Nifty: A nifty little cloud work management solution with potential review

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Nifty is a work and project management solution that aims to take on the larger providers within the market. With a smart importer tool to migrate data and a flat pricing structure option. This can be an attractive option for companies looking to save money and move over. With popular features such as projects, portfolios, team chat, recurring tasks, subtasks and multiple assignees. There is a lot on offer. They also have competitive pricing plans with large user allocations. But the big question is, is Nifty the tool you want to move to? Have a look at our Total Software Info research to see if Nifty is the project management tool for you!

PROS

Sticks to traditional portfolio and project management that works well
Simple List view
Flat rate pricing is good for larger companies.
Automate tool is intuitive
Subtasks and multiple assignees is very practical
Reports exportable for users that like to access the data

CONS

Polishing in the small data
No public API reference
Desktop app gave Windows Defender warnings

Nifty Quick Info

What is Nifty?

Manage projects and not the tools. Nifty aims to connect the dots to help collaborate with stakeholders and teams.

Nifty PM is an interesting work management solution. With a flat pricing structure for larger organisations, the offer is a tempting one for managers looking to reduce budgets. Unlimited users from $399 per month, that is tempting!

When joining the platform, you can quickly see the focus on making it easy for you to bring your work to Nifty.
The first option presented allows you to migrate projects from Asana, Basecamp, ClickUp, JIRA, Trello, or Wrike quickly and easily! Nifty allows you to migrate all your work and support your team moving.

Now, in reality, we know moving systems isn’t an everyday approach or simple to do. So it is nice to see the options available. But before rushing into Nifty, you would want to be asking yourself. Is Nifty the right tool for me? Will it solve issues that the other tools had?

From here we think things get interesting. You see Nifty appears to offer a lot and yet there are some areas we notice the quality is not as comparable to their competitors.

The first area for this is the API. Most leading solutions, and especially the solutions Nifty is promoting you to move from, have an open API reference for everyone to view. This is something Nifty is currently not showing. An API reference shows leadership and power in that your development team are public about how the platform works and allow other developers to share in your experience and further enhance connections and integration.

Related to development, the Windows desktop app when launching displayed us a Windows Defender SmartScreen window sayings an unrecognised app was prevented from starting. By comparison, opening the Asana app prompted no warnings, and for good measure only on the same Windows Surface Book 3 laptop, we installed ClickUp, MeisterTask, and Wrike desktop apps. All loaded with no warnings. This can happen, but from our experience, it leads to the development behind Nifty.

On the pricing page, the plan is called Unlimited. This is clear to end-users, as you can have unlimited users on this plan with a set fee. However, when logged in, the plan is called Enterprise. So again. This could be an intentional thing. However, it’s worth noting as all pricing plans are usually the same name throughout.

With the polishing points out of the way. So how does Nifty address the core needs of users? Well, we think it does it very well.

The interface stays traditional and focuses on Portfolios, Projects and Tasks. For most users, this connects well and is easy to follow.

When setting up projects, Nifty offer a strong range of project templates covering popular approaches such as Agile, To-Dos, Product Design, Interior Design and various other industry-specific work types. The full range covers the core Sales, Product, Marketing and Legal.

The default views are also well laid out with Kanban, List, Calendar, Swimlane and Timeline.

The automation tool is simple to use and intuitive, providing nice suggestive prompts.

The user of subtasks and multiple assignees to the task is a nice touch that connects

There is a great Free plan, although a little is limited to only 2 Active Projects. But it’s nice to see a solution offering this, especially for users who like to test and get familiar. You also get a 14 day trial to the Pro plan, which lets you test out Nifty and its features.

All in all, Nifty looks like a compelling tool for companies that want to migrate from another tool, import content, have access to portfolios and projects at all plans and not get too techy. With a bit of polishing, we feel it could be a serious contender to the power players of Work Management. And perhaps this is reflected in the lower price offering.

Have a look at what the Total Software Info research has uncovered and see if Nifty is the work management solution for you!

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