Compare PPM Express vs PowerPPM
First, we’d like to give a quick nod to the team at PowerPPM. They’ve built a great product to help businesses (and if you’re here because you’re evaluating PPM Express vs. PowerPPM, or looking for PowerPPM alternatives, then – you’re already doing the right thing by looking for a product that will help you have better project portfolio management processes).
PPM Express
PPM and Product Management
PPM Express is not just another all-in-one PPM platform. Instead, we connect and integrate all your existing project management tools, projects, and epics in Azure DevOps Boards, Jira Software, Microsoft Planner, and Microsoft Project. Then, we mix in all the capabilities of modern PPM Software—visually gorgeous, easy to use, and user-friendly, modern interface.
The founding team at PPM Express has been implementing Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Online for Fortune 500 companies for the last decade. We believe that such heavy-weight, custom-built platforms are an excellent fit for some large organizations but require significant investments and support, which, in the long term, impact the adoption and use of the software for an entire organization.
PowerPPM
Project Portfolio Management
PowerPPM team built a custom solution that can be integrated with Microsoft Power Platform, a low-code platform from Microsoft.
While the PowerPPM app and the Power Platform provide an advanced level of customization and can be accessed from the Power Platform interface, it is, in fact, a wholly separate and standalone solution. It comes at a high price — a team of consultants must dedicate tens/hundreds of hours configuring and customizing solutions based on PowerPPM.
01/ Screenshots
02/ About product
PPM Express
Our entirely different approach is based on three main principles:
– Easy to deploy(ready instantly, no consultants needed)
– Easy to integrate(Integrate your existing project management tools, including Office 365 and Power Platform)
– Easy to use(new, modern, lightweight user interface, and easy configuration approach)
If you are open to new, better, and simpler ways of deploying, DIY configuration, and ease of use, PPM Express is a great choice.
PowerPPM
PowerPPM is a great custom-built solution; it is a “solution accelerator,” one of the best of the many available for the Power Apps platform from several Microsoft Partners.
You will get an app built from code components called PCF (Power App Component Framework), then have to engage business and technical consultants (or partners) with unique knowledge of the Power Apps platform to customize it, and change its data structure and reports, etc.
PowerPPM allows companies to receive a good, custom-built fit – and it’s fair to say that the PowerPPM team has invested the time to build high-quality code components.
03/ Features
Portfolio Management
Adaptive Portfolio Management
Agile Portfolio Management
Product Management
Product Portfolio Management
Professional Services Automation / Management
Strategic Portfolio Management
Strategy Execution
Program Management
Project Management
Work / Task Scheduling and Management
Resource Planning
Resource Allocation Management
Resource Utilization Management
Portfolio Prioritization
Demand Management
Ideation and Innovation Management
Project Financials Management
Roadmaps
Roadmap Prioritization
Time Tracking
Status Reporting
BI and Analytics
AI Insights
Dashboards
Native Integrations with Project Management Tools
Data Export
Data Import
API
Notifications
Google Apps Integration
Azure AD / Office 365 SSO
Unlimited Team Member Licenses
Portfolio Management
Adaptive Portfolio Management
Agile Portfolio Management
Product Management
Product Portfolio Management
Professional Services Automation / Management
Strategic Portfolio Management
Strategy Execution
Program Management
Project Management
Work / Task Scheduling and Management
Resource Planning
Resource Allocation Management
Resource Utilization Management
Portfolio Prioritization
Demand Management
Ideation and Innovation Management
Project Financials Management
Roadmaps
Roadmap Prioritization
Time Tracking
Status Reporting
BI and Analytics
AI Insights
Dashboards
Native Integrations with Project Management Tools
Data Export
Data Import
API
Notifications
Google Apps Integration
Azure AD / Office 365 SSO
Unlimited Team Member Licenses
04/ Summary
PPM Express is different – it is a genuine cloud software product running on secure Microsoft Azure, and it is instantly ready-to-use. PPM Express can be tuned-up any time along the way – and you don’t have to be a consultant to make that change – any user can make a configuration change, or build a new project template. We are proud of how easy it is and that no consultants are required. We introduced a new way for organizations to realize value faster, see results more quickly, get better ROI and protect existing investments in other tools
PowerPPM is a great custom-built solution; it is like a “solution accelerator,” one of the many for the Power Apps platform. You deploy an app that includes code components, then engage business and technical consultants with unique knowledge of the Power Apps platform to start customizing it, changing data structure, and changing reports. It allows receiving a good fit for “how we run projects now”.
05/ Price
PPM and Product Management
$40/user/month
Portfolio Management
$40,000 – $80,000 USD annualy
06/ COST EFFECTIVENESS
The only cost you face in implementing PPM Express Enterprise is an annual subscription, starting at $2,000/year
(price depends on the number of seats; PPM Express provides enterprise plans with unlimited team member seats).
On contrast, several companies indicated that the total implementation cost for PowerPPM is significantly higher than PPM Express (the hefty price tag of PowerPPM is due to a need to purchase days or weeks of Implementation Consulting).
We strongly believe that paying tens of thousands of dollars for additional consulting services to configure a PPM is an outdated practice that benefits vendors, not customers. Also, consider costs and needs for maintenance, support, and changes in the future – it requires developers and consultants.
We believe modern products need to be SIMPLE and EASY TO IMPLEMENT, without consultants. We believe in empowering our customers with knowledge, and to all of our customers, we offer:
• Complimentary End-user Training
• Complimentary Administrator Training
• Complimentary Implementation Advisory
• Complimentary PPM Health checks every 90 days.
Customer success stories
With PPM Express our customers have a clear view of what is my next key date and my next milestone, and with active automated alerts on key dates approaching we make them more aware continuously looking at what’s next.
“PPM Express seamlessly integrates with MS Teams and enables our students with an easy way to collaborate and learn the Project Management course.”
We implemented and used PPM Express as our Portfolio Management Platform. The reports and Dashboards provide valuable consolidated information at different levels, and the beauty of this is that it’s just connecting information we already have and getting all the possible value from it.
With PPM Express, our company saves up to 60% of the time on reporting, project and resource planning.
300+
Companies
use our software daily
50%
Reduction
of time spent on monitoring state and statuses of portfolios
25K+
Projects
tracked on PPM Express Platform
100%
Secure
all your data is protected safely
Our Trial process is Fast and Simple as 1-2-3:
Quick, 15-20 minutes call to understand your objectives, requirements, expectations.
Personalized, 60-minutes demo of PPM Express to show how it can support your use cases.
30-day long, supervised FREE Trial / Pilot to experience PPM Express firsthand. + Free Onboarding