MeisterTask

MeisterTask

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MeisterTask is the most intuitive online project and team collaboration management tool on the web. Flexible, smart, and easy to use, MeisterTask enables users to create a project, add as many team members, assign tasks, and follow each member's progress. The solution offers integration with popular tools such as Zendesk, Slack, and GitHub, and more. Whether you're an event manager looking for a smart and simple task list or a marketing team using the Kanban system or a programmer working with sprints, MeisterTask's project boards seamlessly adapt to your team's workflow while its smart automation feature ensures your team can work consistently and efficiently.

About

Project management, as effective as it gets. Zoho Projects is a cloud-based project management tool that helps you plan your work, track it efficiently, and collaborate with your team wherever they are. Plan your project activities, assign work, manage resources and collaborate with your team better to get things done on time. Use Gantt charts to build your project plan and track your task schedule. Zoho Projects keeps you aware of your critical tasks and their dependencies, and immediately shows any deviations between your planned and actual progress. Save time on routine tasks. Whether you have a simple process or a complex workflow, our project management software has a drag-and-drop interface that makes new automations easier to visualize and deploy. Log billable and non-billable hours with the Projects timesheet module. Record every minute of your hard work, either manually or with timers, and our built-in integration with Zoho Invoice will generate invoices.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Developed with the needs of agile project teams in mind, MeisterTask accommodates all workflows - from simple static project boards and software sprints to Kanban systems, and more.

Audience

Teams of all sizes

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

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Pricing

$8.25 per user per month
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$4/user/month
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 4.9 / 5
features 4.5 / 5
design 4.8 / 5
support 4.8 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 4.4 / 5
design 4.6 / 5
support 4.4 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • One of the main features that I liked about MeisterTask has been the way in which I can manage several tasks simultaneously, task management, within this platform and quite complete, and allows me to manage, monitor and assign new tasks to various employees, simultaneously, no matter the number of employees my company has, in the same way this platform will be able to provide me with constant monitoring of each of the scheduled activities and tasks. I also liked that this platform allows me to monitor in real time, each of the task assignments, in this way I can know the real status of each of the activities that I have assigned to my work team and to my employees throughout the company. I also liked that this platform allows me to use a work time system, in this way I can know how much time each of the employees has invested to complete their daily activities, I can also know in an automated way the work time that each of the employees has had on a specific day, this platform also serves as work time monitoring. MeisterTask also allows you to use a live chat system, in which employees can communicate with each other, and also share various assigned activities with you.
  • One of the main things that I have liked about this great platform is the way in which it allows me to manage all the tasks that I have to assign to all the employees of the company. We currently have more than 50 employees throughout the company, and this platform has been key to being able to associate new task assignments for our employees, in a diverse way, each employee receives different tasks every day thanks to this platform. With the help of this service, I have been able to associate new tasks for any type of sector of my company, whether for the technology, marketing, sales or product area, it does not matter which sector I have to send a task to, this platform allows me to do it. I also liked the way I can closely monitor the progress of each task, and the people who are executing a task in real time. The real-time system works wonderfully and allows me to check the progress of each task individually. I can check the progress of the tasks that were to be executed for each area of ​​the company. In addition, the platform automatically sends me notifications when an employee has not completed a task assigned for a specific date, which improves punctuality when delivering tasks for specific days or dates. In addition, it is incredible how employees who use this platform to manage all their tasks can exchange tasks between themselves and work together. This platform allows these employees to add a new colleague to a specific task as an assistant, in this way they can work together to execute the same task. In addition, employees can exchange tasks with their colleagues within the same area, which helps all tasks to be executed simultaneously.
  • I use MeisterTask on a daily basis and what i like best about it is how it allows you to visually manage and organize my tasks and projects. It has got a very intuitive and user friendly user interface which makes it super easy to use even for new beginners. Also, i like that i can easily assign activities and and add a delivery date.
  • The project boards become quite customizable, they give me the possibility of being able to adapt my workflows to meet my needs and those of my team, thus being able to have the preferences that best suit what really works for me. manage projects more comfortably. There are many options that I have in mind when being able to add in a project, such as checklists, sections, labels, attachments and also being able to leave comments, as well as my work team in order to have better feedback. The freedom of customization that MeisterTask gives me is the best because I have no limit in being able to adapt different projects to different needs without having to adjust to specific parameters of this platform, but I choose how I want to manage my projects. They have certain automations that allow me not to have to do repetitive tasks, but rather everything is done without having to do them manually, with certain parameters or rules I can make said assigned tasks or repetitive actions. With this I can assign tasks to certain people according to parameters that I have previously established without having to be within this platform to assign them manually, in addition to being automatically notified even if they have overdue tasks, this being easier for me when I drive a lot of projects. Integrations with other platforms are complete and it also has complementation with other tools from the Meister Suite, allowing the integration of data from these other tools with the data from MeisterTask. The integrations with other platforms are very well defined with respect to their functionality, although there are very few platforms that can officially connect with MeisterTask. However, in case you need to integrate more applications that are not available in the section of applications that can be connected, then you can use an automation platform that is available such as Zapier or another with which you are familiar or simply use the MeisterTask API to connect other platforms directly to it.
  • + I liked how you can visually organize projects and tasks. It is very easy to understand the Gantt charts within MeisterTask since you can have continuous monitoring of everything that must be done for the effective completion of a project and also be able to quickly keep up to date with all the events, both problems in the course as the culmination of each task. + It is very easy to be able to assign groups of people for certain certain tasks, this is very practical when determining the qualified people for certain tasks that are needed within a project. Also, that I can divide these groups into subgroups in different subtasks to be more specific with the work activity established in a project and thus obtain the best performance when working collaboratively. + It was useful to be able to export the project in various formats such as .csv or .pdf, this helped several employees within my company to have the project both digitally without needing the internet and to be able to use the project within Excel to facilitate the management for other members who have not yet adapted to this platform. It also helps me to print and have it together with the documents associated with the projects and have everything complete. + The integration with multiple platforms allows me to have the different platforms and their functions connected to each other with MeisterTask, since I don't have to re-upload all the content from one platform to it, but simply connect it and everything will be available, just like the customer contacts, files like the ones I have in Box, chats from other platforms like Slack and many more integrations. Facilitating access without having to navigate between platforms to be able to add something that I had already uploaded on another platform with a cloud service. + It has templates for each different project in order to speed up the planning of a project and the distribution of tasks. In addition, custom templates can be saved in case a strategy works in order to apply it in another similar project, although if it is not similar it can be easily adapted by creating another type of template for another type of project.

Cons

  • I have not had any problems using this platform within my company to manage the various tasks and assignments of all my employees. This platform has performed wonderfully and has provided a totally stable service, which has helped me complete all my employees' assignments in a very short time. In addition, we have also used this platform as a service for project management, since it allows us to add new resources, calculate budgets and much more for projects. The entire operation of this platform has been completely positive. We have been using this platform for more than two years, and we have not had any problems during the management of tasks for each of our work teams within the technology services company.
  • One of the main things that I have criticized a lot about this platform is that it does not have a service where you can work together within the same platform, either upload some type of document to edit and work together or upload some type of file so that employees can work together within the same task management panel, currently yes, some tasks can be modified so that they can work together, but outside of the applications, there is currently no type of panel within these applications that allows uploading new files or new tasks to be executed together, it would be excellent if this platform implemented a system where files can be shared, either to edit them together or to work with the help of a colleague specifically. I also did not like that this platform does not have automated notifications that allow employees. Receive notifications or reminders when you have a late task or when the delivery time is approaching and you have not completed the task. This system or this function is necessary so that our employees are always aware of the latest task assignments that have occurred within their sector. I would very much like this reminder function to be implemented as soon as possible.
  • So far so good. Since i started using MeisterTask until today i haven't experienced anything challenging so i dislike nothing.
  • The calendar or schedule view is only available for the business or corporation plan which for me is not necessary to have these expensive plans because I do not use all the features that can be handled in teams, with the Pro plan it is enough for me. However, despite the fact that the Pro plan is very good to be able to work individually, I cannot have access to the schedule of future tasks and events that I will have scheduled, so I necessarily had to upgrade to a business version to be able to have a calendar view with this missing feature which is very important for managing tasks and pending activities in my working life. Another way to be able to have a calendar view is through the integrations with the Outlook or Google Calendar calendar, this being a bit annoying because I don't want to check calendars from other platforms to see my MeisterTask tasks but I just want to be inside this platform and check my calendar even if my account is Pro. The subscription system is a huge mess, there are certain things that allow people with a Basic account to collaborate, but on other occasions other people in my team with a Basic account cannot enjoy or see certain things about the projects or assigned tasks. In addition, it is not so easy to be able to assign licenses to other users, so it tends to be complicated, and a solution could be to add the number of users allowed for any Premium plan on the main page of MeisterTask and if more are needed, add them at once the additional cost in order to have a better budget when wanting a platform to work collaboratively on projects. Another issue I have with regards to subscriptions is that if I purchase a mobile subscription I won't have the opportunity to make changes to the subscriptions through the website nor can I be added to teams so I had to wait for them to my subscription expired since it seems that the mobile subscription differs in relation to the subscriptions made on the website. Certain notifications have delays in both Windows and iOS and Android apps, the only app that works as well as the browser version is on Mac. This can be critical when you're running an important project and need to get notifications instantly of the latest updates, this being essential for anyone who is managing a project and that notifications are the first thing they see.
  • - You cannot immediately download a file of a recently published task, this delays the workflow as you have to wait a certain time to have the availability of files such as documents that can describe in detail a task to be carried out within the environment labor. - The mobile application is not very intuitive nor is it the most complete to be able to manage tasks efficiently. This is very limiting to be able to have the portability of this platform since currently mobile devices are widely used in the work environment due to the simple fact that it is easier to have a smartphone at all times than to have a laptop which is very uncomfortable. for portability jobs. - Performance is a bit slow, sometimes it takes time to load a huge project, so you have to wait for it to load to manage projects. So if it had a better optimization, it could work more smoothly without having to have to wait for everything to load correctly. I speak both the web version and the desktop version of any browser and any operating system for computers. The mobile version works really fast, projects load much easier when I use MeisterTask with my smartphone. - The overview of the projects is not very intuitive when it comes to knowing their progress without entering the complete and detailed screen of each project, this is a bit useless having to enter each project to see the updates of each completed task. Also, it is also not practical to be able to manage two projects at the same time within the same window since it is very confusing, I hope that they improve this to be able to improve daily work and have a better performance. - I would like to be able to choose where to start every time I start the platform, since in my opinion it is much more practical to go to a specific task or leave the overview of a specific project. An example would be to ask the user before leaving this platform if he wants to leave the current workspace or select another when starting with MeisterTask, as well as being able to choose the default screen in case it is needed.

Pros from Real Users

Pros

  • Zoho social has articulate social media analytical option that helps us capture the insights from customers. The program has affordable rates that makes us acquire it swiftly.
  • Zoho Projects is a service that is quite optimized for carrying out large projects. I highly recommend this platform for any company that is thinking of carrying out quite extensive projects with extensive employee collaboration. I really liked that this platform allows me to have budget management and project management. capital for each of the projects, this platform allows you to record a specific budget for each of the projects, in addition, this budget management is capable of recording each of the expenses that are made to contribute or to progress within the project, all The expenses are registered within this database and I can always consult all the expenses that have occurred within a project. I also liked that this platform allows me to have a wide management of projects in real time, this platform that allows me to visualize the progress of each project in a simple way. How can I visualize the projects in board view or list view, in both ways I I have felt quite comfortable, since this platform provides advanced statistics and details in each of the views of my projects, which allows me to monitor each of the details of each project in real time. I also liked the diagram system used by this platform, since it allows me to obtain gantt diagrams for each of the projects that are being developed, these diagrams allow me to statistically visualize the progress that I have had within a project and if it is in accordance with previously planned How can I know if the project is being developed according to plan or if there are any deviations, in addition, I can also see the statistical progress of each of the activities assigned to each project. This platform also has a system to count the work hours of each employee, in addition, I can also count the hours or the exact time that each employee takes to complete an activity. Since I started it, this system is quite suitable for me since this allows you to count the general hours that each employee has dedicated to the development of a specific project.
  • Zoho Projects has been a platform that has not only helped me manage each of my company's projects, but has also worked perfectly to manage all kinds of planned activities and tasks in my company. One of the main things I like about this platform is that it allows me to manage and monitor each of the tasks in real time, I can monitor how many participants there are in each activity that is being developed or in each planned activity, in addition, it also allows me to monitor everything that the participants of a type of work that is developing a specific activity are talking about, this monitoring service helps me a lot to be able to visualize the work that my employees are doing in real time. Another of the things that I like about this platform is the main color and how organized it is, mainly because it is able to divide each of the areas of my company and divide all the activities that I have planned for each specific area. It provides separate columns for each sector of the company, and allows me to know the activities that have been planned for each sector. I liked this main panel since it allows me to visualize each activity broadly and individually for each sector. In addition, I have loved the excellent Reminders and alerts service that this platform has, it sends me alerts when an activity has been completed or when an activity has not been completed within the time limit, in addition, it also allows me to send notifications or reminders to participants of each planned activity.
  • Zoho Projects is the ideal platform to have a correct vision of the project you want to develop, with the help of this platform to make a correct administration of each one of the resources and the budget that you have for each one of the projects, in addition, you will be able to manage the large number of participants that each project will have. One of the main things that I like about this platform is that you can manage the budgets, the platform allows you to add each of the materials that you will need and the cost of each of them, in addition, it will provide you with suggestions to reduce the general cost of the project. budget, this function is relatively important since it helps you to take care of the capital of your company and helps you to develop the project without using many resources. Another thing that I like about this platform is that you can integrate an unlimited number of participants for each project, in addition, I also love that you can closely monitor the activities that the participants are developing, you can find out what an employee has contributed to the project, you can know if the activities that have been programmed for the contribution to the project have already been completed, without a doubt this function is very important and helps you avoid having employees without contributing anything.
  • Zoho Projects is one of the best softwares to manage projects out there. It comes with many useful tools that can be customized to my liking, many templates for different types of projects that can also be customized to fit into the project theme and adjust it the most to make sure the project is done in a great manner and succeeds in the market. I like that Zoho Projects has a variety of features that help track the process of many projects, we can track every task and make sure we complete every milestone that we place and every goal that we create, it is very easy to complete all tasks when they can be sorted in different views for very digestion of them, I can choose different charts to view the projects such as Gantt charts, which are my favorite, because they allow me to have a robust view of the most important tasks that need to be done in order to complete a project, and have a broader look at their dependencies. For this software, there are many things that speed up projects, and one of them is its incredible extensive reporting function. I feel very confident while using the reporting tool because it is very customizable and provides great information about the status of a project, with many analytics that allow me to have more insights on what is going on and things that may have been missed, it gives great information on finished projects and helps me make different decisions and create different tasks that will help keep a positive outlook on these projects. With Zoho Projects, it is very easy to manage multiple projects at the same time since its tools are carefully designed to carry out multiple duties and different tasks, it makes the management process much more simple and creates a space where it is actually easy to have all projects under control, and manage all the subtasks that come with every project. I think this is a great solution to keep a stable workflow and not have all the information about projects all over the place on different applications or softwares, it is very easy to import data into this software and start managing it all in this place.
  • Zoho Project has a powerful resource solution, that allows business to strategize of processes to work on. Besides, the application has excellent employee tracking system, where every process is well identified and acknowledged. The time planning or operations scheduling are also included in the program.
  • This did give the ability to manage projects and was included in the Zoho One suite, but that’s probably the only pro.
  • It helps you stay on top of tasks and projects to ensure they get done. You can share tasks with other staff and check in on their progress. Super easy to set up.
  • Zoho Projects offers us to plan professional projects and gives us a clear visibility of progress through clear Gantt charts. We have also found very useful its Kanban board creation tool where we clarify the work process and share it with our collaborators for greater agility. Organizationally this program adapts management tools and visualization of ideas and projects from their development bases with risk and quality metrics; prioritization of tasks and collaborators in projects and an extensive analysis of the progress in real time in the development of the same.
  • This Zoho mode offers detailed professional project planning software that determines work schedules, task management, progress tracking, expense tracking and much more. So that the organization and project supervisors do not miss important developments and detailed reports of the process being carried out.

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Company Information

MeisterLabs GmbH
Founded: 2007
Germany
www.meistertask.com

Company Information

Zoho
Founded: 1996
United States
www.zoho.com/projects/

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Categories

Categories

Agile Project Management Tools Features

Backlog Management
Feedback Management
Gantt/Timeline View
Kanban Board
Prioritization
Request Management
Resource Management
Retrospectives Management
Status Tracking
Supports Scrum
Team Management
Template Management
Workflow Management

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Contact Management
Content Management
Document Management
Project Management
Real Time Editing
Task Management
Version Control
Video Conferencing

Productivity Features

Collaboration
Database Creation
Document Creation
File Sharing
Notes Management
Office Suite
Presentation Tools
Project Management
Task Management
Team Chat

Project Management Features

Agile Methodologies
Budget Management
Client Portal
Collaboration Tools
Cost-to-Completion Tracking
Customizable Templates
Gantt Charts
Idea Management
Kanban Board
Milestone Tracking
Portfolio Management
Resource Management
Time & Expense Tracking
Traditional Methodologies

Project Planning Features

Agile Methodologies
Budget Management
Collaboration Tools
Due Date Tracking
Gantt Charts
Kanban Board
Prioritization
Progress Tracking
Resource Management
Task Management
Template Management
Traditional Methodologies

Task Management Features

Collaboration
Create Subtasks
Gamification
Gantt Charts
Mobile Access
Percent-Complete Tracking
Progress Tracking
Recurring Tasks
Reporting/Analytics
Spreadsheet View
Task Board View
Task Planning
Task Scheduling
Task Tracking
Time Tracking
To-Do List View

Time Tracking Features

Automatic Time Capture
Billable & Non-Billable Hours
Billing & Invoicing
Employee Database
Expense Tracking
Mobile Time Tracking
Multiple Billing Rates
Offline Time Tracking
Online Time Tracking
Overtime Calculation
Time per Project Reporting
Timesheet Management
Vacation / Leave Tracking

IT Project Management Features

Bug Tracking
Issue Management
Milestone Tracking
Percent-Complete Tracking
Portfolio Management
Prioritization
Product Roadmapping
Requirements Management
Resource Management
Status Tracking
Supports Agile
Supports Scrum
Task Management
Testing / QA Management
Time & Expense Tracking

Kanban Features

Collaboration Tools
Dependency Tracking
KPI Monitoring
Milestone Tracking
Multi-Board
Prioritization
Project Planning
Roadmapping
Supports Scrum
Task Management
Time Tracking

Product Management Features

Collaboration
Feedback Collection
Idea Management
Milestone Tracking
Prioritization
Product Roadmapping
Release Management
Requirements Management
Resource Management
Workflow Management

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Contact Management
Content Management
Document Management
Project Management
Real Time Editing
Task Management
Version Control
Video Conferencing

Productivity Features

Collaboration
Database Creation
Document Creation
File Sharing
Notes Management
Office Suite
Presentation Tools
Project Management
Task Management
Team Chat

Project Management Features

Agile Methodologies
Budget Management
Client Portal
Collaboration Tools
Cost-to-Completion Tracking
Customizable Templates
Gantt Charts
Idea Management
Kanban Board
Milestone Tracking
Portfolio Management
Resource Management
Time & Expense Tracking
Traditional Methodologies

Project Planning Features

Agile Methodologies
Budget Management
Collaboration Tools
Due Date Tracking
Gantt Charts
Kanban Board
Prioritization
Progress Tracking
Resource Management
Task Management
Template Management
Traditional Methodologies

Task Management Features

Collaboration
Create Subtasks
Gamification
Gantt Charts
Mobile Access
Percent-Complete Tracking
Progress Tracking
Recurring Tasks
Reporting/Analytics
Spreadsheet View
Task Board View
Task Planning
Task Scheduling
Task Tracking
Time Tracking
To-Do List View

Time Tracking Features

Automatic Time Capture
Billable & Non-Billable Hours
Billing & Invoicing
Employee Database
Expense Tracking
Mobile Time Tracking
Multiple Billing Rates
Offline Time Tracking
Online Time Tracking
Overtime Calculation
Time per Project Reporting
Timesheet Management
Vacation / Leave Tracking

Gantt Chart Features

Alerts/Notifications
Capacity Monitoring
Color Coding
Dependency Tracking
Drag & Drop
Milestone Tracking
Progress Tracking
Task Management
Templates

Issue Tracking Features

Assignment Management
Dashboard
Escalation Management
Issue Auditing
Issue Scheduling
Knowledge Base
Project Management
Recurring Issues
Scheduling
Task Management

Project Tracking Features

Collaboration Tools
Cost-to-Completion Tracking
Gantt Charts
Kanban Board
Milestone Tracking
Percent-Complete Tracking
Prioritization
Status Tracking
Time & Expense Tracking

Time and Expense Features

Activity Tracking
Billable Hours Tracking
Billing Rate Management
Expense Tracking
Invoice Processing
Multiple Billing Rates
Project Tracking
Reimbursement Management
Time Tracking by Client
Time Tracking by Project

Integrations

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Gmail
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Google Drive
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Microsoft 365
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Slack
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Trello
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Vibe Interactive Whiteboard
Zapier

Integrations

Box
BugHerd
Dropbox
GitHub
Gmail
Google Calendar
Google Drive
Jira
Jira Work Management
Make
Memtime
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Slack
Stackreaction
Trello
Unito
Vibe Interactive Whiteboard
Zapier
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