Nimble vs PDWare ResourceFirst

Nimble is project and portfolio management software for teams that need to organize and plan work across projects. Its capabilities include portfolio prioritization, project intake, scenario planning, and capacity planning. Budget tracking and executive reporting support oversight, while cross-project dependencies help teams account for connections between projects. The free plan costs nothing and covers up to 10 users and 10 projects. Team allows 50 users and 15 GB of file storage; Business allows 200 users and 50 GB; Enterprise allows 200+ users and 1 TB. Nimble is listed as freemium, with a free plan and a 30-day trial. It is available on Android, iOS, and the web. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States.

PDWare ResourceFirst is enterprise portfolio and resource capacity planning software for aligning project demand with available skills and staff. It models prioritized skill demand against capacity across portfolios, teams, and time, with shortfall and utilization views. Its Waterline method funds work that fits within the capacity line and defers work that does not. Teams can compare portfolio scenarios against the same constraints before committing headcount or budget, then post approved scenario changes to the current plan. Planning and analysis tools include labor and financial forecasts, project rankings, roadmaps, swimlanes, waterlines, and pivot reports for project, resource, financial, and skill data. Financial features include cost of capacity, demand and unused capacity, cost centers, chargeback, and budget planning. Listed integrations include SAP, Oracle Financials, Workday, Snowflake, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Excel, and Oracle Time & Labor. ResourceFirst is offered as cloud SaaS on Microsoft Azure or as a thin-client on-premise solution. Pricing is on request; licensing depends on planning-group size and user types. The maker says Level-1 implementation typically takes 4–6 weeks.