Pelotonics

Pelotonics represents an online service that is used to securely manage communications, organize files, and assign and track tasks. There is no excessive functionality you don’t need, so you can deal with only those things that are truly important. In addition to that it has really simple and easy-to-use interface, still it doesn’t mean that there aren’t any drawbacks. Of course, there are some, but we will talk about them a little bit later. For now let’s check the screenshots.

Here is the screenshot of Dashboard:

This page being divided into three sections (what’s coming up, what’s late and what’s new) provides all the information in an easy and understandable way.

Next screenshot displays Tasks Page:

Probably the only thing missing here is the opportunity to add and, as a consequence, to check the description of a task. In other respects there are many useful features: task priority, opportunity to add comments and check the current amount of comments, task time tracking, task filtering and etc.

And Messages Page:

Of course, it looks pretty ordinary, but at the same time allows editing and deleting comments, and has rich text formatting options.

Main characteristic features:

• Opportunity to schedule free 30 minutes phone consultation
• Six different packages, including a free one
• SSL 128bit encryption
• Very intuitive and easy-to-use interface
• Great list of current customers and etc.

Pros and cons:

+ pretty intuitive interface
+ commenting on tasks
+ rich text formatting
+ customizable Calendar panel
+ separate panel for communication
+ separate panel for files
+ task priority
+ opportunity to create task lists

- no subtasks
- no description for tasks (just for projects; still you can describe the task in the first comment)
- no detailed reports
- no way to comment on projects

Customer support service

We got very fast response – within 24 hours.

Project Mark: 4

PlanHQ

PlanHQ is a project management and planning tool that allows you to turn your static document and spreadsheet into a dynamic and up-to-date overview of where you’re going and how you’re tracking. It gives you the opportunity to align and prioritize team work against company goals, and track progress towards achieving the goals. The most noticeable things about PlanHQ are its simplicity and really attractive interface; as for the functionality it might be better.

Here is the way Dashboard and Tasks look:

As you can see given page is extremely simple including just tasks and goals. Tasks (actions) are displayed with the priority and due date. To check the description of a task and other details you need to click on a task.

The next screenshot represents Goals with Comments:

In addition to the fact that this page is well organized it has some valuable features, such as: comments, actions (tasks), attachments, and description for a goal.

Main characteristic features:

• Nice-looking and easy-to-use interface
• Forecasts and budgets
• Opportunity to export data
• SSL encryption
• Opportunity to create private goals

Pros and cons:

+ very intuitive and nice-looking interface
+ the opportunity to create plans
+ priority for the tasks
+ description for tasks
+ detailed progress reports

- no text formatting options (tasks, comments)
- no comments for tasks (just for the project, i.e. goal), still there is a history for each task, which may replace it to some extent
- no separate panel for communication
- no separate panel for files
- no subtasks

Customer support service

We didn’t get the response at all.

Project Mark: 3+

Related posts:

1. Back to Online Project Management Tools: Part 4
2. Back to Online Project Management Tools: Part 2
3. Back to Online Project Management Tools: Part 1
4. Online Project Management Tools – Part 3
5. Online Project Management Tools Part 1

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Tags: OPMT, Pelotonics, PlanHQ, Planzone, ProjectManager, ProjectSpaces, SamePage