Microsoft Planner

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Create project plans with powerful scheduling and resourcing tools

Project ManagementRedmond, Washington, U.S.5,000+ employees

#30 of 65 in Project Management 0% positive in AI answers

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Visibility score

2.3%

New vs last week

Weekly run · Nov 3

Data collected Nov 3, 2026·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run Nov 9, 2026

Microsoft Planner ranks #30 of 65 in Project Management with an AI visibility score of 2.3 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
Microsoft Planner is most visible on Perplexity (3.9) and least on Google AI Mode (0).
AI engines name Microsoft Planner in 5 of the 30 Project Management buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
asana.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Microsoft Planner, with 8 citations.

About

Company details for Microsoft Planner

Microsoft Planner is a task and plan management app within Microsoft 365. It offers views such as lists, boards, timelines and sprints, and can be opened from tasks.office.com, inside Microsoft Teams, and on mobile and desktop. According to a third-party source, timeline (Gantt) view, task dependencies and custom fields require a premium Planner license. It ranks #30 of 65 in Project Management on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 2.3 in the latest weekly run.

Its differentiator: built into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and works with Teams, Outlook and Power Automate.

Website: microsoft.com
Categories: Project Management
Company size: 5,000+ employees
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Company type: Division of Microsoft
Deployment: Part of Microsoft 365, opened from tasks.office.com and inside Microsoft Teams, and works on mobile devices and desktop computers.
Platforms: Mobile, Desktop, Web

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AI visibility

Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9

Visibility score

2.3%

across Project Management answers, weighted by position

ChatGPT3%

AI Mode0%

Perplexity3.9%

Change

New

vs last week’s run

Category rank

#30 of 65

in Project Management

Mentions

in this week’s run

Share of voice

of AI mentions in Project Management

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.

Now2.3%

30-day change—

High · low2.3% · 2.3%

Rank#30

Changes appear after the second weekly run in Project Management. Asana leads the category at 60.9%.

AI mentions & citations

Recent answers that name Microsoft Planner

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Products & features

What Microsoft Planner sells

Planner Plan 1

Planner plan listed on Microsoft's own product page.

Planner and Project Plan 3

Planner offering listed on Microsoft's own product page alongside Project Plan 3.

Goal Management

Goal management capability listed on Microsoft's own product page.

Project Management

Project management capability listed on Microsoft's own product page.

AI Work management

AI work management capability listed on Microsoft's own product page.

Strengths engines cite

Listed among leading project management platforms

Funding & recent developments

Funding

Latest known round	Total raised
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Recent developments

Sep 2026ProductCopilot Chat natural language access to Planner
A report said customers will be able to interact with Planner tasks and plans by entering natural language prompts into Copilot Chat.
Aug 2026ProductRedesigned Planner interface reported
Reporting said Microsoft will begin rolling out a redesigned Planner interface in September 2026 with improved navigation, responsive layouts and Goals.
Jul 2026ProductPlanner coming to New Outlook for Windows
Microsoft said it will roll out Planner to New Outlook for Windows.
Jan 2026ProductMajor early-2026 Planner update
Microsoft announced a major update that removes several Planner features and adds new ones.
Jan 2026ProductiCalendar feed retired and custom templates added
The early-2026 rollout retires the iCalendar feed used to view Planner tasks in external calendars such as Outlook, and adds custom templates for reusable plan layouts.

Competitive landscape

How Microsoft Planner compares with its top three alternatives

All alternatives

Microsoft Planner most often appears alongside Asana, monday.com, Jira in AI answers.

vsMicrosoft Planner vs Asana2.3% vs 60.9% visibility · Asana leadsFull comparison vsMicrosoft Planner vs monday.com2.3% vs 45.8% visibility · monday.com leadsFull comparison vsMicrosoft Planner vs Jira2.3% vs 36.9% visibility · Jira leadsFull comparison

Brand	Visibility	Share of voice	vs last week	Starting price
Microsoft Planner	2.3%	1%	New	Pricing not available
Asana	60.9%	11.7%	New	Free plan
monday.com	45.8%	9.6%	New	Free plan
Jira	36.9%	8.9%	New	Pricing not available
Smartsheet	20.8%	6.3%	New	$12 / seat / mo

What AI answers say

Sentiment and themes from the answers that mention this brand

Reviews

Positive 0% · Neutral 60% · Mixed 40% of 5 engine answers that mention Microsoft Planner

Praised for

Listed among leading project management platforms

Criticised for

Premium features require a credit card for the trial

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Microsoft Planner AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/microsoft-planner, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.