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Microsoft Planner
4.3
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About Microsoft Planner
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.
Microsoft Planner pricing
Microsoft Planner does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial. Microsoft Planner paid version starts at US$5.00.
Starting Price:
US$5.00
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
No
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Microsoft Planner Reviews
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Oscar
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 7/9/2022
My experience with Microsoft Planner
It has gone quite well for us, we managed to reduce costs by purchasing everything from a single provider (Microsoft). Previously we used Google apps for mail, repository and Zoho for projects and tasks, but now we have mail, planner, office software in a single dashboard.
Pros
It is a tool that comes included with the licensing that we already pay for along with Office 365 and Exchange.
It is very easy to add new users, which we link to our corporate Microsoft account.
It helps us reduce user administration and licensing since all those who require this service and others from Microsoft are managed on the same platform.
Cons
They are not dynamic like other tools we have used in the past.
Obtaining gantt or flow charts is not something that simple.
Although it helps the entire organization in general, users who manage projects still use project software especially when we have to follow up with third parties.
Matthew
- Industry: Nonprofit Organisation Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
3
4
Reviewed on 28/7/2022
A basic but versatile tool forms an important part of the Office 365 suite.
I have really enjoyed using Planner for what it is - basic project and task management. Within the context of a team it ex excellent for Agile project management. Outside of this context and when more robust project management is required Planner is often too limited and leads us to look for more able tools.
Pros
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. Tasks for part of the task engine within Office 365 through Microsoft To Do. Information and categorisation that can be recorded on a task is versatile and, when coupled with search and filters, makes keeping track of tasks easy.
Cons
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. Planner is so closely coupled into the team membership of Office 365 that it limits its uses.
Also, the lack of gantt chart functionality weakens the ability of Planner to be considered a serious project management tool.
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TrelloReasons for Switching to Microsoft Planner
Planners integration with Office 365 is a massive benefit.
Claude Real
- Industry: Graphic Design
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0
3
Reviewed on 22/10/2022
Great simple tool to manage project evolution.
Even if the tool still requires some improvements, but since it is low cost and included in the Microsoft 365 package, the benefit of living with those small issues is worth it.
Pros
In comparison to other tools I've used like JIRA, this tool is really easy to configure, to use and it works extremely well with Microsoft Teams.
Cons
The tool still needs improvements with statuses, notifications and scheduling. 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. For scheduling, you can only set a end date, but it is not possible to set multiple follow up dates and it is also impossible to set dates on subtasks.
Reasons for Switching to Microsoft Planner
The Zoho Sprints tool was very complicated to configure and not very fluid in its use. Jira was my #1 choice, but the price of it was too high. In searching for alternatives in the tool of my Microsoft 365 platform, I've discovered Planner and after a few trials I adopted it.
Melissa
- Industry: Environmental Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 27/5/2024
Small business must have
We are a fast paste exterminating company Without the assistant Of Microsoft products.I would not be able to run my business as efficiently as I do this particular Product is a godsend.It keeps me straight
Pros
Everything it offers us so much as a small business.Things that we need on a day to day basis at our fingertips
Cons
There is nothing about this product that I do not like
Siokas
- Industry: Research
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0
5
Reviewed on 29/6/2022
A practical management tool
It is a practical tool for teams that base their work on Microsoft tools. It is an easy-to-use tool and practical. Without wasting time, a team member can start using it.
Pros
This tool helps you breakdown the tasks easily and organize them in a practical way. Additionally, team members can comment and interact within each tasks. This way all the necessery information for one task is kept organized in one place.
Cons
The tasks can not be automatically re-arranged according to the labels. Additionally, It is not friendly to the integration of different programs and tools apart from the products of Microsoft.
