Best for
Best for enterprise marketing and creative teams whose bottleneck is review and approval rather than task assignment.
- Enterprise
Project Management Comparison
Adobe Workfront vs. ProjectManager
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for delivery teams that need one plan in several views and, a tier up, the resourcing and timesheets to report on it.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Adobe Workfront | ProjectManager |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Quote-based Adobe publishes no prices. Packages are Select, Prime and Ultimate; Workfront Fusion is included with Ultimate and bought separately with Prime or Select, priced on monthly operations. | From $15 / user / month Team tier billed annually, $18 billed monthly. Business is $28 annually or $32 monthly and is where resourcing, timesheets and AI insights begin. |
| Free trial | Demo | 30-day trial, no credit card and no user minimum |
| Users | Not stated | Team is capped at 10 users with unlimited read-only guest licences; Business and Enterprise remove the cap |
| API | Yes, REST API | Yes, a documented API with code samples, plus connectors for Jira, Azure DevOps, Power BI, QuickBooks Online, Acumatica, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Excel and Trello |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) | Not stated |
| Task planning | Yes, projects, tasks and issues with intake and request queues, approvals and the Scenario Planner for multi-year initiative planning | Yes, unlimited tasks and subtasks across Gantt, list, sheet, board and calendar views, with dependencies, milestones, baselines, critical path and version control |
| Resource planning | Yes, resource pools assigned per project plus a workload balancer for scheduling and allocating people | Yes, workload balancing with defined working days, labour rates and availability, from the Business tier |
| Time tracking | Yes, timesheets covering project time on projects, tasks and issues and non-project time such as meetings and training | Yes, time logged on tasks and secure timesheets that populate from those hours, from the Business tier |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, customisable dashboards over reports such as timesheets, open issues and billing, showing team capacity, schedule risk, hours logged and budget adherence | Yes, portfolio dashboards and shareable project reports including status, timesheet and workload reports, with advanced reporting from the Business tier |
| Integrations and API | Yes, a REST API, built-in connectors, the low-code Workfront Fusion automation platform and an official MCP server | Yes, an API with documentation and code samples, plus two-way sync with Jira and Azure DevOps and connectors for Power BI, QuickBooks Online, Acumatica, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Excel and Trello |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| MCP-ready | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Not stated | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Live online demos and webinars, Guided onboarding, Personal consulting |
| Company size | Enterprise | more entries Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Cloud, Frame.io, Workfront Fusion | more entries Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Power BI, QuickBooks Online, Acumatica, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Microsoft Excel, Trello |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Adobe Workfront Quote-based ProjectManager From $15 / user / month
- Free trial Adobe Workfront Demo ProjectManager 30-day trial, no credit card and no user minimum
- Company size Adobe Workfront Enterprise ProjectManager Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- MCP-ready Adobe Workfront Yes ProjectManager No
- API Adobe Workfront Yes, REST API ProjectManager Yes, a documented API with code samples, plus connectors for Jira, Azure DevOps, Power BI, QuickBooks Online, Acumatica, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Excel and Trello
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Adobe Workfront
Strengths
- Digital proofing and automated approval workflows, with a native Frame.io connection for creative review
- Native fit with Adobe Creative Cloud and Experience Cloud for teams already on Adobe tools
- An official MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Gemini can query and change Workfront items directly
- Three integration routes: built-in connectors, a REST API and the low-code Fusion platform
Limitations
- No published pricing at any tier, demo and quote only
- Workfront Fusion is only included with the Ultimate package; Prime and Select pay separately, priced on monthly operations
- Layered licensing, with Select, Prime and Ultimate packages crossed with Standard, Light and Contributor licence types
- Enterprise-scale product, heavier than a small team needs
ProjectManager
Strengths
- Unlimited read-only guest licences on every paid tier, so stakeholders can follow a plan without buying a seat
- Two-way sync with Jira and Azure DevOps rather than a one-off import
- A 30-day trial with no card and no user minimum, longer than most tools in this category
Limitations
- Resource management, timesheets, budgeting and AI insights all sit behind the Business tier
- The Team tier stops at 10 users, 20 projects and 5 GB of file storage
- Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira two-way sync, Azure DevOps two-way sync and Power BI come as a $5 per user per month integration bundle unless the account is on Enterprise
Plans
Pricing
Adobe Workfront
- Select Not stated Entry package. Workfront Fusion is not included and is purchased separately, priced on monthly operations. Not priced publicly.
- Prime Not stated Adds work management and security capabilities over Select. Fusion is again purchased separately. Not priced publicly.
- Ultimate Not stated Adds automation and data management over Prime, and includes Workfront Fusion. Not priced publicly.
ProjectManager
- Team $15 / user / month Billed annually, $18 billed monthly. Up to 10 users, 20 projects, 5 GB file storage, API access and unlimited guest licences.
- Business $28 / user / month Billed annually, $32 billed monthly. No user limit, up to 100 projects, 25 GB storage, resource management, timesheets, budgeting, AI Project Insights and portfolio dashboards.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom quote with volume-based pricing. SAML single sign-on, native Power BI and Excel integrations, audit logs, custom permissions, unlimited projects and storage, onboarding assistance and a dedicated account manager.
What users say
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Adobe Workfront
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
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- Features
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ProjectManager
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Adobe Workfront https://business.adobe.com/products/workfront.html · checked against the official source on 2026-09-06
ProjectManager https://www.projectmanager.com · no check date recorded yet
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.