I Evaluated 6 Project Management Tools for My 200-Person Team — Here's What I Actually Picked

Why I Spent Three Months Testing PM Tools

I have been a senior project manager for eight years. My team grew from 15 people to 200 across three time zones, and our tool stack became a Frankenstein monster: Jira for engineering, Confluence for docs, a separate test management tool, Slack for communication, and three spreadsheets that nobody fully understood.

Something had to give.

I spent three months evaluating six platforms: ONES.com, Basecamp, Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp, and Wrike. Not through feature checklists — through actual pilot deployments with real teams. Here is what I found.

My Evaluation Criteria