Planview AdaptiveWork vs SmartSuite Comparison
Compare Planview AdaptiveWork vs SmartSuite features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Planview AdaptiveWork
6.6/10
Enterprise project and portfolio management platform, formerly Clarizen, for PMOs and professional services teams that need resource, financial and portfolio control.
SmartSuite
7.3/10
SmartSuite is a no-code work management platform that teams use to build project, process and operations solutions with views, automations and AI agents.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 6.6/10 | 7.3/10 |
| Cost | 3/10 | 6/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Analytics | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 9/10 |
| Scalability | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Support | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Integration | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 7/10 | 9/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | Contact for pricing | $20/user/mo Team |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Contact for pricing | $200/mo Team |
| Features | ||
| App integrations | ||
| Client collaboration | ||
| Collaboration tools | ||
| Dashboards | ||
| File sharing | ||
| Gantt charts | ||
| Kanban boards | ||
| Reporting | ||
| Task lists | ||
| Task management | ||
| Time tracking | ||
| Timeline view | ||
| Workflow automation | ||
| Databases | Not listed | |
| Docs | Not listed | |
| Goals and OKRs | Not listed | |
| Scheduling | Not listed | |
| Spreadsheet interface | Not listed | |
| Team messaging | Not listed | |
| Whiteboards | Not listed | |
Planview AdaptiveWork vs SmartSuite cost by team size
| Team size | Planview AdaptiveWork | SmartSuite |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | Contact for pricing | Contact for pricing |
| 5 users | Contact for pricing | $100/moTeam |
| 10 users | Contact for pricing | $200/moTeam |
| 25 users | Contact for pricing | $500/moTeam |
| 50 users | Contact for pricing | $1,000/moTeam |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Planview AdaptiveWork
- Higher Scalability score (9/10 vs 7/10)
- Higher Analytics score (8/10 vs 7/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (9/10 vs 7/10)
Why choose SmartSuite
- Higher Cost score (6/10 vs 3/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (7/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for small business (6/10 vs 3/10)
- Better fit for freelancers (3/10 vs 1/10)
Pros & Cons
Planview AdaptiveWork
Pros
- Deep customization, including custom objects and fields, dependent picklists and custom workflow actions.
- Reviewers single out reporting as a strength, and Slide Publisher automates PowerPoint status decks.
- Professional services financials, including rate cards, billable time, utilization and revenue forecasting, are built in.
- An External Collaborator portal gives clients access to projects, files and requests.
- It has a broad set of enterprise connectors, including Jira, Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP and Microsoft Teams.
Cons
- No public pricing, and reviewers frequently call it expensive compared with similar tools.
- There is a steep learning curve, and some users find it overwhelming at first.
- Heavy customization can slow performance, especially over a VPN.
- Reviewers report mixed support, with slower resolution of complex issues.
- There is no separate development environment for testing workflows against live data.
SmartSuite
Pros
- The same records can be shown as grid, Kanban, Gantt, timeline, calendar, map and dashboard views without duplicating data.
- Its compliance coverage is unusually strong for the category, with ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR audits plus a choice of US or EU data residency.
- Read-only users, commenters and form submitters are free, which lowers the cost of involving stakeholders.
- It ships more than 200 templates and an AI solution builder to speed up setup.
- Reviewers describe the support team as responsive.
Cons
- Team, Professional and Enterprise carry 3-, 5- and 25-seat minimums, and there is no free plan.
- The Team plan allows only 5,000 records per solution, and automation runs plus API calls are hard-capped each month.
- SAML SSO and SCIM are available only on Enterprise and Signature plans.
- There is no team chat or whiteboard, and external access is limited to read-only shared views.
- Reviewers say complex workflows and large data imports take real setup effort, and there are no native desktop apps.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
SmartSuite scores higher on our Project Management criteria: 7.3/10 against 6.6/10 for Planview AdaptiveWork. The largest gap is in Cost: 3/10 for Planview AdaptiveWork and 6/10 for SmartSuite.
No, neither Planview AdaptiveWork nor SmartSuite lists a free plan.
SmartSuite is the better fit for small business: we rate it 6/10 for them, against 3/10 for Planview AdaptiveWork.
