Microsoft Project vs Planisware Orchestra

Microsoft Project is presented through Planner, an online work management experience that combines tasks, to-do lists, plans, and projects. Core views include Grid, Board, Schedule, and Charts; Planner Plan 1 adds Timeline, People, and Goals. That plan also includes premium templates, backlogs and sprints, task dependencies, milestones, and project goals. Planner and Project Plan 3 adds portfolios, baselines, critical path, advanced dependencies, resource requests, and the Project desktop app. Plan 5 adds advanced portfolio management and enterprise resource management and allocation. The included Planner in Microsoft 365 is listed at free and includes basic templates, core views, task management, and Teams integration. Named integrations include Loop, Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and Power Automate. The comparison lists workflow automation, APIs, Microsoft 365 Groups access control, and compliance tools. Time tracking and guest access are listed. A one-month trial requires a credit card and converts to paid service unless canceled.

Planisware Orchestra is a project portfolio management solution for PMOs managing IT, product, work-management, and creative projects. Shared dashboards and real-time views show project status, performance, issues, costs, and resource use. Teams can score projects for business alignment and compare business cases through portfolio scenario analysis. Resource planning covers availability, utilization, capacity, and skills inventory, alongside project intake, budget tracking, executive reporting, and cross-project dependencies. Orchestra supports waterfall, agile, hybrid, and phase-gate methods, with configurable workflows. Listed integrations include Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Broadcom Rally, Tableau, Power BI, SharePoint, and Microsoft Project. The service is available only as SaaS, with pricing on request; a company-reported approximation is about €50 per user per month, not a public quote. A 14-day trial is available to applicants with more than 20 people involved in project planning, a dedicated contact, and time for a consultant call. Cloud operations are certified SOC 1/2 Type 2 and ISO 27001.