# ProjectManager — Project Management & Collaboration

ProjectManager by ProjectManager.com holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-10-21. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: ProjectManager.com (https://www.projectmanager.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/projectmanager
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/projectmanager/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/projectmanager/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-21 · evaluated 2026-10-21 · oldest source captured 2026-10-20

**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: ProjectManager.com
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

ProjectManager's scored core is strong: collaboration depth and reporting both hold at 8, built on dependencies with a critical-path filter, portfolio dashboards, workload and availability reports, and eight named report types exported to PDF, Excel or CSV. Integrations score 7–8 on a REST API at version 4 with Swagger/OpenAPI definitions, SDKs and documented rate limits, plus Microsoft Project import back to 2003, held below the top band because we found no public information on webhooks. Pricing transparency sits at a flat 2: the only public figure is an Advanced Collaboration bundle at $5/user/month, the captured pages show no plan prices, and the Teams integration requires a Business or Enterprise account. Sovereignty scores span 1–3: the legal entity is a US company in Austin, Texas, all customer data is stored in Amazon AWS, EEA/UK personal information is transferred to the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses, and we found no public information on EU data residency or a public DPA. Onboarding scores range 6–8, split between thorough import tooling and the vendor's "days, not weeks" ramp-up copy.

**Speaks for it:**
- Eight named report types — portfolio status, project status, project plan, tasks, timesheets, availability, workload and variance — each customizable, filterable and exportable to PDF, Excel or CSV.
- A REST API at version 4 with Swagger/OpenAPI definitions, SDKs, documented rate limits and access for trialists during the free 30-day trial.
- Importers for Microsoft Project files from 2003 through 2019 plus Excel and CSV, with a downloadable template, automatic header detection and automatic invites for imported assignees.
- Team-level planning carried by Gantt dependencies with a critical-path filter, portfolio dashboards, workload and availability reports, and a free guest license for stakeholders.
- A learning surface of knowledge base, product videos, a Training Academy, weekly 30-minute live demos and a Developer Center the vendor says is updated regularly.

**Held against it:**
- The captured pages show no plan prices; the only public figure is the Advanced Collaboration bundle at $5/user/month, disclosed in a setup guide.
- The Integrations panel and the Microsoft Teams integration can require an upgrade to a Business or Enterprise account, a cost gate that appears in help pages rather than at signup.
- Personal information from the EEA and the United Kingdom is transferred to the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses, and we found no public information on EU data residency, a public DPA or a subprocessor list.
- We found no public information on webhooks, a custom report builder or scheduled report delivery, the gaps named below the top band of integrations and reporting.
- We found no public information on chat support, response-time commitments or a visible changelog.

**Best for:**
- You need cross-portfolio reporting on time, budgets and utilization, with eight standard report types and PDF, Excel or CSV export.
- You are migrating from Microsoft Project and need imports from files back to the 2003 release, including baselines and custom columns.
- Your team plans at team level — workload and availability against capacity, dependencies with a critical path — rather than personal task lists.
- You build your own connections and want a documented API with SDKs, rate limits and access during the free 30-day trial.

**Avoid if:**
- You must fix a payable per-seat cost before talking to sales — the captured pages publish no plan prices.
- Your procurement requires EU data residency or a public data processing agreement — the pages document EEA-to-US transfers under Standard Contractual Clauses and we found no public information on either.
- You expect the Microsoft Teams integration or the Integrations panel on an entry edition — both can require an upgrade to a Business or Enterprise account.
- You need your team productive on day one — the vendor's own copy frames ramp-up in "days, not weeks."

## 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.

| 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 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| Reporting | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| Integrations | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Onboarding effort | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 1/5 |
| Support & documentation | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Pricing transparency | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3.5/5** | **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

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

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

**Compliance**
- Australian privacy act: yes · Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) / APPs [S2]
- Children age threshold: 16 [S2]
- Drata report: yes [S3]
- Encryption transit: yes · yes [S3]
- Frameworks: SOC-2 audit compliance · NIST CyberSecurity Framework [S3]
- Information security safeguards: physical, technical and organizational safeguards; no guarantee of absolute security [S2]
- International transfer mechanism: EEA/UK to US · European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses [S2]
- Monitoring partner: Drata [S3]
- SOC 2 type2: yes [S3]

**Data**
- Access logging: yes [S3]
- Access restriction: yes [S3]
- Payment information not stored: no [S2]
- Retention policy: delete or de-identify personal information when no longer necessary, unless legally required to retain [S2]
- Rights access correction deletion portability: access · update/correct · restrict/object · anonymize/delete · data portability [S2]
- Rights process document: https://www.projectmanager.com/legal [S2]

**Hosting**
- Monitoring tools: AWS Inspector · CloudWatch [S3]
- Multi az replication: yes [S3]
- Provider: Amazon AWS [S3]

**Integrations**
- Acumatica: Acumatica · sync project and ERP data for resource scheduling, forecasting, reporting [S8]
- API: build bespoke integrations with any other system · yes [S8]
- API access all workspaces: all workspaces · yes [S9]
- API current version: 4 · 1 · 3 [S9]
- API key admin roles: admin · global admin [S9]
- API trial access: yes [S9]
- API v1 upgrade support email: support@projectmanager.com [S9]
- API v3 upgrade: yes [S9]
- Assignee invite on import: yes [S10]
- Azure devops: Azure DevOps · synchronize Azure DevOps boards and epics with ProjectManager [S8]
- Baseline import: most recent applied [S10]
- Bearer auth: Bearer token [S5]
- Chatgpt: ChatGPT · ask about projects, update tasks and plan new work inside ChatGPT [S8]
- Column mapping: yes · yes [S10]
- Comment endpoints: Create Task Comment · Like Comment · Unlike Comment · Remove Comment · Retrieve Task Comments · Create Task Comments [S5]
- Comment response id: discussionCommentId [S5]
- Comment text field: string · text · Markdown · yes [S5]
- Count: 1000 [S6]
- Custom column types: 6 · text · number · currency · checkbox · dropdown · XML · MPP [S10]
- Default dates: 1 · today [S10]
- Desk: Desk.com · new ProjectManager projects create new Desk cases [S8]
- Developer center documentation: yes · yes [S9]
- Dropbox: Dropbox · new Dropbox files automatically added to ProjectManager [S8]
- Endpoints documented: yes · Developer Center [S9]
- Evernote: Evernote · create ProjectManager tasks from new Evernote notes [S8]
- Excel: Excel · import and export data, stated as complete compatibility [S8]
- Excel existing project modes: keep_and_append · replace [S10]
- Exchange: MS Exchange · new projects create calendar items in MS Exchange [S8]
- Gmail: Gmail · create ProjectManager tasks from Gmail [S8]
- Google: Google · keep project data up-to-date across Google's suite of tools [S8]
- Google calendar: Google Calendar · new tasks or projects create Google calendar items [S8]
- Google contacts: Google Contacts · sync ProjectManager resources with Google contacts, both directions [S8]
- Google drive: Google Drive · copy files from Google Drive to ProjectManager storage [S8]
- Google sheets: Google Sheets · add tasks from Google Sheets to ProjectManager task lists [S8]
- Google tasks: Google Tasks · new Google Tasks create project and time entry in ProjectManager [S8]
- Hubspot: Hubspot · sync resources to Hubspot contacts and add Hubspot tasks in ProjectManager [S8]
- Import formats: MS Project · Excel · CSV [S10]
- Import guidelines file: demo import · field descriptions · yes [S10]
- Import locations: yes · Gantt · Sheet [S10]
- Integration name header: x-integration-name · yes [S5]
- Jira: yes [S1]
- Jira: two-way Jira task sync [S6]
- Jira: Jira · create Jira issues from new ProjectManager tasks or projects [S8]
- Microsoft: yes · yes · yes [S1]
- Microsoft: import/round-trip Microsoft Project, Excel, CSV [S6]
- Microsoft teams: Microsoft Teams · access and edit tasks via commands within MS Teams [S8]
- Microsoft teams integration: yes [S9]
- Mpp version support: 2019 · 2003 [S10]
- Ms project: MS Project · import MS Project plans to populate ProjectManager dashboards [S8]
- Msproject colors calendar: yes · yes [S10]
- Myob acumatica: MYOB Acumatica · bridge project and ERP data, supported by local ANZ team [S8]
- Named third party integrations: and other SSO providers · Zapier · Okta · Azure Active Directory [S2]
- One login: One Login · single sign-on / simplified login across apps [S8]

**Legal**
- Copyright entity: ProjectManager.com, Inc. [S8]
- Customer count: 35000 [S13]
- Entity: ProjectManager.com, Inc. [S1]
- Entity: ProjectManager.com, Inc. [S6]
- Entity name: ProjectManager.com, Inc. [S2]
- Entity name: ProjectManager.com, Inc. [S13]
- Privacy policy revision date: 2026-04-22 [S2]

**Pricing**
- Advanced collaboration price: Advanced Collaboration bundle · in-app or sales · 5 [S11]
- Free trial: yes · 30 [S1]
- Free trial: yes · 30 [S6]
- Integrations upgrade requirement: Some editions require an upgrade to access the Integrations panel or activate Microsoft Teams [S11]
- Teams integration plan requirement: Business · Enterprise [S11]
- Trial: 30 · yes · yes [S8]

**Product**
- Administrator controls: access/update/delete account info · change account info/email · reset password · restrict/suspend/terminate access · access or retain stored information · enable/disable third-party apps or integrations [S2]
- AI insights: AI-generated executive summary with risk analysis [S6]
- AI powered analysis: AI-powered analysis [S1]
- Automation: yes [S1]
- Availability report: shows availability summary and week-by-week availability detail; based on calendar hours vs assigned hours [S7]
- Capterra rating: 5 · 4.1 · CAPTERRA · 339 [S1]
- Capterra rating: 4.1 · CAPTERRA · 339 [S8]
- Comment attachments: Comments support files, emojis, formatting and @mentions [S4]
- Comment mentions: @mentioning a team member in a comment triggers an automatic notification [S4]
- Comment notifications: New comments trigger email alerts and in-app notifications based on preferences [S4]
- Customer base: 35000 [S1]
- Dashboards: project dashboard · summary dashboards · portfolio dashboard [S13]
- Desktop mobile sync: yes [S1]
- Disaster recovery monitoring: DataDog · OpsGenie [S3]
- Export CSV pdf excel: yes · yes · yes [S6]
- File import formats: MPP · XLS · CSV [S13]
- Free guest license: yes [S1]
- Free trial: yes [S13]
- G2 rating: 5 · 4.4 · G2 · 103 [S1]
- G2 rating: 4.4 · G2 · 103 [S8]
- Gantt critical path: critical path filter · dependencies · print Gantt schedule [S13]
- Hosting: yes [S6]
- Live dashboards: real-time dashboards updating automatically [S6]
- Marketing data not sold: no [S2]
- Marketing sms push: SMS · push notifications [S2]
- Mobile app: yes [S1]
- Performance reports: project plan, variance or task reports [S6]
- Portfolio management: custom portfolio dashboards · resource allocation · budget balancing · in-depth reports · roadmaps [S1]
- Portfolio management: portfolio status views [S6]
- Portfolio reporting: portfolio views of project health across all projects, drill down to individual projects [S6]
- Portfolio status report: portfolio health based on time, budget, resources and tasks; sortable by project name, percent complete, start or finish date; filterable by folder, manager, customer, priority, status, custom columns [S7]
- Print reports: yes [S6]
- Project files page: Project files are accessible via the Files page to all team members with project access [S4]
- Project plan report: task-level drilldown with date filtering; can include actuals, budget, cost to date, target date or milestones only; exportable to Excel [S7]
- Project status report: includes micro-dashboard, high-priority/overdue tasks, milestones, summary tasks, health chart and project summary table [S7]
- Real time views: project views update in real time [S13]
- Report customization: yes [S7]
- Report export formats: browser preview · PDF · Excel [S7]
- Report filtering: filter projects and data columns; drill down to team members or tasks [S6]
- Report formats: yes · yes · yes [S6]
- Report types: status reports for projects and portfolios [S6]
- Report types: 8 · portfolio status · project status · project plan · tasks · timesheets · availability · workload · variance [S7]
- Resource management: resource scheduling · workload management · timesheets · real-time tracking [S1]
- Resource reports: workload and availability reports [S6]
- Secure collaboration SOC 2: custom roles · user permissions · approval workflows · project restrictions · yes [S1]
- Summary dashboard count: 3 [S13]
- Task card fields: Task card shows task approvals, planned vs. actual data, custom fields, comments, progress, duration, description, hours, cost, tags, priority level, subtasks, date [S4]
- Task comments: Comments can be added to tasks in List, Board, and Gantt views [S4]
- Task discussions: yes [S5]
- Task files: Files can be attached to tasks via paperclip icon, drag-and-drop, or browse in task popup [S4]
- Tasks report export: preview · PDF · Microsoft Excel · CSV · offline (emailed) [S7]
- Tasks report filters: filter by project(s) or non-project tasks, tags, task status (started, not started, complete, overdue), tasks due (today/week/month/custom range), columns, team members [S7]

**Support**
- API: yes [S13]
- Developer API: yes [S12]
- Knowledge base: Knowledge base, product videos, and question submission [S12]
- Live demo: live demo with Q&A · yes [S10]
- Marketing unsubscribe email: support@projectmanager.com [S2]
- Product videos: yes [S12]
- Setup questions email: Email support offered for Teams integration setup questions [S11]
- Status page: yes [S12]
- Status page: yes [S13]
- Training academy: Training Academy with tutorials and walkthrough videos [S13]
- Weekly demo: weekly · 30 [S1]

39 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/projectmanager

## Questions

### Is ProjectManager European?

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

### Where does ProjectManager store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026.

### Does ProjectManager have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 20 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to ProjectManager?

As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [awork (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/awork), [Kantree (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/kantree) and [Teamwork.com (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/teamwork) highest among the other 60 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: [ProjectManager alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/projectmanager/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 12 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.
- 5 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 compliance 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 data 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.
- 1 hosting 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.
- 1 pricing 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.
- 1 subprocessors 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.
- 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://www.projectmanager.com (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S2] Privacy policy — found from the homepage: https://www.projectmanager.com/privacy (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S3] Security / trust page — found from the homepage: https://www.projectmanager.com/software/security (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S4] Collaboration depth — found from sitemap: https://learn.projectmanager.com/task-collaboration (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S5] Collaboration depth — found from sitemap: https://developer.projectmanager.com/api-reference/discussion/create-task-comment (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S6] Reporting — found from sitemap: https://www.projectmanager.com/software/reporting (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S7] Reporting — found from sitemap: https://learn.projectmanager.com/create-report (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S8] Integrations — found from sitemap: https://www.projectmanager.com/integrations (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S9] Integrations — found from sitemap: https://learn.projectmanager.com/how-to-use-our-api (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S10] Onboarding effort — found from sitemap: https://learn.projectmanager.com/import (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S11] Onboarding effort — found from sitemap: https://learn.projectmanager.com/microsoft-teams-setup (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S12] Support & documentation — found from sitemap: https://www.projectmanager.com/support (checked 2026-10-20)
- [S13] Support & documentation — found from sitemap: https://www.projectmanager.com/training-academy (checked 2026-10-20)

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