Comparison
PPM software comparison 2026
What project portfolio management tools actually cover, criterion by criterion — so you can shortlist on capability rather than on a feature list.
Every vendor on this page solves a real problem; none of them solves all of them equally. What separates them is not quality but coverage: how far a tool goes beyond a single project, and whether it holds schedule, capacity and money in the same place. The table below states coverage, not a score.
The six criteria compared
Portfolio & arbitration
Compare, score and arbitrate candidate projects against a capacity, not just group them in a folder.
Scheduling
Gantt with dependencies, critical path, baselines and milestones — the level at which a commitment is held.
Multi-project resource capacity
Consolidated workload per person, team and skill across every project, net of leave and non-project time.
Budget, cost and margin
Planned against actual on cost and revenue, in the same object as the schedule rather than in a parallel spreadsheet.
Agile & hybrid
Boards, backlog and sprints coexisting with a planned schedule, since most organizations run both at once.
Sovereign hosting / on-premise
Hosting in France or in your own datacentre — decisive for public sector, defence, health and finance.
Coverage at a glance
| Tool | Portfolio & arbitration | Scheduling | Multi-project resource capacity | Budget, cost and margin | Agile & hybrid | Sovereign hosting / on-premise | Entry model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FoxPlan | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Free plan |
| Planisware | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Partial | Partial | Quote only |
| Sciforma | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Partial | Partial | Quote only |
| Triskell | Covered | Partial | Covered | Covered | Covered | Partial | Quote only |
| Microsoft Project | Partial | Covered | Partial | Partial | Partial | Out of scope | Per user |
| monday.com | Partial | Partial | Partial | Partial | Covered | Out of scope | Per user |
| Wrike | Partial | Covered | Partial | Partial | Covered | Out of scope | Per user |
| Gouti | Covered | Covered | Covered | Covered | Partial | Covered | Per user |
Covered · Partial · Out of scope
Tool by tool
FoxPlan
A PPM platform covering the portfolio, the schedule, resource capacity and the budget in a single tool, with agentic AI and a French sovereign hosting or on-premise option.
Best fit : Organizations that need portfolio steering and project execution in the same place, without an enterprise-scale rollout.
Planisware
An enterprise PPM suite oriented towards R&D, innovation and product portfolios, with a strong stage-gate and financial planning heritage.
Best fit : Large R&D-driven organizations with a dedicated PMO and the capacity to run a long implementation project.
Sciforma
A long-established PPM vendor covering portfolio governance, resource management and project financials for IT and engineering departments.
Best fit : IT and engineering PMOs standardising portfolio governance across many projects.
Triskell
A configurable PPM and strategic execution platform, positioned on portfolio roadmaps, capacity planning and scaled agile frameworks.
Best fit : Organizations running scaled agile alongside a classic portfolio and willing to invest in configuration.
Microsoft Project
The historical reference for project scheduling, now offered through the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, with portfolio and financial capabilities depending on the edition.
Best fit : Teams already standardised on Microsoft 365 whose main need is scheduling a project at a time.
www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/project/project-management-software ↗
monday.com
A work management platform built on configurable boards, strong on team collaboration and adoption rather than on portfolio governance.
Best fit : Teams looking for fast adoption on collaborative work, without financial or capacity consolidation needs.
Wrike
A work management suite with scheduling, workload views and reporting, aimed at operational teams and services organizations.
Best fit : Delivery and services teams that need shared scheduling and workload without full portfolio governance.
Gouti
A French PPM SaaS covering projects, portfolio, resources, time tracking and budget, aimed at mid-sized organizations.
Best fit : Mid-sized French-speaking organizations looking for a complete, straightforward PPM without heavy configuration.
Choosing between them
Start from the decision you cannot make today. If it is “which projects do we start next quarter”, you need portfolio and capacity, and a work management tool will not get you there. If it is “where is this project”, scheduling is enough. If it is “what will this portfolio cost us”, budget has to live with the schedule. The tools that cover everything cost more to deploy — the honest question is which of the six criteria you would still need in two years.
How this comparison was built
Coverage is read from each vendor’s public documentation and product pages, at the level of what the product covers as standard — not of how well it does it, which no table can settle. Editions and options vary: a criterion marked partial often means it exists in a higher edition or through an add-on. Prices are deliberately absent, because they change faster than this page.
Public information checked on September 3, 2026. Something inaccurate? Tell us and we will correct it. contact@fox-plan.com
