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About Wrike
Wrike is a cloud-based project management platform for teams of 20+ that is suitable for both large enterprises and SMBs. It supports remote work for various teams. This solution comes with Gantt charts, calendars, workload view for resource management, custom dashboards, and real-time updates. It allows for structuring via folders, projects, and tasks as well as auto-assignment based on task statuses.
Wrike for Marketers is a separate product with tailored templates, proofing tools and an Adobe extension. Wrike integrates with a variety of tools including SalesForce, Dropbox, Slack, and Adobe Creative Cloud and offers an open API. Wrike is suitable for marketing, operations, creative, and large to midsize IT teams.
The solution is priced per-user and is on a monthly subscription basis.
Wrike pricing
Wrike has a free version and offers a free trial. Wrike paid version starts at USD 9.80/month.
Starting Price:
USD 9.80/month
Free Version:
Yes
Free trial:
Yes
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Wrike Reviews
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5 reviews of 2,681
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Tammy
- Industry: Professional Training & Coaching
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 27/10/2022
Great Project Management System
Overall my experience with Wrike has been fantastic. I've used it for many years and it has been a great system.
Pros
I have used Wrike for years and highly recommend it to others all the time. The key to finding a good PM System is finding one that works like you work and Wrike offers so many ways to lay it out (boards, to do lists, by project, etc.). It is very easy to use and if you set up due dates you know what will be coming due and it will show on your to do list as well. I also love that I can add up to 5 team members + collaborators on the free version.
Cons
The only 'con' I have is that it would be nicer to have clarity on what Wrike considers 'projects' vs. 'folders'.
Reasons for Choosing Wrike
I didn't feel like it matched the way I worked.Reasons for Switching to Wrike
Wrike has so many ways to view it that it can work for almost anyone. When using it with my team it was important that they could lay out theirs in a way that made sense to them as well.
Stephanie
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
4
Reviewed on 13/11/2023
Improves productivity and information sharing
Wrike has increased transparency of tasks across the company and defined workflows to free up employees' time for more strategic work. It has simplified internal and external communications by becoming the official platform for all company-wide deliberations and approvals.
Pros
Wrike is an adaptable, powerful, and highly customizable tool. Easily used, with the greatest training and assistance I've encountered. They're constantly adding new functionality in response to user feedback, without disrupting the overall feel or flow of the service.
Cons
Wrike's versatility is fantastic, but it's important to implement it carefully because it's easy to create too many designs and forms. We could have avoided the chaos caused by the explosion of workflows, blueprints, etc., if we had access to more pre-made templates.
Leticia
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
4
Reviewed on 30/08/2024
What I Encounter with Wrike
Pros
Wrike offers capabilities which allows me to automate project and tasks in my organization which help save time and improve productivity.
Cons
It lack some features such as video conferencing although it has BIM and chat features.
Lane
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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Review Source
Value for Money
2
Features
2
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
2
3
Reviewed on 26/03/2021
Not a Project Management Tool
Wrike is a pretty good tool, but it is not a "very" good tool. And the cost of entry for basic project management (including effort estimation) is very high compared to Wrike's competitors. The free, Business, and Professional versions are missing one very basic and essential component of basic project planning.
The UI is pretty good, but a bit clunky.
Most painful has been my experience working with the sales reps and customer engagement staff -- when I've raised my concerns (that the Pro and Business editions missed a very basic project planning capability, which requires an up-sell to overcome; and that the cost of entry for small teams is excessive when the gap is filled)... I've been very sad and puzzled at the disconnect from what project planning and project management is, and the lack of desire to connect or find a solution for prospective customers.
This was the third time over the last 15 months that I've engaged Wrike to see whether we can find common ground, whether there is any flexibility, or whether they are willing to try to meet their customers half-way, and the answer is still "no" on all three fronts. I promised myself I'd stop giving them chances and move on. There are other solutions in the project planning and project mgmt space, so I am moving on.
Pros
First, this is a pretty good tool for:
1. Nested task lists that look like a project plan
2. Task board views (if not on the free plan)
3. Customer-facing task-list dashboards
Cons
The description for the Pro plan states clearly "Full project planning and collaboration" and for the business plan "Robust work management with customization and exec reporting".
But neither plan will total up work estimates for a project based on sub-task level of effort.
Let that sink in for a moment: a "full project planning" tool that does not total up expected effort for the project plan. Yes, you can get that, but only if you buy the Resource Allocation addon for another 15 per user. Resource allocation is not the same as basic project planning (which must include level of effort estimation)
Also, the interface is a bit clunky for quick-edits and quick-adds of sub-tasks.
Response from Wrike
Thank you for your review. I'm sorry to hear that you had such a frustrating experience, but I really appreciate your bringing this issue to our attention.
Replied 06/04/2021
Cherry
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Review Source
Value for Money
3
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4
4
Reviewed on 03/07/2024
Wrike- great product for collaboration
Overall it is a great product and excited to see how it improves
Pros
Easy to use, lots of training sessions that could be utilised.
Cons
There are some elements in there that are not as intuitive and has to be re-learned/get used to
