Compare work management offerings
Microsoft Planner
Originally starting from Included now starting from Included
Included Included
in Microsoft 365
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Planner in Microsoft 365 includes:
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Real-time collaboration, commenting, and sharing using the Planner app in Microsoft Teams or the Planner web app
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Creation and management of content-rich tasks with features including files, checklists, and labels
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Tasks organized by My Day, My Tasks, and Assigned to me
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Basic plan templates
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Ability to view reports and dashboards
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List, Grid, and Board views
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Charts
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Ability to view task dependencies
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Security, compliance, data privacy, accessibility, and Microsoft 365 customer support
Planner Plan 1
Originally starting from $10.00 now starting from $10.00
$10.00 $10.00
user/month
(Annual subscription auto-renews)*
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Includes everything in Planner in Microsoft 365, plus:
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Project goals
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Backlogs and sprints
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Premium plan templates
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Reports2
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Timeline (Gantt) view
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Task dependencies
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Customization and integration
Planner and Project Plan 3
Originally starting from $30.00 now starting from $30.00
$30.00 $30.00
user/month
(Annual subscription auto-renews)*
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Includes everything in Planner Plan 1, plus:
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Copilot in Planner (preview)3
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Task history
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Roadmaps
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Baselines and critical path
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Resources request capabilities
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Program management
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Project financials, budgeting, and costing
- Advanced dependencies with lead and lag
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Project Online desktop client
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Project Online
Planner and Project Plan 5
Originally starting from $55.00 now starting from $55.00
$55.00 $55.00
user/month
(Annual subscription auto-renews)*
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Includes everything in Planner and Project Plan 3, plus:
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Portfolio management
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Enterprise resource management and allocation
| Microsoft PlannerOriginally starting from Included now starting from Included Included Included in Microsoft 365 Organize teamwork and manage tasks and plans in the Planner app in Microsoft Teams or in your web browser. | Formerly Project Plan 1 Planner Plan 1Originally starting from $10.00 now starting from $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 user/month (Annual subscription auto-renews)* Execute effectively on projects and plans with rich reporting, project goals, dependencies, people management, backlogs, and sprints. | Formerly Project Plan 3 Planner and Project Plan 3 | Formerly Project Plan 5 Planner and Project Plan 5Originally starting from $55.00 now starting from $55.00 $55.00 $55.00 user/month (Annual subscription auto-renews)* Manage and optimize your project portfolios to prioritize initiatives and drive effective resource management. Includes the Project Online desktop client and Project Online. |
Microsoft Planner | Microsoft Planner Plan 1 | Planner and Project Plan 3 | Planner and Project Plan 5 | |
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AI and Copilot experiences | | | | |
Generate new plans, set goals, track status, and react to changes as projects evolve with Copilot in Planner (preview). | | | | |
Simple, unified experience to manage tasks, plans, and projects4 | | | | |
See tasks assigned to you across basic plans, from Teams meeting notes, tasks from Microsoft Loop components, and other sources in dedicated My Tasks and My Day views. | | | | |
Collaboration | | | | |
Manage plans—including file sharing, chats, conversations, meetings, and other capabilities—in Teams.5 | | | | |
Easily add new collaborators and allow others—even people outside of your organization—to view or update plan details, such as tasks. | | | | |
Work with stakeholders and team members to edit and update task lists, project schedules, and other plan elements together in real time. | | | | |
Use People view to see each team member’s workload on the project, determine who is over or under allocated, and balance the work by dragging and dropping tasks to reassign. | | | | |
Create and prioritize tasks in their backlogs, define sprints and their date boundaries, move tasks between sprints and their respective backlogs, and build reports that include this data. | | | | |
Interoperability and integrations with Microsoft and other apps and solutions | | | | |
Interoperability with Microsoft Outlook. | | | | |
Integration with Microsoft Loop. | | | | |
Integration with Microsoft Viva Goals.6 | | | | |
Interoperability with Microsoft and non-Microsoft services using Power Automate.7 | | | | |
Planning | | | | |
Visually group tasks with shared attributes using labels and add specific activities to complete within each task using checklists. | | | | |
Use Grid view to plan and manage projects using an ordered list of tasks. | | | | |
Use Board view (with prebuilt and custom task boards) to visually track project tasks for better workflow and status. | | | | |
Jump-start your projects quickly and easily by using prebuilt templates. | | | | |
Use Timeline (Gantt) view to track and understand dates, assignments, and the relationships of project tasks in a visual timeline view. | | | | |
Create task dependencies. | | | | |
Highlight the important tasks to help you prioritize resources and assignments to complete your work on time using critical path. | | | | |
Create a custom work week by selecting the working days and watch the project schedule update automatically to schedule work on the selected days. | | | | |
Quickly identify recent progress or changes that have impacted the schedule with task history. | | | | |
Resource, program, and portfolio management | | | | |
Plan, execute, and control multiple related projects or initiatives within the projects to achieve strategic goals or business objectives. | | | | |
Create advanced dependencies with lead and lag. | | | | |
Use Assignments view to define effort more flexibly within a given time span of a task and reflect the pattern of how the work gets done with greater accuracy per resource. | | | | |
Book resources for a project and ensure they’re not overloaded. | | | | |
View and compare how resources are used across projects to optimize assignments. | | | | |
Reporting | | | | |
Visually track and assess your project’s progress within a dashboard using charts. | | | | |
Use prebuilt and custom dashboards and reports to track progress on projects, resources, programs, and portfolios.2 | View-only access | | | |
Build visual, interactive roadmaps by aggregating different project types across your organization for visibility. | | View-only access | | |
Platform | | | | |
Tailor task and project management experiences to save time and meet specific needs with APIs.8 | | | | |
Reduce repetition and streamline compliance through the automation of work and business process flows with Power Automate.7 | | | | |
Capture and evaluate project ideas from anywhere in the organization through a standardized process. | | | | |
Security and compliance | | | | |
Identify data risks and manage regulatory compliance requirements associated with events and activities with advanced compliance for Planner. | | | | |
Control access with Microsoft 365 Groups. | | | | |
Use the fully installed, up-to-date Project Online desktop client. Install the app on up to five PCs per user. | | | | |
Choose the plan that best suits your organization’s work management needs. | Planner app in Microsoft Teams or the Planner web app |
Project Standard 2024
Originally starting from $679.99 now starting from $679.99
$679.99 $679.99
(one-time purchase)
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On-premises project management for those who do not need collaboration tools and other advanced features.12
Project Professional 2024
Originally starting from $1,129.99 now starting from $1,129.99
$1,129.99 $1,129.99
(one-time purchase)
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A comprehensive on-premises project management solution.12
Project Server
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A flexible, scalable on-premises solution for project portfolio management and everyday project and work management.
| Project Standard 2024Originally starting from $679.99 now starting from $679.99 $679.99 $679.99 (one-time purchase) On-premises project management for those who don’t need collaboration tools and other advanced features.12 | Project Professional 2024Originally starting from $1,129.99 now starting from $1,129.99 $1,129.99 $1,129.99 (one-time purchase) A comprehensive on-premises project management solution.12 | Project Server
A flexible, scalable on-premises solution for project portfolio management and everyday project and work management.
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Project Standard 2024 | Project Professional 2024 | Project Server | |
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Fully installed, up-to-date Project desktop app. One license covers one PC per person. | | | |
Manage project schedules and costs. | | | |
Manage tasks, reports, and business intelligence. | | | |
Manage resources. | | | |
Sync with Project Online and Project Server. | | | |
Submit timesheets to capture project and non-project time spent for payroll, invoicing, and other business purposes. | | | |
Manage demand by capturing and evaluating project ideas from anywhere in the organization through a standardized process. | | | |
Use advanced analytics to choose project proposals that best align with strategic goals and honor constraints. | | | |
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- [1] After your one-month free trial, you’ll be charged the applicable subscription fee. A credit card is required. Cancel any time to stop future charges.
- [2] Requires a Power BI subscription.
- [3] While final pricing for Copilot in Planner has not been announced, users with a Planner and Project Plan 3 or Planner and Project Plan 5 license will be able to preview Copilot in Planner capabilities once it is rolled out to their organization.
- [4] Premium capabilities of Planner are currently not available for customers in Government Community Cloud (GCC), GCC High, and Department of Defense (DoD) tenants. Please review the Microsoft 365 roadmap for updates.
- [5] Requires a Microsoft 365 subscription to use Microsoft Teams.
- [6] Requires a Viva Goals subscription.
- [7] Requires a Power Automate subscription.
- [8] See detailed information about Project.
- [9] See detailed information about Project for the web.
- [10] See detailed information about Project Online.
- [11] See detailed information about the Project Online desktop client.
- [12] Both Project Standard 2024 and Project Professional 2024 support Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC).
- [*] Subscription prices shown are per month. If you’re a global or billing administrator, an annual commitment is required to purchase online. You can choose to pay monthly or annually. Within the Microsoft 365 admin center, global and billing administrators can choose either annual or monthly commitment plans. All others may purchase a monthly subscription online.
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