What is Microsoft Project?
Stay organized, focused, and in charge. Tackle anything from small projects to large initiatives. You may or may not be a project manager, but now you can be the boss of any project with a powerful, easy-to-use app.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend
96 Plan to Renew
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86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+90 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Microsoft Project?
Pros
- Reliable
- Saves Time
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
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Feature Ratings
Dependency and Milestone Tracking
Collaboration
Planning and Scheduling
Resource Management
Hierarchical Task Management
Document Management
Budget Management
Reporting
Workflow Management
Mobile Access
Time & Expense Tracking
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Ease of Implementation
Business Value Created
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Availability and Quality of Training
Quality of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
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Ease of Customization
Ease of IT Administration
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
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Microsoft Project Reviews
Shivangi A.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2026
Powerful but Complex Project Management Tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
Microsoft Project stands out for its strong integration with microsoft tools and its advanced planning features like detailed scheduling, resource management, and reporting- making it better suited for complex, large scale projects than simpler tools
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its powerful scheduling and dependency tracking. You can map out complex projects with timelines, task relationships and resource allocation in a way most tools can’t handle without falling apart
What do you dislike most about this product?
It has a steep learning curve and can feel overly complex for simple projects making it frustrating for new or non technical users
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Make sure you actually need advanced project management features before closing it. And be ready to invest time in learning the tool to get the most value out of it
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Anshu R.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2026
Professional-grade planning.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
The distinction between a project and something such as asana is that asana is a task manager, whereas project is a schedule manager. It is so much better because you can assign different calendars to different resources, such as a part-time contractor working only on tuesdays, and it automatically calculates the difference. Saves me a lot of hand-tallying of them.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The 2024 roadmap feature also, will be a game changer to our pmo, even though we can now view the status of each project in the company on a single page without having to open a specific file to see the same. The features around custom fields to add things, such as strategic alignment, or risk priority, are also a favorite of mine. It converts a mere sheet of paper with a schedule to become a successful decision-making guide to the leaders.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Ribbon interface is a bit messy yet. It has so many tabs and groups that, until now, i have to use the tell me what you want to do search box to locate the basic formatting options.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
So useful to anyone dealing with complex teams and resources. The most advanced planning tool on the market.
Pros
- Unique Features
- Efficient Service
- Respectful
- Client Friendly Policies
Rudra s.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Mar 2026
The precedent for technical projects.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?
Project utilizes a "logic-dependent" schedule in which each date is computed from a network of dependencies. It's the best one because it forces you to think through the entire flow process before you start. It prevents you from making impossible promises to clients because the software literally won't let you make the date if it defies the logic of your dependencies.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The "milestone" tracking is excellent. Being able to set specific gates and view a "milestone trend" report provides us with a way to stay on top of the health of our project. I also really like the new mobile view for the cloud version - it's perfect for the "boots on the ground" to mark a task off as 100% complete without having to carry a laptop around the site.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It's a steep learning curve if you haven't been trained on the principles of project management (like wbs or critical path), the software will just feel confusing and needlessly complicated.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is a must have for engineering and it infrastructure projects. It's a rigorous tool and annoying to make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
Pros
- Effective Service
- Caring
- Saves Time
- Respectful
