About Hive
Hive is a comprehensive project management software designed to streamline initiatives of any size. The platform consolidates all projects, tasks, deadlines, requests, approvals, notes, and reminders into a unified portal, enabling teams to plan and execute projects efficiently.
Hive's robust features include advanced project management capabilities, automated time tracking, goal-setting and visualization, and intuitive resource allocation tools. Users can customize workflows by project, export high-level overviews for leadership, and leverage pre-built templates to streamline their work. The platform also offers seamless collaboration through in-app chat, proofing and approval workflows, and integrations with a wide range of external tools. Hive's analytics dashboards provide valuable insights into workspace progress, while its Buzz AI functionality helps automate everyday tasks.
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Hive is a fantastic team project management tool
Reviewed on 2023/02/14
Hive is an excellent piece of project management software for groups whose members come from...
Hive is an excellent piece of project management software for groups whose members come from different industries or departments and don't use the same methodologies. Due to its adaptability and user-specific perspectives, it is well-suited to recording a wide range of information pertaining to teams and their projects.
Pros
Hive is revolutionary computer program. I am really impressed by what the development team has accomplished with this program: The learning curve is minimal, it offers beautiful Gantt and Kanban views, instant messaging for collaboration, the ability to add comments to tasks and projects, and a fantastic focus mode.
Cons
There are only a few functions I've seen in other programs that I wish this one had: The ability to specify task progress percentages, partially conceal Kanban columns, and set rules for each column.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Easy project management
Reviewed on 2023/11/29
I found hive to be an efficient platform for keeping track of my projects. I have several complex...
I found hive to be an efficient platform for keeping track of my projects. I have several complex projects going at any one time and it's important for me to keep track of all the moving parts. Hive helped me do this in an easy and efficient way.
Pros
I like the clean and simple UI and the intuitive navigation that make finding my way around the platform easy.
Cons
The sign-up process wasn't as smooth and quick as I'e like.
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monday.comReasons for Switching to Hive
I use both, one for team work in my main job, and the other to keep track of all my different projects.- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
The tool has a lot of features but not very intuitive to use
Reviewed on 2023/10/14
The tool seemed liked it had it all for managing the whole operations of my function but once...
The tool seemed liked it had it all for managing the whole operations of my function but once started using it I ended up giving up on features like time tracking and ended up using sheets for simplicity and efficiency. Once a feature fails to deliver because of how complex it is, the whole project team ends up parting with the whole platform. I would suggest reworking the entire platform unless the aim is to keep it for dedicated project managers and not function leads that want a tool that is much easier to keep the ball rolling while adding efficiency to their function
Pros
A lot of project and team management features including time and progress tracking
Cons
Not very easy to use and setting up the time tracking feature requires a lot of time and work
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Good for Small, Remote Teams
Reviewed on 2023/06/16
Overall, Hive has been a good system for our team to work effectively. It gets the job done,...
Overall, Hive has been a good system for our team to work effectively. It gets the job done, although not always as simply as other tools.
Pros
The native time-tracking feature was one of the biggest reasons our team chose Hive as its primary project management tool. With a team as spread out as ours geographically, Hive has made it easier to collaborate and execute projects. Hive is always looking to improve, and we appreciate that they ask for feedback and implement it.
Cons
Hive has limitations in terms of its reporting and integrations. We would love to be able to build our CRM right in Hive to simplify our sales cycle work and time tracking, but we must still use a third-party at this point. Additionally, automations in Zapier and integrations with third-party apps are still not as robust as with other popular project management systems such as Asana.
Reasons for Choosing Hive
Trello did not have a time-tracking feature.Switched From
TrelloReasons for Switching to Hive
Time tracking.- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good and Bad, but Mostly Good
Reviewed on 2020/11/23
Overall, Hive works for our Marketing team and customer service is exceptional (especially...
Overall, Hive works for our Marketing team and customer service is exceptional (especially [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]).
The biggest frustration is that we tested a few systems and chose Hive because it combined messaging, we liked the look of it, and the ability to link external apps if desired. The ultimate reason we chose Hive, though, was because when tested, projects with a date range for a due date showed up at the beginning of that range, which is exactly what we needed and no other system did that. However, a month after we switched and installed, that changed and they now show on the due date which causes issues (and extra messages and meetings) for our team to make sure stuff is being worked on proactively.
We've had a large amount of issues with recurring actions and auto-snooze as mentioned above and I've reported it several times.
We've had Hive around 8-10 months and just went through redoing our entire workspace to hopefully make it more streamlined due to the systemic issues we were having. With that, I'll say there are several ways to utilize Hive and you can find what fits for your team.
So overall, good and bad - mostly good.
Pros
For our team of five, the most beneficial features are: ability to assign two people, ability to color code projects, ability to track time within a task, ability to add approvers within a task, direct and group messaging within the app (replaced separate use of Slack), Notes and ability to share them, and the "status" and "table" views for projects.
Cons
For our team, we have had repeat issues with recurring actions not functioning correctly, specifically with auto-snoozing actions and sub actions (even past their due date) as well as due dates when we try to update recurring actions. We shifted our set-up and re-entered all actions at one point to try and workaround the need for a recurring action. We also prefer for actions with a date range for a due date to show up as of the start of that date range so we know how many days we have to work on something, however they show up the day it's due.
Reasons for Choosing Hive
The setup within Asana wasn't beneficial for everyone and due dates were being missed. We also needed a system we could communicate within rather than the team communicating through Slack and Email outside of the system. We liked that Hive had different ways to view projects so each team member can choose what works for them and that communication could be integrated.Switched From
AsanaReasons for Switching to Hive
I explained this in the overall feedback section. :)Response from Hive Technology
Thanks for your review, Lindsey! We're happy to hear that Hive is a helpful tool for your marketing team. Your feedback is also appreciated, and will be passed along to the product team here at Hive. Cheers!
Hive FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Hive.Q. What type of pricing plans does Hive offer?
Hive offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$1.50/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
14-day free trial of Hive Teams, no credit card required. Hive Free: Free forever for teams up to 10 people. Hive Starter: $5/user/month when paid annually (or $7 /user/month when paid monthly) Hive Teams: $12/user/month when paid annually (or $16/user/month when paid monthly) with add-ons available. Hive Enterprise: Custom pricing plans available upon request. A discount is provided to nonprofits.
Q. Who are the typical users of Hive?
Hive has the following typical customers:
2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Hive support?
Hive supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Hive support mobile devices?
Hive supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Hive integrate with?
Hive integrates with the following applications:
ActiveCampaign, Box, Bynder, Dropbox Business, FreshBooks, Freshdesk, GitHub, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Workspace, Harvest, Intercom, Jira, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Pipedrive, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Slack, Zapier, Zendesk Suite, Zoom Workplace
Q. What level of support does Hive offer?
Hive offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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