Smartsheet vs Microsoft Power BI Comparison

*Easy to follow tasks *Powerful Project Management software *Good integration with Microsoft tools (Outlook / Teams / Power BI) *Easy to build "dashboards" *Continuos improvement of the software (baselines,....)

No major issues detected. There was one point to be improved: to monitorize the changes done in start/finish date. This topic has been solved with "baseline" implementation

I like the visuals we are able to include based on the data we incorporate into smartsheets. I also like the ability to be able to post this to a website and live updates are there.

I would like to see Smartsheet better collaborate with Power BI or Tableau. There are great data visualization tools that would be a fantastic addition to the abilities of Smartsheets.

Extremely low on-boarding time for new users. Stable collaboration platform. Ability to harvest data with Power BI. Ability to use reports to show individuals their slice of a much larger data set or task list with two way updating between the report and the parent sheet. The continuous improvement model where user requested features get built in, like being able to turn a cell formula into a column formula.

No significant issues, although we have yet to use the resource/time tracking features.

Project management tool. Scheduling projects where things can be adjusted dynamically is great

Still exploring . Not a power user to explore the kinks

Flexibility and power. I can customize it to my specific needs.

My fault, but it is does more than I use, so it is expensive for my use--but I should use more of the features to get my money out of it.

i like that i was able to create custom forms and make it feed into sheets and then run different automation from there

it was very hard in setting up the automation and required a lot of brain power

Easy to learn the basics and to develop intermediate skills as well as its collaborative power.

The reports can be difficult to set up and are not part of the standard package

Notifications to assigned tasks are helpful. UI is clean and easy to use.

I am a casual user of Smartsheet so I have no complaints with the Gantt charting and task dependencies.

- Cloud-based project scheduling - Document tracking etc. is possible through customization - No more getting jumbled up with MS Project

- MS Project is somewhat more powerful and more common - Needs a power user to extract the most value

SmartSheet allows individuals and teams to work projects together, plotting milestones and critical paths, tracking tasks, creating alerts, and using gantt charts to quickly view how various team members are allocated and intersect. It does a good job of integrating with Office 365, allowing you to share links to files in OneDrive and to Skype within SmartSheet. The revamped interface makes it closer...

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The reporting functionality we paid extra for is a joke. Instead, we've resorted to pulling data into Microsoft's Power BI to create reports and visualize data. And like many other Cloud-based services, there's a core product and then tiers of functionality that cost significantly more. Smartsheet is a capable product, but I'm frankly unsure it's cost is justified by its maturity. I've had the feeling I've been paying for what's coming, not for what's already there. But since we've invested in it, I guess we'll stay the course.

Tried this SaaS some time ago with the team, it has everything needed for collaboration on docs

Google/Microsoft suite are still better choice

A lot of functionality and has tremendous power to allow for collaboration between organization of project schedules and outlines.

Ease of use isn't great. Takes time to learn trick and the user can easily use work that is not recoverable and can cost hours of work to be lost.

It is easy to pick up , it is having the tools that uses in many industries.

It not having time tracking feature and it is little expensive.

In my current company we are using this software to centralize and analyze the data from all different departments. I think it has really help us and the BI team to understand many metrics that we could not see before.

However, this tool is complex as our business is and it requires a lot of work to adjust and understand all its functionality. We have had some issues to adjust the tool to our company needs.

Tremendously valuable tool for project design schedules that are nimble/easy to update as things change

The standard version does not integrate with Microsoft Outlook

I love that the learning curve is so low. This helps the adoption rate within the company

Could be much easier to integrate with Microsoft Teams for example

The software allowed the team to enter time on tasks in a spreadsheet like format and the PM could view charts and reports for executive summaries.

It would be nice to have an interface with Microsoft Project.

Automation is the best feature. I can assign task to anybody, get an update and set timeliness to trigger me before deadline. Milestone invoicing is something a use to collaborate with accounting team for upcoming project payments etc

I want to see more flexibility in smartsheet like Microsoft excel.

Those who use spread-sheet & power BIThey also should use this tool as when you compare the cost, you will get more features in low cost.

Its not much widely marketize, As feature is quite good of this software & very ease of useSo the Developers should marketize the same into a good manner.

We use it for some time to handle client's project management. UI is just similar like excel, so doesn't need many learning from excel power user.

Even if excel power user doesn't really have a problem when using it. It still need some time to get them familiar with the user interface.

I like the power of Smartsheet! There are so many ways for you to crunch numbers, quickly and easily! Most of call, can you say CONNECTORS!

More connectors would be so great, it's a work in progress and you can create your own. So it's limitless. Not really a con.

It is a convenient way to allow employees to check into project timelines.

It feels like you're paying for another web-based microsoft office suite.

I like how similar Smartsheet is to Microsoft Excel because it makes it that much easier to learn how to use. It also syncs with Microsoft Outlook for full project collaboration.

The calendar view is limited to only a few tasks at a time. If you want to see the full view of your current projects you need to open it in a new window.

This is a VERY flexible and powerful spreadsheet tool. Collaborate. Advanced features. But just like any spreadsheet tool, with great power comes a steep learning curve.

The only downside is that powerful spreadsheet tools have so many features, it's easy for beginners to feel overwhelmed.

It basically does everything that Microsoft Project does but it is significantly cheaper. It also has helpful visual dynamics that you give you a brief overview of how each project is doing.

They license per-user which can become tedious when you have various people coming in and out of various projects.