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Hive for the win!
Breaks big projects into digestible tasks
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Flexible views, easy to set up a project, easy to have new members. Pretty user friendly. The amount of integrations that they offer have been outstanding. Their staff are responsive and respectful. Their customer service is top notch. The tutorial that they offer inside of the platform is very user friendly and gets you familiarized with the product very very easily. I like that there is an application and you do not have to just use the website for managing your projects. The application is the best way to utilize HIVE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Wish the mobile app had more uses than chat functionality. ability to recovery accidentally deleted items/messages. I wish it could integrate with office products that were not 365, like exchange. some of the zapier plugins are a little clunky and hard to keep track of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The interface is extremely user friendly. The different views are easy to use and appeal to different types of users. The colours, imagery, task cards, and Gantt chart view are easy to read, edit, and interact with. We also like that it is open source system that allows us to store large amounts of data within the system. The features are constantly upgraded and there is quick and responsive support from their customer service and support team. We also like that we are able to have a number of main subscription accounts which also have additional external users. We have mostly external users and this is a great selling point for us. It is a cost saving for us as well as it has much more on offer than the next leading software for a far better price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The only things that we do not like about Hive is the fact that since we keep so many projects and so much detail in our projects that it can get very laggy. It will freeze up on occasion and it can be difficult to update dates if there lots of predecessors in your project. The Analytics feature is also in Beta mode still and this has quite a few bugs, however, we can see that it will be a very good tool in the future. Finally, there are some simple feature upgrades that would be good such as an "undo" button and a "indent" button. If you have used other project management software, you will know the value of these two features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Hive's completely integrated approach to productivity has been a life saving force for my team. We are avid creatives, so using a tool that allows us to chat, email, and manage products all in the same tool has really helped the team stay connected and on top of projects. Also, the time tracking abilities and extra reporting tools are robust and helpful in keeping us on top of resourcing for our team.
The resourcing tab is really helpful in planning the team's schedules. Also being able to nest projects within eachother keeps our dashboard of projects neat and organized. Overall, I highly recommend their tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The only issue is that the application and the mobile app can be glitchy at times. I hope they invest more in its development in the future.
The other challenge is that it is important to create a solid process for task management and project management prior onboarding your team to the program completely. It can be difficult to organize tasks and projects retroactively without that process.
Finally, they have great budget features. It would be amazing to get include an expense option to it, so that the project budget can be completely managed in Hive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I love that I am able to create tasks and subtasks. It helps me stay extremely, OCD-level, organized. It also allows for you to assign tasks or have tasks assigned to you. The email sync helps me stay on top of things when I have too many windows open to notice any communications coming in. I love that you can attach emails, google drive documents, or uploaded documents to the tasks so the assignee or myself has all they need to complete the tasks, including any communication about the task, where supporting documents live, etc. One last thing about it that is great is you the different views you can change it to. If you need to follow a deadline schedule, you can view your assignments in a calendar format. If you are working on a big team project, you can view assignments by assignee. It makes it so easy to work more efficiently! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I don't dislike anything about Hive. The only thing I would say is that I don't typically use the chat feature in Hive becuase I use google hangouts. I think it would be great if they synced the chat feature like they do the email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's ability to clearly communicate to team members new changes that are about to be implemented Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Too many emails. The ones about what's in your queue are important, but sometimes there's a lot of others that aren't necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The interface is lightweight and reasonably intuitive. There is not a lot of junk cluttering up the screen, but you can find everything quickly! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Date Selection fields for project start/end dates. It would be nice to be able to type those in other than forcing a manual selection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The first and foremost pro is its customizable nature. All of its built in features are very robust. It is a good source of sharing work with each other. It helps us a lot in solving our numerous problems. I like its flexibility and the ease of setting up projects. It is very much user friendly. It really offers outstanding integrations. This is the matchless tool. No one can ever find tool like this. It helps us a lot in collaborating with external team members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is really nothing that I have to dislike about Hive. Me and my team love to use this. It's mobile application should add more features. There should be option of adding accidentally or mistakenly deleted messages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
