Project views for planners and doers, with proofing, approvals, and dashboards included — and a human on the other end.
Smartsheet is a spreadsheet that learned a few project tricks. Your projects outgrew the grid.
| WorkzoneRecommended | Smartsheet | |
|---|---|---|
| Capterra rating | 4.7 / 5 | 4.5 / 5 |
| Ease of use | Ready out of the box | Spreadsheet-first |
| Setup and go-live time | ~3 weeks | Weeks, plus formulas |
| Project views (List/Gantt/Kanban/Calendar) | All four, every plan | Grid plus limited views |
| Proofing and approvals | Add-on | |
| Dashboards and reporting | Basic | |
| Resource and workload planning | Higher tier | |
| Templates by industry | 1,000+ | Sheet templates |
| Support model | Human support, every plan | Docs and tickets |
| Pricing transparency | Published | Custom quotes for scale |
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Actual project structure — plans, dependencies, milestones — not a smarter spreadsheet.
List, Gantt, Kanban, and Calendar included, on every plan.
Review on the asset and roll it up. No stacking add-ons.
Live training and a person to call when a stakeholder needs a new view.
“We were maintaining formulas instead of managing projects. Workzone gave us the projects back.”
“Our team could not read the sheets. They can read Workzone.”
“Same visibility for leadership, without a spreadsheet admin on staff.”