Forecast Customer Reviews 2023

What is Forecast?

Forecast is all you need to plan, run, and track projects from start to finish in one intelligent automation platform.

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Forecast Ratings

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82 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 4
Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+70 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Forecast?

7% Negative

14% Neutral

79% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Billing

84

Security

83

Expense Detail Tracking

82

Resource Management

81

Project Management

81

Reporting

81

Time Management

81

Agile Project Management

80

Retainer Management

78

Team Collaboration

77

Business Process Analysis (BPA)

77

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Business Value Created

82

Vendor Support

82

Availability and Quality of Training

79

Quality of Features

78

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

77

Breadth of Features

76

Ease of Implementation

76

Ease of Data Integration

75

Ease of IT Administration

74

Usability and Intuitiveness

72

Ease of Customization

70

Forecast Reviews

Olivia C.

Role: Operations
Industry: Energy
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Nov 2022

Forecast is not really worth the Price.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 / 10

What differentiates Forecast from other similar products?

It is a powerful tool in determining how long projects can take to be completed thus helps in planning. In addition, it creates schedule visualization.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy pulling of data during decision making. In addition, it creates good schedule visualization.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Forecast is not very intuitive, the free version it has many ads and it takes long to learn. it has simple syncing making items to often fall through when scheduling.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Forecast is good for schedule tracking but not very suitable for a large ecosystem.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Jeremie F.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jul 2022

Easy to use daily

Likeliness to Recommend

9 / 10

What differentiates Forecast from other similar products?

I have not much experience with other products, but I would assume its simple user experience from a dev stand point has an edge.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is cloud-based and opened with other products.

What do you dislike most about this product?

the repeating tasks are not easy to use. I often find myself readding the same task every day.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great product is great at what it does.

Pros

Efficient Service
Effective Service
Caring
Saves Time

Andrew T.

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jul 2022

Aesthetically pleasing but lacking functionality

Likeliness to Recommend

3 / 10

What differentiates Forecast from other similar products?

We are two months in but haven't see anything that differentiates it too much

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The UX is nice, looks good from the get go

What do you dislike most about this product?

The integration of Jira has caused a lot of extra work for our team, I think forecast has been built to best support new businesses but lacks in bringing across established agency's with historic projects

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To make sure they ask more questions and get better demo's

Pros

Respectful
Client Friendly Policies
Generous Negotitation
Friendly Negotiation

Cons

Less Transparent
Charges for Enhancements
Leverages Incumbent Status

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Forecast Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 4Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+70 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Forecast?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Billing Includes invoice management, time capture, and expense tracking.

Security Permits customers to use their identity provider of choice to manage their sign on

Expense Detail Tracking Expense information related to the expense, including reason, attendees, project and/or client information, and whether an expense is re-billable to a client.

Resource Management Define and manage skillsets and align to specific blueprints/workshops, easily adjust and delete bookings based on resource utilization and staffing needs

Project Management Plan all resources needed to execute projects

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily.

Time Management Includes time tracking or recording, automatic timer, and timesheets.

Agile Project Management Running agile projects using sprints and backlog management as well as story points for estimation.

Retainer Management Manage the ongoing and recurring work you do for clients, including tasks and billing.

Team Collaboration Allows multiple users to comment on, mark-up, annotate, or edit a document. Provides team sites, workspaces or other landing areas that enhance productivity.

Business Process Analysis (BPA) Contains a template library with version control to understand and improve process efficiency.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Forecast Reviews

Olivia C.

Forecast is not really worth the Price.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jeremie F.

Easy to use daily

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Andrew T.

Aesthetically pleasing but lacking functionality

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Billing

Security

Expense Detail Tracking

Resource Management

Project Management

Reporting

Time Management

Agile Project Management

Retainer Management

Team Collaboration

Business Process Analysis (BPA)

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization