Mavenlink Reviews

Kantata is a wonderful tool for providing visibility and seamless communications for projects with clients and internal stakeholders. I love that we can use it as a document repository, replace email communications, full visibility and deliverable tracking, and project plan tracking in one place. It has transformed our PM processes for our clients! Customer support is quick as well and I use this on a daily basis and have never had down time.We also implemented a jira integration which ahs been helpful and the initital implementation was quick and painless.

I wish there was more flexibility with how to edit and sort the Task Tracker, I would like to be able to work the system like I would in excel (copy, paste etc.) and more configuration options for all parts of the paltform would be nice.

Kantata is really resolving our client communications and solutions delivery issues. It provides visibility for our clients and stakeholder to track project work in real-time and maintain delivery for milestones and deliverables. We love the document repository and Task tracker for project delivery.

I enjoy how the system provides me with data that helps the organization organize our resources within different customer portfolios. This tool provides start-to-finish support regarding consulting services and allows the organization to see project financial health and track the best candidate for certain projects. Additionally, the CSM support has been evident and very helpful. The system is the backbone to our organization.

I actually have not seen any downside of using this platform. During the time of implementation we have been able to easily track proposals, resources and Financial.

The system has solved our problems by allowing us to see the full resource availability across all customers. It supports discovering the best candidate and also supports us in seeing the financial health, as well as the project health of the services being provided. Without this system we would not have a clear overview if projects have risks, proposals are not maintained or followed up on, resources are running low, or we have over-planned certain resources which affects the ROI of a project. Seeing the cost and revenue analysis of each project allows us to make immediate decisions

Resource planning has enabled us to have better insights into resource utilization. At a team level team leads are able to manage their own resources allocating them to specific projects and manage their own capacity planning. At a business level, this has helped us identify gaps and understand when and where we need to recruit.

Managing projects end to end from schedule planning to budgeting, Kantata has been simple to to use. Communication through the activity spaces within the project helps keep teams and senior management up to date with project status.

Overall the whole system is easy to use, and provides valuable information to all levels of the business. Our customer Success manager Milda Leonaviciute is always at hand should we have any questions which is super helpful to have this contact. The support services and the ease of submitting a support ticket straight from Kantata again is a bonus as helps us get support as quickly as possible.

I think Project Risk Management would be a great addition that Kantata currently does not really have. There is status reporting but at a project level it would be great if there was more detailed risk management available.

Detailed Resource Management allows us to have better insights and make business-critical decisions around recruitment needs.

Overall better financial insights. At the Project level, we can see overall revenue against different types of projects in the system and forecasts based on pipeline projects.

Kantata Cloud impresses me with its seamless integration of project management and resource planning capabilities. The platform's user-friendly interface makes it easy to navigate and efficiently manage complex projects. I also appreciate its robust analytics and reporting features, which provide valuable insights into project performance and resource utilization. The ability to streamline workflows and allocate resources effectively is a standout feature that greatly enhances productivity.

The learning curve for new users, as the platform's extensive capabilities might initially overwhelm some individuals and the complexity of the platform might lead to occasional technical issues or glitches. Additionally, the pricing structure could potentially be a concern for smaller businesses, as the comprehensive features might come at a higher cost.

Reduces the fragmentation often seen in separate project management and resource planning tools leading to smoother collaboration, better communication, and reduced data silos. The platform's resource planning capabilities enable efficient allocation of resources based on skills, availability, and project needs. It provides real-time insights into project progress, resource utilization, and financial performance which allows businesses to make decisions. Helps in visualizing project timelines, task dependencies, and milestones, aiding in effective project coordinación. And offers scalability by accommodating larger teams, projects, and resources while maintaining control and visibility.

The platform is incredibly intuitive and easy to use. All Kanata's personnel are a pleasure to deal with and no problem is too small. Since deploying Kimble in August 2020 we have on-boarded a further three entities from Logicalis Group onto the platform so we now have a complete UK&I regional view of our Professional Services. this was made easier as certain nuances in the way other entities operated were adopted and changes understood and made by the Kanata services team swiftly.

I can honestly state that I do not have any dislikes.

Prior to on-boarding Kanata we had now way of knowing our PS demand apart from a number of days and an estimated revenue per opportunity. We ar now able to plan our demand for a number of future months not only for level but type of skill.

It would also take a number of days to complete month-end reporting and forecasting, this has reduced to a couple of hours.