# Planisware — Project Management & Collaboration

Planisware by Planisware SAS holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-11-03. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Planisware SAS (https://www.planisware.com)
- Category: [Project Management & Collaboration](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): provenance unknown
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/planisware
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/planisware/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/planisware/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-11-04 · evaluated 2026-11-03 · oldest source captured 2026-11-03

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Planisware SAS
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026

## The panel's verdict

Planisware, from Planisware SAS, is an AI-powered project portfolio management platform judged on captured public pages. Its strongest scores are unambiguous: integrations sit at 9, on a native catalogue spanning Jira, bidirectional Rally sync, Microsoft Project and Primavera P6 import/export, plus ERP, HR, CRM and CTMS systems, over an OpenAPI-documented REST API; reporting sits at 8 with a built-in BI tool, earned-value reporting and BI-Box connections into Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik, Cognos and Spotfire; collaboration depth clusters at 7-8 on shared portfolio roadmaps and Gantt, timeline and Kanban views across entire portfolios. The weak scores are equally stark. Sovereignty sits at 0 — we found no public information on data residency, data processing agreements or subprocessors, and the single-tenant cloud statement names no jurisdiction — and onboarding effort scores 1-2, "Request a free demo" being the only documented entry point. The widest spread, support and documentation at 4-6, reflects how judges weighed a deep Academy gated behind a Planisware portal account against absent public information on support channels; the flagged split check found nothing material.

**Speaks for it:**
- Integrations scored 9, on a native catalogue spanning Jira, bidirectional Rally sync, Microsoft Project and Primavera P6 import/export, plus ERP, HR, CRM and CTMS systems on an OpenAPI-documented REST API.
- Reporting scored 8, with a built-in BI tool, earned-value reporting and BI-Box connections into Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik, Cognos and Spotfire.
- Collaboration depth scored 7-8 on shared portfolio roadmaps and Gantt, timeline and Kanban views across entire portfolios.
- Training is documented in depth: three Academy learning plans, administrator levels from Associate to Expert, and a 30-minute multiple-choice exam with an 80% passing score.
- Analyst recognition on record as a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Strategic Portfolio Management and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Adaptive Project Management and Reporting.

**Held against it:**
- Sovereignty scored 0: we found no public information on data residency, data processing agreements or subprocessors, and the single-tenant cloud statement names no jurisdiction.
- Onboarding effort scored 1-2: "Request a free demo" is the only documented entry point, and we found no public information on a trial or self-serve signup.
- Support and documentation scored 4-6: Academy access requires a Planisware portal account, and we found no public information on support channels, response times or SLAs.
- We found no public information on guest or client access to projects, which judges cited in holding collaboration depth below the top band.
- Pricing transparency scored 0-1: no price, tier or billing term appears on any captured page.

**Best for:**
- You plan across an entire portfolio and need shared roadmaps with Gantt, timeline and Kanban views plus capacity what-if scenarios.
- Your reporting leans on earned value, funding models and hand-off to Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik, Cognos or Spotfire.
- Your stack already runs Jira, Rally, Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 and you need documented import/export or bidirectional sync.
- You are a PMO with budget and time for formal Academy training and administrator certification.

**Avoid if:**
- Your procurement requires a published data residency statement or data processing agreement before a tool can be cleared.
- You want hands-on evaluation before any sales conversation; only a free demo request is documented.
- You are a small team that needs self-serve signup and a fast first week; onboarding effort scored 1-2.
- You need documented support channels, response times and SLAs before committing a large seat count.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion.

| Criterion | The Data Protection Officer | The Bootstrapper | The Enterprise Architect | The UX Purist | The Integrator | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Collaboration depth | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Reporting | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| Integrations | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 |
| Onboarding effort | 1/5 | 0.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| Support & documentation | 3/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3.5/5** | **3/5** | **3.5/5** | **2.5/5** | **4/5** | **3/5** |

### The judges

- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Reads the DPA before the feature list. Optimizes for GDPR posture: EU hosting, subprocessor exposure, deletion guarantees. Rejects anything that cannot answer where the data lives.
- **The Bootstrapper** (v1.2): Pays with their own card. Optimizes for price/value at 3 seats and at 30, a usable free tier, and a price page that answers instead of qualifying. Rejects hidden seat minimums and "contact sales".
- **The Enterprise Architect** (v1.0): Buys for two hundred seats and answers for it later. Optimizes for SSO/SCIM, permissions, audit trails, certifications and a clean exit. Rejects anything that cannot survive procurement.
- **The UX Purist** (v1.0): Measures time-to-first-value with a stopwatch. Optimizes for clarity, density and software that teaches itself. Rejects fourteen-step setups and empty screens that offer no way forward.
- **The Integrator** (v1.0): Lives in the API docs before the product tour. Optimizes for webhooks, import/export and a tool that plays well in a stack. Rejects closed ecosystems and CSV-only exits.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.2): Assumes the marketing is lying until the evidence says otherwise. Hunts lock-in, dark patterns, hidden cost and dead changelogs. Exists to keep the rest of the panel honest.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

No sovereignty finding yet.

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Analyst recognition: Leader · Leader [S4]

**Hosting**
- Single tenant cloud: single-tenant cloud [S2]

**Integrations**
- API docs versioning: Customers on Orchestra 7.0+ and Enterprise 7.1+ get API documentation dynamically generated from their own data model [S5]
- Apptio: Enterprise & Horizon [S5]
- Azure devops: all products [S5]
- Bi box: Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik, Cognos, Spotfire all integrate via BI-Box reporting solution [S5]
- CRM connectors: CRM connectors (Salesforce, Oracle NetSuite, Dynamics 365, SAP CX, SugarCRM, HubSpot) enable automatic creation of projects from opportunities [S5]
- Deployment stats: 80%+ of Planisware deployments feature one or more integration [S5]
- Document management: Document management integrations: Box, DocuSign, Dropbox, Google Drive, Alfresco, Documentum, Informatica, OpenText [S5]
- Eam apm: EAM/APM integrations: SAP EAM, IBM Maximo, Hexagon, GE Veranova, AVEVA, ABB, Octave [S5]
- Engineering construction: Deltek, BIM (4D/5D), ProPricer, Cobra, EncoreAnalytics, Foundr, Infor [S5]
- Erp finance: Integrates with ERP and financial systems [S4]
- Etl: ETL integrations: Talend, Teradata, TIBCO, Matillion [S5]
- Flat file: No-code flat file import/export integrations via Import/export page, automated batch cadence [S5]
- Google suite: Generate and import Google Suite documents [S5]
- HR systems: HR integrations with Workday, Workforce, ADP, MS Dynamics, Oracle HCM, SAP HCM: employee master data, skills, availability, timesheets sync [S5]
- Jira: Planisware Enterprise and Orchestra integrate with Jira [S5]
- Life sciences: CTMS integrations (IMPACT, Veeva, Siebel and others) and LIMS data import [S5]
- Llm connector: LLM Connector lets customers leverage preferred language models to enhance Planisware Co-Pilot AI Bot and AI Help [S5]
- Mcp: MCP open standard makes Planisware AI agent Oscar a cross-platform context-aware agent [S5]
- Ms teams: Native bidirectional MS Teams integration [S5]
- Office365: Generate Office 365 docs, import data from MS Office, send emails from workflows [S5]
- Oracle fusion: all products [S5]
- Plm: PLM integrations: Windchill, Enovia, Team Center [S5]
- Rally: Broadcom Rally integration with bidirectional sync of projects, releases, iterations and stories [S5]
- Rest API: Open REST API, create/search/modify data via HTTP, OpenAPI-documented, available for all products [S5]
- Sap: SAP data exchange via standard API and configurable import/export interface [S5]
- Sap ariba: all products [S5]
- Scheduling: Scheduling integrations: MS Project, Smartsheets, Oracle Primavera P6 export/import plus XML export; Clarity via REST API [S5]
- Servicenow: ServiceNow automatically populates tech stack data in Planisware [S5]
- Sharepoint: all products [S5]
- Slack: all products [S5]
- SSO providers: SSO via Okta, Azure Active Directory, Ping, Rippling, plus LDAP/LDAPS authentication [S5]
- Tray io: iPaaS integration with Tray.io universal connectors [S5]

**Product**
- Academy certification: Academy programs offer Planisware certification for administrators and partners [S6]
- Administrator courses import export: yes [S7]
- AI platform: AI-powered strategic portfolio management platform [S1]
- AI powered: yes [S3]
- AI ppm platform: AI-powered Project Portfolio Management platform connecting strategic intent with operational execution [S2]
- Analyst recognition: Leader in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Adaptive Project Management & Reporting [S1]
- Analytics: analytics for tracking KPIs like delivery times, escalations, satisfaction [S2]
- Audience: COOs · PMO Directors · finance · IT teams [S2]
- Benefits: Resource optimization, single source of truth, portfolio prioritization, financial planning, real-time analytics, strategic alignment, enterprise-wide collaboration, improved forecasts, faster execution [S1]
- Bi integration: yes · yes · yes [S4]
- Capacity whatif: Capacity forecasts feed what-if scenarios; cost tracking and consolidation run alongside budget controls [S4]
- Centralized documentation: centralised document repositories with permissions and version control within Planisware [S2]
- Core capabilities: single source of truth · resource and capacity management · portfolio funding · integrated roadmaps [S3]
- Customer count: 600+ [S1]
- Customer count: 600 [S3]
- Customer count: 600 [S4]
- Customer count alt: 650 [S4]
- Demo available: yes [S1]
- Deployments: turnkey to highly configurable enterprise deployments [S4]
- Earned value: yes · yes · yes · yes · yes [S4]
- Embedded automation: embedded automation capabilities for notifications and reporting [S2]
- Engage customizable training: Engage: customizable training module to increase usage and adoption [S6]
- Engage tailored profiles: Engage training material designed for Project manager, Team member, Portfolio executive profiles [S6]
- Forrester leader: Leader in the Forrester Wave for Strategic Portfolio Management [S3]
- Funding models: AI-powered funding models and financial reports adapt as plans change [S4]
- Gartner leader: Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Adaptive Project Management and Reporting [S3]
- Horizon: Planisware Horizon · IT Strategic Portfolio Management [S1]
- Horizon description: Planisware Horizon · IT Strategic Portfolio Management [S2]
- Luma: Planisware Luma · PSA for Project Business [S1]
- Luma description: Planisware Luma · PSA for Project Business [S2]
- Meeting dashboards: integrated meeting notes and dashboards tied to data and deliverables [S2]
- Newsletter: Streamline newsletter every other month [S1]
- Newsletter: Streamline newsletter · every other month [S2]
- Nova: Planisware Nova · SPM for Product Development [S1]
- Nova AI: yes [S4]
- Okr measurement: SPM capabilities for roadmaps, investment targets and measuring OKRs in real time [S3]
- Orchestra description: Planisware Orchestra · Turnkey PPM Solution for PMOs [S2]
- Pex module: PEX is the built-in BI tool for dashboards and reporting [S7]
- Planisware horizon: Planisware Horizon: IT strategic portfolio management [S3]
- Planisware horizon: IT Strategic Portfolio Management [S4]
- Planisware luma: Planisware Luma: PSA for project business [S3]
- Planisware luma: PSA for Project Business [S4]
- Planisware orchestra: Planisware Orchestra: turnkey PPM solution for PMOs [S3]
- Planisware orchestra: Turnkey PPM Solution for PMOs [S4]
- Portfolio views: Gantt charts, timelines and Kanban boards extended across entire portfolios [S2]
- Primark case: Primark Change Portfolio reporting through 2030 · Primark · 2024-09 [S4]
- Primark customer: consolidated global change portfolio on Planisware, transformation programme to 2030 [S3]
- Prisma: Planisware Prisma · AI native operating layer connecting AI to live Planisware data [S1]
- Prisma change governance: yes · yes · yes [S1]
- Prisma natural language: ask questions in natural language · generate reports and decks from live data [S1]
- Real time metrics: yes [S3]
- Realtime spm: Data-driven, real-time SPM; create roadmaps, define investment targets, measure outcomes [S4]
- Resource center: Planisware Resource Center [S2]
- Role based dashboards: configurable role-based dashboards and executive summary dashboards with real-time portfolio context [S2]
- Scenario budget: Scenario comparison and high-level budget allocation sit in the same environment as roadmap definition [S4]
- Solutions: Strategic Planning & Alignment, Project Portfolio Management, Portfolio Reporting & Analysis, Resource & Capacity Planning, Project & Program Management, Work Management & Collaboration [S1]
- Training onsite: Training courses to improve platform proficiency [S6]
- Unified pmm capabilities: unified portfolio roadmaps, standardised status and risk views, role-based dashboards, collaboration and audit trails [S2]

**Support**
- Academy access requirement: yes [S7]
- Academy purpose: Academy is the Planisware Enterprise official training platform with a catalog of technical training courses [S7]
- Administrator certification exam: multiple-choice · 30 [S7]
- Administrator plan certification: yes · yes [S7]
- Administrator plan levels: Associate · Contributor · Specialist · Expert [S7]
- Certification passing score: digital diploma · 80 [S7]
- Customer training portal: Dedicated training solution for Planisware customers [S6]
- Discovery plan scope: Discovery plan covers main Planisware features and first steps of project management [S7]
- Learning plans count: 3 [S7]
- Newsletter: Streamline newsletter, bi-monthly [S3]
- Partner training program: Dedicated training program for Planisware partners [S6]
- Pex expert plan scope: PEX Expert plan covers PEX reporting basics to advanced features (overlays, counting measures) [S7]

## Questions

### Is Planisware European?

Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where Planisware is based.

### Where does Planisware store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026.

### Does Planisware have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 3 Nov 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Planisware?

As of 3 Nov 2026, the panel rates [awork (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/awork), [InLoox (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/inloox) and [Kantree (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/kantree) highest among the other 64 Project Management & Collaboration products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [awork](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/awork) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Planisware alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/planisware/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- We found no public information on pricing on the pages we read (planisware.com, planisware.com/improve-project-communication-collaboration, planisware.com/strategic-portfolio-management-dashboards, planisware.com/strategic-portfolio-management-budget-ev-metrics, planisware.com/seamless-integration-your-critical-enterprise-applications, planisware.com/training and 1 more). If the vendor publishes it somewhere else, send us the page.
- 15 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 support fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://www.planisware.com (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S2] Collaboration depth — found from sitemap: https://planisware.com/improve-project-communication-collaboration (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S3] Reporting — found from sitemap: https://planisware.com/strategic-portfolio-management-dashboards (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S4] Reporting — found from sitemap: https://planisware.com/strategic-portfolio-management-budget-ev-metrics (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S5] Integrations — found from sitemap: https://planisware.com/seamless-integration-your-critical-enterprise-applications (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S6] Support & documentation — found from sitemap: https://planisware.com/training (checked 2026-11-03)
- [S7] Support & documentation — found from sitemap: https://planisware.com/planisware-academy (checked 2026-11-03)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "Planisware — Project Management & Collaboration", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-11-04. https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/planisware

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