Instagantt

Pros

It was what I was looking for something like this for so long, and somehow I stumbled upon Instagantt, and am ELATED! I am early in the adoption process, but so far it does all the things I wanted Asana to do.

Cons

So far the only thing is that I would love the printout to be in a multi-page pdf format so that I can print for the team at a viewable size.

Pros

I tried a lot of AI programs to generate a Gantt chart of a scientific research project. This one was by far the fastest, best and most organized. I got surprised by the AI generated task description with correct references which were high quality and very exact to what they actually are.

Cons

I am missing a flow diagram overview. That would support the overall visual overview. And it would be nice if AI could be used as well to generate descriptions for manually generated workpackages.

Pros

Automatic creation of gantts, able to share with multiple users

Cons

Display, inability to see multiple projects at once, no checklists or integration to Trello or Google suite.

Pros

it's a smart product that in few step allow me to track the steps of my projects and in many case calculate how much budget remains

Cons

It can be extended with dedicated sections about badgeting, customers, and so on

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Reasons for Switching to Instagantt

Pros

Much easier to use than MS PROJECT and, for our purposes, just about the same level of power

Cons

I would like to have some "general info" space for the project wherer we can add info such as name of area manager, project manager, first draftmen, site manager... that sort of info

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Reasons for Choosing Instagantt

Switched From

Reasons for Switching to Instagantt

Pros

Ease of input and multi-user editing, baseline feature.

Cons

Year field missing, undo button doesnt aleays work, no single project user access (just per workbook)

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Reasons for Choosing Instagantt

Switched From

Reasons for Switching to Instagantt

Pros

(1) Easy to follow
(2) Data export format

Cons

(1) Gantt chart is not attractive enough! Dependent tasks are connected in a way that they merge with other lines and creates confusion.
(2) I could not furnish columns in the table sequentially as I wished!

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Reasons for Switching to Instagantt

Pros

The ability to draft projects and project timelines by using the tool. The ability to assign resources and add EE into tasks.

Cons

The ability to use it with clients and collaborate using it.
Also, there's an issue where the snapshots and actual Gantt have different item numbers. This is absurd.

Pros

It's very easy to use you get used very quick, it's simple but complete at same time.

Cons

Export options, I miss some more options to export.

Pros

Easy to use, able to include all projects

Cons

None, no complaints, does what it needs to do

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Reasons for Switching to Instagantt

Pros

I could easily integrate an Asana list into a gantt chart / schedule

Cons

More visual design options would be great such as enlarging a company logo.

Pros

I'm the only one in my company using this. I use it because I personally find it helpful. It was very easy to get started due to the free trial, and the link to Asana. After using Asana with Instagantt for a while it became clear that I didn't need Asana anymore. So for the past couple years, I've only used Instagantt. For me, the biggest benefit is the visibility of my project timelines and how they affect each other. I will admit that I am not using this software to its fullest. Probably far from it. However, I am interested in learning how and have just recently started inputting estimated hours for my tasks. My goal with that is to see if I'm overbooking myself and to get better an estimating hours for a given task.

Cons

Again, I admit that I need to learn more about Instagantts functionality before criticizing. However, I will say that the user interface feels....clunky. I wish I could be more elegant with my response but it is a bit difficult to learn how to use at first. I find myself doing things a certain way because that's what I've found work for me. However, I'm not confident that's the best way to do it. It "easy" to input a project and add tasks and move things around. But having lots of flexibility inside a software can be a double-edged sword. Often I find myself being overwhelmed at all of the selections and options I have.

Pros

Instagantt offers so much more as soon as you start playing around with it. It is one of the most powerful Project Management Tools that I've come across.
It is super easy to use and can be customised to what you need it to look like.
in our world no project is the same, which means we have to adapt and switch between PM Methodologies from project to project. Instagantt makes this really easy with the Gantt and Board views.
I like the customisation of the columns on the gantt view.
Reporting is really easy.
Instagantt is also a great way of tracking project budgets.

Cons

the only thing that I will change is to be able to export the board view as well.

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Reasons for Switching to Instagantt

Pros

Before Instagantt I was using Google Sheets to build schedules. I was tired of trying to build my own gantt chart with dependencies and a real-time link between the list of events and the timeline. Instagantt automates those tasks and makes scheduling much simpler.

Cons

It's not Instagantt's fault, but sometimes schedules get so overwhelming. The product has improved significantly over the ~4 years that I've used it. Recently, I've begun to utilize the "tag" feature to help me filter the schedule into more manageable chunks.

Pros

Asana integration, clear graphics, deep integration, multipole views, baseline link throughout a project

Cons

You added a great feature to allow comments form Asana to be seen in Instagantt - I'd like be able to turn this feature on/off to prevent visibility to some customers at project level

Pros

Compared to other services, it is cheaper and more compatible with Asana, and the UI is easy to use.

Cons

Cost aspect. With the yen getting weaker in Japan, we would appreciate it if the price could be lowered by 1~2$.

Pros

TRIAL VERSION HAS BEEN EASY TO USE THROUGH INTEGRATION WITH ASANA.

Cons

REDUCING THE SCALE OF THE TIMETO FIT ON PRINTER SIZE PAPER CANT A BIT CHALLENGING IF YOU DONT HAVE TABLOID OR LEDGER PAPER

Pros

It is really easy to use and has too many useful features, like getting project overview as an image

Cons

nothing least I totally like Instagantt.

Pros

- Asana is far easier to enter /manage asks and sections- Instagantt is splendid to manage dependancies and view the whole planning

Cons

splendid to manage dependancies and view the whole planning

Pros

overall easy to use. good timeline view that's compact and easy to see quite a few things all together

Cons

the BIGGEST gap that we need is more custom fields. I want to use the Asana Instagantt integration - however it's not of any use unless we can import the custom fields over from Asana. That's how we can filter the work by important data points we use internally. It looses it's value without that.

Pros

First I'd like to mention that I use Instagantt to plan with Gantt charts only. Not as a management software because I think it would be too scarce for that for even a small size team.
I like its price, simplicity and interface. Looked around into many and found this one to be easy to read and has a fairly compact view which I appreciate because it allows to see the big picture of the plan in one screen (most other options have extremely large o wide lines that allow you to see only a few tasks at a time). I like it is not over featured but has almost enough to work very well.
I started using it as an Asana add-on but eventually we dropped Asana for Microsoft Teams and kept Instagantt as a stand alone app because Microsoft's Gantt options are far more expensive or extremely simple compared to Instagantt . That said, I do wish Instagantt could be integrated with Microsoft Teams and Task apps.

Cons

I don't like that it has almost no security options, meaning any user could easily erase or modify the plan -if not careful- and it is extremely difficult if not almost impossible to reconstruct it well. I don't like it has no way to track back the changes or information on who did what and when.
Even when it is possible to create Baselines, it is too easy to erase them by any user and there is no option to lock that. The "undo" option works in strange ways sometimes and it will redo some moves but not others.
Although there is a mobile view, it is almost useless: you can see a plan but it's so difficult to modify it on the go that it basically works to see very basic information only.

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Pros

The easiest way to plan a project, separate tasks between team members and easy to share with all the steakholders

Cons

System of payment - not very obvious to pay when you try to pay for a several licences and do it for the first time

Pros

Seeing our entire post production slate for is incredibly powerful when needing to make quick decisions on the fly. I can see a huge amount of data with a fair amount of ease.

Cons

Legibility. One of the biggest problems I have is being able to translate the gantt into a customer friendly version. When exporting snapshots, I would like the ability to just show specific data points. Instagantt is great to plan the backend, but when I need to send the plan to a customer, it is too cumbersome.

Another BIG issue I have is figuring out where one project starts and ends, due to the title of the project being as small as any column/section made in Asana. If the titles of projects were slightly bigger or bolder, I would spend less time trying to see where I need to pop something open with the plus button or not.

A small issue is that when I change the title in instagantt, it does not change in Asana.

Pros

easy overview of several projects and easy task planning and rearranging.

Cons

Colums, As all other gantt chart programs it lack formula functionality between colum values. it sohuld work like and excel sheet with some added gantt chart functions.

Pros

Easy way to edit and view the overall schedule.

Cons

The overview tab should be improved adding the possibility to explode the section and look at least to the first level of macro task.

Pros

I also work with Asana, the combination of both is perfect. For Instagantt, it is the visual aspect that is very good, and that offers easily the possibility to modify tasks and relationships between them.

Cons

Importing results into Excel or Power Point is not easy and the result is not at the right level to make a presentation. In addition, the summary of the project must be improved to better see the critical path.

Pros

Since we were looking for a Gantt Chart App that is easy to incorporate into ASANA and vizualizing Project Schedules we are very happy with the functionality of InstaGantt.
In the AEC world it is more about project planning for phases rather than individual task assignments and tracking.
We like the free version of it since with the max. of 3 project this is very sufficient for us.

Cons

Sometimes laggy if you try redoing some steps.
The "follow" function by dragging does not always work.

Pros

Enjoyed the snapshot tool.
The information displayed across the date line, week number, the punchy current day in red and the fact that it instantly highlights the duration of a task or group on roll-over ...all very good. Especially when working on multiple stacked workstreams in a waterfall approach.

Cons

UI - sorry, but I am a fan of Teamgantt with it's more open UI. I feel more confident sharing timing plans with design team using teamgantt than Instagantt. That said, you have hit that middle between IMO Smartsheet being pretty horrible and Teamgantt being my 1st choice tool.
Can't show more than one phase for a workstream on the same line, forcing you to stack creating deep charts. This I know is an almost impossible thing to solve in a gantt chart but when wanting to show a client a compressed quick view of a program, Program Managers often rebuild the plan in a sheet.

Pros

Very simple to manage and to have a good understanding.
You can generate automatically a Gantt, Board and Table.

Cons

I tried to buy my subscription, it didn't work

Pros

I love that Instagantt integrates seamlessly with Asana. Updates to your project appear instantly in either app. The Gantt charts are high quality and look great, they are perfect to send to client as a schedule update on a project and look much nicer than the gantt charts in Asana.

Cons

It would be nice if it were just integrated into the Asana app itself, rather than having to use a different browser.

Pros

1. reasonable spacing in the gantt view;
2. VU
3. Sync with Asana

Cons

1. Missing sync with Jira, I want to have both Sync with Asana and Jira in the same time

Pros

Simple, intuitive and does the job. Easy to visualize.

Cons

Limited options for dependencies. There should be more options like finish to finish or start to finish.

Pros

It has all the features I need and the option to share it online.

Cons

I started using it, so far so good, and it looks good

Pros

Ease of use, integration with Asana capabilities

Cons

Most of my improvements to features were communicated in the previous page.

Pros

simple and effective integration with Asana

Cons

not complete integration with Asana, for example with Espected Hours and Actual Hours, if you have Asana installed in a language different from English (that appears strange because the fields are standard in Asana, but named in correct Asana language version).

Pros

Easy to use
Workload handles workload distributed over period of time which is an excellent function that most systems don´t have.

Cons

Dependencys could be better, the system has no choices.

Pros

The most liked things about Instagantt are simplicity and functional covering for basic planning.

Cons

There is no posibility to move or copy tasks between projects.
(I realy don't like info dialog: "Tasks can't be moved across projects.")

Pros

Really easy to drag and drop our work from one day to another, or even from one operation to another. Easy to visualise and prioritise the jobs.

Cons

It would be nice to be able to allow weekend work; currently I cannot schedule tasks for Saturday, despite us working that day. I'd also like to be able to make some days public holidays where no tasks can be scheduled, in case I forget it's a holiday and have work scheduled that day.

We would have a much larger user base if it wasn't only days and weeks available on the scale, but hours; if you could add the ability to schedule jobs within a workday - and customize the start and end time of a workday - then we would have a much broader user base.

Pros

User interface, links to Asana, ability to export image or PDF.

Cons

The ability to make dates of one task (or more) flexible so sliding task dates of linked tasks keeps the final end date of the project.

Pros

Makes my projects manageable particularly given that there are constant adjustments to the schedule.

Cons

No mobile app or easy way to view the chart on mobile. No way to change the chart on mobile. Has been promised for years. Long overdue.

Pros

Very easy and intuitive. Dependant tasks are very useful to set timeline. And finally the critical path.

Cons

With Chrome, each time I open the application, it asks me to create a new book which is time wasting.

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Reasons for Switching to Instagantt

Pros

I love the ease of use, the ability to invite other stakeholders/team members, the ability to create multiple projects and workbooks. The user interface is great and is perfect for our bi-weekly updates on our projects.

Cons

I have not found anything that we do not like in Instagantt. It would be great if it was free!

Pros

1. it can be synced with projects from Asana which is really helpful.
2. Easy to see the name of task without click the task

Cons

1. login Instagantt: I have trouble to login Instagantt for Asana, and took times to figure out where the problem was.
2. I don't understand why I should choose stand alone version to enable my instagantt account and login from instagantt for Asana after?

Pros

Excellent product that helped me to manage all my projects and present the results to the senior management

Cons

Sometimes Undo button doesn't work as it was expected by me

Pros

Ease of use and learning material were good

Cons

Can't generate Gantt chart PDFs after finishing project

Pros

ease of use with all the existing features

Cons

no real-time link that can be provided to managment

Pros

The visual aspect of instagantt is great. Being able to see the task, dates, duration, and gantt in all one view. This is the only web based tool right now that has this feature on point. Asana does not have this and its hard to export and show to management if need be. The only other tool I am able to make this work and look comprehensive is excel...so great job!

Cons

This is minor and have not used all the features yet but being able to modify how big the font/font color in the gantt chart view would be nice. The font is very small when you want to show to folks at a high level.

Pros

easy to use. I used to do my planning with Excel and it's more visual

Cons

on line assistance not very good. I would appreciate more online help

Pros

Quick and simple view to keep track of project advancements. I spend less time planning and more time actually working on projects.

Cons

Nothing up to this point. Been using Instagantt for a few months now.

Pros

Asana integration is seamless. Syncs swiftly and accurately.

Cons

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