Process Street vs Smartsheet
We give Process Street a 2.2 GPA and Smartsheet a 3.0, out of 4.0. Smartsheet grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Process Street
Checklist-based workflows, SOPs and approvals for operations teams
Smartsheet
Spreadsheet-style project and work management for teams
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAProcess StreetFair | 3.0GPASmartsheetVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CWe couldn't confirm a price: none is published. Startup, Pro and Enterprise are all quoted through sales, and Startup is only for firms under 15 people and $2 million in revenue. C is the grade when no price is on record. | CPro is $9 a Member a month billed yearly, between the $8 middle and the $10 dear end for project tools here, so an ordinary price. Contributors are free and unlimited, which helps. But Pro stops at 10 Members, and timeline view, workload tracking and the API all wait for Business at $19. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial of Pro with no credit card. When it ends, you buy a plan to keep going. | CNo free plan. You get 30 days with no credit card asked for, which is a decent run at it, and then a paid plan is the only way to carry on. |
| Features | CIt does the run-a-process job fully: checklists with forms, approvals, conditional logic and enforced order, schedules, controlled documents and Data Sets. But that's a smaller job than planning projects, with no boards or Gantt charts on record, and the apps don't work offline. | BIt covers the whole job: one sheet shown as a grid, a Gantt chart, cards or a calendar, rolling up into reports and dashboards, with forms for intake, automated workflows and Smart Assist for formulas. Airtable, monday and Wrike, its own named rivals, cover the same ground. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record, and the work is turning your procedures into workflows: steps, form fields, approvals and rules. The AI can draft a workflow from a description, which shortens it. | A4.85 from about 120,000 App Store ratings, which is the top band and a very large crowd saying the same thing. The sheets behave like spreadsheets, so anyone who already lives in one has little new to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Slack, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Google Sheets, Jira, DocuSign, Zapier and Power Automate, plus an API and webhooks. No desktop app, so it stops at B. | AThe full set: web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, Jira, Power BI and Tableau, and an API. The API is Business and up, mind. |
| Best for | checklists teams run the same way every time | project plans for spreadsheet people |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Process Street and Smartsheet. How we grade
Where they differ
- Only Smartsheet lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Process Street also covers templates and forms.
- Smartsheet also covers calendar, kanban boards and Gantt & timelines.
At a glance
| Process Street | Smartsheet | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | $9 per Member / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of the Pro plan, no credit card required | 30-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Process Street, Inc. | Smartsheet Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | smartsheet.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Process Street
- Operations teams that run the same onboarding or compliance steps many times
- Regulated businesses that need an audit trail for each completed process
- Teams turning written SOPs into checklists people actually follow
Smartsheet
- Teams that are comfortable working in spreadsheets
- Project offices that need Gantt charts, reports and dashboards
- Enterprises standardizing portfolio reporting across many projects
Worth knowing
Process Street
- No prices are published: the Startup, Pro and Enterprise plans are all quoted through sales, and card payments are charged in US dollars.
- The Startup plan is limited to 5 users, 10 guests, 100 automation actions and 50 API calls a month, and 5 MB per file.
- Process Street says its apps do not work offline.
- Startup pricing is limited to businesses with fewer than 15 employees and under $2 million in revenue.
Smartsheet
- There is no free plan; a paid plan is needed once the 30-day trial ends.
- Pro is limited to 10 Members and is only available to new customers; Business requires at least 3 Members.
- Pro is capped at 250 automations a month and 20 GB of storage.
- The API is offered from the Business plan, and SAML single sign-on needs Enterprise.
Key features
Process Street
- Workflows with forms and approvals
- Each run of a workflow is a checklist of tasks with form fields, approvals, conditional logic, enforced task order, dynamic due dates and role assignments.
- Scheduled workflows and run links
- Start workflows on a schedule or from a shared link, and restore an earlier revision of a workflow if a change goes wrong.
- Docs for policies and SOPs
- An in-browser editor and document control for policies and SOPs, with version history, approval workflows, role-based access and an audit trail.
- Data Sets
- Structured records that workflows read from and write to, kept in sync with other systems; the Startup plan holds 5,000 records and Pro 10,000.
- Cora and AI workflow generation
- Cora is an AI agent that monitors regulations, builds and adjusts workflows and flags risks; workflows can also be drafted with AI from a description.
- Automations and integrations
- Native automations send data to Google Sheets, Slack, Salesforce, DocuSign and Jira, alongside Zapier, Make and Power Automate connectors, an API and webhooks.
Smartsheet
- Sheets with multiple views
- Work is stored in spreadsheet-like sheets that can be switched between grid, Gantt, card and calendar views. Timeline view starts on the Business plan.
- Reports and dashboards
- Reports pull together and filter rows from sheets, and dashboards summarize the results for stakeholders.
- Forms
- Forms gather structured input such as requests, field reports and feedback. Forms are unlimited on the Pro plan and above.
- Automated workflows
- Workflows can be built from templates or from scratch for tasks such as reminders. Pro allows 250 automations a month; Business and above are unlimited.
- Resource management
- Shows who is assigned to what, so managers can even out workloads and plan for upcoming demand. Workload tracking is listed from the Business plan.
- AI tools
- Smart Assist and Smart Columns help with formulas and data analysis, and Business adds connections to external AI tools through MCP.
Plans
Process Street
Pricing could not be confirmed. See process.st.
Smartsheet
Pro$9
per Member / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly)
1 to 10 Members with unlimited free Contributors. Gantt, table, board and calendar views, 250 automations a month and 20 GB of storage.
Business$19
per Member / month, billed yearly ($24 billed monthly)
3 or more Members. Adds timeline view, workload tracking, unlimited automations, proofing, admin controls and 1 TB of storage.
EnterpriseCustom
10 or more Members. Adds SAML single sign-on, portfolios, scenario planning, directory integrations and unlimited attachment storage.
Advanced Work ManagementCustom
Everything in Enterprise, plus Control Center, Dynamic View, Data Shuttle, DataMesh, connectors and premium support.
Ways to pay less
Process Street
- Startups
Startup plan at a reduced Pro price
Businesses with fewer than 15 employees and under $2 million in revenue can buy a simplified Pro plan at what Process Street calls a significantly reduced price.
- Nonprofit
Discounts for registered nonprofits
The pricing page says discounts are available to registered non-profits on request to the sales team.
Smartsheet
- Annual discount
Lower per-Member price with yearly billing
Pro is $9 per Member / month billed yearly against $12 monthly (25% less), and Business is $19 against $24 (about 21% less).
