I am trying to find the right software to help manage multiple projects with resources in San Francisco, Santa Monica and random locations like coffee shops and beds.
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3. AtTask
4. Innotas
Here is all the software that I am testing out to determine the one that I like the best:
Services |
5PM Web |
37 Signals BaseCamp http://37signals.com |
AtTask | Daptiv |
DevShop |
Innotas |
Jira |
Joblogs http://joblogs.cc/ |
Less Projects http://lessprojects.com |
Liquid Planner http://liquidplanner.com |
Mingle http://studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-project-intelligence |
Pivotal Tracker http://pivotaltracker.com/ |
Project Place |
Target Process http://targetprocess.com/ |
Wrike |
Refer |
Kevin Cheng |
Using it at Topspin to Manage Clients |
Will Holmes | Will Holmes |
Kevin Cheng |
Will Holmes |
Using it at Topspin for Bug Tracking |
Joblog tweeted me |
Twitter Search |
Bruce Henry |
Dan Dofter |
Twitter Search |
Will Holmes |
Twitter Search |
Dan Dofter |
Contact | Atlassian | steve@lesseverything.com | Christoper Gale | ||||||||||||
Comments | Seems really really light weight and not going to meet all my needs | I have the concerns outlined in this post: http://forum.37signals.com/basecamp/forums/2/topics/8948 | Limits # of projects, users, and users that can login. I think this pricing plan sucks | Yes | Can't user it because it doesn't have enough features, no estimating, filters, views, virtual users. | Concerned about the lack of views. No APIs yet | |||||||||
Price |
14 Day Trial |
$24/month 15 projects, 3 GB, unliminted users |
Users Scheudle/Users Login/Projects Free: 5/3/1 $24: 10/5/4 $49: 20/10/10 $99: 40/20/25 |
We are already paying for our own hosted solution |
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Free |
First 3 Users Free $35/month or $300/yr for >4 |
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30 Day Trial |
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User Experience |
Easy |
Medium..More options...feels closer to Project or Liquid Planner |
Overly complicated |
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Easy |
Pretty intuitive except I dont get the whole folders concept -is a folder==project? |
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Supports Multiple Projects |
Yes |
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Yes |
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Yes, I think that's a project folder |
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Virtual Members (not all members required to be on the system) |
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No |
No , but all the devs are in the system to enter bugs |
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No, need to invite users. Steve mentioned a Gmail hack but too much effort for me. |
Yes, not everyone has to be on the system |
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iCal Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
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No |
No |
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Integrates with Jira |
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No |
Yes :) |
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Thinking of building a Plugin!! |
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APIs |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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No - in a couple months |
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SMS or EMail Alerts |
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No |
Yes |
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I think there are email alerts but its not obvious how to turn them on |
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Calculates due dates based on task estimates |
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Yes |
No |
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Yes. Does estimations which seem confusing |
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Tracks dependencies |
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Yes |
Yes - kind of. Need to create a task with subtasks |
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Yes |
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Vacation /Holiday Schedules |
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Not built in |
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Funky workaround that doesn't work well |
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Views |
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Yes, has good charting |
Yes (plugins) |
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Can only find a Gantt chart and list view. I would like a Calendar view |
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Online Help |
Yes |
Yes, minimal |
Yes |
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User Guide and Forums. I would prefer a search field |
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Assign one task to multiple people | No | No. We have sprint planning meetings, tasking, etc. and having to assign this task to each dev sucks | |||||||||||||
Filters | Yes | Yes | Lots and lots. But don't see custom filters | ||||||||||||
Comments, files, etc. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
Customizable Views | Yes. Can choose which column headings, etc. | ? | Yes | No | |||||||||||
RSS Feed | ? | Yes | No |
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