Comparison

The Smartsheet alternative for teams on the ground.

Smartsheet is a spreadsheet-style work management platform. If your team works on site, on the road or in shifts and needs tasks with clear owners, deadlines and approval, here’s an honest comparison.

Smartsheet is a spreadsheet-style work management platform. If your team works on site, on the road or in shifts and needs tasks with clear owners, deadlines and approval, here’s an honest comparison.

At a glance

  • What it is: Smartsheet is a spreadsheet-style work management platform. Please Do It is a task messenger for teams on the ground.

  • Getting work done: in Please Do It, every request has one owner, a deadline, its own chat and an approval step.

  • Ease of use: Please Do It works like a messenger, so people use it without training.

  • Pricing: Please Do It has one per-user plan with every feature included.

Where Smartsheet is strong

Smartsheet feels familiar to spreadsheet users and adds automation, reports and project views. It’s popular for tracking structured processes.

Where teams on the ground struggle

Grids on a phone.

Spreadsheet-style views are hard to use one-handed on site.

Conversation elsewhere.

Quick back-and-forth usually happens in another app.

How Please Do It works

  • Assign: say what needs to happen, who owns it and when it’s due.

  • Discuss: questions, photos, files and voice messages stay in the task’s own chat.

  • Review: approve the finished result, or send it back with a note.

Team chats, a newsfeed, recurring tasks, folders, checklists, polls, time tracking and work reports are included in one plan.

When Smartsheet is the better choice

Choose Smartsheet if your team thinks in spreadsheets and works at a computer.

When Please Do It is the better fit

  • Most of your team works away from a desk.

  • You want tasks and team chat in one simple app.

  • Every request needs an owner, a deadline and an approved result.

Frequently asked questions

What does Please Do It cost?

US$7 per user per month billed yearly, or US$10 per user per month billed monthly. Every feature is included.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. 30 days free, no credit card required.

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