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Work management and organization for teams

Microsoft Planner Pricing, Features, Reviews and Alternatives

Microsoft Planner FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Microsoft Planner offer?

Microsoft Planner has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $10.00/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of Microsoft Planner?

Microsoft Planner has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What languages does Microsoft Planner support?

Microsoft Planner supports the following languages:
Ukrainian, Czech, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmal), Turkish, Polish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Finnish, Danish, French, Arabic, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian


Q. Does Microsoft Planner support mobile devices?

Microsoft Planner supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Microsoft Planner offer an API?

No, Microsoft Planner does not have an API available.


Q. What other apps does Microsoft Planner integrate with?

Microsoft Planner integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel


Q. What level of support does Microsoft Planner offer?

Microsoft Planner offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum

Microsoft Planner product overview

Price starts from

10

/user

Per month

What is Microsoft Planner?

Microsoft Planner offers a collaboration, project management, and task planning solution for teams. Users can create plans, add tasks to each plan, assign team members to tasks, and track individual and team progress for every plan. The drag-and-drop interface allows users to smoothly categorize tasks, update statuses, and assign tasks.

Key benefits of using Microsoft Planner

  • Drag-and-drop interface allows users to assign tasks to team members, categorize tasks into buckets, update task statuses, and more.

  • Automated emails are sent to a user when they create a plan, are added to a plan, are assigned a task, any of their assigned tasks are marked ‘Completed’, or another user comments on one of their tasks.

  • All plans have their own charts view, which shows the statuses of all tasks (completed, in progress, not started, and late), as well as a breakdown by each team member.

  • Multiple user-defined color-coded labels can be added to each task, allowing users to flag common requirements, features, dependencies, locations, or time constraints shared by tasks.

  • Comments can be made on tasks to start a discussion between team members, with comment symbols added to tasks to notify users.
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Email/Help Desk
    FAQs/Forum

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    4.5

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    Microsoft Planner features

    Functionality

    4.2

    /5

    251

    Total features

    37

    4 categories

    Most valued features by users

    Collaboration Tools
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    Drag & Drop
    Data Import/Export
    Commenting/Notes

    Microsoft Planner users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.3

    /5

    251

    Positive reviews

    84

    %

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.4/10
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    Pros
    It's great for keeping tasks organized and showing the progress via Kanban and many other viewpoints. Great for assigning projects and knowing who's working on them.
    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 love that its customizable as I can assign cards and move them around as I please. The project management feature is very effective as I can set deadlines and monitor accordingly.
    Cons
    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.
    There is a lack of way of dividing activities into steps and setting deadlines.

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    Ludmila V.

    Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 1,001-5,000 employees

    Used weekly for 2+ years

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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    Microsoft planner for planning projects

    Reviewed a year ago

    we have project planning in it, in the future they should even connect with other projects

    Pros

    very clear, showing what has already been done, who is working on which task and how it is related to each other

    Cons

    only limited number of timelines for the total display

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    Riaan L.

    Insurance, 11-50 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Microsoft Planner

    Reviewed a year ago
    Pros

    It is easy to use and create tasks. the tracking is simple, and the tagging makes it easy identifiable. A lot of interaction with the team members and tole players makes it easy to track and understand certain processes.

    Cons

    It takes time to setup but it is not a bad thing all the time. Although is takes time in the beginning the ease of mind after is great.

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    Verified reviewer

    Internet, 1-10 employees

    Used daily for 1-2 years

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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    Basic task management tool

    Reviewed 2 years ago
    Pros

    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.

    Cons

    Frequent issues with lost updates and such, especially on other browsers than Microsoft Edge. No support for tagging certain users (in comments or such). Poor support for workflows (tasks can be assigned to multiple people at a time, with no other means of ensuring that other people get updates, so it's hard to determine who should act on a certain task at a certain time).

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    Marketing and Advertising, 1,001-5,000 employees

    Used daily for 1-2 years

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    By Far the Simplest and Most Effective Task Management Tool

    Reviewed a year ago

    Overall, I highly recommend Microsoft Planner to anyone looking for a simple and effective task management tool. It is a great option for teams of all sizes, and it is especially well-suited for teams that are already using other Microsoft 365 products

    Pros

    It is easy to use and has almost no distractions which helps me focus betterIt is well-integrated with other Microsoft 365 productsIt has a variety of features that make it easy to collaborate with others like assigning people tasks and tracks progressIt is affordable, I even bought it for personal use

    Cons

    It is not marketed enough which makes a struggle to get other collaborators in

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    Verified reviewer

    Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees

    Used daily for 6-12 months

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Greet product

    Reviewed 2 years ago

    We use planner to manage our day-to-day tasks and projects related to BPM.

    Pros

    A really simple to use kanban board which makes tracking projects, tasks, and activities easy. It's a great tool to use if working in a team working from multiple locations.

    Cons

    The lack of add-ons does limit planner compared to some other tools.on the market.

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