Resource Guru

Simple and very easy to use resource scheduling\tracking app.

Comments: Resource Guru is a great resource scheduling application for a simple use cases. It does what it promises perfectly. The UI is very friendly and pleasant - make for a great user experience. I used it to track the tasks for my team for almost a year. I would have kept using it but the company mandated a different tracking system and I had to abandon it. I like that Resource Guru'a focus on their product and customer service. I also appreciated the slow introduction of new features. Overall, very pleasant and satisfactory experience with a great application.

Pros:

- Ease of use - Very pleasant UI - Flexibility

Cons:

- Lack of features. The application does the simple scheduling\tracking perfectly though. - Copy\paste of resource tasks was not available at the time

Alternatives Considered: Hub Planner and Float

Reasons for Switching to Resource Guru: The balance of features, ease-of-use, UI and the price.

Highly recommended

Comments: I have used Resource Guru for almost a decade now and I would be at pains to switch to anything else.

Pros:

Easy to use and intuitive functionality. Unlike a lot of other management software, with Resource Guru it's clear and obvious how to use it and it's functionality and features. It's so simple yet usefull that all members of the team can pick it up quickly and use it daily.

Cons:

It only really does one function. But it does that function very well instead of spreading itself to thin.

Alternatives Considered: Jira, Slack, monday.com and Asana

Reasons for Switching to Resource Guru: Easy to use and intuitive functionality. Not a lot of Project Management tools include scheduling functionality, and those that do don't do it as well as Resource Guru.

project manager

Comments: Am happy with it user friendly just some small changes then it will be supper good for us

Pros:

Resource allocation, we were able to allocate resources and not clashing, also its necessary to see who is where and what is he doing.

Cons:

Not able to add sub tasksnot able to close a task when done or track if its been done

Alternatives Considered: Salesforce Work.com, JIRA Service Management and Asana

Reasons for Choosing Resource Guru: Resource allocation

Switched From: Microsoft Excel

Reasons for Switching to Resource Guru: the critical issue was allocating resources of which the Resource guru is excellent with

Glorified spreadsheet

Comments: Causes more problems than it solves. We used to use a spreadsheet, it was much better than this.

Pros:

Nothing at all. It has no redeeming qualities.

Cons:

Allows you to book time without tasks. When asked to change this was told couldn't because some companies want that function, ie it isn't an option as it should be. The drop downs are fiddle and make it easy to select a blank, but doesn't warn you. Can't toggle between scrolling list and typing to search without cl king out of area. You have a set number of hours per day you need to book but it doesn't highlight those that are short- you have to hover to see remaining time but that function doesn't work properly, resulting in multiple clicks to get it to trigger. Colour by project doesn't actually do it, I'm on 6 projects yet only see 2 colours. Can push to calendar but not pull- useless function as meetings are booked in calendar to allow invites, you want guru to pull that data in to autofill. Though it is web based it is impossible to use on a mobile. The popups are always off screen, making it impossible to use - mobile friendly websites have been around for a very long time, lazy to not have it here, particularly as would allow people who are on the road to log their time on he go. Not worth the hassle even if free.

Easy to use calendar and resource management

Comments: Resource Guru is a great tool when you need to schedule multiple resources. It is easy to use, does not require any software installation and is a very good tool.

Pros:

Easy to set up, use and implement. Great value for money and super customer support. Integrates with outlook.

Cons:

Mobile solution could be better. It works fine, but could be improved.

Alternatives Considered: Microsoft Outlook

Reasons for Switching to Resource Guru: Easy sharing of calendar, making it very easy to identify free resource and assign them to a task. No need to email meeting invites back and forth. Easy to include external resources. Good value for money.