Smartsheet

What differentiates Smartsheet from other similar products?

An online work execution platform, it enables organizations of all sizes to plan, track, automate and report on work. More than 80,000+ brands rely on Smartsheet for project and work management because it has an easy-to-use interface, real-time dashboards and Gantt charts, and work automation features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

What I like most about the application is the ease of assigning each member of my team the corresponding project development tasks. You can use it to generate your workflow as well as budget control. It is an application that shows the tasks to prioritize, and gives us in a very visual way the progress of each of my projects. It is simple to use, easy to learn and to implement. Excellent for managing several projects on the same platform, it gives you the possibility for people outside the organization to update the reports and you can schedule personal notifications or for third parties.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The price that is by subscription, or sometimes becomes a little slow, it is difficult to use. That is unfortunate because the subject is quite complex. It would be helpful if videos were available on the home page to help new employees get started with Smartsheet.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

In Smartsheet, I enjoy being able to collaborate on a single document without having to keep track of many versions of the same file. It is also more secure than sending an internal copy to an external party because doing so would require backing up the document to our server, which puts us at risk for security breaches. Smartsheet offers so many useful features that it acts as a virtual cheat sheet for me, eliminating the need to enter calculations manually; the automations are my favorite feature of this software. And, of course, generating documents is another great feature.

What differentiates Smartsheet from other similar products?

Its drag and drop automation builder that builds automations quickly and efficiently. They also have an excellent customer support personnel who are always ready to help.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I highly appreciate that it has a powerful analytics and reporting feature that helps our team to plan and track our projects. We can also access our team's availability by seeing the tasks that the members have been assigned to.

What do you dislike most about this product?

So far it has been an excellent software that has worked flawlessly. There is nothing to dislike about it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

They should give it a try. Smartsheet has helped us to manage our resources since we have been able keep our project schedules on time and budget on track.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is a great project management tool. The reason is that it is very flexible. It's very similar to Excel. So, users understand it, which makes it a little bit easier to use for the vast majority; it does a very good job of creating Gantt charts. It is widely used for compiling the status of various projects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Prioritizing can be very difficult and sometimes tough decisions need to be made. If the portfolio management team cannot make those decisions or is not empowered to do so, it can lead to decreased efficiency within the organization.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Smartsheet is your project customization feature. It's a great solution because you can add your own WBS. Another feature that's valuable in the solution is when you have those connections, you have that API, you have an isolated space and you can create a solution, it's a tremendous product because you can extract data. You can enter the formulas and do a lot of the automation. Adding quotes and links to the vendor's site; Smartsheet allowed us to integrate the quote into the project seamlessly.