# Deltek PPM Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Deltek PPM the right Project Management solution for you? Explore 29 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/154650/Deltek-Project-Portfolio-Management/reviews --- Deltek PPM 4.2 (29) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Deltek PPM Ease of use 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 29 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Master Scheduler / Section Manager Projects, Integrated Scheduling Utilities Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Increases Quality of Schedules" September 5, 2018 5.0 Pros This software works best in conjunction with a scheduling software such as Oracle Primavera. It allows us to measure based on industry best practices the quality of schedules. Cons Some of the stats given out of the box does not give a good indication of schedule quality. Will need to tweak to fit your organizational needs. May be cumbersome and can take some time to set up correctly. Review Source JS Joseph S. Sr. Project Controls Scheduler Utilities Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Acumen Fuse Is Awesome" November 19, 2019 5.0 It is great to handle our scheduling needs. Pros The flexibility, customization, and function of the software is top notch. It serves al of our purposes and is so much better than Oracle's versions of the software. Cons None. I have no complaints at all. Keep being awesome. Alternatives considered [Oracle Primavera Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/145503/Oracle-Primavera/) Reason for choosing Deltek PPM My management did a trial and I loved it and pushed for it and it is slowly being adopted across the corporation. Switched from [Oracle Primavera Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/145503/Oracle-Primavera/) Primavera didn't do schedule health up to par. Review Source DM David M. Financial Analyst Defense & Space Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PM Compass Concerns" November 19, 2019 3.0 PM Compass is unreliable and time consuming. Very poor product. Please improve. Pros My division uses Cobra, PM Compass, and wInsight. I like that these software tools provide the required earned value and cost data and reports necessary for the business. Cons PM Compass is unreliable, un-user friendly, hard to navigate, poor graphic user interface, and poor reporting tool. It makes providing reliable and accurate data to our organization very difficult. I have been asked by other companies if I would recommend this product to them and I emphatically tell them to look elsewhere. Please improve PM Compass. Thank you Review Source JW Jason W. Managing Director Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "aka GCS Premier with T&E" June 6, 2018 4.0 As a GovCon system's consultant, I've used/fixed/implemented/transitioned from this system numerous times. It was the accounting solution I recommended to all of my clients looking to be DCAA Compliant. I am sad it's no longer being sold/offered from Deltek. Pros I loved most things about this system. It was incredibly simple to implement. The interface was simplified so it became very easy to train new users. Projects and the JSR reports delivered enough information to manage programs/contracts. If setup correctly, it was the ultimate in getting your GovCon accounting system approved by the DCAA. Cons Unfortunately, the support for this product is supposedly going away. They're moving everyone to a lite/compartmentalized à la carte version of Costpoint now. This system was expensive but affordable in the sense that your average clerk/bookkeeper could be taught how to use it. Costpoint isn't for the faint at heart! :) Review Source NB NATHAN B. Owner Management Consulting Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Projeqtor Open source Project Management Platform" October 20, 2018 4.0 I love this platform for projects that require intense tracking of deliverables and project accounting. Project Libra also has a paid cloud version. I would highly recommend this to new firms that are between 1-20 people managing projects. Pros Let me start by saying this is clearly the most robust project management platform on the market that falls under open source code. This platform allows you to do project accounting, deliverable tracking, change management tracking, team allocations, time accounting, and crm functions. Being a professional project manager I love the robustness of this platform. All labels are customizable (be careful not to re label something unintentionally). Project Libra does offer paid setup Updates seem to be often even as open source Cons The paid setup is incredibly expensive The user interface feels "clunky" and "old" the icons and labels feel like they are straight out of windows 3.1 Open source license prevents companies from charging to sell this software however a means to monetize could be in hosting or supporting on prem deployments (license loophole) Security becomes an issue for the deployment team to handle Review Source RH Richard H. Air Sector Capability Development Lead Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cobra: A powerful tool" November 19, 2019 4.0 Cobra is going to be used with PM Compass as part of our plan for teams to enter ETC data that is going to be used in Contract Reviews. Pros Been using Cobra with OPP for 20 years. We currently use OPP 3.4 and Cobra 5.1 but are due to upgrade to latest versions any time now. Cobra is an extremely powerful tool that contains all the data that you need in PM. The trick is getting management buy in of what it’s telling them. Cons Restoring backups takes ages. The tool could do with a refresh with the architecture. Review Source TD Tyler D. System Architect Defense & Space Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Deltek tools mostly work just need lots of consultants" November 19, 2019 4.0 Haven’t used other software to really compare besides MPM. Pros Helps get EV effort done and Cobra has a good user interface. Cons PM Compass user interface is not very good and clunky to navigate. Have issues getting WADs to work in PM compass when using Microsoft project. Review Source KE Kathleen E. It specialist Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cobra for EVM and proposal pricing" November 19, 2019 4.0 Pricing, reporting for research/ space flight instrumentation Pros Really great at EVM metrics and pricing baseline/ forecast at WP Cons Client server—should web app by now. Process log should be more intelligent and include more specifics Reason for choosing Deltek PPM Industry standard Review Source TB Terry B. Accounting Manager Defense & Space Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PPM has a lot of functionality, but a time investment is needed to master it." November 16, 2016 4.0 Our organization purchased Open Plan and COBRA over 8 years ago. However, we didn't really know much about either application before doing so. The Deltek consultants were very helpful in helping us get each one set up and ready for use. The problem was we didn't start using them on a regular basis or commit resources to them full time, so our knowledge base and expertise didn't evolve. Open Plan proved to be more robust than we needed at the time and we stopped using it. COBRA is used for only specific projects, mainly EVM related, and has provided us some nice benefits. But we still don't have a good handle on all of the functionality, which is holding us back a little. My suggestion is to invest time and resources to these products to get a better ROI. Pros Cobra reports are created as Excel files. Easy budget re-calculation, budget import. Cons The integration wizard is a little quirky. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Office Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Needs to coexist better with Deltek Vision" October 23, 2018 3.0 managing an overwhelming amount of project e-mails and documents on our server Pros It is great for project management. Makes archiving of project e-mails a breeze Cons It is not very user friendly. Also we are one of the first SAAS users and the interface between PIM and Vision is not good Review Source RW Rose W. Financial training Defense & Space Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I love Deltek" November 19, 2019 5.0 We use both Cobra and Winsight for Budget and EV. We like the functionality of the products to support project execution. Pros Cobra is used for budget and scheduling Cons Ease of use for users! Review Source NJ Nicole J. Business Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "If you're ready..." February 14, 2017 4.0 This software is truly an asset to any company who is willing to put the time, money and resources (human) behind utilizing it to its fullest potential. If you are not ready to completely switch over to this program (leave all other software behind), then do not make the jump! Pros If everyone is one board to learn this program, you are in for a real treat. Cons Very hard to become proficient at unless you read all online, free resources, and then pay a lot of money to learn the next layer of information at workshops, followed by paying more money for the private consultation to answer follow-up, in-depth questions pertaining to your firms' standard practice. Review Source BR Beverly R. Controller Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ease of Used" November 18, 2019 4.0 Pros Easy to use, accepted software, training Cons not much, it works great. Thank you for asking. Review Source KH Kristen H. PMO Group Lead Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cobra 8 Release" November 15, 2016 4.0 The latest version of Cobra has many new features that we have been waiting for, we look forward to the future version releases to see what else is in store. Review Source MB Mallori B. System Administrator Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Deltek First takes a lot off the IT dept and gives it to administrator" December 21, 2015 4.0 Pros The updates get implemented automatically without the need to upgrade on-site servers, and the customer service is always very prompt. Cons Most times you have to start with the lowest level of help desk before getting bumped up to someone that actually knows what they are doing. It would be nice to have 1 or even a few experts that were assigned to you so you could build a relationship and skip on some of the frustration of having a novice send you something they copied and pasted out of a manual. Review Source CC Connie C. Business Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for project management" February 16, 2017 4.0 The information available for managing projects is great. There are a lot of new features coming on board that will make this much more user-friendly. Review Source DM David M. IT Director Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for small business." August 7, 2015 5.0 Pros Visually appealing and easy to use. Software out of the box is always a plus. Cons Nothing specific I like least about the product or vendor. Review Source yS yoganandh S. Lead - Project Management from CEO's Office Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Project Management software is to manage tasks" May 7, 2018 5.0 Pros It can be used to track the project, Easy to handle, different projects can be managed at portfolio level. Cons Since we find few difficulties in updating each and everything and on pulling out a report for analysis purpose. Review Source JV Jennifer V. Director Industry Liaison Office, Senior Lecturer Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Project Management" October 19, 2018 4.0 Basically users in the organisation are not as well-versed in PM terminology and for that reason, they tend to fall back on using other software. Pros Its an extremely instinctive tool to use and aligned very close to project management terminology. Cons Cant see any cons - as I feel the cost is reasonable Review Source MC Melody C. Sr Financial Analyst Systems Support Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Cobra " November 14, 2016 4.0 Cobra is a good earned value system. Great for meeting the government reporting requirements and for managing cost/schedule on projects. Pros Easy to use, V8 looks like MS products latest versions, multiple ways a user can get to what they need. Excellent tool for earned value management. Cons Not a lot, upgrades sometimes create new issues and have to wait for a patch/fix to come out. Review Source KW Keith W. Master Planner Scheduler Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Open Plan, PMC and Acumen review." November 14, 2016 4.0 I have been using open plan for about four years and PMC and Acumen more recently. I like how all of these tools (including Cobra) work with each and have found them to be user friendly. Pros Accuracy and integration with Cobra to calculate EV. Cons Unforgiving at times - greater use of undo function would be nice. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Teacher Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good tool to assist in schedule development" October 27, 2018 5.0 Pros This software (Acumen Fuse) allows users to employ industry best practices when developing schedules. Seemless integration with other industry scheduling software to provide users with results targeting quality of schedules. Cons The scoring system within the software can be customized but it is not intuitive. Setting up the software to fit your purpose is a one time challenge, but once set up, it is a very powerful software. Review Source SE Sean E. Business Applications Manager Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Cloud ERP " November 18, 2016 4.0 Deltek First is a great idea and platform whose time has come. Pros Reduced IT overhead cost and up to date patches. Cons You have no direct access to the raw data so interfaces for third party feeds are nixed. Review Source NP Nicole P. DB Administrator/Operations Coordinator Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "SaaS Client - enjoying the server maintenance freedom" November 9, 2015 4.5 Pros I like that updates are automatically applied and scheduled during non-business hours after our db is backed up and I don't need to ever lift a finger Cons There isn't anything I don't like at this point. Works well. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Engineer in training Mining & Metals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Deltek Project & Portfolio Management Review" April 9, 2019 4.0 It helps a lot in managing business projects and keeps one organised. Thumbs up! Pros One can customise to suit one's needs. One can schedule people with no hassle and it gives good reports. Cons The server can be slow. One also needs time to learn how to use it. Not much to complain about. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.