--- title: VMware Tanzu Labs Reviews meta\_title: 'VMware Tanzu Labs Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 108 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how VMware Tanzu Labs works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 108 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-10' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # VMware Tanzu Labs Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by VMware Tanzu Labs but has limited features. Are you part of the VMware Tanzu Labs team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Pivotal Tracker is a product-planning and management tool designed exclusively for modern software development teams. Tracker supports an agile workflow and has been refined and optimized over ten years to provide just the right amount of structure to facilitate team communication and collaboration. Project status, workflow, conversations, and documents are easily accessible to the entire team—in one place—so product owners know where things stand and developers know what to focus on. Because Tracker was designed to be simple to learn and easy to use, product owners can be sure that the data they see reflects the true status of all their projects. -Team collaboration around a shared backlog everyone can see -Easy access to notifications and story creation -Project Analytics show big picture and fine details -Workspaces show all your work, across all projects and teams -Automated velocity provides an honest view of your team's future -More than 140 third-party apps and integrations -Project history shows everything that's happened -Native iOS and Android apps to keep on-the-go team members up to date Tracker is helping teams build better software by transforming how they build software—one story at a time. “The best agile project management tool, period.” —Kaz Walker, Sr. Developer, Foodee Media Inc. * * * Seller [Broadcom](https://www.g2.com/sellers/broadcom-ab3091cd-4724-46a8-ac89-219d6bc8e166) Discussions [VMware Tanzu Labs Community](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-tanzu-labs/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Ronan Dunlop (Director of Marketing ) Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by VMware Tanzu Labs. ### STARTUP $29.10 per month ### PRO $250 per month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-tanzu-labs/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Jira](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jira") Jira 4.3/5(7,934) ](https://www.g2.com/products/jira/reviews) [ ![Asana](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Asana") Asana 4.4/5(13,855) ](https://www.g2.com/products/asana/reviews) [ ![Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management") Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management 4/5(1,627) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-microsoft-project-portfolio-management/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-tanzu-labs/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 108 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/14/2017 "Pivotal tracking my project execution" 4/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? It tracks project and gives a node for a milestone achieved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? I don't dislike anything about the software so far Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? I used it to track my team's project execution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kayla B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kayla B.") KB Kayla B. Salesforce Developer Environmental Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/12/2016 "Developer Friendly Project Management Software" 5/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? Unlike applications such as Asana and Basecamp, which are largely just cloud based to do lists that work great for departments whose work load can actually be broken down into unrelated tasks, it's really geared towards developers who often work in a web of dependencies and with tasks that are part of a greater whole, that may be 2-3 layers deep in the hierarchy of that project's completion, that are rarely just completed or not, but instead have numerous statuses in between that make take days or weeks to transition through. In a lot of ways, Pivotal Tracker is just like Jira, but whereas Jira out of the box is basically a fully dynamic setup that forces you to architect out the connections you want and all the labels for your dev cycle, Pivotal Tracker comes out of the box as a template with the most commonly used features already set (your status options are : started, finished, deployed, accepted, your ticket types are: epic, feature, bug, chore). So unless you're hell bent on a fully customizable tool, Pivotal Tracker is great because you can get up and running right away, and will rarely find you need the changes to the existing setup anyways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? I wish bug tickets still allowed you to set an estimated time to complete. I handle most of the "bug hunting" at my job, and so it's hard for management to get an idea of where my time goes because of this unless I'm communicating to them constantly what I'm doing and when (i.e. how much time a specific bug is taking up). Which in turn makes it difficult for them to know when an edge case bug is worth continuing to pursue or if they just want me back on the main deployment for that month. I have a great boss, so it isn't as much of an issue, but if I were working elsewhere, I would be pretty upset this feature didn't exist. I wish that when I created a view of "my tickets", that it still broke them apart with little headers showing what project dashboard view they were pulled from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering VMware Tanzu Labs: If you don't need a fully customizable project management tool, but do need a solid, dependable application geared towards development life cycles that will give you all the default options you need and has a quick spin up time, go with Pivotal Tracker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? Project planning, bug tracking, time management, deployment orchestration, employee time management. Using Pivotal Tracker has definitely helped us keep better track of who is doing what, where we're at with smaller tasks that a deployment depends on, making sure feature requests that have been backlogged eventually move up to the front of our workload and are completed, making sure the requirements the developers get match what the stakeholders are asking for, and making sure everyone is on the same page with knowing what needs to get done before the next release and can pick up work as they finish their current workload.. In turn, we've had a lot fewer instances of the ball being dropped, incorrect project requirements being worked into the code, and deployments going out with missing pieces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/16/2017 "Essential tool for distributing work amongst a team" 5/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? PT has a nice interface that allows us to document the information we need and displays it nicely and simply. It allows us to use markdown which is great for copying card information over to github PR's quickly. There are nice visual icons that allow you to quickly identify information about a card in the condensed view. The use of labels is pretty effective at describing the work related to a particular project or sub project and the expanded label view allows you to look at the overall collection of project tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? I wish it were easier to include screenshots in the card details itself as opposed to just in the comments. Otherwise, I don't have many other complaints or pain points about pivotal tracker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering VMware Tanzu Labs: Pivotal tracker does require a bit more education on its recommended usage. We had an overview meeting with a seasoned PM who had an excellent workflow - that helped onboard us much more quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? With proper usage and maintenance of cards, your team productivity can soar beyond what things were before using a tracker. It teaches you to break up work into smaller more manageable chunks that you can focus on and complete as opposed to getting caught up in building functionality that comes to mind but may otherwise not be useful or necessary. Or someone else might be building that same functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/12/2017 "Very poorly designed software " 1/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? No one in my team seems to like this product. Pricing is decent I hear, because it can be hosted in-house; but I am not sure about that. It does offer a segregation of various Agile processes, which "theoretically" helps Agile teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? The interface cannot be designed worse. It is very confusing for my team to use this tool even after a few months of usage, and a basic training. It only adds to the pain because we migrated from JIRA, which offers very logical "swim-lanes" for tracking. Not only the website, but the app is also very poorly designed. I don't know if they offer GIT/SCM integration to track relevant code changes for a story. I am also not sure about integration with other testing tools like QC/ALM. If it were easy, I guess it would have been done in my team by now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering VMware Tanzu Labs: Beta testing is a must. Training is required otherwise the terms are quite new. In my experience, all teams have different understanding of Agile. Hence, this tool has to be tested for specific requirements. Integration with source control may take some time, our team has been complaining about GIT integration for a while. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? We follow Agile methodologies for software development. The goal is to partition features in epics, stories and assign them to sprints of work. Pivotal portal offers tools to achieve the goals. Stories can be assigned to individuals and passed on between dev and QA. There is also a mobile app which offers instant notifications for each change. Assignment is easy. Blockers can be resolved quickly if people act on the notifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Amna Z.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amna Z.") AZ Amna Z. IT Project Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/8/2016 "Project Management & Tracking made easier !" 5/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? Love how easy to get started with this without much training on using the program tools. Very self-explanatory, and easy to get used to it. Plus unlike other PM programs, you can add / view a lot of information on one page. So you dont need to be scrolling up and down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? The color palette that the company chose is a bit of a downer. I wish it was cleaner with lighter/brighter colors. But again its just a personal preference, not a reflection on the functionality of the program at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering VMware Tanzu Labs: A great project management and tracking application that works for both small or more extensive businesses or projects. Its even great for office admins who dont have professional experience with Project Management before but just want to keep all the pertinent information in one place for easy accessibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? Managing smaller projects for a company, I need one program where I can view all the changes/additions in one place and toggle back and forth between projects without much lag-time. So this application is perfect for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Simon H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Simon H.") SH Simon H. Consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/14/2016 "Pivotal Tracker Allows Business Owners & Developers to Execute" 4/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? Pivotal's flexibility and user interface make scoping out new projects easy. I often use pivotal tracker as a blank canvas to sketch out what I need from a business perspective before opening up my stories to Developers for feedback. Business and Developers then sync to build stories into epics, which ensures all stakeholders understand the scope of the project and the timeline for project delivery. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? Formatting stories in Pivotal Tracker is a little difficult to learn. Pivotal has a strong online support community, but many of the formatting shortcuts are not instinctual and to write a good Pivotal story takes some work. If you are a part of an established organization having some form of documentation on writing/ formatting Pivotal stories would be helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? Often business owners and software developers struggle to keep track of what is in the pipeline, manage the scope of projects, and ensure successful delivery of a product improvement. Pivotal brings both sides together with a tool that helps me communicate what I need done effectively while also allowing me to track the progress of individual requests and larger projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![David Q.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "David Q.") DQ David Q. Data Scientist, GSuite Internet Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/24/2016 "Great tool for a small team" 4/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? Easy to use, clear task management, great to measure short term progress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? Quite difficult to implement longer term planning using this tool (for example, scheduling things at a quarterly level) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering VMware Tanzu Labs: Yes, it's great. Consider another tool for quarterly progress management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? I used it for scrum management for a small software team. There was clear task ownership and it was easy to understand task priorities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/5/2017 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Brittany H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Brittany H.") BH Brittany H. Software Delivery Lead Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/9/2016 "My favorite tool for managing the agile software process" 5/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? As a project manager, I've used Jira and other tracking packages. Pivotal tracker is the easiest one to use, nice and lightweight, and easy for my clients to understand. My favorite features are how it automatically places stories into sprints based on velocity, and the existence of the icebox feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? They have refined their reporting tools recently, but they still don't meet my needs. I usually download the .csv and generate my own reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? Pivotal tracker is a core part of my software consulting team's workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/10/2017 "Great solution for agile (and waterfall) teams" 5/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? I love how easy it is to see what's happening and what's at risk. The product makes it easy for the team to collaborate and to keep projects on track. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? Nothing. It's a great solution for teams including those with remote members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering VMware Tanzu Labs: Do it. it's great for anyone running agile or Kanban. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? Software development. The product keeps us on schedule. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/16/2017 "PivotalTracker works well-ish" 3.5/5 What do you like best about VMware Tanzu Labs? Great scrum/sprint management. Great for tracking things without time estimates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VMware Tanzu Labs? It doesn't do prioritization well if you have a lot of stories. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VMware Tanzu Labs solving and how is that benefiting you? Engineering team management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about VMware Tanzu Labs? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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