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GanttPRO vs Smartsheet
A side-by-side editorial comparison of GanttPRO and Smartsheet — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
GanttPRO vs Smartsheet: at a glance
What is GanttPRO?
GanttPRO ships a quarter's worth of features at a time, filed as blog tutorials.
This feed announces product changes as how-to posts, naming the feature after the colon. The last ones that clearly announced features, dashboard export with portfolio invitations and a rebuilt list view, landed on 4 August. The October posts are a how-to on custom colours that doesn't say whether the feature is new, and a buy-versus-build article for enterprise Gantt tools. Earlier in the year came a shared board-view link, table reports and an AI Gantt chart maker.
What is Smartsheet?
Smartsheet becomes where plans drafted in Claude Sheets get executed.
Smartsheet is rebuilding its core around table view: a table view report builder, Enterprise sheets above 500,000 cells, reports above 1,500,000 rows and a new Gantt view with critical path. On November 10 it added a beta that sends a plan started in Claude Sheets into Smartsheet, ready for a team to act on. Earlier it retired card view for Enterprise and limited AI to Table, Board and Timeline views.
GanttPRO vs Smartsheet: editorial side-by-side
GanttPRO
5.0PM
GanttPRO ships a quarter's worth of features at a time, filed as blog tutorials.
◆ Current state
This feed announces product changes as how-to posts, naming the feature after the colon. The last ones that clearly announced features, dashboard export with portfolio invitations and a rebuilt list view, landed on 4 August. The October posts are a how-to on custom colours that doesn't say whether the feature is new, and a buy-versus-build article for enterprise Gantt tools. Earlier in the year came a shared board-view link, table reports and an AI Gantt chart maker.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads run through the recent work. One is giving people outside the project a way in: shared private links for board view, invitations to portfolios, dashboard export — each aimed at a stakeholder who needs the picture without a seat in the plan. The other is loosening the product's attachment to the chart it is named after, through the list view, board view and table reports. For a tool that sold one visualisation, methodically shipping all the others is the more consequential of the two.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next feature post to extend the sharing thread, export or link access for views that lack it, since two of the last three features were about read-only distribution. The October posts are content marketing, so the gap since August means no new feature has appeared in the feed.
Smartsheet
5.0COLLABPM
Smartsheet becomes where plans drafted in Claude Sheets get executed.
◆ Current state
Smartsheet is rebuilding its core around table view: a table view report builder, Enterprise sheets above 500,000 cells, reports above 1,500,000 rows and a new Gantt view with critical path. On November 10 it added a beta that sends a plan started in Claude Sheets into Smartsheet, ready for a team to act on. Earlier it retired card view for Enterprise and limited AI to Table, Board and Timeline views.
◆ Where it's heading
Two tracks are visible. The core product is consolidating onto fewer, larger views, and Smartsheet is positioning itself as the execution layer for work drafted elsewhere, starting with an AI spreadsheet. Imports from SharePoint and Workday sync point the same way: pull data in, run the work in Smartsheet.
◆ Prediction
Expect the Claude Sheets handoff to leave beta and similar send-to paths from other AI assistants, since the release frames Smartsheet as the destination rather than the drafting tool.
GanttPRO alternatives
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial trajectory or compare directly with GanttPRO.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
NocoBase
NocoBase's v3 beta lets apps ship their own CLI, separate from Agents.
Productboard
Productboard's v2 documents API now keeps plain web addresses and emoji as ordinary text.
Hive
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Tracecat
Tracecat 1.5 alpha patches add sub-cases and lock down agent sandboxes.
Smartsheet alternatives
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial trajectory or compare directly with Smartsheet.
Interact
Interact opens its intranet to outside AI assistants and uses Claude to attack its own platform.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud's November patches lean on preview speed and sharing fixes across three branches.
Mattermost
Mattermost v12.1 puts bots and burn-after-reading messages under the same access rules.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
Double
Double turns a recorded Chrome session into an agent that repeats the task.
SiYuan
SiYuan 3.8.11 alphas add freeform mind maps and plugin snapshots right after 3.8.10.
Recent activity from GanttPRO and Smartsheet
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5d agoSmartsheetUse the Jira Smartsheet Connector with Jira v11.x
- 5d agoSmartsheetSort, filter, and find workspaces in Browse
- 5d agoSmartsheetSmartsheet adds bidirectional sync with Dynamics 365
- 5d agoSmartsheetSend to Smartsheet from Claude Sheets, now available in beta!
- 11d agoSmartsheetWork with large-scale sheets and reports in table view
- 11d agoSmartsheetVisualize your project schedule in the new Gantt view
- 15d agoGanttPROCustom Gantt Charts for Enterprise Project Management: When to Buy and When to Build
- 23d agoGanttPROHow to Organize Projects Visually with GanttPRO: Custom Colors
- 3mo agoGanttPROHow to Share Project Progress and Collaborate on Portfolios with GanttPRO: Dashboard Export and Invitations to Portfolios
- 3mo agoGanttPROHow to Manage Projects with GanttPRO: Updated List View
- 6mo agoGanttPROHow to Present Your Projects with GanttPRO: Shared Private Link for Board View
- 7mo agoGanttPROFrom an Idea to a Plan in Minutes: Meet the AI Gantt Chart Maker ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between GanttPRO and Smartsheet?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. GanttPRO and Smartsheet are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is GanttPRO better than Smartsheet?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. GanttPRO and Smartsheet are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to GanttPRO?
Top GanttPRO alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "GanttPRO alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ganttpro for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Smartsheet?
Top Smartsheet alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Smartsheet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/smartsheet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.