Who Uses Resource Guru?
Resource Managers, Project Managers, Producers and anyone else who needs to schedule resources for projects.
What Is Resource Guru?
The fast, simple way to schedule people & other resources online! Get team visibility on one clever calendar. Drag & drop bookings in seconds. Manage vacation & other types of time off. An availability bar helps with capacity planning. Clash management helps you stay in control. Dashboards, email notifications & calendar sync mean everyone's up to speed. Powerful reports let you monitor utilization rates. No software to install. From only $2.50 per person/month. Sign up for a 30-day free trial.
Resource Guru Details
Resource Guru
http://www.resourceguruapp.com
Founded 2011
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Resource Guru pricing overview
See pricing detailsResource Guru does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Resource Guru paid version starts at US$2,50/month.
Starting Price
US$2,50/month. See pricing details
Free Version
No
Free Trial
Yes, get a free trial
Resource Guru Features
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- Campaign Management
- Collaboration
- Document Management
- File Sharing
- Project Management
- Task Management
- Time Tracking
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- Calendar Management
- Employee Scheduling
- FMLA Tracking
- Overtime Calculation
- Reporting/Analytics
- Self Service Portal
- Time Tracking
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- Messaging
- Mobile Access
- Online Time Clock
- Payroll Management
- Reporting/Analytics
- Resource Management
- Schedule Distribution
- Shift Swapping
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- Approval Process Control
- Calendar Management
- Employee Scheduling
- FMLA Tracking
- Leave & Absence Reporting
- Leave Policy Management
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- Cost-to-Completion Tracking
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- Resource Management
- Time & Expense Tracking
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- Collaboration
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- Live Chat
- Meeting Management
- Remote Access
- Remote Support
- Softphone
- Task Management
- Time Zone Tracking
- Video Chat
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Resource Management Software
- Capacity Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Drag & Drop
- Forecasting
- Reporting/Project Tracking
- Resource Scheduling
- Search/Filter
- Skills Tracking
- Utilization Reporting
Scheduling Software
- Alerts/Notifications
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- Employee Scheduling
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Workforce Management Software
- Budgeting/Forecasting
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Resource Guru Reviews
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Myroslav P.
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Overall Rating5/5
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Ease of Use5/5
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Features & Functionality4/5
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Customer Support5/5
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Value for Money5/5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 2020/02/03
"Simple and very easy to use resource scheduling\tracking app."
Comments: Resource Guru is a great resource scheduling application for a simple use cases. It does what it promises perfectly. The UI is very friendly and pleasant - make for a great user experience. I used it to track the tasks for my team for almost a year. I would have kept using it but the company mandated a different tracking system and I had to abandon it. I like that Resource Guru'a focus on their product and customer service. I also appreciated the slow introduction of new features. Overall, very pleasant and satisfactory experience with a great application.
Pros:
- Ease of use
- Very pleasant UI
- Flexibility
Cons:
- Lack of features. The application does the simple scheduling\tracking perfectly though.
- Copy\paste of resource tasks was not available at the time
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 2020/02/03
Isabella H.
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Overall Rating5/5
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Ease of Use5/5
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Features & Functionality4/5
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Customer Support5/5
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Value for Money5/5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 2019/11/25
"Extremely handy software, easy to use, visibly appealing, great to manage and schedule."
Comments: Positive, I do enjoy managing RG for our company. My company want us to migrate and start using the schedule planned for Office 365, but I had to push back and explain that this software is up to date, already does everything we need it too and Office 365 still has a long way to go before we can use it for what we want. It's safe to stick with RG that we know how to work, we know what it does and what i can't do and it works, no need to change something that isnt broken.
Pros: I like the appearance of the software - its clear, self explanatory, easy to navigate, see the bigger picture to jiggle schedule resource about, etc. I like how easy and quickly the support team are there to assist when needed. I like how it shows you who has booked what and the daily reminders via email of what is coming up, etc.
Cons: It isn't a negative but I would like to have a scheduling log, to see at what time and date did someone book a slot onto the schedule. I manage the Creative Studio, depending how many campaigns and the urgency in hitting these deadlines, I need to keep track of the entire departments availability, knowing when i can move things around in order to deliver last min projects. Only myself should have booking access, but I currently share it with Creative Directors, so they can schedule in my absence, but I can't see when they have booked them in so i can keep track. Is this something you could implement, please? Thanks,
Vendor Response
by Resource Guru on 2019/11/27
Hi Isabella
Thanks for the great review - I'm so pleased to hear that you're enjoying Resource Guru :) I'm pleased to say that an activity log is very firmly on our roadmap, and I've made a note to contact you as soon as this is available. You can also keep up to date with new features by signing up to our Newsletter at the bottom of our homepage - https://resourceguruapp.com/
I hope this helps but please don't hesitate to reach out if there's ever anything we can do for you :)
Happy scheduling!
Kat
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- Reviewed on 2019/11/25
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Overall Rating1/5
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Ease of Use1/5
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Features & Functionality1/5
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Customer SupportUnrated
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Value for Money1/5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Source: GetApp
- Reviewed on 2019/07/08
"Glorified spreadsheet"
Comments: Causes more problems than it solves. We used to use a spreadsheet, it was much better than this.
Pros: Nothing at all. It has no redeeming qualities.
Cons: Allows you to book time without tasks. When asked to change this was told couldn't because some companies want that function, ie it isn't an option as it should be. The drop downs are fiddle and make it easy to select a blank, but doesn't warn you. Can't toggle between scrolling list and typing to search without cl king out of area. You have a set number of hours per day you need to book but it doesn't highlight those that are short- you have to hover to see remaining time but that function doesn't work properly, resulting in multiple clicks to get it to trigger. Colour by project doesn't actually do it, I'm on 6 projects yet only see 2 colours. Can push to calendar but not pull- useless function as meetings are booked in calendar to allow invites, you want guru to pull that data in to autofill. Though it is web based it is impossible to use on a mobile. The popups are always off screen, making it impossible to use - mobile friendly websites have been around for a very long time, lazy to not have it here, particularly as would allow people who are on the road to log their time on he go. Not worth the hassle even if free.
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- Source: GetApp
- Reviewed on 2019/07/08
Marc H.
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Overall Rating5/5
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Ease of Use5/5
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Features & Functionality4/5
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Customer Support5/5
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Value for Money5/5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 2019/11/10
"Kudos"
Comments: As a small, but growing organization, we were having trouble measuring how our creative resources were being allocated. Resource Guru quickly solved that problem.
Pros: The software was very easy to implement and even easier to use. The reports page provides a great, visual presentation of our creative department's utilization for the week. Until we started using the software, we were unable to track enough data to inform a successful creative resource meeting. Now we have visibility into the upcoming weeks which has significantly decreased our dependence on freelance talent.
Cons: The waiting list and overtime feature can be a little confusing. The hours don't get added to resource bookings and increase the utilization percentage. It would be great if the overtime hours pushed the utilization percentage over 100% to clearly highlight over-allocated resources.
Vendor Response
by Resource Guru on 2019/11/11
Hi Marc
Thanks for taking the time to share your review! I just wanted to touch base on your request for utilisation to show at more than 100%. It's not possible to book someone for more than 100% of their time - our booking clash warning system prevents this to help ensure you always meet your deadlines, and without burning out your team. But if you want to overbook resources, you can do this by adding bookings with overtime, and overtime hours will be itemised in the "Overtime" column on the Reports, so it's easy to see where your team are overstretched.
I hope this helps to clarify things but please let us know if you ever have any questions - we're always very happy to help!
Thanks,
Kat
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- Reviewed on 2019/11/10
Megan H.
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Overall Rating5/5
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Ease of Use5/5
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Features & Functionality4/5
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Customer Support5/5
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Value for Money5/5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 2020/02/24
"Quality and Functionality"
Comments: Guru is an amazing tool and it has made my life so much easier! I enjoy using it and the reports feature is great (I just need more time to figure out the best report for me)
Pros: Ease of use when booking projects. The ability to move projects by dragging and dropping without loosing vital information in the process. Visibility to stakeholders without compromising the details of the project. The ability to customize schedules and access to separate functions of the application.
Cons:
I would like to be able to copy and past the projects from one resource to another.
I would like to be able to link projects together so when I move a linked project it moves all of those that are linked. So we have a project but also travel, preperation, and reporting. If we could link all four together, this would be a great feature!
Need more functionality using mobile devices, cannot change the color of a project while using mobile phone.
Vendor Response
by Resource Guru on 2020/02/25
Hi Megan
Thanks for sharing your review of Resource Guru! I wanted to let you know that you can definitely copy and paste bookings from one resource/date to another. Just use SHIFT+drag to duplicate a booking :)
You can also edit the colour of your projects whilst on a mobile device. You can do this in the Projects section or view the Schedule. Please let me know if you're having difficulty with this and I'll be happy to help you with it!
I also wanted to let you know that we do have plans for a dependencies feature in future. Can I suggest that you sign up for our newsletter in the footer of our homepage - http://resourceguruapp.com. That way we can keep you in the loop about new features and other news.
I hope this helps! Please don't be a stranger if there's anything else we can do for you :)
Thanks,
Kat
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- Reviewed on 2020/02/24
