Smartsheet

What is Smartsheet?

Smartsheet is a spreadsheet style work and project management platform, familiar and powerful for grids, automation and reporting, popular with teams wanting flexible, scalable project tracking in a sheet interface. Founded in 2005, it combines the familiar look of a spreadsheet with project management power: grids for tasks and data, plus Gantt, board and calendar views, automation, forms, dashboards and reporting, and the ability to roll up and manage work across many sheets at scale. Popular with teams who think in spreadsheets, and used widely in operations, project and programme management, Smartsheet offers flexible, scalable work management in a familiar interface. For spreadsheet style project management, Smartsheet is a leading choice.

Smartsheet's distinction is combining a familiar spreadsheet interface with real project management power at scale. Teams comfortable with spreadsheets get grids plus Gantt, board and calendar views, automation, forms, dashboards and roll up reporting across many sheets, so they manage projects and data driven work flexibly without learning an unfamiliar paradigm, which suits operations and programme management. That spreadsheet familiarity with power and scale sets it apart.

Who Smartsheet is best for

Smartsheet is best for teams that think in spreadsheets and want flexible, scalable project and work management, with grids plus Gantt, board and calendar views, automation, dashboards and roll up reporting, especially operations and programme management. It suits spreadsheet style, data driven work. It is a weaker fit for teams wanting the most visual, approachable experience, where monday.com fits, simple Kanban, where Trello fits, or dev teams, where Jira fits.

Key features

The core strengths are a familiar spreadsheet grid for tasks and data, plus Gantt, board and calendar views, automation, forms, dashboards and roll up reporting across many sheets, built to scale. Smartsheet offers resource management, content collaboration, and broad integrations. Its spreadsheet familiarity, power, automation, reporting and scale are its defining advantages.

Smartsheet pricing

Smartsheet is priced per user per month, with Pro from around 9 US dollars per user, Business around 19 (more features, dashboards, automation), and Enterprise quoted, plus a free trial. Higher tiers add dashboards, resource management and advanced features. Costs scale with users and tier. Confirm current figures on the Smartsheet pricing page.

Integrations and ecosystem

Smartsheet integrates with Microsoft, Google, Slack, Jira and many tools, plus connectors and an API, and supports add ons for resource management and content. Its broad integrations and connectors, which let teams link Smartsheet to their stack and data sources, support its flexible, data driven work management.

Smartsheet and spreadsheet style

Spreadsheet familiarity with project power at scale is the signature strength: Smartsheet gives teams who think in spreadsheets a familiar grid plus Gantt, board and calendar views, automation, dashboards and roll up reporting across many sheets, so they manage projects and data driven work flexibly without a new paradigm. For such teams, this is the main reason to choose Smartsheet.

Ease of use and support

Smartsheet is well rated for its familiar interface, flexibility, automation and scale, with good support, and its huge review base reflects wide adoption. Its G2 reviews praise the spreadsheet style, flexibility and reporting, with advanced workflows needing setup and a less visual feel than monday.com the main considerations.

Is Smartsheet worth it?

For teams that think in spreadsheets and want flexible, scalable project and work management with grids, views, automation and roll up reporting, Smartsheet is an excellent, widely used choice. The main caution is a less visual feel than monday.com and setup for advanced workflows, so teams wanting the most visual experience may prefer monday.com, simple Kanban Trello, and dev teams Jira, but for spreadsheet style project management Smartsheet leads.