Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Planner

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

8.8 /10

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What is Microsoft Planner?

Take the chaos out of teamwork and get more done! Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Planner won the following awards in the Task Management category

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4 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2024

3 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Planner Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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 Planner?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Client Friendly Policies
Acts with Integrity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Task Assignment

Task Status

Task Categorization

List Tasks

Due Dates

Task Prioritization

Notifications

Dependencies

Add Notes

Drag and Drop Prioritization

Shared Task List

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Microsoft Planner Reviews

Ayush B.

Role: Operations
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: Initial Implementation

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Amazing product with Reliability

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

Planning and executing

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Planning and executing the data into simplified form

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost effectiveness

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great product for office use

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Joao M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Very intuitive with possible improvements!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

The capability of easy and non premium integration with Power Platform solutions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The easy way to manage accountability, it makes it much easier to find who is responsible for what.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The non simple way to get the data to Power BI. There should be an easier way to get a real time connection.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Be aware that it is still improving but already has very significant impact.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Cons

Less Efficient Service
Less Caring

Swarnim P.

Role: Operations
Industry: Communications
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Easy and Effective

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

It provides a better integration of all the things needed for planning and implementing a particular idea.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's easy and accessible features.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Can be a bit expensive for independent users

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Would suggest buying 100%

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Caring

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Planner Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Planner?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Task Assignment Ability to see task assignee

Task Status Ability to display current status of tasks

Task Categorization Ability to categorize tasks

List Tasks Display outstanding tasks

Due Dates Ability to track due dates of tasks

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Notifications Tool alerts business of an application generated event.

Dependencies Ability to add dependencies to other tasks

Add Notes Ability to add free form notes to tasks

Drag and Drop Prioritization Ability to re-order tasks using drag and drop

Shared Task List Ability to share a list with a team and have multiple team members edit the task list

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Microsoft Planner Reviews

Ayush B.

Amazing product with Reliability

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Joao M.

Very intuitive with possible improvements!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Swarnim P.

Easy and Effective

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Task Assignment

Task Status

Task Categorization

List Tasks

Due Dates

Task Prioritization

Notifications

Dependencies

Add Notes

Drag and Drop Prioritization

Shared Task List

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features