I began to use GanttProject as an alternative to Microsoft Project. Right in the beginning, I became confident in the tool to manage two projects. An international project to implement a whole operation of a franchise in the Dominican Republic working remotely from Brazil, and another project to expand sales team involving infrastructure, hiring, telecom, computers, network, etc. Both were critical could not accept any delay, having various teams from different areas involved, with many tasks and interdependences. The GanttProject allowed all of us to follow up easily, facilitated negotiations and adjustments throughout the projects, as well as each member, had a clear overview of the whole project and each task. Also, those who had never used GanttProject learned to use it quickly.

You can have GanttProject for free or low price, and it is very easy to use, export and import projects, print a Gantt or Pert, and in addition to Project Management, we can manage resources and estimate costs.

When we have to move a task from a future date to a near date, the tasks connected to this task, by precedence connector, are not moved back automatically, which requires us to move those tasks too, manually. In these cases, we are using the task's properties called "earliest begin" to choose one date earlier. Also, I'd like to have GanttProject running on iOS and Android devices.

Organize and record the duration of a project, locally, quickly and with a familiar tool for all coworkers.

This very complete application for project management, has one of the most familiar diagrams in the computer world, focused on seeing the duration times of each task and which task precedes another, excellent for organizing projects and always having the application without depending on a connection, is open source and free.

Currently, there is a lack of improvements and the addition of tools and functionalities with which other applications for project management count, so to stay in the market fight they must improve.

I do believe this is a useful tool for visualizing project timelines. It does everything I have needed it to do. When it comes to building timelines, like for R&D activities at work, this lets you easily determine critical aspects of a project (timeline feasibility, resource availability, etc.). I just wish it was more "presentation" capable.

I like how easy it is to use. Adding, removing, or editing tasks is easily done. The amount of detail you can attach to tasks or groups of tasks is very useful. I like how you can visualize tasks in a timeline fashion (with dates easily visible), and keep tabs on what is happening with reference to other tasks in the project (ie, parallel paths data). Adding or removing time from tasks integrates nicely with tasks that reference them, making it easy to make adjustments.

Two things I dislike about this: 1. Zooming in and scrolling on the timeline is so hard to use. If your project does not fit nicely within the couple of zoom levels, it does make it hard to visualize everything. Then, scrolling is sometimes almost impossible. Sometimes the left-right scrolling does not work, and sometimes you can't scroll enough to see your entire project. That seems like a bug that could be fixed. 2. The export features are lacking. You can print or save as a .pdf but there are no formatting options. So, your large project timeline you email to your colleagues is a several page document that simply chops up the timeline into tiles. Basically, only those with GanttProject installed can view the timeline.

Corporate users are always asking for a project management software license only to open a project plan, look for an appointment or a resource allocation, and print it. The Project Managers should change their mind and focus in collaboration and team performance rather than complex and high featured tools that most of the time are not fully used. GanttProject is what most of the project teams need to control their activities and goals.

GanttProject is not a simplified project management tool. It is a powerful tool because it offers all you need to control activities, resources and deliverables. It has a simple interface, use a few computer resources and it's free of charge for any purpose. It offers good resources to work with external people, sharing the project plan in the network, and importing/exporting content (as possible) to traditional commercial products.

Collaboration resources are still weak and are in need of improvement. It is not ready for new agile initiatives reducing the scope of its use.

I'm a longtime user and I'm so proud to see this freeware still available to people to use. 9/10!!

Honestly, I've been using this freeware program for MANY years and has helped me prepare gantt charts for many things, including but not limited to, detailed production schedules for film projects. I've also used it to create a development schedule for a mobile app I'm involved with. It's pretty easy to use once you understand the basics of gantt charts and you'll never use another program again. The best part is I've been using this software for a long time and have never had to pay a cent to use it. Can you say that about other similar products out there that have the same features? SIMPLY AMAZING. I'm so happy to see this company still up and running and wish them nothing but the best as we move further into 2018. Give it a shot, you have nothing to loose, literally. 9/10!

Nothing. It's free. It's simple. It's awesome. OK... if I had to get "picky", I'd maybe say the one thing that could make this better would be if they had an online version where you can access your gantt charts anywhere on-the-go. Other than that though, nothing to complain about!

My team of undergraduate students working to build a small satellite are able to use GanttCloud to add tasks whichever sub-system they are leading. I can then go in and create tasks that flow down from those to look at the overall project, schedule reviews, etc.

GanttCloud is extremely beneficial to my team. It is reasonably priced and allows many people to edit tasks from separate locations and even at the same time (merging). Another key feature is the ability to have "parent" tasks which creates a flow-down structure. When 4 tasks all rely on getting lab access, they all adjust as a person adjusts the date in which they received lab access.

There is no handbook. Some features are clunky. Dates of events sometimes will not accurately reflect the constraints of parent events (it is hard to figure out why).

Being a free, open source project management software, it's perfect for me and the size projects I manage with my team. I would say that it's perfect for small to medium sized projects but would be unsuitable for something much larger such as a management solution for large building construction, etc.

I'm a relatively new user to Gantt Project. I began looking for a good Gantt Chart application several months ago to help organize AV technical installations in a detailed, organized fashion and found Gantt Project through my Avixa training course. I love that's it's freeware! It's a great, powerful tool for creating and organizing basic projects and tracking/planning your progress along the way. There are a few different way to view and edit your data but overall it was very intuitive to get up and running quickly. It also supports different operating systems.

It isn't cloud based for collaboration with a team in real time...so for my team we will keep the files on cloud based storage and can work on them one at a time. Using the software on a Mac I discovered a glitch...when scrolling the calendar from left to right or vice versa using two-finger scroll, it seems to malfunction and only want to move forward in time. You can get back to an earlier date by manually clicking and dragging.

GanttProject is an excellent tool for managing projects.

GanttProject is a powerful, free project scheduling and management tool that helps me stay organized and on track with my projects. I love that it allows me to break down my tasks into smaller, manageable pieces and set deadlines and milestones to ensure that I'm meeting my goals. It also helps me keep track of resources and costs, which is important when managing a budget.

I do not dislike anything about this product.

I love this tool! Easy to work in it, gantt is very usefull, it is free, it gives you no limits.

The only constraint here is the thing that this software is not online... If I would need to use some other computer than mine, I'd need to save a project and transfer... Not very useful and a step backwards in the time of cloud software.... Overall it is an amazing solution!

A great free tool for projects.

First all is a free tool besides other apps like this that are for pay, it brings the tools that you need for a project like create task, add milestones, work peer to peer, export your to many formats like PDF and JPEG, and so many other things.

The interphase is so basic, is not beautiful or friendly, is do it just for work, not for presentation or anything else, also the app does not bring the possibility to add values to the activities and that is a big lack.

This is a must have for project managers. It will make your life much easier, and your employees much more efficient.

- Very easy to teach and use. Our newcomers pick this up quickly. - Its simple but packed with many options - Makes life much easier as a project manager

- The text font gets a little weird when you re-size the screen you're working on - Nothing else really, it's a nice product

This product is extremely easy to install and use. It has all the relevant features needed for the job

The graphical aspect of the Gantt is hard to customize (task line width and colors);

Although it is a bit complicated when using it for the first time, with a few days of practice you can use the tool very easily, allowing you to manage your projects without inconvenience.

One of the things I like most about ganttproject is that it is completely free! In addition to this, I can download it to my machine and work with it anywhere without the need to be connected to the internet; it is very easy for me to place activities, dependencies and see them automatically in a diagram.

Its interface is a bit complicated, which does not make it very intuitive. For the inexperienced user it could be a headache to generate a gantt chart with this software.

I always picked Gantt Project to make the planning of my project and the follow up of them: it's easy, simple and super practical!! I recommend it for sure

The best features of this software is the dependance option that adapts the following tasks when one needs to be moved, we can also directly set up manually a dependance by a number of day when we do not work certain days which is very useful!

When you want to export the planning; if it's a big one it is hard to have it readable on one page sometimes

Easy to use, efficient, easy to read

Easy to use and learn, simple interface, does the job well. It is easy to keep abreast of where a project is at.

Doesn't allow publishing to web. It would be good to share the Gant Chart with colleagues. Also it would be very useful for people to be able to update progress themselves.

simular to MS project Easy to use if you know MS Project good ability to link tasks

Keeps crashing with latest Mac OS Could not even enter the second task saved it when i created the chart, added the first task no problem Enter the second chart, when entering the second task the program crashes, did this 5 times in a row.

Easy to use, easy to understand, easy to work with

divide a task in 1 line (with a break). Now i need to make 2 lines.

Managing the project time schedule and resources without paying for a commercial software, So budget beneficial for small teams.

- Reasonably controllable for project managers who has some experience in planning and schedules. - Can work OFFLINE on your desktop! Really great! - Can convert MSProject files, also a plus.

- Almost no active development - Lack of some obviously needed features (Like you literally can't use Hours, Minutes, etc to give your task more detailed duration!)

Free alternative to MS Project

Best free project management with almost same functionalities as MS Project. Very easy to use and simple. Converting project plan to PDF and printing is very simple and easy.

Sub tasks can be more visible and distinctive to main task. Report generation should have more customization options

It's free and works in a way familiar to anyone who's used MS Project.

It doesn't allow repeating tasks (eg review meetings) to be entered on one line - this is a real limitation. It doesn't allow tasks on the GANTT chart to be dragged to new positions/dates to enable quick-and-dirty project mapping.

Overall a good software to plan, however it could be a bit more user friendly

It allows to create gantt diagramm for projects . You can group different tasks together (by color), and set all you need for your plannings

sometimes it is difficult to use the software. Some capabilities are here, but it is difficult to find them and apply them correctly

I am organising and managing my student projects.

The basic features are very easy to understand and use.

The entry of dates can be cumbersome and time consuming

It has the basic functionalities and most used in this type of programs. Good presence Possibility of export / import to more common formats.

It does not allow to see free days assigned to specific resources within the Gannt chart, if the general free days.

Basic tool for projects.

This is a tool very specific in which one you can do and manage Gantt Charts for personal or job projects, it brings with a very simple interphase, very clear and easy to use, you can create task and milestones, organize task and see the structure of your projects, and create baselines, you can of course print your project for a better use.

It is very basics, you will not find complex tools or process, you only have the basics to do and schedule and put on the Gantt Chart Specific task, sometimes works but in other moments does not help so much.

GanttProject has helped me set up my projects and and project dependencies like a breeze. When going through my task lists I particularly appreciated being able to drag and drop my time constraints from one task to the other with sensible default values. I then printed good looking, and readable, reports that I could include as is in my project proposals. A huge time saver. Thanks GanttProject Team! PS: I rated customer support 3 stars only, but that is because I never had to use customer support

Drag and drop task dependencies Quick hierarchical task lists Gantt reporting is configurable and the result is readable

Workflow to assign a resource to a task is a little long