Meisterplan vs Planview (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Meisterplan if

• Fits if a PMO has to decide which projects to fund based on the people available
• Makes sense if you are replacing portfolio spreadsheets and have 50 or more resources to plan

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you are a small team: the listed price starts at 50 resources, $700 a month on Basic
• Watch out: what-if scenarios, goals and the Jira and Smartsheet integrations are not on Basic, only Pro at $900
• Watch out: Premium is annual only and starts at 150 resources, at $3,490 a month
• Too light for day-to-day task tracking by individual teams, which the vendor does not aim it at

Pick Planview if

• Fits if you run a large portfolio and have a buying process that includes sales calls
• Works for companies that need portfolio, resource and delivery planning from one vendor

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to see a price first: the site has no pricing page
• Not for you if you are a small team, as the company says it serves more than 3,000 customers
• Watch out: it is several products, and the trial terms were not stated
• Too light on public detail to compare plans, trial or limits without talking to sales

Meisterplan

• The listed prices are for 50 resources; the page offers packages up to 1,000 resources and a custom quote above that.
• What-if scenarios, goals and integrations are not on the Basic edition.
• Premium is billed annually only and starts at 150 resources.
• The vendor positions it for portfolio planning, not for day-to-day task tracking by individual teams.

Planview

• No prices are published; the site has no pricing page, and plans are sold through the sales team.
• Planview is a family of separate products, so which one a buyer needs depends on the job.
• The company page says it serves more than 3,000 customers, which signals an enterprise focus, not a small-team tool.
• The site offers demos and free trials through a demos page, but the trial terms were not stated on the pages read.

Meisterplan

Resource capacity planning

Plan projects against the capacity of the people or roles available, with load balancing per team.

What-if scenarios

Pro and Premium let a PMO try different portfolio scenarios before committing to a plan.

Goals and prioritization

Goals and a portfolio kanban help rank which projects to fund and start.

Reporting dashboards

Several ways to view and analyze portfolio data are included on Pro and above.

Jira and Smartsheet integrations

Pro lists integrations such as Jira and Smartsheet, and the site also covers Asana, Microsoft products, a REST API and MCP access for AI tools.

Unlimited users

Only resources count toward the license, so everyone who needs access to the portfolio can be given a login.

Planview

Portfolio planning and prioritization

Rank portfolios against priorities and drivers, compare them with financial and resource targets, and model trade-offs.

Resource capacity planning

Check committed plans against available capacity and staffing, and reallocate funding and resources as priorities change.

Dependency management

Visualize dependencies across programs, projects, work and applications.

Dashboards and analytics

Dashboards track KPIs across strategy, programs, projects, resources and work.

Product family

The product list includes AgilePlace, Portfolios, ProjectPlace, PPM Pro, Daptiv, AdaptiveWork, ChangePoint and Enterprise Architecture.

AI features

The vendor describes AI-driven insights, risk detection and scenario planning in its project portfolio management offering.

Meisterplan

• Basic$700

  per month for 50 resources, billed annually ($840 billed monthly)

  Unlimited users, basic portfolio management, resource planning, load balancing per team and copy-and-paste import. The price rises with the resource count, up to 1,000.

• Pro$900

  per month for 50 resources, billed annually ($1,080 billed monthly)

  Adds what-if scenarios, goals, portfolio kanban, more ways to analyze data and integrations such as Jira and Smartsheet. The price rises with the resource count.

• Premium$3,490

  per month for 150 resources, billed annually

  Annual payment only, starting at 150 resources. Adds a dedicated Customer Success Manager, user auto-provisioning, a self-service sandbox and a custom SMTP server.

Planview

Pricing could not be confirmed. See planview.com.