MS Project

Desktop and cloud-based project planning, scheduling, and resource management software.

Operations

Pricing

Paid

Learning curve

Steep

Time to value

Weeks

BEST FORGrowing Business

WORKS FOR

project planning with detailed timelines, resource management for complex projects

KEY INSIGHT

It is a powerful but complex tool requiring significant setup before you can create a simple timeline.

DOESN'T WORK FOR

quick timeline creation without prior database configuration, simple project management needs

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What people reported, in their own words. Every line links to where it was said.

“MS Project Online screwing up something as simple as completion percentages during a meeting”
NEGATIVE · reliability · Hacker News · 2025-07-07
“Issues only surface when you're taking general elective (GE) which involves software like Ms project (BUS353), Power BI(ANL203) which are only available on windows.”
NEGATIVE · Reddit · 2025-05-18
“Even MS Project, which does the relationship and scheduling parts a-ok, is a PITA to use in general, and has some pretty annoying bugs that made me stop using it. Being able to irrecoverably brick the auto-scheduler and have it suddenly crash on opening the project file is a kind of show-stopper.”
NEGATIVE · reliability · Hacker News · 2025-01-20