RationalPlan Reviews

PROS: I have been using RationalPlan as a teaching aid for Project Management at James Cook University and I have nothing but praises. The platform is intuitive, easy to use, and well supported. My students find it very friendly and has a short learning curve, which means they are able to run with it and develop highly detailed and well constructed plans with the use of this tool.

CONS: Nothing to dislike. Especially when the latest version offers a smoother and better user experience.

PROS: No doubt the best alternative there is to MS Projects. Very user friendly whether you want to manage small projects or head larger, more complicated expansions. I run a small business and RationalPlan is an excellent tool for tracking and estimating projects.

CONS: There is nothing to dislike about this platform.

PROS: It is clear that RationalPlan is created using sound project management principles. Setting up is a breeze, as well as planning and managing projects. The software is easy to use and doesn't present any complications, especially if one becomes well versed in the platform. I also love how their email support is responsive, quick, and very friendly.

CONS: The way they describe Fixed Units vs Fixed Work tasks seems awkward. It also has compatibility issues with WebEx, which we use to train remote users.

PROS: RationalPlan is an ideal application especially for our company where we belong on a multi-disciplinary group. That means we have different individuals who are using different opeating systems. RationalPlan makes it easy for us to function individually and collectively.

CONS: I wish they could improve on their MS Project integration. That being said, RationalPlan is a comprehensive tool all by itself.

PROS: I love that RationalPlan is web-based and works well with my Mac. It is quite similar to MS Project, which I used before, so the transition wasn't painless. It comes with all the features I need, such as task management ans Gantt charts. I love that it offers Outlook integration, which makes emailing to other members of the team easy and quick.

CONS: Whenever I export to Excel, the tier levels of the tasks and sub-tasks just disappear. That is a big thing as setting email emails on tasks that are late is not an option.

PROS: It is a user-friendly project management platform with dependencies and a gantt chart yet it doesn't cost as high as MS Project. I love how it remains fast and doesn't cause any lag on my poor bloated laptop. It creates PDFs and anyone with a free viewer can easily look at the files.

CONS: I would love it if the filters on the different columns were more user-friendly as well as the levelling resources.

PROS: I love how RationalPlan is easy and very straightforward yet has all the features to rival MS Project. The best part is that it costs lesser than MS Projects. This is a big thing as our company wants a system that has everything we need without us spending too much.

CONS: We encountered some difficulties when we uploaded our projects to the server. But this was a few years ago and with the recent developments, I believe this is already a non-issue.