Honest comparison
Pocket PMO vs Planview
Planview is enterprise PPM built for portfolio finance at scale. Pocket PMO is portfolio governance for the small PMO that will never get that budget.
Planview is a serious enterprise PPM suite: financial planning, capitalised cost, resource supply and demand, scenario modelling and strategic funding, at a depth we do not attempt. If you have a central PMO team, an implementation partner and a multi-quarter rollout, that depth is the reason to buy it. Most of the people who search for PPM software have none of those things. They have two to ten projects, no PPM budget, and a board that still expects a portfolio view every month. Pocket PMO covers that band: portfolio RAG, prioritisation, capacity, programme milestones, benefits and board reporting, configured on day one, priced as a subscription rather than a programme.
Where Planview wins
Portfolio financial planning, capitalisation and funding models
Deep resource supply-and-demand and long-range scenario modelling
Enterprise-scale governance across hundreds of projects and programmes
Established analyst standing and enterprise procurement track record
Strategic planning and OKR alignment at organisation level
Where Pocket PMO wins
Live in an afternoon, not a two-quarter implementation programme
No central admin team required to keep it running
Transparent subscription pricing (£30 single PM, £120 for five users)
Approval-first AI drafting the reporting a small PMO has no time for
Portfolio RAG, prioritisation, capacity and benefits without the configuration cost
Designed for fractional PMOs and consultants running several clients
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | Pocket PMO | Planview |
|---|---|---|
Portfolio financial planning and capitalisation Not something we attempt — Planview wins outright | ||
Long-range resource supply and demand modelling | ||
Enterprise-scale programme hierarchies | ||
Portfolio RAG roll-up | ||
Portfolio prioritisation and scoring | ||
Capacity heatmap | ||
Programme milestones across projects | ||
Benefits register with realisation tracking | ||
Real RAID log with history and ownership | ||
AI status report and exec summary drafting | ||
AI risk and dependency analysis | ||
Predictive completion probability | ||
Live in under a day | ||
No implementation partner required | ||
Published, self-serve pricing | ||
Suits a two-to-ten project portfolio | ||
Multi-client portfolios for fractional PMOs | ||
Audit log and one-click audit pack | ||
GBP pricing and UK-first locale |
Yes Partial No
Who should choose Pocket PMO?
You need portfolio-level answers — are we doing the right work, can we staff it, was it worth it — but you are one person or a small team without an enterprise PPM budget or a rollout project. If you need capitalised cost modelling, funding scenarios or governance across hundreds of projects, buy Planview; we are honestly the wrong tool for that.
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