Smartsheet is a project management tool similar to a spreadsheet. It has won several awards for quickly becoming a favorite business application. It’s good project management software if you’re comfortable working in Excel but want a break from complicated formulas – Smartsheet does all the calculations for you on multiple sheets. You can also add custom brand logos and set color themes for individual projects.

Smartsheet has useful project management features, such as automating workflows and visualizing tasks as a Gantt, calendar, and cards. Team members are notified of critical changes in real time, and the tool provides shared views, detailed history, action logs, automated alerts, reminders, and status reports so that everyone is aligned and informed. The Critical Path feature highlights all the tasks that directly impact your project completion date to keep track of important milestones. Reporting is a strength of this tool, with editable summary reports that can be easily exported to Excel.

Check out our in-depth Smartsheet review if you’d like to explore this tool in detail, or watch our short tutorial video on some of the key features.

Integration with Smartsheet includes Microsoft and Google applications, as well as development tools such as Jira, and useful business applications such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, Slack, Box and Tableau. The platform is extensible with REST APIs and web interceptors.

Smartsheet costs from $7 per user per month with a minimum of 3 users and a maximum of 25 users. They also offer a 30-day free trial.