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Isaiah
Verified reviewer
Telecommunications, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2022
Kanban Tool user of 5 years
My overall experience has been good, quick setup, customization, and the support group was very responsive to any challenges I experienced with the product.
PROSWhen I became a project manager, I originally discovered Kanban Tools and wanted a visual way of tracking small sub-projects with short life cycles. It was easy to set up and adjust to the project's demands.
CONSToday, I can't think of any cons, as most of them have been worked out. However, I will suggest more ideas to improve Kanban Tools with continued use.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Kanban Tools met my primary goal of visual tracking with the flexibility to adjust the tasks boxes and swim lanes.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Excel was just too rigid and non-visual. My engineering colleagues were using Excel to track tasks of a project that I despise.
Alex
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Excellent Light-to-Medium Weight Tool
I love this tool. It's exactly what I need, and customization is a breeze. If you're new to task boards and/or have a smaller, simpler team or workflows, start with this before you dive into the deep end with Atlassian or other products, especially if your focus is more on "seeing the big picture" than keeping a detailed log of work across a large number of team members
PROSIt does everything I need from a Kanban Board out of the box, does so intuitively, and does not get bogged down in optimizations/extra features. However, if you want them, they're easy to implement.
CONSIt feels more like it was designed and documented by engineers rather than sales staff, and its no-frills design is a big selling point for me, but others may disagree. It's "simple out of the box, opt-in to additional features" also means a little more upfront configuration, but I still think it's good design. A few minor nice-to-have features (colored tags, saving multiple filtered views) might be missing or paywalled, but I haven't explored all the possibilities in their documentation yet.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Free out of the box use of swimlanes, expand/collapse swimlanes and columns, easy filters, splitting columns into sub-columns, expanding width of columns to be more than 1-card wide, etc. A lot of the clever visualization ideas I've seen in books like "Making Work Visible" and "Personal Kanban" are possible here that would be impossible or a nightmare to configure in other products I've tried.
Soumalya
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2021
Kanban Board
Better than Leankit board or other project management tools on licensing and management perspective
PROSOrganized way of managing cards dedicated board and proper lanes More controlled way of Moving cards More scalability to add subtasks and metrics
CONSIts not very intuitive in designing Should be more user centric on access level
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
More robust and scalable
Michael
Education Management, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2022
Excellent Tool for the Size
So far having used Jira for almost two decades, this tool is refreshing in its lightness and simplicity. This is not sacrificed in feature or function just overhead and noise which is appreciated. I find it very helpful for my own personal use and management of family and work projects in parallel to at work tools that are exclusive to enterprise tasks and hard to privatize.
PROSI like that the interface is clean and fluid. The core features as compared with a much larger tool like Jira is there and functions equally well and, in some cases, better. The product is light, able to maintain a single interface without too many page changes taking you out of the element. It has potential for growth, but it doesn't try to replicate Jira which is a plus.
CONSThere isn't something that I don't like per se, just perhaps unable to test since I am on the free tier. The fact that they have a free tier is a plus. Some of the desired features lacking in free tier feel like they should be included. The function of some powerups are hard to understand as they are not explained. When you do activate them, it is not readily clear how they should work, better onboarding would be welcome. The right column where the calendar, recurring and postponed tasks are located are fixed in size and not fluid, so if you have more in one and less in others, you have a ton of wasted space.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
I like the best balance of feature and simplicity with the lightweight approach that fit my personal needs.
Trineka
Primary/Secondary Education, 11-50 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2020
Excellent
I can't believe how user friendly Kanban Tool is. We have used the physical Kanban board in the past, but using it online is great when one of us is offsite, we can easily check or add to our boards.
PROSHaving completed the Agile Foundation Course a few years ago, the Kanban Tool was a real find. It is quick, effective and good use of both our time. We have a quick 'stand-up' every day to look at the board and what each of us have added. We love the fact it is easy to move tasks around, add check lists, due dates and new boards and assign tasks to each other.
CONSIt may just be a feature I haven't discovered, but I would like to make the actual board wider across the page.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
We had completed the Agile Foundation course a couple of years ago and have introduced Kanban throughout the school to other teams. So discovering this online version was a real find!
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Being a school, we were looking to cut costs and were very happy to find Kanban Tool.
Richard
Financial Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2022
Kanban Tool For Mortgage Brokerage
I have spent 6 months looking for a cost effective Kanban tool. I have tried multiple CRM systems and Kanban tools throughout all of which have appeared overly complex, daunting and off putting without ever really giving me what I need as a sole trader. Kanbans flexibility, affordable low monthly cost and system functionality is perfect for me as a mortgage broker. I would gladly (and have) recommended this to other colleagues in the industry.
PROSEasy to Use Quick to Set up Reminders linked to email and outlook calendar Personalisation features allow this to meet the needs of my business Multiple Boards available Future dated reminders for product renewals can be set.
CONSEmail task reminders take you direct to the clients card however sometimes for a client I can have multiple tasks so having the email specific to the task that is due that day would save time reviewing your clients card to establish which task is due on that given day.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Ease of use. Ability to personalise cards ABility to have multiple boards Cost
Ryan
Verified reviewer
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2023
Ease of use and functionality
Overall positive so far. It provides me with the fundamental pieces that I need to implement Agile practices into my business to stay on top of things.
PROSThe initial setup was easy as I was looking for a simple Kanban tool that I could integrate into my business quickly and with little cost.
CONSThe navigation was less intuitive than I expected at first, but learning the flow was not difficult.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
While I liked the Atlassian product line, at the time I was not using all the features and needed something slimmer and faster for just the Kanban board.
Mariano
Verified reviewer
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Flexible and intuitive tool
Use in combination with Todoist, combining it through Zapier. This way I have the best of both worlds and I manage the work using few resources.
PROSExecute well the metaphor of physical panel on the wall with all the power of online tools.
CONSIt is necessary to be organized not to overturn too much information and that the boards do not become unmanageable.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Because he lacks the tools to measure work.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Trello lacks the tools to measure the progress of the work.
Courtney
Biotechnology, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2021
Simple and Effective
The software is easy to use and intuitive. I was able to easily set up a project board for myself and my team to manage several ongoing projects, include the dependencies, and have a quick visual available for team meetings. The software does not feel like it creates additional work just to track work, which is a bonus. Reoccurring tasks stay to the side, not cluttering the board with redundancy. Exporting due dates to the calendar allows for an additional safety check to not miss anything important.
CONSReoccurring tasks do not populate to Outlook, would be a great addition. Along the same lines, for reoccurring tasks, the ability to have them occur on a specific day instead of just date (i.e. the 3rd Monday of the month, instead of having to choose 14th of the month).
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Kanban Tool has been more intuitive and simple to work with.
Anonymous
201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
Kanban
I love this software because I can take control yo my projects without forgets any tasks
CONSAt this moment I can't find something I don't like. Good software for sure
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Collaboration and possibility to see in my phone
Luis
Computer & Network Security, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
Pure Kanban
We were using other systems to track our projects, we tried several and our associates didn't identify themselves with any of them, we try it all, time managers, other online tools, none worked until we found out Kanban Tool, since the beginning we fell in love with the tool, they are tracking their work better than ever before, now they don't feel pressured or intimidated by the tools is easy simple take them seconds to track their work and overall we are happy campers.
PROSThe clean and intuitive user interface, it's really easy to feed and get information from the system, the personalization is great to, having your own domain, simplifies integration with internal systems, for us security is very important because we manage sensitive projects for our customers and Kanban Tool complies with our requirements like SSO, 2FA and user roles. The customization features are great too, you can start working with the system out of the box and once you are immerse in the daily activities you can customize the system to fit your needs it has lots of options at your disposal.
CONSI think small business should have high quality options to start, it would be great that the free version had at least a 4 users for free, but well I understand is a business too
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
We tried it and it had all we were looking for, like easy creating of tasks, drag and drop, colors, customizations, reminders, we can check from our desktop computers or mobile devices, calendar dependencies, customizations, etc., etc.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
I wouldn't mention other brands because I think everyone is trying their best but for us Kanban Tool is exactly what we needed, easy, fast, neat, efficient.
Ibrahim
Verified reviewer
Business Supplies and Equipment, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2023
Kanban Tool Review
One of the most valuable aspects of Kanban Tool is the ability to have a consolidated view of everyone's tasks on a single board, which not only streamlines project management but also facilitates the efficient allocation of new tasks as needed. This centralized visibility promotes enhanced collaboration, enables better task prioritization, and simplifies the process of assigning new responsibilities to team members, ultimately contributing to improved productivity and project success.
CONSWhile it's effective for task management and project tracking, it can be costly, challenging to access support, and has a steep learning curve.
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2021
A great tool for taking the lessons from the software development world into other domains.
When working as software development manager with multiple teams juggling many priorities and interruptions, I found the Kanban methodology extraordinarily beneficial in helping to organize multiple complex work streams. This affordable Kanban tool provides the same benefits for managing my personal affairs and volunteer organization commitments, by helping me easily break down often daunting/unpleasant epics into manageable chunks and defining the custom workflow I need to most effectively actually progress/accomplish them.
CONSNo shortcomings yet for my use but will update if I uncover any.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
I wanted the benefits of a visual board.
Kyle
Management Consulting, 1 employee
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2023
Great tool. Better than trello
I like that I can use it on a touch screen. That is a key feature for me.
CONSI think the ui could be improved. It is a little outdated.I also want the ability to do reocurring cards every other week or every 3 weeks. I would like to have a card reoccur and also set a due date so many days after it reoccurs.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Trello didnt work well on a touch screen
Simone
Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2019
Effective tool to master your personal and team productivity
The overall experience is fantastic because you can take note of every activity and make it done for sure! Also it's funny to move cards and customize their colour, the visual impact is actually helping your work. Finally a word must be said on Support Service: they are very professional!
PROSThe flexibility in task organisation, swim lanes are fantastic to group related tasks. The possibility to add details, files, checklists, is great! Also remainders and priority&due dates are very useful.
CONSThe software is free only for 2 users, this limitation is quite strict.
Anonymous
10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2017
Very efficient
Kanban tool does what it claims to be best at facilitating smooth team collaboration in an easy, no-nonsense way. Love the new design they've brought out, love the ease of creating new projects, love the maintenance-free time tracking, love their quick support team.
PROSThis is probably one of the 3 easiest to get to know applications I have come across.
CONSNot the best mobile support, I'm afraid.
Mary Grace
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2018
Efficient Kanban Tool
I love using this tool because I can easily manage and track the status of my projects. It helps to my team to update their assignments from time to time.
CONSLimited user for the free version. A little bit expensive but worth it for the organizations to make it better.
Anonymous
51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2018
I used this with a small startup in the Philippines and it worked well.
An easy visual for a team that spoke two different languages. There were also members of the sales team that had very minimal experience with project management requirements, documentation, and technology as a whole. The visual ease of this tool created less stress and everyone knew what expectations were required yesterday, today, and tomorrow. What held them up, what actions they had that held others in limbo, and of course the ability to celebrate in unison when the team accomplished a goal.
PROSLanguage and cultural differences didn't slow down the learning of the team. The visual ease of the tool is phenomenal. Recording important files, checklists, due dates, and handoffs became very smooth.
CONSThere were older execs on the board that still preferred to see a Gantt chart for the integration of different services. This flies against what Kanban was meant to do. There was no easy way to export a report and create a Gantt chart for others. External reporting as a whole is not easy.
Manuel
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2019
A Must Have Low Cost and Extremely Intuitive Tool To Have
This has been a must have tool for me to organize everything I need to do. Without it, I would be incapable of getting anything done.
PROSThis tool is easy to use and doesn't require any training. The low cost is definitely a plus.
CONSIt isn't extremely sophisticated but I wasn't looking for anything like that anyways so I don't really see that as a negative.
Larry
Entertainment, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2020
Podcast Kanban
As a podcast host I have to organize guests, recording dates, supporters, releases, etc. Kanban Tool has streamlined my day to day tasks and makes it easy to see what stage I'm in with each task.
PROSI am by nature not a well organized person. Ideas swirl around my head just like the scraps of paper with tasks and information on my desk or floor. My wife told me about the kanban idea and I searched online and found Kanban Tool. The first week I used it was by far the most productive week I've had in modern history. Super easy to use. Very intuitive for even the most basic user.
CONSAt this point I am still exploring the software and have not found a weakness.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
In Word my listings were sequential and beyond that there was no organization. I tried using excel but it just seemed clunky.
Anonymous
11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2022
useful for who leads and who follows
this tools are very useful if you want to plan flows and companies' goals, you can collaborate and monitor the status of all activities
CONSi really can't find something that i could call cons
Mateus
Farming, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2021
Simple and Effective
I shifted all of our projects and tasks into Kanban Tool. Infromation that was scattered across emails, other PM software and ticket trackers are now consolidated in several boards, with a simple and minimalist view of everything.
PROSVery simple and easy to start and use. Cards are very basic but can be customized and "powered up"!
CONSBoxes and cards should have a better/smarter resize. I'm using the lowest zoom but since I have a lot of boards, cards, swim lanes, it can get crowded. However, it was the only product I've found so far that allowed me to do this.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Allows me to see all boards in one glance, so this way I can have a nice overview of everything that's happening.
Ariel
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
Reviewed June 2016
Great if you want to go agile
I have been using KT for over a year. I learned about it in my former company. We used it for project management and managing remote team. The best thing about it is that you can adapt it to your needs and create a perfect board for your work. It is not only about simple Kanban boards. The possibilities are endless. I also like the fact that KT offers very detailed and elaborated statistics and analytics. You can easily share files via KT and synchronize it with dozens of other applications. Now I use it only for me. It is also suitable for personal use. KT is all about elasticity and personalization. I hope my company will introduce it in the future.
PROS-integrations -time tracking -power ups
CONS-app only for Android
Matthias C.
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2016
better than we first expected
We mainly wanted to use the time tracker, but from a few months' perspective - it seems the overall increase in process visibility has been a huge improvement in how we work. The financial dep. are overjoyed with the possibility to automate recurring tasks - they're working just like clockwork. Overall, very useful application - the not too steep pricing also helps.
PROSno training was needed - easy to use.
Anonymous
10,000+ employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2020
Quite good tool for project management
A good PM application for increasing efficiency on your work
PROSI'm working on a very big project management area and this program makes me more efficient on managing complex organization tasks and time tracking.
CONSSearch tool need to be updated, card sorting is not working. There is no IOS app. Nothing more to add.
Vendor Response
Hi, thank you for reviewing Kanban Tool. Please note, there is a dedicated iOS application available: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kanban-tool/id1096506294
Replied March 2020