I recommend Trello over Planner to colleagues.

Planner is intuitive, robust, and deeply connected and integrated with Microsoft 365.

There is a lack of way of dividing activities into steps and setting deadlines.

It does have limits in the enterprise tier we have. The most annoying is that we can't tag team members in the comments of tasks and we can't create sub-tasks within it.

MS Planner is fully integrated into the Office365 suite. Next to this, adding items is very fast and easy to do because of the low amount of required fields.

It did not cost anything extra. I like being able to bring tasks and items from multiple places into a single place where I can organize my work.

With the right Microsoft 365 package, this is a great tool at a great price.

Overall, this is another solid Microsoft tool and helps teams stay more organized.

Microsoft Planner is a good tool for planning among teams, keeping track of ongoing projects that are multilayered. It's easy to use and is integrated with other Microsoft apps.

This integration makes it easy to share files and collaborate with others on projects seamlessly.

The toll is fantastic and can be use in all areas, my team is using it and the participation in broad since the integration with teams is perfect.

Microsoft Planner is a nice addition to the Microsoft Suite but as a Mac user I find the interface can be cumbersome. The cost of purchasing an additional platform outweighs any inherent benefit.

The most frustrating aspect of Planner is the lack of a public view of the board and tasks. Only members of the team can follow progress.

Microsoft Planner is easy to use and easy to deploy as well. The planner is linked with office 365 which means the user does not have to log into office again.

This product is easy to use and great for everyday task management. It’s also good for collaboration between coworkers as well.

There are some core missing features. You can't see all tasks by person assigned, and you can't see all tasks assigned to a team across multiple plans.

Regarding this app, there are few things I dislike.

This software like I stated previously is very simple and easy to use which what I like the most about this software.

It has a very intuitive interface to create Gantt diagrams and define a collaborative environment to assign tasks to the team and track work load in real time. Completely integrated with MS Teams.

I have many small business clients, ran by over-stressed small business owners who only use their phones, and only have time to take in limited amounts of information. This app is useless on mobile.

The best part about this app is that it can be integrated with Microsoft Teams, which makes it pretty easy to use and very convenient to play around with.

But not great for team collaboration and projects. I know MS has a separate tool they like to upsell to but we were really hoping this would have some more basic task features.

Neglects their entire target market. Quite useless, in the true sense of the word.

Few features on content management: No text formatting, impossible to identify collaborators in the comment, no drag and drop for files, no preview for images.

Frequent issues with lost updates and such, especially on other browsers than Microsoft Edge.

It's definitely love and hate. It's great for short-term tasks and reminders.

I often use Planner for my Programs and projects, including personal. It is an excellent option for Microsoft users to improve the way of tracking their tasks.

It helps identify if a team member is overloaded since the user can see across the board of all team members.

The company i work for has it integrated into teams and it makes everything convenient and in one place. A decent project management tool that is easy to navigate and provides a good user experience.

Perhaps the only negative thing is that only team members can participate in the task, that can make it somewhat uncomfortable.

The planner is principally great because it's native to Microsoft. Especially in MS Teams, it's super to manage single tasks.

The service is easily available as it's part of Office 365 subscriptions. It integrates fairly well with other Microsoft services and does fulfill the basic task management needs.

I like that the system is accessible on any device. The design is straightforward to use and is moderately feature rich.

I like how Planner is able to be customized to the project being working on with buckets and theming. It is also nice to assign tasks to others, knowing they will get alerts.

Super simple to use and with a good range of functionality, Planner is a light project management tool that is an important part of the Office 365 suite.

I find the interface refreshing in comparison to other apps because I appreciate its simplicity and user friendliness so I enjoy using it.

A good tool with a friendly and intuitive interface.

For statuses, they're not customizable and the pre-established statuses are too limited. For notifications, they are half of the time very slow to be received in mailbox, up to 30 minutes delay.

The poor integration with most of the third-party tools.

Flexibility on configuration plus control features useful for regulated clients.

Great customization possibilities for reports. REST API available and well documented.

A much improved interface UI for testing and positively best option for requirements management in a testing tool.

The report generated is not as extensive is it should, some details are not readily included and no customization to the report seem can be done.

When lots of test cases are created the app gets sloppy and confused.

Great product - especially good for remote project management.

Great product for managing your software development projects at a reasonable price.

Easy to set up (meaning the project templates, users, customizable fields, etc.). Very good integration possibilities with other tools.

I have used several other software products over the years so have used both good and not so good ones, and I would thoroughly recommend SpiraPlan.

It's a minor inconvenience:  response time when first logging-in to the system is somewhat slow.

Ability to customize to my company's needs. Ability to link with other programs for automated testing.

Set-up and configuration to meet my business needs was simple and the online manuals and YouTube guides were a real asset.

Both department has fully understand this software capabilities which make us know where the limit and can properly planning for project without problem and miscommunication.

The support team at Inflectra is also top notch. Any time I had a question/issue, they were there to help in a quick and friendly manner.

Ever since we moved to JIRA, it was best to move to the much simpler, speedier, easy to integrate, TestRail tool.

Support for reviews is a bit rudimentary - this is, IMO, the weakest part of the tool.

Like the one stop at a software for entire application lifecycle. The licensing fee model was also good.

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With Microsoft Planner, teams can easily plan projects, organize work, and stay up to date in a single view. Microsoft Planner brings a more visual way to keep everyone informed and collaborate on work—inside and outside theorganization.

Microsoft Planner is a simple visual way to organize teamwork and get work done together, with plans, boards and tasks all in one place. Users can work with customers, keep projects on track, and focus on what's important together. From one person to the team to the whole company, plan or participate in everything using Planner. Usrs  can integrate Planner with apps like Excel and Power BI to  surface reports and dashboards within their plans.

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File Management

Commenting/Notes

Deadline Management

Project Workflow

Status Tracking

Document Storage

Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Tracking

Data Synchronization

Charting

Progress Tracking

Task Scheduling

Project Management

Task Planning

Customizable Fields

Collaboration Tools

Assignment Management

Data Import/Export

Configurable Workflow

Planning Tools

Performance Metrics

Real-Time Notifications

Real-Time Updates

Email Management

Project Tracking

Activity Dashboard

Alerts/Notifications

To-Do List

Progress Reports

Drag & Drop

Tagging

Project Planning

Task Progress Tracking

Task Management

Task Editing

Task Tagging

Visual Workflow Management

Prioritization

Agile Methodologies

Microsoft Planner is included in the Office 365 package with the following pricing options for businesses:

Office 365 Business: $8.30/user/month 

Office 365 Business Premium: $12.50/user/month

Office 365 Business Essentials: $5.00/user/month

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Microsoft Planner

SpiraPlan provides a complete Enterprise Program & Portfolio Management System in one package, that can manage your project's requirements, releases, risks, resources, documents, baselines, tasks, and defects/issues in one environment, fully synchronized.
The platform includes an enterprise risk management capability, fully integrated.

SpiraPlan boasts these powerful features and functionalities: 
- Enterprise-level agile software development, planning, and management
- Management of project requirements, user stories, and use cases
- A complete QA suite with bug, issue, and task tracking
Program, Portfolio, and Enterprise Views and risk management
- Baseline management features that allow robust configuration management and version control of the product artifacts
- Resource Management
- Source Code and IDE Integration with native code difference viewing
- Instant messaging and work collaboration. 


How is SpiraPlan different from everyone else on the market? It comes with these additional perks:
- concurrent user pricing, which is more flexible than many competitors’ named-user model
- provides a complete solution for managing a software development project. Unlike some basic project management tools (e.g., Jira) it doesn’t need plugins for source code management, scrum/kanban boards, or reporting
- Is available both cloud-hosted and on-premise.
- Powerful yet easy to use. It works out of the box with minimal configuration. Some other tools need extensive configuration to be useful
- Works on all devices – desktop, laptop, mobile, tablets, etc.

Milestone Tracking

Time Tracking

Project Templates

Customizable Reports

Task Board View

Change Management

Portfolio Management

Project Planning/Scheduling

Risk Assessment

Approval Process Control

Gantt/Timeline View

Product Roadmapping

Supports Agile

Resource Management

Template Management

Risk Management

Multiple Projects

Testing/QA Management

Risk Reporting

Audit Trail

Version Control

Email-to-Task Conversion

Mobile Access

Requirements Management

Risk Scoring

Compliance Management

Real Time Data

Issue Management

Supports Scrum

Spreadsheet View

Role-Based Permissions

Workflow Management

Percent-Complete Tracking

File Sharing

Reporting & Statistics

IT Risk Management

Traditional Methodologies

Task Editing/Updating

Data Visualization

Time & Expense Tracking

Reporting/Project Tracking

Customizable Templates

Backlog Management

Create Subtasks

Dashboard

Audit Management

Alerts / Escalation

Real Time Reporting

Kanban Board

Reporting/Analytics

Parent Task

Incident Management

Import Tasks

Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)

Third-Party Integrations

Document Management

@mentions

Search/Filter

Bug Tracking

Project Time Tracking

Vendor Management

Windows 7

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Windows 8

Windows 10

Our on-premise edition is priced by concurrent users, starting at $1,632.86 for a 3-user license 

Our SaaS edition is priced by the concurrent user, starting at $167.99 / per 3 concurrent users/month, with increasing discounts.

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