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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Project

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

573 Reviews Write a Review

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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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Project won the following awards in the Project Management - Enterprise category

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Latest Award, 2026

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2024

Microsoft Project Ratings

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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

1
Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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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.

+91 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?

3% Negative

5% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Collaboration

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Planning and Scheduling

Resource Management

Hierarchical Task Management

Document Management

Budget Management

Reporting

Workflow Management

Time & Expense Tracking

Mobile Access

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Sandeep S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Great job on the project sprints.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

With views that can switch between scrum and kanban, project's agile tools are just as useful for tech teams as Jira. It's our on-line scrum board for writing tasks.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's easy to see sprints with the board view, which keeps track of user stories clearly. I can connect with teams and share my work in chats that happen in real time. The sprint pace is pulled for retrospectives from the reporting tab.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The setting is hard for people who aren't tech-savvy who haven't been trained.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For it sprints, the project's agile features keep developers on the same page.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Saves Time
Transparent

Edward B.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Compatible with project management.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

Microsoft Project integrate smoothly with third-party tools for better communication. Also, Microsoft's simplicity even for complicated projects makes it beginner-friendly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The best part is that this platform can be customized according to your organizational needs which is very significant if you are a company of small groups. Apart from this, Microsoft requires very small or no technical expertise to implement it and Microsoft comes with a very amazing support team.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing I dislike about this product, but the pricing could be reduced to make it more accessible for startups and small businesses. Additionally, regularly implementing new features would help streamline projects .

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely will recommend for project management.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Unique Features
Effective Service
Acts with Integrity

Roli S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Beast Application For Managing Projects

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Project from other similar products?

It reduce the project workload and makes project planning more efficient. Tracking of resources is major part in every project. Rapidly integrated with other Microsoft products. It is very stable and working very well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Every team member can use this without any problem. It is very simple and superb for project growth.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't have any issue with Microsoft Project.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Very innovative and interesting solution for managing multiple projects.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Microsoft Project Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Project?

Pros

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

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Dependency and Milestone Tracking Ability to define project development stages and task dependencies while setting milestones to mark specific points in a project

Planning and Scheduling Includes milestones, tasks and resource assignments (can also include WBS and CPM).

Resource Management Includes resource allocation, expense tracking, and resource planning.

Hierarchical Task Management Ability to create both templates and unique projects and support tasks that can be divided into sub-tasks and delegated

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

Budget Management Includes financial planning, cost management, and payroll budgeting.

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create reports easily. Able to easily modify and build dashboards for real-time updates on KPI's and timelines.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Time & Expense Tracking Ability to track time for planning and estimating

Mobile Access The solution can be easily accessed by employees through a dedicated native application or HTML5 access.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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Microsoft Project Reviews

Sandeep S.

Great job on the project sprints.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Edward B.

Compatible with project management.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Roli S.

Beast Application For Managing Projects

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Collaboration

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Planning and Scheduling

Resource Management

Hierarchical Task Management

Document Management

Budget Management

Reporting

Workflow Management

Time & Expense Tracking

Mobile Access

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration