Comparison of Project.net Editions

Project.net Enterprise Edition

Project.net Community Edition

Implementing any Project Management / Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system is challenging at many different levels — that's why Project.net offers a wide range of fee-based services to ensure your success:

World Class Support
Maintenance Subscription
Customer Enhancements
Professional Services
Training

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Project.net addresses the challenging problem of Project Management / Project Portfolio Management (PPM) — being Open Source lets you both benefit from and participate in our success!

Tech-savvy users are free to download and deploy Project.net on their own. We offer a variety of resources to help get you started including:

Installation package
Community wiki
Forums
Source code
FAQ

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Enterprise Edition

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Community Edition

	Project.net Enterprise Edition	Project.net Community Edition
Recommended for	Any organization (corporations, government, etc.) looking for an enterprise scale, fully supported, production-ready Project Management / Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solution without proprietary lock-in	The same features as Enterprise Edition but with 1) no access to interim patch releases and bug fixes and 2) only community support: recommended for experienced project managers who have access to both software development and IT resources that can be dedicated to helping them install, deploy, and maintain their PPM implementation
License Price / Subscription	No software license fee; commercial license available if necessary	No software license fee; free to download, free to use within the restrictions of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
SaaS Option	Choose between internal installation or hosting on our secure-yet-accessible cloud-based servers	Self-hosting only
Customization and Integration	Full customization and integration capabilities and services available (e.g. integration of other tools, both proprietary (e.g. Microsoft Project) and open source (e.g. Pentaho Business Intelligence)	Available only through self-supplied and community resources
Support	Enterprise-grade support through Service Level Agreements (SLA). Support services provided include: Guaranteed response times Call tracking and issue escalation Upgrade support A controlled release model Maintenance and updates Problem resolution Configuration, compatibility and migration advice Performance and tuning advice	Community-based support through Forums and Wiki-based online documentation
Certification	Rigorous testing by dedicated Project.net QA Engineers for bugs, stability, scalability, and security issues within the customer's environment. An extensive QA process that provides: Stress tested certified builds Certification for scalability and high-availability clustering	General release testing only
Bug Fixing and Tracking	Highest priority given to Enterprise Service Level Agreement (SLA) issues and requests through world class support team: Bug tracking and fixing (on current and previous versions) Bug fix patches Distribution Back-port patch support	No access to patch releases: available in Community Edition only as part of future general releases (longer update / revision cycles)
Upgrades and Maintenance	Included as part of Enterprise Support Level Agreement (SLA): Service packs Upgrades; upgrade support	Self-applied upgrades, maintenance as available with general releases (longer update / revision cycles)
Training	Comprehensive, on-site training provided by both Project.net and training partners on topics including: Beginning user training Workplan development Advanced project managment including workflow and tracking database development System Administration	Training through shared web-based documentation resources (e.g. wiki, videos, etc.) only (Please contribute!)
Evaluation	30-day guided, fully-supported evaluation available	Self-evaluation only, informal community support through Forums and Wiki-based online documentation