FlexiProject as an AchieveIt alternative: the comparison

Yes. The Timeline view draws plan items as bars and connects dependent items with lines. The dependency has one form only: item B starts after item A finishes, with no lead or lag. FlexiProject links tasks with four relationship types, with lead or lag time, and dependent dates recalculate after every change. Read more on the Gantt chart software page.

AchieveIt documentation covers statuses, dates and progress updates, but not a baseline or a variance against an approved plan. In FlexiProject an approved project plan module becomes the baseline, and deviation shows on the Gantt chart. A plan change goes through a justified request on an approval path, and every approved version stays there to compare.

No. The vendor positions AchieveIt above the level of individual tasks. FlexiProject reads the critical path straight from the project schedule, and moving a task updates every dependent date automatically.

Yes. You import .mpp files, export the schedule back to MS Project and load an Excel schedule with column mapping. New projects can start from a saved pattern in the project templates tool, including schedule, budget, risks and products.

In AchieveIt money is tracked as a metric with a target and a current value, without a budget module. The project budget in FlexiProject covers costs and revenues, plan, actuals and a forecast to completion. The budget carries versions, and every change goes through an approval path. That makes FlexiProject a strong AchieveIt alternative for finance-driven projects.

In AchieveIt risk shows up as a status on a plan item. In FlexiProject every project keeps a risk register with probability, impact, an owner and a response plan. An administrator sets risk categories, and typical risks go straight into the project template.

AchieveIt has a plan item card with a description, dates, an owner, custom fields and update history, but no approved versions or business case. The project charter in FlexiProject is a configurable document with a goal, scope, stakeholders and a business case. Different project categories can use their own charter template, and milestones, risks and budget figures feed the charter straight from the project modules.

You approve the charter, the plan and the budget through the approval paths module. A path can have several stages, including parallel ones, and you name the approver by project role. The path still works after a staff change. Every decision is recorded with its author, date and comment, so you can show who approved a change a year later.

Yes, this is where both systems overlap. In AchieveIt goals with metrics cascade across organizational levels and show in a MultiPlan view. In FlexiProject a goal carries a baseline, target and current value. Goals form a tree with subgoals, and you link projects to them with a level of influence. Goals link to projects in the strategy module, and results sit next to portfolio dates and budgets.

AchieveIt has no scoring model, so you rank projects outside the system. In FlexiProject you score ideas in the project scoring tool against your own criteria and weights. The score can repeat during delivery.

You build a report in the reports module straight from current schedule, budget and risk data. In AchieveIt a report comes from updates that contributors send back on a recurring request. Managers in FlexiProject do not retype figures into a separate form. A recurring review has a fixed date and a company template, and earlier reviews stay in the archive with their decisions.

You pull plan items through the AchieveIt API and save them to Excel, then load them into FlexiProject as tasks with column mapping. Next you add what AchieveIt did not hold: dependencies, budgets, risks and products. Finally you set the date of each review in the project reviews tool.

You set the configuration yourself, without a developer or an implementation consultant. Rollout and configuration for your organization are included in the licence. You set permissions separately for each project tab, for example who sees the budget and who sees risks. Every department gets its own project workspace module with charters, templates and approval paths, while shared documents keep one standard across the company.

FlexiProject has an open API, sign-in through Microsoft Entra ID, and integration with Outlook and Microsoft Teams. In FlexiProject you import actual costs into the project budget from Excel, with mapping rules. Development teams import tasks with JQL queries, covered on the Jira integration page.

The vendor publishes no prices and quotes packages individually. Each of the Core, Plus and Pro packages requires at least 20 users. SSO is available from the Plus package, and integrations from Pro. The FlexiProject price list is public, with no minimum number of licences. One full licence for an administrator is enough to start, and the number of free users has no limit.

Yes. You set up a trial account yourself, with no contact form. You test every module on your own data, including time tracking module. AchieveIt has no standard free trial: onboarding runs through a demo and a 90-day Results90 programme. In FlexiProject, test and training environments are part of the standard offer.

A contributor reports task progress and time from the mobile app or the browser, adding a comment and a photo from a phone. People outside the project watch selected tasks and get notified of changes. Comments and @mentions stay on the task in the project communication module. The manager reads the whole conversation in one place instead of searching a mailbox.