Hub Planner vs. Resource Management by Smartsheet

At a glance

Best for

Best for agencies that want scheduling, budgets and timesheets in one resource tool.

Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Best for

Best for professional services and agency teams already on Smartsheet that need capacity planning and utilization reporting.

Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion	Hub Planner	Resource Management by Smartsheet
Starting price	From $7 / resource / month Billed annually, per scheduled resource.	Price on request Smartsheet shows no figure for the add-on and asks for a demo request instead.
Free trial	14-day trial, no credit card	Not stated
API	Not stated	Yes, a REST API against the Resource Management database
Resource planning	Yes, drag-and-drop scheduling with skills and vacation management and approval workflows	Yes, matching people to projects by skills and availability, workload and capacity views, staffing forecasts and what-if scenario planning
Task planning	Yes, a light project and task layer on top of the scheduling	At phase level: a project splits into phases with their own dates, budget and bill rates, work items and tasks sit under a phase in the worklist, and the schedule is an interactive timeline where phase and assignment bars are dragged to new dates. Phases carry no dependencies between them
Time tracking	Yes, timesheets	Yes, optional, in half-day, hours-and-minutes or itemized modes, with expenses against the project budget and an approval step
Reporting and controlling	Yes, utilization heatmaps and budgets	Yes, pre-built utilization, time and fees, expense and budget reports
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support	Email helpdesk	more entries Email helpdesk, Community forum
Onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base, Personal consulting
Company size	Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations	Jira, Slack, Google Calendar, Zapier	more entries Smartsheet, Zapier, QuickBooks, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple iCloud

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Hub Planner From $7 / resource / month Resource Management by Smartsheet Price on request
Support Hub Planner Email helpdesk Resource Management by Smartsheet Email helpdesk, Community forum
Resource planning Hub Planner Yes, drag-and-drop scheduling with skills and vacation management and approval workflows Resource Management by Smartsheet Yes, matching people to projects by skills and availability, workload and capacity views, staffing forecasts and what-if scenario planning
Task planning Hub Planner Yes, a light project and task layer on top of the scheduling Resource Management by Smartsheet At phase level: a project splits into phases with their own dates, budget and bill rates, work items and tasks sit under a phase in the worklist, and the schedule is an interactive timeline where phase and assignment bars are dragged to new dates. Phases carry no dependencies between them
Time tracking Hub Planner Yes, timesheets Resource Management by Smartsheet Yes, optional, in half-day, hours-and-minutes or itemized modes, with expenses against the project budget and an approval step

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Hub Planner

Strengths

Agency-focused scheduling with budgets and timesheets
Utilization heatmaps
Flexible

Limitations

Less known than Float or Runn
Forecasting lighter than Runn

Resource Management by Smartsheet

Strengths

Capacity planning, staffing forecasts and what-if scenarios in one place
Time tracking is optional, so capacity planning does not require timesheets
Pre-built utilization, time and fees, expense and budget reports
REST API plus Zapier, a QuickBooks time-entry export and calendar subscriptions
Syncs planning data natively with Smartsheet

Limitations

Sold as an add-on to the Business and Enterprise plans rather than included
No price shown for it on the Smartsheet pricing page
Calendar subscriptions are a one-way sync only

Plans

Pricing

Hub Planner

Plug & Play $7 Per resource and month, billed annually. Resource scheduler, unlimited projects, reports and dashboard, support Monday to Friday.
Premium $18 Per resource and month, billed annually. Adds timesheets and approvals, skills matching, 24/7 support and add-on extensions.
Business Leader $54 Per resource and month, billed annually. Adds MFA, capacity finder, smart schedules, a dedicated support representative and a service level agreement.

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Resource Management by Smartsheet

Add-on Not stated Sold as an add-on to the Smartsheet Business, Enterprise and Advanced Work Management plans.

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Hub Planner

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Resource Management by Smartsheet

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

Hub Planner https://hubplanner.com · no check date recorded yet

Resource Management by Smartsheet https://www.smartsheet.com/platform/resource-management · 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.