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Microsoft Planner

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Microsoft Planner FAQs

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

Microsoft Planner has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $5.00

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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

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Q. What languages does Microsoft Planner support?

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

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Q. Does Microsoft Planner support mobile devices?

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

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Q. Does Microsoft Planner offer an API?

No, Microsoft Planner does not have an API available.

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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

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Q. What level of support does Microsoft Planner offer?

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

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Microsoft Planner product overview

Price starts from

5

/user

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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    Value for money

    4.5

    /5

    221

    Starting from

    5

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    Microsoft Planner features

    Functionality

    4.2

    /5

    221

    Total features

    38

    5 categories

    Most valued features by users

    Collaboration Tools
    Access Controls/Permissions
    Alerts/Notifications
    Document Storage
    Activity Dashboard
    Drag & Drop
    Data Import/Export
    Commenting/Notes

    Microsoft Planner users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.3

    /5

    221

    Positive reviews

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.45/10
    Rating distribution

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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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    Siokas G.

    Research, 1-10 employees

    Used daily for 6-12 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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    A practical management tool

    Reviewed a year ago

    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.

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    Matthew B.

    Nonprofit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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

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    A basic but versatile tool forms an important part of the Office 365 suite.

    Reviewed a year ago

    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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    Guido G.

    Furniture, 501-1,000 employees

    Used weekly for 2+ years

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    • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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    Nothing special, but it does its job

    Reviewed 8 months ago

    We've started using it because it's part of our company Microsoft Suite.Due to its limits, we've switched then to more advanced collaboration tools.

    Pros

    One good feature, if you use Microsoft Outlook, is the fact that it's integrated with Microsoft Outlook and therefore is allows you to synchronize the tasks and the different action points.

    Cons

    It's quite limited in terms of features and functionalities.It's good enough, as collaboration tool to be used to assign different tasks to the team members.

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    Ludmila V.

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

    Used weekly for 2+ years

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    • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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    Microsoft planner for planning projects

    Reviewed 3 months 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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    Sai R.

    Internet, 51-200 employees

    Used daily for 6-12 months

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    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    All-inclusive approach to planning

    Reviewed 5 months ago

    The reliability of Microsoft Planner is exceptional

    Pros

    Microsoft Planner helps with consolidating necessary functions and tasks when it comes project management and development. Collaborating is more effective through Microsoft Planner.

    Cons

    There is nothing negative to say from my experience using Microsoft Planner but there are more cost-effective alternatives

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