Accelo Customer Reviews 2025 | Project Portfolio Management

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Accelo

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

36 Reviews Write a Review

What is Accelo?

Accelo is used by professional service businesses around the world to manage their client work, profitably. The end-to-end cloud-based platform manages all aspects of client work delivery, from prospect to payment, including sales, projects, tickets, retainers, timesheets, resourcing and more, regardless of where you are. With an emphasis on time and money, the client work management platform gives you a holistic view of your most up-to-date business data and financial performance. Having client communications, activities and work centralized in a single platform, you always know where things are without having to ask for a status update.

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Awards & Recognition

Accelo won the following awards in the Project Portfolio Management - Midmarket category

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5 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2025

5 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

7 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

Accelo Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Accelo?

4% Negative

4% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Efficient Service
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Feature Ratings

Average 89

Document Management

Mobile

Project Management

Tasks and Workflow Management

Resource Planning

Risk and Fraud Assessment

Project Portfolio Management

What If Analysis

Analytics and Reporting

Timesheet Management

Lifecycle Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

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Francesco K.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

My Experience With Accelo

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Accelo from other similar products?

For handling Project and Portfolio management, Accelo is amazing.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that it isn't a complex business solution. Handles project management effortlessly. It's cost forgiving.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No serious flaws. Accelo has been great.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For smooth portfolio management, I would recommend new users to try Accelo. Has great features and saves you money.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Not very user-friendly.

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

Pros

Altruistic
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Wastes Time
Inhibits Innovation
Commodity Features

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Vital to our business processes

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Accelo Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Accelo?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

Mobile Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

Project Management Includes support for elements of individual project management such as phase, task, resource, duration and budget, with Gantt and WBS views.

Tasks and Workflow Management Includes the ability to assign tasks to project personnel and automate workflow between users with control points and sign-offs.

Resource Planning Includes the ability to see which resources have capacity, assign projects and tasks, and to level assignments according to resource schedules and shifts.

Risk and Fraud Assessment Includes the ability to document, mitigate, and respond to project risk conditions across the portfolio and detect instances of potential fraudulent claims.

Project Portfolio Management Includes basic aspects of multi-project, multi-program oversight with comprehensive, high-level reporting on progress and costs.

What If Analysis Includes ability to create test scenarios to see implications of schedule or resource changes, with option to either implement or cancel all.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Timesheet Management Includes ability for resources to log hours against tasks and percentage completed in real time or post hoc.

Lifecycle Management Includes change requests and management, with budget, resource, and scope implications on current project and the portfolio.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Francesco K.

My Experience With Accelo

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Not very user-friendly.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Vital to our business processes

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Timesheet Management

Lifecycle Management

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