Planisware Orchestra 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Planisware Orchestra

4.2

(18)

Pricing

Starting at $45.00 per month

About Planisware Orchestra

A TURNKEY SOLUTION TO PROPEL YOUR PROJECT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
With over 20 years of experience deploying project management solutions, Planisware Orchestra continues to lead the way in the Strategic Portfolio Management market.
Planisware Orchestra is a SaaS solution for project portfolio and resource management with expertise in hybrid project execution environments.
With Planisware Orchestra, your project portfolio is at your fingertips. You can prioritize, schedule, and control your portfolio in real-time. You share best practices among collaborators of all skill-levels. You benefit from Planisware's experience with ready-to-go packages that accelerate deployment.

MANAGE THE FULL PROJECT LIFECYCLE FROM A SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH
From idea to launch: With Planisware Orchestra, collect and centralize ideas, evaluate the strategic value, cost and benefit each idea with ease and transparency. Compare and prioritize projects, to identify the most interesting to launch.

Collaborative Planning: Create projects from pre-defined templates, manage schedules, delegate phases, and combine project planning methodologies as needed (Waterfall, Agile, Stage-Gate...).

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Planisware Orchestra Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $45.00 per month

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$45.00

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Planisware Orchestra Features

Popular features found in Project Management
Billing & Invoicing
Budget Management
Document Management
File Sharing
Gantt/Timeline View
Issue Management
Kanban Board
Milestone Tracking
Multiple Projects
Prioritization
Resource Management
Time & Expense Tracking
More features of Planisware Orchestra
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Agile Methodologies
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval Process Control
Assignment Management
Attendance Tracking
Automatic Time Capture
Billable & Non-Billable Hours
Budgeting/Forecasting
Calendar Management
Capacity Management
Charting
Collaboration Tools
Commenting/Notes
Cost-to-Completion Tracking
Customizable Fields
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Deadline Management
Document Storage
Drag & Drop
Employee Database
Employee Management
Employee Scheduling
Forecasting
Idea Management
Multiple Billing Rates
Online Time Tracking
Overtime Calculation
Percent-Complete Tracking
Planning Tools
Portfolio Management
Progress Reports
Progress Tracking
Projections
Project Management
Project Planning
Project Planning/Scheduling
Project Templates
Project Time Tracking
Project Tracking
Project Workflow
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Updates
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting/Project Tracking
Reporting & Statistics
Requirements Management
Resource Allocation & Planning
Resource Request
Resource Scheduling
Risk Management
Search/Filter
Skills Tracking
Status Tracking
Tagging
Task Management
Task Planning
Task Progress Tracking
Task Scheduling
Third-Party Integrations
Timesheet Management
Traditional Methodologies
Utilization Reporting
Vacation/Leave Tracking
Visualization
Workflow Management

Planisware Orchestra Integrations

Microsoft SharePoint

Jira

SAP Business One

Tableau

Kelio

Microsoft Teams

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Planisware Orchestra User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

39%

22%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.9

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.1

Verified

Reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2017

Great app !

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I particularly appreciate the integration of different features : project management, ressources management, budget, time tracking. We also implemented specific features apart from project development like non-conformity treatment, executive committee decisions management, customised reports

Cons:

My company find it a bit expensive but it worth it. Needs a real training to get the full performance.

Antonio N.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2022

Orchestrating a plan

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's a versatile tool with lots of options for customization. I can see large or small organizations getting great use from the functions, with a careful assessment of your individual needs. Lots of ways to visualize progress on projects. It also has paths for simplifying the user experience for different members of the team. What I/we perhaps like most about the software is the ability to not only plan the project, but assign resources (allocate) at different increments (hours, % of FTE, days) - and to have that information push automatically to the individual owners of those allocations for task management and time reporting.

Cons:

UI still needs some sharpening (and I've seen the teams improve on this since we signed on). Limited integrations with other commonly used software.

Reasons for switching to Planisware Orchestra

Previous tools and approaches could look forward to build a project plan, and look backwards to report time, but could not look forward to align resource needs with the project plan. Our resource needs were often an educated guess at best.

Vincent C.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed July 2020

NQI Orchestra Review

We started with a new version of Orchestra : 7.0. This version wasn't mature and we faced many bugs. Ramp-up is not easy (Planning, budget and Ressources management). Owerall, this tool is good, there are good ideas and functions. Now, the next step should be to simplify the User interface. Some idea : include more batch actions, simplify Planning > Gantt (only one view), simplify Project Ressource Management by displaying ressources need more easyly >> too many clicks to display ressrouces need.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- Integration between projects and ressources - Customisation with the Designer - Possiblity to export lists

Cons:

- "Clicodrome". Too many click to do something. No possiblity to do "batch" actions in lists. - Timesheet workflow validation too restrictive - In project Budget and project ressource management no possibility to express the ressource need by competencies. Only ressource type is available >> too restrictive as a ressource can have only one "type". Most of organisation have ressources that can do many activities in projets (Project management and business analysis for exemple). Assign ressources by type is too restrictive. Real need to asign ressources by competencies.

Vincent G.

Verified reviewer

Insurance

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed August 2020

Simple efficient and scalable

We stard with Planisware Orchestra in 2011. First to manage IT projects and then gradually to manage all IT activities. This tool has evolved a lot since 2011 and allows us today to manage the entire activity, workforces load and budgets forecasting.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Capapcity to manage large organizations and numerous resources. Easy to use without too many concessions on advanced features. Scalable solution both in terms of users and functionalities. Great local support (France). Suitable for RUN and BUILD activities. Numerous intégration possibilities (flat files, datamart, Reporting Tools, etc.)

Cons:

Agility is not perfectly managed. Kaban could be smoother.

Reasons for choosing Planisware Orchestra

Simplicity, Scalability, SaaS, Price

Thierry J.

Research

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2017

Very good tool, easily and intuitive to use on main functions.

The main benefits are in the simplicity of navigation and use for the end-users: very good design and organization of the activity with fast access to the interesting information for the different level of the organization.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Orchestra is tool very appreciated by the users. Its design is clear and intuitive, which allows the different users to navigate inside the tool after 1 hour of training. Its use is also sufficiently simple for the occasional users (1 time per month or less) to re-find the menu without a new reading of the user guide. The access is simple and efficient from a location. We use it to manage the R&D activity of several laboratories in the world with more than thousand users and several thousands of projects follow by the system. The simultaneous connection of several dozens of users induces no difficulty. Each one can make his job: his creation or updated of project information. This tool offers the possibility to add specific modules require by additional needs. Support team is rather efficient and provides a good assistance for small difficulty or misunderstanding. Nevertheless, the new developments require very accurate specifications from the final user in order to reach quickly the new functions.

Cons:

There are no clear dark points about this software. Some specific attentions must be brought to the recording time (storage of the data) for specific functions. This time can increases with the number of manipulated elements or for specific functions. It is not a real issue, except in the case of long set of data recording.

Dante T.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Orchestra Review

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I enjoyed how easy the software is to navigate, it is easy to switch between information such as projects, resources and users etc. I also believe exports are a key feature that I enjoy the most. For the work that I conduct, these exports are a critical function. Being able to easily grab the information that I need from the system in a ready-to-use format is incredibly helpful.

Cons:

Currently, there are only 3 individuals in our organization that are actively utilizing the system. Once we roll out the software to a larger audience I believe I will be able to answer this question more adequately. However, I believe being able to customize your own reports and exports from the system could be greatly improved. Additionally, I feel that the dashboard customization could be improved to provide more in-depth customization and more granular details.

Vincent G.

Medical Devices

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2017

Good PPM tool, cover all the functionnalities needed, good relationship

Transparency and consistency of our information. Consolidation of the data for analysis or understanding Be able to have a live status of our project and take decisions based on that. Manage the resources and distribute the work, valorize this one. End-to-end chain of information management

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The fact to have a mix of settings and specific. It permits to be autonomous and start to have a first platform usable very fast. And after, with our specificity as a large company, be able to develop some interface with other tools. Interface is really user friendy. Good evolution of the tool with better and better user interface and features. Good interface with Google permits to us to use our Electronic Document Management System, SSO,... Cover all the needs with good features from the demand to Project management, Portfolio management, indicators,... Great relationship with NQI

Cons:

It's inside their roadmap, but today, portfolio management can be better, Risk management also, Demand Management, on the Stakes part is not perfect We would like to be able to have little bit more global control on the projects, state, bulk modification as administrator or user. Some names are not consistent everywhere inside the tool and need to be align But I know, link to their roadmap, all this work in on going

Claire D.

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2017

Great customized and local solution for project management in our ISO 17025 accredited laboratory.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

NQI Orchestra software really meets our first requirements i.e. find a customized and local solution for project management. Then quality module has been implemented and used as well. It's a robust solution. After almost 2 years of daily use by the project manager and the quality manager and around 15 users, we have managed almost 190 projects of 2 weeks to 4 months duration; I would like to highlight that it has never shut down. We really appreciate the activity Stream; it constitutes a really help in follow up. Since we have learned how to create and use the Dashboard module, we like it!

Cons:

- Installation and updates are not "friendly": it requires to paste files directly into core folders. Without internal IT support, that would be difficult to manage. - We decided not to use the document module because once documents are uploaded in the software, it is not possible to access them without using the software. - Generally, there are too many information displayed and today, it is not possible to remove some of them to get clear visibility of seeked information: e.g. Gant diagram.

Brenda R.

Verified reviewer

Pharmaceuticals

201-500 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Implementing Planisware Orchestra in a small Biopharma

The Planisware Orchestra team is knowledgeable, very easy to work with and are very collaborative in gathering requirements, deployment and providing on-going support. In addition Planisware has a lot of experience with Planning and Portfolio Management. Planisware has forums to discuss and share experiences and expertise with other users, they also implement improvements to their tools by listening to the needs of their customers

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Orchestra is an all inclusive tool that allows for project and portfolio to be fully captured, managed and reported from - it can be the single source of truth when fully leveraged.

Cons:

Orchestra currently has limitations in reporting out gantt views. The planning/gantt view for timeline management is a multistep process which decreases efficiency.

Sébastien R.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed August 2020

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