5 Best Project Management Software for Reporting

Every project manager must balance a project's triple constraints—scope, cost, and time. The three are directly related to each other and achieving them in tandem determines how successful a project is. 

To manage these three constraints effectively, project managers should leverage software with robust project reporting features. Such tools provide centralized dashboards that will help managers track all the different elements of a project, while keeping team members and relevant stakeholders updated about the project's progress. 

That said, project management solutions differ in their reporting capabilities. And with hundreds of tools on the market, selecting the right one for your business can be a time-consuming process. To help you get started, we've selected the five best project management solutions for reporting, based on their sentiment scores.

GetApp uses sentiment scores to determine how our users feel (negative, neutral, or positive) about certain tools. The scores are especially helpful if you want to see sentiment toward specific aspects of a software tool. So, we dug into our data to find out which project management solutions have the highest positive sentiment about reporting features:

Find our full methodology at the end of this article.

1. Microsoft Project

• Sentiment Score: 6.69 (out of 10)

• Mentions of reporting in reviews: 65

• Percentage of mentions that are positive: 82%

Microsoft Project is a tool for businesses that manage multiple projects simultaneously. It allows users to choose from a range of reports, such as resource reports (for viewing who's working on what), cost reports (for understanding planned versus actual costs), and progress reports (for tracking status of tasks and milestones).

Eighty-two percent of reviewers are positive about Microsoft Project's reporting function

Microsoft Project has a greater share of positive sentiment and a higher sentiment score than the category average

Is Microsoft Project an option for you? See what users say.

2. Everhour

• Sentiment Score: 6.53 (out of 10)

• Mentions of reporting in reviews: 55

• Percentage of mentions that are positive: 78%

Everhour is suitable for businesses that want to track the time employees spend on tasks/projects and generate invoices for clients. The tool's reporting functionality helps managers understand the status of tasks and project budget.

Seventy-eight percent of reviewers are positive about Everhour's reporting

Everhour has a greater share of positive sentiment and a higher sentiment score than the category average

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3. Slack

• Sentiment Score: 6.40 (out of 10)

• Mentions of reporting in reviews: 40

• Percentage of mentions that are positive: 77%

While Slack is primarily designed for workplace collaboration, with features such as private and group chat channels and file sharing, it does offer reporting capabilities via integrations with third-party tools. These applications can help teams monitor progress on tasks, build daily-activity reports, and track the time members spend on a project. However, some of these third-party integrations come at an additional cost.

Seventy-seven of reviewers are positive about Slack's reporting

Slack has a greater share of positive sentiment and a higher sentiment score than the category average

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4. BigTime

• Sentiment Score: 6.36 (out of 10)

• Mentions of reporting in reviews: 37

• Percentage of mentions that are positive: 76%

BigTime is for teams that want to monitor project expenses, track the time members spend on projects, and invoice clients. In addition to time and expense tracking, project members can build custom reports to track task status and individual/group performance.

Seventy-six of reviewers are positive about BigTime's reporting

BigTime has a greater share of positive sentiment and a higher sentiment score than the category average

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5. Teamwork Projects

• Sentiment Score: 6.18 (out of 10)

• Mentions of reporting in reviews: 20

• Percentage of mentions that are positive: 73%

Teamwork Projects is a project collaboration suite with features such as team chat, document management, and note taking. The tool's reporting functionality allows teams to track project portfolios, monitor progress of tasks/milestones, and analyze team workloads.

Seventy-three of reviewers are positive about Teamwork Project's reporting

Teamwork Projects has a greater share of positive sentiment and a higher sentiment score than the category average

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