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Kelly
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 28/11/2023

Hive improves collaboration and project management

The platform has transformed the way my team collaborates and manages projects. The intuitive interface, coupled with powerful project planning features, has significantly improved our efficiency and productivity.

Pros

Hive has become an indispensable tool in my daily workflow, and its best feature, in my opinion, is the seamless integration of project management and collaboration tools. The ability to centralize communication, task management, and file sharing in one platform has significantly enhanced team collaboration and efficiency.

Cons

The mobile app experience could use some improvement. The app is functional, but it lacks some of the features available in the desktop version. Enhancing the mobile app's capabilities would be beneficial for users who need to manage tasks and collaborate while on the go.

Daniel
  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 17/06/2025

Project Management Made Easy

Overall, I've really enjoyed using Hive to manage our internal projects. It's easy to manage users across various projects without making things confusing.

Pros

I like how easy it was to set up form integrations for use with our ticketing system. Users easily submit tickets that filter into our Hive project load.

Cons

The thing I like least about Hive is the web browser experience. It tends to time out quite frequently and can be laggy at times.

Jess
Jess
  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 3/09/2019

They actually listen to their users!

Pros

I think the best thing about Hive is they take your feedback seriously. I suggested a feature that really impacts my day-to-day use of Hive and they actually implemented it. They even reached out to me after it was pushed live to let me know that they implemented it. It was so nice to be heard and to have my feedback appreciated and implemented.

Cons

I still have some issues with notifications. I find the differences between "My notifications" and "Activity feed" to be very confusing and arbitrarily segmented.

Tichaona Redemptor
Tichaona Redemptor Show more details
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Value for Money
3
Features
4
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
2

5.0
Reviewed on 22/02/2024

The best project management software

I think Hive is a great project management tool that offers many features and benefits for users.

Pros

It has a smart analytics feature that allows users to track their progress, performance, and productivity, and get insights and recommendations from machine learning.

Cons

The task dependencies feature is not available or not working properly. Users cannot create dependent tasks or link tasks to each other.

Alternatives Considered

MeisterTask and ProProfs Project

Reasons for Switching to Hive

I had to check all options available in task management tools online
Ritu
  • Industry: Biotechnology
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 9/09/2025

Hive is a powerful all in one project management platform

Hive can handle many aspects of work and tasks by providing a powerful centralized platform. The features that it provides are very secure over various platforms and has many collaboration tools which offers a lot of creativity in the projects. The add on features also are a top tier and provide specific needs.

Pros

I personally like that Hive allows flexibility to each member of the team and everyone can work on the project in whatever way it suits them. The learning curve is very minimal with Hive and is a user friendly software with intuitive and customizable interface. Hive also offers third party integration and provides the integration of email and chat options. HiveMind is another powerful addition to Hive which is its AI assistant which helps in generating the content.

Cons

The cost can be pricey if you want to include some add ons of advanced tools. Mobile app also has a room for improvement

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