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Microsoft Planner

Composite Score
8.6 /10
CX Score
8.7 /10
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Microsoft Planner
8.6 /10

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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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.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

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95 Plan to Renew

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85 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.

+88 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?

3% Negative
5% Neutral
92% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Saves Time
  • Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Task Status

87

Task Assignment

87

Task Categorization

87

List Tasks

86

Dependencies

85

Task Prioritization

84

Due Dates

84

Shared Task List

84

Add Attachments

83

Drag and Drop Prioritization

83

Add Notes

82

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

86

Ease of IT Administration

85

Business Value Created

85

Quality of Features

83

Usability and Intuitiveness

83

Ease of Data Integration

83

Ease of Customization

82

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Vendor Support

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Breadth of Features

78

Microsoft Planner Reviews

Eleonora A.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

A snapshot of marketing data mastery

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

Planner is unique among project management tools due to its customizable views and dashboards. Its flexibility allows users to switch between lists, boards, and charts, providing clarity for complex data. Additionally, it can integrate with a wide array of apps, ensuring that all marketing instruments play in sync.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Successful marketing campaigns rely on meticulously collected, analyzed, and interpreted data. Efficiency and precision are key for any marketing team. Planner is a versatile project management tool that can help orchestrate this flow. The platform allows for the creation of workflows that trigger data collection and analysis without manual intervention, providing an extra set of expert hands. This automation ensures that data flows seamlessly into actionable insights, keeping campaigns on a steady beat.

What do you dislike most about this product?

However, the platform's native reporting features for marketing-specific analytics could use improvement. Currently, it heavily relies on external integrations for in-depth marketing data analysis. This reliance can sometimes disrupt an otherwise smooth workflow.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Planner is not just a tool for grand marketing performance; it is the conductor that ensures every bit of information has a home, every insight is finely calibrated, and every campaign achieves peak performance. I recommend using it to streamline the collection and analysis of marketing data. Planner's automated workflows are a standout feature, freeing up marketing professionals to focus on strategy and creativity instead of data management.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

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

Bùi H.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Amazing Task Management tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

One of the main features that differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products is its integration with Microsoft 365

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of this product is its Kanban board view. You can drag and drop the cards to different buckets, which represent different stages or categories of your project

What do you dislike most about this product?

One of the things I dislike most about this product is its limited features. Microsoft Planner is more of a task management tool than a project management tool, and it lacks some advanced features that you’d find in many competitors. For example, Microsoft Planner does not support recurring tasks, subtasks, dependencies, Gantt charts, time tracking, or budgeting. It also has fewer integrations than other platforms, mainly with Microsoft apps

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Explore the various integrations and add-ons that Microsoft Planner offers. Microsoft Planner can work with many other Microsoft apps, such as Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, and more. You can also use some of the add-ons to enhance your task management, such as web push notifications, email chat, and video email marketing

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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