Hive

Avantages

It's magical project management software. It manages the different tasks automatically. It's simply great software. I recommend it to all project managers.

Inconvénients

It's great software that works great but the mobile app is limited in some features.

Avantages

The software is incredibly user-friendly, making it easy for everyone on our team to collaborate seamlessly on projects. It offers great features which allow us to assign tasks, set deadlines, and track progress all in one place has made our workflow much more efficient.

Inconvénients

We didn't face any issues with the software, but some minor bugs irritated us sometimes which I think is not a major issue.

Avantages

The chat function is HUGE for keeping our team connected while we are apart. We use it every day. I also love the "my actions" view because it keeps everything organized for me and I can stay on track and on time while juggling many different projects at once. Hive takes our feedback and makes improvements in a timely manner. I would recommend this product and it will just keep getting better!

Inconvénients

I think "my actions" should automatically sort by the next due date at the top (the closest date). Instead, you have to manually adjust the order of tasks by due date, which is a little tedious. Maybe you could offer both options? Manual and auto.

Avantages

Hive allows for a few different method of project management for both agile and waterfall projects. It has built in time tracking and you can invite clients without having to pay a fee for them to be in your system. The forecasting tools are helpful and has most of everything you would expect to see in a project management system.

Inconvénients

There are two things missing from this software that would make it a great tool. The first of which is an individual users task list that can be prioritized. Each of our employees wants to see what they are responsible for across all projects and then set priority without having to use a separate program (like Asana). Also, Hive does not do much to address the budgeting side of project management, so there is not a lot of insight to how the budget is being used or reporting back to the client on budget over time of the project, let alone any type of portfolio management.

Avantages

I like the clean and simple UI and the intuitive navigation that make finding my way around the platform easy.

Inconvénients

The sign-up process wasn't as smooth and quick as I'e like.

Alternatives envisagées 

monday.com

Pourquoi passer à Hive

I use both, one for team work in my main job, and the other to keep track of all my different projects.

Avantages

This software allows me to manage large data, store and properly process this data

Inconvénients

Sometimes this software is slow compared to some software

Avantages

lo que más se destaca de Hive es su interfaz intuitiva y la amplia gama de funciones que ofrece para mejorar la eficiencia y la colaboración de los equipos. La funcionalidad de planificación de proyectos y gestión de tareas es particularmente útil y bien recibida por los usuarios. Además, la opción de personalización y la integración con otras herramientas también son aspectos positivos de Hive. En general, Hive ofrece una solución completa para la gestión de equipos que ayuda a mejorar la productividad y la organización.

Inconvénients

la falta de algunas funciones avanzadas en su versión gratuita

Avantages

It lets you create subtasks within each task head that allows for better tracking of the progress on the project and also makes it more streamlined. This makes it super to easy to manage your ongoing projects and deadlines. I can just add a comment at the end of each day under the respective project heads that allows my team team/ manager to stay updated on the status of the project without the need for constant follow ups.

Inconvénients

I usually have multiple projects lined up sequentially one after the other each with an independent start/end date. However, if there is a delay on one project for any reason - each of the following projec dates need to be edited and moved individually which can be quite frustrating. Would really appreciate there being an option to move all the project deadlines in one go.

Avantages

What I love most about Hive is the number of options you have to make the project plan work for you. In my organization, we have a variety of different project types and sometimes one size does not fit all. We have the option now to plan our projects out based on the type of tasks/teams that are assigned and and we can find something that fits for each one. It's also been so incredibly helpful to have a variety of different views so we can share them with our clients and it makes updating projects so much easier when a milestone shifts or something like that. The integrations also make it extremely helpful for us to share projects across different departments.

Inconvénients

One of the only cons I have seen so far is the Jira integration. We have a software team that operates solely through Jira and while that works for them, we've been trying to bridge the gap between Jira and Hive so that we can work efficiently. I just wish that the integration with Jira was a little more robust, however, it's not something that will make things super difficult for us and would just be a nice to have!

Alternatives envisagées 

monday.com

Pourquoi passer à Hive

It had more options/features that we wanted and needed.

Avantages

Hive is a great software for organizing our team's time, projects and work flow. Our team works remotely, and this tool really helps us to connect with one another and coordinate our efforts. As an administrator, I am able to easily monitor projects to ensure we are on time and budget (using the time tracking estimates), and my team's time to ensure our resources have enough but not too much work. It also allows us to measure our productivity and adjust our time and budget estimates for future projects.

Inconvénients

It was a bi of a learning curve, so although ease of use now is okay I think this part could be enhanced. We are unable to send emails from hive using alias', which is difficult because I use one for my firm (many small business do) and makes the email feature unusable for us and there should be an option so that only administrators can see time of other employees. This is for us to monitor and it is inappropriate for other employees to see, as they do not necessarily know the circumstances for another staff which may be confidential.

Avantages

Organizing and structuring recurring assignments for a team of writers who produce over 1,000 articles per month can be challenging. Hive definitely helps keep things flowing. My writers love how clear and concise their workload is presented each day. The ability to change and insert new assignments or move them around is also great.

Inconvénients

The reporting and accountability factors are lacking a little in Hive. There is some bad logic in their recurring actions that prevent us from being able to generate accurate productivity reports. They are currently working towards addressing this issue, but as it stands if you need strong, reliable reporting and also need recurring assignments, then Hive may not be the tool for you... yet.

Avantages

I'm a designer at a small agency, and we have as many as 12 different client projects going on at the same time. Before, figuring out priorities and deadlines was organizational chaos. With Hive, I know what's due when, who's working on it, what the feedback is, what the status of the project is, and all at a glance. I love the built-in messenger and different layouts for viewing projects. The small touches like custom messenger statuses and built-in giphy make Hive fun to use.

Inconvénients

I think the notifications section needs some improvement. I'd like more settings for how and when I receive notifications. My bosses are out of pocket a lot of the time, and we haven't been able to figure out how to make sure they get email notifications for the right things. Right now we're still relying on email for some internal communications, but I hope that won't be the case in the future.

Avantages

It's great to have a centralized space to manage all the company projects and view them in a single, customizable timeline. It's easy to amend as things inevitably shift. I started with the free trial to test out its features and was able to do the initial setup. The tools and layout are intuitive for those who build schedules and budgets.

Inconvénients

Initial set up does take some time as you build the database and various templates. Customization requires some knowledge of the plug-ins.

Alternatives envisagées 

monday.com

Pourquoi choisir Hive 

As a department we wanted a centralized space for all projects to live in order to get a global view. Looking to take it company-wide for a test run in the next year.

Pourquoi passer à Hive

For the scope of our projects, this was robust enough to provide all the tools we needed, but less complicated than some of the alternatives.

Avantages

The analysis and graphical presentation available is very useful to the Higher and Mid-level management.

Inconvénients

Tracking of edits and modifications made by users is bit difficult.

Avantages

I like the simple and fresh layout.
Flexible and easily accessible, I like to switch through different operating systems and still be able to use Hive.
It makes it effortless to start new projects and keeps track of ongoing ones.
I can divide the project into phases, set a time frame, and assign team members.
I can give different labels and colors for project phases to monitor project progression.
Finally, being connected to the team members is a strong feature in Hive.

Inconvénients

Setting it up for the first time requires some experience, not easy for newcomers. I think tutorials will be helpful.
The Mobile version limits the functionality of Hive. Other than that, it is all good.

Avantages

Hive is a productivity tool that offers a variety of features, including AI integration through HiveMind. This feature allows for easy task creation, idea generation, memo writing and more, making the user more productive and effective. The user can submit a topic and quickly receive a list of relevant associated tasks. Overall, HiveMind is a valuable addition to the Hive productivity tool.

Inconvénients

I am impressed with this product as it meets all the needs of my business. I find all the features to be useful and have been utilizing them effectively. I have no complaints or dislikes about this product.

Avantages

I like the my actions section the most. It allows me to just quickly note down actions rapidly and then

Inconvénients

I think the task view could be reorganized a bit with regards to the UI/UX. It can be difficult to find things, and I'd like to see comments to be more prominent rather than at the bottom. I think github issues has a great layout that makes the conversations easier but still having an organized layout of options on the right.

Alternatives envisagées 

Jira, Airtable, Trello, Basecamp, monday.com et Wrike

Pourquoi passer à Hive

It has all the features we need and the functionality feels well designed to me. I like the ability to nest projects which i did not see in other projects. Also the ability to swap different layouts in a project seems to work better than others.

Avantages

I'm a self-employed individual user. I found Hive in a search for a software that could be easily used by individual to manage deadlines, projects, and future goal planning all on one platform, with interweaving timeline features. Most softwares don't accommodate individual users, but Hive does!

Inconvénients

No, Hive is very easy to use and has helped me organize my business very well.

Alternatives envisagées 

Trello, Kanban Tool, monday.com et Asana

Pourquoi choisir Hive 

Not enough integrative/robust organizational features

Logiciel antérieur 

Trello

Pourquoi passer à Hive

Only one for paid single user with features like integrative calendar etc!

Avantages

This software has helped us streamline our operations - allowing our team of designers and project managers to communicate and work on projects collaboratively and seamlessly. It helps us all be on the same page and ensures that we get our projects done on time.

Inconvénients

We have no cons to report. Any issues we have with the software are related to organization and user set up. For example, if one doesn't check their "flagged items" daily, then they back up, which is a problem but it's on the user.

Alternatives envisagées 

Smartsheet

Pourquoi choisir Hive 

Kanbanize was not meeting our needs. Hive on the other hand exceeds expectations.

Logiciel antérieur 

Businessmap

Pourquoi passer à Hive

Hive was the best option for our needs.

Avantages

The multiple team and dashboard views are a difference maker for our team, as well as the agency view which helps us anticipate and overcome potential bottlenecks.

Inconvénients

The mobile app is not nearly as robust as the desktop version.

Alternatives envisagées 

Microsoft Teams et Asana

Pourquoi choisir Hive 

Kept Workamajig for finance, switched to Hive for for PM.

Pourquoi passer à Hive

User-experience, flexibility, & customer service.

Avantages

* Ability to view work by project, but team members all in one view, and then filter tasks to everything assigned to me across multiple projects
* Chat
* Responsiveness of customer service team via in app Intercom

Inconvénients

* Threaded chat would be nice. This was recently added to Slack, but Workplace by Facebook does it even better
* Filter out actions that have not hit their start date yet, AND tasks that have an unmet dependency. Goal is to focus attention toward work which can be done now, and minimize extra human manual filtering.
* Needs FILTER BY DATE COMPLETED: We're most interested in seeing this available on the "My team" view, but could also make sense elsewhere. While we can filter status view by assignees, projects and status complete, just need this additional ability
* Should be a way to AUTOMATICALLY MOVE URGENT ACTIONS TO TOP: Automatically sort tasks marked "urgent" to top of each respective status list when "Sort Type" "Sort by Priority" has been selected in the project navigator so users don't have to hunt them down and pull them up.

Avantages

This software allows to handle multiple projects. It offers many useful features to setup and track tasks with team. It's very easy to use and time saving tool.

Inconvénients

Sometimes i noticed that realtime notifications makes issue. Otherwise it's perfect for projects management.

Avantages

It's a good task manager, especially if you work in teams. If you set your preferences correctly, you can view and have others view what you're working on, and collaborate in different projects. You can add attachments and comments to tasks, making it easier than sending emails with attachments or links to cloud services. it saves a lot of time and it's very convenient. It's the best task manager I've ever used.

Inconvénients

The mobile app is very bad, useless. (There are 2 versions of it—both of them are bad.) So if you're looking to add/manage tasks from your phone, forget it. The most you'll be able to do is see what you're working on, but not make any changes.

Avantages

We've expanded our internal team by a third in the past few months, and we needed a tool that would allow us to work more closely on a large number of short- and long-term projects. Hive does a fantastic job of allowing us to communicate progress and share files and news in a highly organized way.

Inconvénients

It can be a challenge to set up projects because as soon as you assign team members to tasks, they get alerts! We have to create the projects and times first, then assign roles at the end to avoid an avalanche of notices going out to the team.

Avantages

It's very user intuitive. As a new user I have been able to pick up and user the application rather quickly and with little training. I especially like the forms function as I have been able to reduce the amount of attachments I send via email by having other users complete required form information right in Hive and then attach this information directly to a project.

Inconvénients

I haven't found anything that I do not like about the application.