ActiveCollab vs Microsoft To Do: Which is a better fit?

Ricardo: Hi, my name's Ricardo. I'm CEO. I give ActiveCollab a five star rating. For more ratings like this click the link below. Before ActiveCollab I was using Trello, which was doing the job all right. But after using Collab for a short time, I realized that it is was more beneficial for our company to use. I chose ActiveCollab because of the ease of use for the communication between our team. Everyone understood how to use it perfectly clearly. That's why we decided to stay with ActiveCollab. When we first started using ActiveCollab we were up and running within a few hours. We had all our projects posted, all of our tasks posted, and the team was already logged in and everyone had their account created. Before we knew it, we were sending messages to each other, adding notes and comments. We've been moving forward since then. My recommendation for any company or someone that's out there looking for a collaboration software such as ActiveCollab is to go ahead and go for it. You're not going to regret it. You're going to have a good time with your team on there. Easy communication, fast tasks, fast comments, email notifications. I highly recommend it.

Andrew P.: My name is Andrew. I'm a director of Family Ministries. I give Microsoft To Do four out of five. And for more reviews like this, click below. Before we settled on Microsoft To Do, our team looked at ClickUp and Monday.com as possible alternatives. Both of those were very powerful. They also had additional cost and some additional work getting them integrated with the systems we were already using. Microsoft To Do fit in well with our Microsoft environment, and didn't come within the additional cost. We chose Microsoft To Do for a couple different reasons. The first is, as I said, it integrated well with the rest of our Microsoft environment. As an administrator, it was easy to head into Microsoft admin, go to the panel, turn it on, and get it working. That was easy to do. And because it was part of an environment our users were used to experiencing, that learning curve was a little bit less steep as well. We also appreciated how many improvements Microsoft To Do has made, particularly in the last year. It started to have features much like you might find in other kinds of task management, project management software. In particular, we are really impressed by the calendar view that Microsoft had made some significant improvements in that area. In terms of onboarding folks into Microsoft To Do, the main thing that we needed to do was to let folks know that this product was there, in the midst of all of our other Microsoft products. The other thing that took a little bit of time and a little bit of finagling was helping folks understand the different places where Microsoft To Do can live. It can live inside of a Microsoft Teams group. It can also be imported and be a web object inside a SharePoint site. So letting folks know this is the same information, the same tasks viewable in several different places, that was the hardest part of getting folks onboarded and comfortable using the product. If you are considering using Microsoft To Do, a couple things to keep in mind. The first is if you are a Microsoft environment already, chances are it's included with your Office 365 or Microsoft 365 subscription. So take a look. It might be exactly what your team needs, using the tools that you already use and are experienced in administering. If you are thinking about it among other options, you also might consider the price point, particularly as for a whole organization. Something like ClickUp or Monday.com can run into real money. Those tools are a little bit more powerful and a little bit more intuitive, at least from my perspective, so that's something to weigh. How much are you willing to put up with a little bit of a UI that might need some refinement versus a tool that costs considerably more, but has those refined features and details? Those are what I would encourage folks to keep in mind.