To install Project on the machine (Project Desktop) is recommended the Project Plan 3 License.
However, Microsoft offers three applications to help manage your company's project portfolio: Project for the Web, Project Online and Project Desktop. Before choosing between these applications, you need to evaluate the organization's needs in order to select the most appropriate plan.
Applications are available through four different subscription types, below the monthly values by users of each Microsoft PPM plan.
| Microsoft Office 365 Products | Monthly per User* |
|---|---|
| Project Online Essentials | R$ 39.73 user/month. |
| Planner and Project Plan 1 | R$ 56.76 user/month. |
| Planner and Project Plan 3 | R$ 170.40 user/month. |
| Planner and Project Plan 5 | R$ 312.31 user/month. |
Note: The table above was updated on 03/02/2025.
In the table below, it is possible to visualize a comparison between the 4 planes:
| Microsoft Office 365 Products | Project Online Essentials | Project Plan 1 | Project Plan 3 | Project Plan 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications included: Choose the plan that best meets your organization's project management needs. | Project Online | Project for the Web and Project Online | Project for the Web, Project Online and Project Desktop Client | Project for the Web, Project Online and Project Desktop Client |
| Project Home: Centralised display, quick access to projects. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grid display mode: Manage projects using an orderly list of tasks. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Frame Display Mode: Visually track the tasks. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Timeline Display Mode (Gantt): Follow project deadlines and tasks with a visual timeline. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Collaboration and communication: Work together using Microsoft Teams. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Co-authorship: Work together with stakeholders and team members to edit and update task lists, project scheduling, and more simultaneously. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Planning and scheduling of projects: Includes scheduling tools to assign project tasks to team members and use different display modes to oversee the schedule. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reports: Use reports to track the progress of your projects, resources, programs and portfolios. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Screenplay: Create visual and interactive scripts by adding different types of projects to your organization for visibility. | Read-only access | Read-only access | Yes | Yes |
| Organisation Register the time spent inside and outside the project. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Resource management: Set the project team and assign tasks to these resources. | No, no, no. | No, no, no. | Yes | Yes |
| Desktop Client: Use the Project app installed on up to 5 machines. | No, no, no. | No, no, no. | Yes | Yes |
| Optimize and select portfolios: Model different portfolio scenarios to determine the best path, pondering project proposals with strategic business factors. | No, no, no. | No, no, no. | No, no, no. | Yes |
| Proposal management: Capture and evaluate project ideas from anywhere in the organization through a standardized process. | No, no, no. | No, no, no. | No, no, no. | Yes |
| Management and planning of business resources: Display and compare how resources are used in projects to optimize assignments. | No, no, no. | No, no, no. | No, no, no. | Yes |
Project Online Essentials
With Project Online Essentials, team members can perform project management functions through the Project Online web interface, such as updating problems, risks, updating tasks progress, sending a schedule of hours, among others, at a lower cost per user.
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