
30
Not enough data
5.8
30
Not enough data
5.9
30
Not enough data
6.3
30
Feature Not Available
6.5
30
Portfolio Management
8.4
110
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
125
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
95
|
Verified
Not enough data
Project Management
8.4
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
Resource Management
8.5
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
Data & Analytics
8.2
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
126
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
105
|
Verified
Not enough data
Strategy - Project and Portfolio 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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Setup
Not enough data
8.5
33
Not enough data
8.0
33
Not enough data
8.2
32
Not enough data
7.9
33
Management
Not enough data
7.5
33
Not enough data
8.5
33
Not enough data
7.8
32
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.1
30
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
6.0
19
Not enough data
6.0
18
Not enough data
6.1
19
Not enough data
6.4
19
Not enough data
5.7
19
Not enough data
6.2
19
Not enough data
6.3
19
Planning
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.7
13
Optimization
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
7.4
13
Not enough data
6.7
13
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Prepare
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
8.1
19
Plan
Not enough data
8.5
19
Not enough data
8.2
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
8.6
19
Optimize
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.0
19
Execute
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.6
20
Tasks
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
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
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Planning
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Task Creation
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.1
33
Not enough data
7.7
33
Task Management
Not enough data
8.5
33
Not enough data
8.3
32
Not enough data
8.0
32
Not enough data
7.9
32
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.8
30
Not enough data
6.1
31
Customer Management
8.9
25
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
Project Management
9.0
29
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
29
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
29
|
Verified
Not enough data
Accounting
9.1
25
Not enough data
8.4
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
9.0
25
Not enough data
9.1
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
Portfolio Management
8.8
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.1
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
Analytics
9.0
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
30
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administration
8.5
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
8.5
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
26
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Feature Not Available
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
9.2
52
8.9
138
9.1
51
8.7
139
9.1
47
8.5
135
Administration
8.9
48
8.5
137
9.1
47
8.8
132
9.2
50
9.0
136
Project management
9.3
51
8.9
142
9.2
48
8.7
136
9.4
50
9.0
136
9.1
50
8.7
135
9.3
49
8.7
137
9.0
50
8.6
126
9.0
51
8.8
135
Workload
9.1
50
8.8
130
9.1
50
8.8
132
8.9
49
8.6
129
8.9
47
8.7
129
Communication & Collaboration
8.9
47
Feature Not Available
8.8
46
8.7
139
9.2
47
8.9
142
Cost Management
8.7
46
8.7
121
9.1
48
8.7
130
8.6
45
Feature Not Available
Integration
9.3
39
8.7
118
9.1
39
8.7
117
9.1
37
8.7
117
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
24
Not enough data
6.6
29
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
5.5
11
Not enough data
5.9
11
Not enough data
5.5
11
Not enough data
5.5
11
Communication
Not enough data
7.2
33
Not enough data
7.8
33
Not enough data
7.2
33
Not enough data
6.5
33
Not enough data
6.7
33
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.5
33
Not enough data
8.6
33
Not enough data
7.7
33
Not enough data
8.6
33
Controls
Not enough data
8.3
33
Not enough data
8.2
33
Not enough data
8.5
33
Not enough data
7.8
33
Not enough data
7.4
32
Project Management
Not enough data
9.0
32
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
8.3
33
Not enough data
8.0
33
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
7.9
33
Not enough data
8.1
33
Not enough data
7.6
33
Not enough data
6.5
33
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.7
32
Not enough data
5.9
31
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
6.1
15
Not enough data
6.2
15
Annotation Tools - Markup Software
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
5.0
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.4
6
Collaboration - Markup Software
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Security - Markup Software
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.8
6
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Planview AdaptiveWork and Workfront are categorized as Project Management and Work Management
Unique Categories
Planview AdaptiveWork is categorized as Project and Portfolio Management and Professional Services Automation
Workfront is categorized as Project Collaboration, Workflow Management, Task Management, Bug Tracking, Kanban Project Management, Strategic Planning and Execution, Resource Management, and Markup Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Planview AdaptiveWork
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Workfront
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
14.8%
Computer Software
12.5%
Marketing and Advertising
8.6%
Financial Services
4.9%
Hospital & Health Care
2.9%
Other
56.3%
Marketing and Advertising
14.5%
Information Technology and Services
8.3%
Computer Software
6.5%
Financial Services
6.2%
Hospital & Health Care
4.2%
Other
60.2%
Alternatives
Discussions
How can we automate the flow and approval of QA testing and release?
3 Comments
DA
We also need help, but only in QA testing, we are currently severely lacking staff for testing. Who can I turn to for these services?Read more
Why when i am adding new milestone from a project, i need to add the name of the project? bug?
2 Comments
AS
Actually if you open the project plan (schedule) and you try to add a milestone Clarizen doesn't ask about the project name. I tested it and it works.Read more
How can I create more automation options at the Configure tab?
2 Comments
DG
Hi Christopher - our Customer Success site is quite well visited by Clarizen team and other customers so you can get good feedback there for questions like...Read more
Are there any built-in training articles/videos or anything?
8 Comments
SJ
Yes there is built in help with in the Workfront app. There are also online user group for specific regions and numerous communities that address different...Read more
How Important Is Diversity To You, And What Value Does It Bring?
2 Comments
AE
To me diversity is a mixture of different people with different backgrounds, ethnicities and customs working together to achieve a common goal.Read more
What is the best way to view the draft of the project without clicking a lot of links to get to it?
1 Comment
SP
Workfront should store all of the versions and you can determine by the name or number of the version which is the draft.Read more
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