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Utility |
- Click-drag-release to create task
- Multiple-resource tasks
- Concurrent tasks and utilisation
- Timeline calendar navigation
- Custom data fields for categorising
- Color schemes for instant overview
- Resource grouping
- Filtering
- Customise views
| - Manual settings
- Manual data entry
- Merging and unmerging cells
| - Time-consuming manual settings
- Customise views
- Complex navigation and interface
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Collaboration |
- Designed for team use and concurrent modifications
- Add / invite users
- Assign read / view / edit permissions for users
- User-management
- Non-amendable history
- Notes
| - Not designed for team use
- Difficult to work simultaneously with team on the same document
- Unlogged and overwritten changes
| - Difficult to track who did what and what changes were made
- Difficult to ensure everyone has the current version
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Accessibility |
- Available on any browser-supported device
- Google Calendar synchronization
- In-app sharing options
- iOS and Android app
| - Only available using a spreadsheet supported machine
- Sharing only available manually by e-mail, USB transfer, etc.
- Problems with conflicting modifications
| - Difficult to track
- Expensive to share via SharePoint
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Export |
- Custom reports
- Unlimited reports
- Direct printing & .csv export
| - Can only export an entire sheet
- Direct printing & .csv export
| - Time-consuming reporting
- Report formatting is limiting and challenging
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Security | - Uses 128-bit and higher SSL encryption
- Strict and secure username and password access
- Only accessible by invited users
- Strict permission control for each user
| - Can be opened by anyone
- Need password-protect activation
- Vulnerable to data loss / theft of local machines
| - Can be opened by anyone
- Need password-protect activation
- Vulnerable to data loss / theft of local machines
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Cost |
- Charged by resource count
- Unlimited users
- Up to 10 resources FREE
| - License fees for each machine
- IT maintenance costs
| - License fees for each machine
- IT maintenance costs
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Overview | - Carefully crafted for resource planning, scheduling, and management
- Makes multi-project planning easier to handle
| - Made for a wide array of purposes, not effective for resource management
- Packed with different tools for various functions, great for general management and calculations
| - Made for project management purposes, not effective for resource management
- Great for managing one project, but not ideal for multi-projects
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