Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
Request forms fixed our intake chaos
Blueprints mean a new campaign launches with the same twenty two tasks, the same dependencies and the same owners every time. Our newer producers do not have to remember the process because the process arrives with the project.
Pros
Blueprints so every project starts with the right structure
Cons
Default notification volume drives people to mute it
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
34 found this helpful
Quinn Lambert
Office Manager, Beacon Legal Partners
United States·Marketing·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Jul 8, 2025
LinkedIn confirmedUsed 1 to 2 years
Proofing ended the email thread with nine attachments
Proofing is why our creative team stopped hating project software. Stakeholders mark up the artwork directly, comments attach to a specific version, approvals are recorded. We used to run reviews over email with nine attachments and no idea which was current.
Pros
Cross project dependencies rather than project only
Cons
The features worth buying sit on the Business plan
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
34 found this helpful
Imani Acheson
Director of Finance, Maplewood Childcare
United States·Software·1 to 10 employees
3.0
Apr 14, 2025
Verified userUsed 2 or more years
Dense by design, cold by reputation
The folder, project, task and custom item hierarchy is powerful and it confuses everyone at first. Our team was visibly lost for the first fortnight. By week four they were fast. Budget for that dip rather than being surprised by it.
Pros
Cross project dependencies rather than project only
Cons
Requires someone to own configuration to succeed
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
34 found this helpful
Sofia Bergstrom
Operations Manager, Ironwood Fabrication
United States·Nonprofit·1 to 10 employees
3.0
Mar 11, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed less than 6 months
Dense by design, cold by reputation
Team at ten dollars is fine and nearly everything that makes Wrike worth choosing sits on Business at twenty five. Request forms, blueprints, approvals, time tracking and custom fields are all up there. Plan against Business.
Pros
Cross project dependencies rather than project only
Cons
The features worth buying sit on the Business plan
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
34 found this helpful
Kevin Mercer
Studio Director, Cedar & Vine Interiors
United States·Legal·1 to 10 employees
1.0
Aug 6, 2025
Verified userUsed less than 6 months
The mobile app frustrates more than it helps
The mobile app is slow and the navigation does not match the desktop mental model. People use it to approve something and nothing else. For a platform this capable the app feels neglected.
Pros
Holds up at high project volume where lighter tools fail
Cons
Steep learning curve for the first few weeks
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
33 found this helpful
Jerome Whitfield
Operations Manager, Foundry Road Studios
United States·Marketing·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Jul 26, 2025
Used 6 to 12 months
Proofing ended the email thread with nine attachments
It replaced a project tool, a proofing tool and a time tracker. The consolidated bill is lower and, more importantly, there is one place where the truth lives.
Pros
Holds up at high project volume where lighter tools fail
Cons
Steep learning curve for the first few weeks
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
33 found this helpful
Wyatt Mercer
Controller, Copper Mountain Brewing
United States·Nonprofit·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Apr 11, 2026
Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months
Proofing ended the email thread with nine attachments
It replaced a project tool, a proofing tool and a time tracker. The consolidated bill is lower and, more importantly, there is one place where the truth lives.
Pros
Request forms that capture a complete brief and create the project
Cons
Requires someone to own configuration to succeed
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
32 found this helpful
Trisha Kaminski
Office Manager, Beacon Legal Partners
United States·Marketing·500+ employees
2.0
Mar 3, 2026
Verified userUsed 1 to 2 years
Support took nine days on a blocking issue
The mobile app is slow and the navigation does not match the desktop mental model. People use it to approve something and nothing else. For a platform this capable the app feels neglected.
Pros
Cross project dependencies rather than project only
Cons
The features worth buying sit on the Business plan
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
Response from the vendorMar 9, 2026
Thank you for the feedback. Notification defaults are something we continue to refine and your point is well made. Our support team can help you set sensible team wide defaults if that would be useful.
32 found this helpful
Esther Lockhart
Managing Partner, Trailhead Bicycles
Canada·Financial services·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Jan 22, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed less than 6 months
Proofing ended the email thread with nine attachments
Work used to arrive by email, chat and someone stopping by a desk, always missing half the brief. Now every request goes through a form that will not submit without what we need, and it creates the project from a blueprint with tasks, owners and dates already there. That single change fixed our operation more than any other decision.
Pros
Request forms that capture a complete brief and create the project
Cons
Support escalation can be slow on complex issues
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
32 found this helpful
Carmen Montoya
HR Manager, Foundry Road Studios
Canada·Financial services·1 to 10 employees
1.0
Nov 21, 2024
Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months
The mobile app frustrates more than it helps
We had an automation misfiring and creating duplicate tasks across live client projects. It took nine days and three escalations to get someone who understood it. During that time we turned automation off entirely and worked manually.
Pros
Proofing and markup with version history and recorded approvals
Cons
Steep learning curve for the first few weeks
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
32 found this helpful
Simone Ibarra
People Operations Lead, Cedar & Vine Interiors
United States·Marketing·1 to 10 employees
3.0
Sep 30, 2025
Verified userUsed 6 to 12 months
Dense by design, cold by reputation
Compared with monday.com it looks like a tool for professionals rather than something designed to delight. Some of our team read that as cold. It is also why it survives complexity, so I take the trade.
Pros
Request forms that capture a complete brief and create the project
Cons
Steep learning curve for the first few weeks
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
31 found this helpful
Hassan Winters
VP of Sales, Falcon Ridge Landscaping
United States·Professional services·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Aug 29, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
Blueprints mean every project starts correctly
Native time tracking means our billable hours come out of the same system that holds the work. We ran Asana plus Harvest before and reconciled between them monthly, which was a job nobody wanted.
Pros
Holds up at high project volume where lighter tools fail
Cons
The features worth buying sit on the Business plan
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
31 found this helpful
Jerome Ponce
HR Manager, Northern Star Staffing
United States·Software·201 to 500 employees
4.0
Jun 16, 2025
LinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
Proofing ended the email thread with nine attachments
It replaced a project tool, a proofing tool and a time tracker. The consolidated bill is lower and, more importantly, there is one place where the truth lives.
Pros
Blueprints so every project starts with the right structure
Cons
Requires someone to own configuration to succeed
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
31 found this helpful
Julia Waterhouse
Sales Director, Lantern Creative
Canada·Financial services·11 to 50 employees
5.0
May 17, 2025
Verified userUsed less than 6 months
One system replaced three for our agency
Native time tracking means our billable hours come out of the same system that holds the work. We ran Asana plus Harvest before and reconciled between them monthly, which was a job nobody wanted.
Pros
Blueprints so every project starts with the right structure
Cons
The mobile app is weak next to the desktop product
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
31 found this helpful
Ian Contreras
Operations Manager, Prairie Rose Bakery
United States·Accounting·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Apr 15, 2026
Verified userUsed 1 to 2 years
It holds up when the work gets complicated
Work used to arrive by email, chat and someone stopping by a desk, always missing half the brief. Now every request goes through a form that will not submit without what we need, and it creates the project from a blueprint with tasks, owners and dates already there. That single change fixed our operation more than any other decision.
Pros
Request forms that capture a complete brief and create the project
Cons
The mobile app is weak next to the desktop product
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
30 found this helpful
Mabel Jenkins
Project Manager, Maplewood Childcare
United States·Professional services·201 to 500 employees
5.0
Feb 16, 2025
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 2 or more years
Cross project dependencies we actually needed
We manage about ninety concurrent projects across four teams and it does not fall over. We came from a board tool that was lovely at fifteen projects and became a wall at sixty.
Pros
Native time tracking and billable hours
Cons
Requires someone to own configuration to succeed
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
30 found this helpful
Oscar Buchanan
Head of Operations, Fairview Veterinary
United States·Nonprofit·11 to 50 employees
3.0
Nov 23, 2024
Verified userUsed 2 or more years
Dense by design, cold by reputation
Team at ten dollars is fine and nearly everything that makes Wrike worth choosing sits on Business at twenty five. Request forms, blueprints, approvals, time tracking and custom fields are all up there. Plan against Business.
Pros
Cross project dependencies rather than project only
Cons
The features worth buying sit on the Business plan
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
30 found this helpful
Julia Tran
Sales Director, Northgate Logistics
United States·Education·11 to 50 employees
5.0
Oct 31, 2024
Verified userUsed 2 or more years
It holds up when the work gets complicated
We manage about ninety concurrent projects across four teams and it does not fall over. We came from a board tool that was lovely at fifteen projects and became a wall at sixty.
Pros
Blueprints so every project starts with the right structure
Cons
Default notification volume drives people to mute it
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
29 found this helpful
Freya Vargas
Bookkeeper, Meridian Dental Group
Canada·Education·1 to 10 employees
5.0
Aug 13, 2024
Verified userLinkedIn confirmedUsed 6 to 12 months
Request forms fixed our intake chaos
Cross project dependencies matter to us because a delay in one client's asset delivery genuinely moves another project's schedule. Most tools model dependencies inside a project only, which was useless for how we work.
Pros
Blueprints so every project starts with the right structure
Cons
The features worth buying sit on the Business plan
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
29 found this helpful
Dominic Alvarado
Office Manager, Falcon Ridge Landscaping
Other·Marketing·51 to 200 employees
5.0
Jun 7, 2026
Used 1 to 2 years
One system replaced three for our agency
Proofing is why our creative team stopped hating project software. Stakeholders mark up the artwork directly, comments attach to a specific version, approvals are recorded. We used to run reviews over email with nine attachments and no idea which was current.
Canada
United States