| Functionality | 5 <p>The functionality, where it exists, is strong. For example, creating dependencies in the gantt view is very easy and nicely customisable. However, there are features which GanttPro really misses. Most notably, there is a real lack of automation features. The closest that GanttPro comes in the ability to set a personalised reminder a set number of days before a deadline. However, generally, if you have lots of tasks you will spend a lot of time closing them or moving them to different statuses. All things would save valuable time if done automatically.</p> | 8 <p>Smartsheet has all the functionality that companies will need - including some more sophisticated functions required only my large companies. Smartsheet offers: excellent portfolio management features, cell history, strong automation and some nifty team capacity reporting features.</p> |
| Ease of Use | 8 <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">GanttPro is easy to use. An average startup employee would require around 1-2 hours + minimal guidance to proficiently use all key features of the product. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It is easy to locate key info and processes are generally intuitive. However, some workflows are not always located where you would expect them to be. For example, to create a notification you have to click into settings - rather than a notification bell icon as you would expect.</span></p> | 5 <p>Smartsheet is designed to function in a similar way to a spreadsheet. If you are comfortable using these or have used them before, learning your way around Smartsheet will be easier. However, even if this is the case, processes can be a bit fiddley compared to other project management tools. We estimate that average start-up employee and would require a few days and some guidance before being able to use the product fluently.</p><p><br></p><p>Key information and processes are generally easy to find but not always easy to perform.</p> |
| Look and feel | 6 <p>GanttPro has a very plain look. It lacks colour and could do with some more modern touches. That being said, the general UI architecture is easy to navigate - so it does the job.</p><p><br></p><p>Loading times are can be slightly longer depending on the function being performed, but generally are around ~1.5 second.</p> | 6 <p>Smartsheet lacks colour and is generally a bit plain to look at. That being said, the software is visually acceptable and for the most part has fast loading times (~1 second). When first creating a new project or workspace, loading times can be slower (upwards of 6 seconds) - but this is a one off occurrence.</p> |
| Customisability | 5 <p>There is not much to customise with GanttPro. One strong customisation feature is are project templates. Here a template is created by you saving a project as a template. This means you can customise much of the project details (milestones, tasks, dependencies etc) and save it for later use.</p><p><br></p><p>Reports and dashboards can be customised using filters. You can filter by user, project, task, start/end date, custom fields etc. (where they are relevant).</p> | 8 <p>Smartsheet has some very strong customisation features. The most impressive being their forms which are customisable in almost every way - from question type to, condition logic, to cosmetics etc. Automation is also nicely customisable with a vast array of action and trigger functions, as well as conditional logic available. Smartsheet could benefit from a few more task views - other similar project management tools offer far more!</p> |
| Ease of Setup | 8 <p>Ganttpro is easy to set-up, with a strong selection of project templates and no need to talk to sales before purchase. Fully customising Granttpro is an intuitive process which should not take more than a day.</p> | 8 <p>Offers a self-serve free trial and allows purchase without needing to talk to sales. Getting started and setting up a few tasks and subtasks should take 20-30 minutes, because it has a very rich library of templates. Full setup should take a day or two at most.</p> |
| Customer Support | 8 <p>A live-chat is available in app a with fast replies usually in less than 1 hour. Email support is also friendly and useful, with replies usually taking less than 6 hours.</p><p><br></p><p>Self-serve materials are of excellent depth and quality with articles and a full suit of videos running through all functionalities of the product.</p> | 6 <p>Personalised support is available via email and and in-app chat. The in-app chat feature is not something to rely on too much as responses are not always fast. Email agents are very accommodating, useful and fast (relies in less than 6 hours). </p><p><br></p><p>Self-serve materials are strong but not exceptional. They do not have 'how to's' for every feature. This is likely to drive traffic to their paid 'Smartsheet University' where they charge to teach you basic, intermediate and advanced functions in Smartsheet. </p> |
| Integratability | 6 <p>Out-of-the-box integrations are few, with only 6 offered, but GanttPro has an API allowing teams to build where necessary.</p> | 7 <p>Smartsheet offers integrations with most third-parties that companies will need. However, some notable exceptions are Notion, Github and Zendesk.</p><p><br></p><p>Smartsheet also offers can API that allows teams to build custom integrations where necessary.</p> |
| Ease of Migration | 8 <p>Exports of key and more advance data are available self-serve. Exporting a project, a portfolio, a workload a task list, reports and time logs can all be done self-serve. Exports are available to <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">PDF, by default, but you can also choose PNG, XML, or Excel (depending of the data being exported).</span></p> | 8 <p>Key data and custom reports are available self-serve to export to a CSV file.</p> |
