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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Planner

Composite Score
8.6 /10
CX Score
8.8 /10
Category
Microsoft Planner
8.6 /10

What is Microsoft Planner?

Take the chaos out of teamwork and get more done! Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Planner won the following awards in the Task Management category

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Microsoft Planner Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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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.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:
90%
Negotiation and Contract:
87%
Conflict Resolution:
93%
Strategy & Innovation:
86%
Service Experience:
90%

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.

+89 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 Planner?

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3% Negative
4% Neutral
93% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Task Status

88

Task Assignment

87

Task Categorization

87

List Tasks

87

Due Dates

85

Task Prioritization

84

Dependencies

84

Drag and Drop Prioritization

84

Automated Workflow

84

Notifications

83

Add Notes

83

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

87

Ease of IT Administration

85

Business Value Created

85

Usability and Intuitiveness

84

Ease of Customization

83

Quality of Features

82

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Vendor Support

82

Ease of Data Integration

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

81

Breadth of Features

79

Microsoft Planner Reviews

Achille F.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Invasive Approach for Planning

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

The software is visual and collective in planning

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The simplicity and organization of the tool is reliable

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is no functioning challenge

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly suggest you use the app

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Theepshiga N.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Efficient Task Management Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Eleonora A.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

A snapshot of marketing data mastery

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

Planner is unique among project management tools due to its customizable views and dashboards. Its flexibility allows users to switch between lists, boards, and charts, providing clarity for complex data. Additionally, it can integrate with a wide array of apps, ensuring that all marketing instruments play in sync.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Successful marketing campaigns rely on meticulously collected, analyzed, and interpreted data. Efficiency and precision are key for any marketing team. Planner is a versatile project management tool that can help orchestrate this flow. The platform allows for the creation of workflows that trigger data collection and analysis without manual intervention, providing an extra set of expert hands. This automation ensures that data flows seamlessly into actionable insights, keeping campaigns on a steady beat.

What do you dislike most about this product?

However, the platform's native reporting features for marketing-specific analytics could use improvement. Currently, it heavily relies on external integrations for in-depth marketing data analysis. This reliance can sometimes disrupt an otherwise smooth workflow.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Planner is not just a tool for grand marketing performance; it is the conductor that ensures every bit of information has a home, every insight is finely calibrated, and every campaign achieves peak performance. I recommend using it to streamline the collection and analysis of marketing data. Planner's automated workflows are a standout feature, freeing up marketing professionals to focus on strategy and creativity instead of data management.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

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