Resource Guru Software

We do not have the scheduling conflicts that we used to have in the past.

Pros

Easy to use from anywhere and you can filter out the schedules you don't want to see. We no longer have issues figuring out vacation coverage for our people.

Cons

Would like to see an iPhone app and an Android app in the future instead of suing the web browser all the time.

Pros

* you can do booking through a calendar kind of UI it also allows drag and drop.
* it can tell you the availability and utilization of resources
* it has overallocation notification and the system allows you to over-allocate, if you need to do it.
* easy to use UI

Cons

* subscription based pricing gets costly after every year.
* limited 3rd party integrations

Pros

Resource Guru is a very useful tool. It's easy to use and helps our team keep our tasks organized.

Cons

Maybe it could have a more attractive look.

been working with thsi software for almost a year , and love it .

Pros

its easy to use , fantastic day by day tool , cant live without this now . makes you planning lot easier to manage

Cons

i thing need a bit of work on the settings to set up people , could me more simple but once you understand becomes a bit easier

Pros

It allows my team to update resource use on their own schedule, and eliminates hours of my time in schedule and team management. I also love that I can archive resources when they are temporarily inactive, therefore saving money.

Cons

What I would like to see in the future:
1. Ability to get daily "Meeting Room" email or report of usage. (Ability to set the time that this occurs would also be helpful)
2. For events that an administrator assigns to a booker, it would be great if the booker could also edit the event.
3. Allow for same-day event schedule changes to notify the resource.

Easy resource planning and everyone can access.

Pros

Can set up clients and projects in multiple ways which support your business. Colour coding allowing provisional bookings to be easily identified. Reporting with output to xls format.

Cons

Would be useful to be able to add charge out rates to projects - at the moment export to xls and then combine with other data rather than being able to report in one go.

Pros

Other tools have extraneous functionalities that we would never use, but Resource Guru offers exactly what we need. It's easy to use with almost no training needed and offers multiple views and reports to give the full view of our resource utilization.

Cons

I have not experienced any cons for this software yet. Resource Guru has met or exceeded all expectations.

High level overview of the availability and current assignments of me and my team.

Pros

Easy to use. Resolves most requirements you could have. The application has a lot of potential to keep adding features.

Cons

Sometimes slow to get data after filtering. Initially the filtering system seemed unintuitive but after a couple of usages this became a non-issue.

organization and accessibility to a schedule managed by many

Pros

- online so you can view it remotely
- clients can be color coded
- you can set various permission levels
- reporting is accurate
- customer service is fast

Cons

- searching for a specific project can be a challenge with no search feature
- nothing else, it works well.

Transparency of our bookings, and the will from our employees to use it actively

Pros

Resource GURU focus on resource management . It doesn't provide a ton of unnecessary gadgets just driving the cost and complexity up. In a small company of app. 20 engineers, the GURU makes an excellent overview for the daily and weekly planning, provides a good forecasts of utilization looking ahead, and the ability of synchronizing with outlook makes it very easy to inform about our expectations to our colleagues.

Cons

A nice feature to work on, would be an 'autofit' function, where a new project could be thrown into the bunch of existing projects and let GURU do the initial planning. A smooth looking app as other software provide would also be nice.

Overall a good product. I would recommend starting with a list of what you need from software, then what you would like then a nice to have list. See how many ticks this software gets. Compare it to at least two pieces of other software of the same nature before making your final decision. This is what I recommend for any piece of software. Also, check out their own forums of customer support, and social media sites to see what other customers have had to say about the software.

Pros

This is a simple way to organise your staff and resources such as office laptops etc so that everyone can see where everyone else is, and where the office resources are, should another person need them or wish to book them. So much easier to use than an online calendar like g-calendars for example.

Cons

A lack of recurring tasks, but perhaps this is done on purpose? Otherwise I don't have any cons to list - it is pretty much as advertised.

Pros

Our use of Resource Guru is sort of out of the box. We use it for scheduling barn space in the Agriculture Industry. The support team has always stepped up to find ways to enable Resource Guru to fit with our unique needs. If it works this well for our out of the box use, imagine how well it works for it's intended purpose. For us, the reasonable price has been worth the gamble of using a software not meant for our intended use.

Cons

In our out of the box use, the biggest con - is the speed at which the software moves from page to page. However, this might not be Resource Guru's fault. It could be our internet capabilities, or the amount of data we plug in for our purpose. For our use, I'm looking a 15-17 week time frame, like most people look at a 8-10 hour work day. If you use the software as it's intended, this probably wouldn't be a problem.

Pros

The UX and UI are v simple and easy to follow. I was given the software to use and didn't have any issues

Cons

It lacks a WOW factor.. I feel like most software I use have some special features that stand out. Doesnt seem to have that for Resource Guru (but maybe it doesnt need one!)

Insight on how long projects are booked for, how many hours are booked against a project and if this makes sense for our sales and we're quoting projects correctly. An easy to use tool that allows us to be able to update and manage resources quickly and ever so easily.

Pros

Easy to add projects, easy to add customers, easy to add team members. The email summary sent out to everyone is great and easy for users to gain access to be able to see their work for the day/week/months coming. The reporting functionality allows us to export the information cleanly and easily for internal reporting needs

Cons

Unable to track timesheets and then be able to compare how accurate bookings vs actuals will be.
Would love to be able to have Project Manager's be able to book their times through the site and then have it approved by Resource Manager.

Perfect tool for good house keeping and resource management

Pros

Functionalities are up to date providing everything required to make everyone aware of what going on.

Cons

I think it should have a bit more security in terms of who can and cannot see what. Also Maybe navigation can be improved on by using side or top navigation colour coded bar

Pros

It is an easy way to keep an eye on what your team is doing and assign people to projects. Site works like a charm.

Cons

No real android/ios app available at the time, which would make it even easier to view info. Allow people to insert more hours on a day after confirmation.

Time saving, stress saving and it helps everyone. Top product that I'm glad is part of the business' routine.

Pros

visualizes and allows for future planning of time. Allows business wide visibility. Has made my life far easier with it. Is always part of the daily routine.

Cons

Lack of clear links to other platforms like outlook, google suite or trello. This would be the killer addition but as is it works really cleanly.

We're so much more organised. Before we were sharing multiple Google Calendars which was a pain when someone joined the company. This solves all of that.

Pros

The simplicity - it does calendars really well without forcing to use a huge CRM. Our team is substantially more organised because of it.

Cons

Google Calendar integration can be fiddly but it's not too bad. Other than that, we're really happy with the software.

Pros

It's online, live, easy to use and easy to update, GUI is nice, all information is easy in a GANTT style.

Cons

Not available on a phone!!! Needs an app, some copy paste/duplicate features could be added. Should sync better to iCal and be updatable from iCal to RG.

Pros

That you can easily move jobs around if they need to change and can book off holiday time and meeting time so that you don't overbook yourself.

Cons

The waiting time bit could be better if time is overbooked - doesn't allow for different lengths of working days.