Matin PPM 360 vs Microsoft Project
Both run a real critical path. The difference is what sits around the schedule — portfolio governance, run work, AI and the price per seat to get there.
Last reviewed: August 2026. Every Project figure below links to Project's own pricing page.
What it costs at your size
Licensed seats only, list price, billed annually. Matin Professional at $7 per user per month against Microsoft Project Plan 3 at $30.
- 50 licensed seatsper year, annual billing
- Matin Professional
- $4,200
- Microsoft Project Plan 3
- $18,000
- Difference
- $13,800
- 200 licensed seatsper year, annual billing
- Matin Professional
- $16,800
- Microsoft Project Plan 3
- $72,000
- Difference
- $55,200
- 500 licensed seatsper year, annual billing
- Matin Professional
- $42,000
- Microsoft Project Plan 3
- $180,000
- Difference
- $138,000
Microsoft Project rate: $30 per user per month (Plan 3). Source: microsoft.com — Project plan comparison · retrieved August 2026. Matin viewers and external guests are free at any volume and are not counted above.
Side by side
- Published entry price for scheduling
- Matin PPM 360
- $7 per user per month (Professional)
- Microsoft Project
- $30 per user per month (Plan 3)[16]
- Portfolio-level governance
- Matin PPM 360
- Enterprise at $12 per user per month
- Microsoft Project
- Plan 5 at $55 per user per month[22]
- Critical path and float
- Matin PPM 360
- Forward and backward pass CPM, all four dependency types, lags
- Microsoft Project
- Full CPM engine
- Baselines and variance
- Matin PPM 360
- Multiple baselines with variance reporting
- Microsoft Project
- Baselines supported
- Operations and run work
- Matin PPM 360
- Service intake, SLAs and recurring work on the same resource pool
- Microsoft Project
- Not part of the product
- AI
- Matin PPM 360
- Thirteen capabilities included under fair use, not metered
- Microsoft Project
- Copilot licensed separately
- Viewers and contractors
- Matin PPM 360
- Unlimited free viewers; contributor seats priced below full seats
- Microsoft Project
- Every collaborator needs a licence
- Self-hosted option
- Matin PPM 360
- Sovereign tier in your own data centre, with source escrow available
- Microsoft Project
- Project Server / Project Online migration path only
Where Project is the better choice
No tool wins every evaluation. If one of these describes you, buy theirs — you will be happier and we would rather you found out here than in month three.
Choose Project
You are deeply invested in the Microsoft estate, your planners live in the desktop client, and portfolio reporting is handled elsewhere.
Choose Matin PPM 360
You want the same scheduling rigour plus portfolio, programme and operations governance in one tenant, at a published rate you can budget without a licensing conversation.
Figures are public list prices in USD per user per month on annual billing unless stated otherwise, read from each vendor's own pricing page on the date shown. Vendors change prices without notice — follow the source link for the current rate.
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