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Project Management Software · Rank #10 of 10

Microsoft Project review and pricing

Traditional enterprise project managers with Gantt-driven plans.

By Microsoft Corporation · Founded 1984 · Redmond, WA · public

Microsoft Project is the long-standing enterprise project management tool for traditional PMOs running Gantt-driven plans with resource leveling. Now part of Microsoft 365 (Project for the Web is the cloud-native version, Project Online is the legacy SharePoint-based version). Best-fit for Microsoft 365-anchored organizations with formal PMOs. Trade-offs: legacy product feel, expensive ($10-55/user), Gantt-only (no Kanban-first), customer support has been flagged through transitions.

Best for

Microsoft 365-anchored enterprises (1,000+ employees) with formal PMOs running Gantt-driven projects with resource management.

Worst for

Modern cross-functional teams (Asana wins), engineering teams (Jira wins), SMBs (overpriced), or Google Workspace shops.

Vendor Trust Score

Is Microsoft Project a trustworthy vendor?

8.4/10
High trust
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
8.5
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
7.0
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
9.0
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
9.0
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
9.5
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
7.5
Trust signal log
  • 2024-10-01
    Project Online → Project for the Web migration deadlines created customer concerns
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 1,840 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Long-standing enterprise project management
    71%
  • Gantt-driven plans, resource leveling
    64%
  • Native Microsoft 365 integration
    78%

Complaint patterns

  • Legacy product feel; UI dated
    71%
  • Pricing $10-55/user; multiple SKUs
    51%
  • Gantt-only philosophy
    47%
  • Project Online → Project for the Web transition concerns
    41%
Sentiment trend (6 months)
74/100 0 pts
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50-200 users $14,400
200-1,000 users $60,000
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Long-standing enterprise project management tool (founded 1984)
  • Gantt-driven plans, resource leveling, capacity planning
  • Native Microsoft 365 + Teams integration
  • Best for formal PMOs
  • Power Platform extensibility

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Legacy product feel; UI dated
  • Pricing $10-55/user; multiple SKUs proliferate
  • Gantt-only philosophy (no Kanban-first)
  • Customer support flagged through Project Online → Project for the Web transition
  • Best-fit narrowed to Microsoft 365-anchored orgs

Key features & integrations

  • +Gantt charts
  • +Resource leveling and capacity planning
  • +Native Teams + Microsoft 365 integration
  • +Power Platform extensibility
  • +Power BI integration
  • +Mobile apps
  • +Project Online (legacy)
  • +Project for the Web (cloud-native)
400+ integrations
Microsoft 365Microsoft TeamsPower BIAzure DevOpsSharePoint
Geography supported
Global
Best fit
500–100,000+ employees · Microsoft 365-anchored enterprise PMOs
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Microsoft Project trust score

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