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Pin Drop vs Smartsheet
Smartsheet is a widely trusted work and project management platform, used by the majority of Fortune 500 companies to plan, automate and report on work at scale. Pin Drop starts from place instead of row, giving every site its own pin with territory, visit history and coverage built in.
Territories drawn by hand, not rows in a sheet.
Map out patches with named owners so coverage and overlap are visible at a glance.
Automatic check-in and check-out.
Notes and photos land against the pin the moment a visit starts and ends.
Pipelines that move with the place.
Sites step through stages with timing attached to the pin, not a spreadsheet row.
Routes that account for traffic.
Plan multi-stop days and hand off to Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze.
Smartsheet plans the work. The map plans the place.
Smartsheet is one of the most established names in work management. Over 85% of Fortune 500 companies use it, and its spreadsheet-style grid makes it an easy platform for teams to adopt without much retraining.
Beyond the grid, Smartsheet covers a wide span of project and portfolio management: task lists, dependencies, Gantt and timeline views, resource and workload tracking, dashboards and conditional automation for recurring work.
Plans run Pro, Business and Enterprise. Pro starts at around $9 per user a month billed annually, Business moves up from there, and Enterprise is quoted directly by Smartsheet. Figures change, so check Smartsheet's own pricing page for the current numbers.
It runs on web, desktop and mobile apps for iOS and Android, and connects into most major work tools through its integration library.
Where it gets harder is geography. Many field teams end up tracking sites, stops or properties as rows in a sheet, with an address typed into a cell and little else tying the record to a real place.
Pin Drop takes the same kind of record and puts it on a map instead. Each site becomes a pin holding its own visit history, notes, photos and pipeline stage, sitting inside a territory with a named owner.
The two are not really competing for the same job. Smartsheet stays the system for planning and portfolio work, while the map handles what happens on the ground, and either can start from an existing spreadsheet or CSV export on day one.
Side by side
How Pin Drop compares with Smartsheet
The capabilities that matter when you move your map across.
Capability
Pin Drop
Smartsheet
How it works
From a task list to a map of where the work happens.
01
Import what you already have
Bring locations across from a spreadsheet, CSV or export. Every place maps instantly, no rebuild.
02
Shape it around how you work
Tag, group and add the custom fields your team uses, so the map matches your operation, not a generic template.
03
Put it in the team's hands
Everyone works from the same live map on the phone they carry. Work logged in the field shows up for the office without an update being sent.
Why operations teams switch
Less chasing, less overlap, less admin.
One shared truth
Place-based work on one live map, not scattered across rows that don't show where anything is.
Clear ownership
Know who covers what and where at a glance, without a sheet to keep in sync.
No duplicated work
Everyone sees what has already been covered, so effort isn't repeated.
Less admin
No double entry and no status meeting to find out where things stand.
Add Pin Drop alongside Smartsheet.
Start freeTrusted at scale
Used by 10,000+ organisations.
10,000+
Verified organisations
613
At $1B+ revenue
360
10,000+ employees
17+
Sectors represented
Amazon
Nike
Adobe
Oracle
Pfizer
Nestlé
PepsiCo
Mars
Walmart
Whole Foods
M&S
Mastercard
Capital One
Barclays
AT&T
Toyota
Volvo
Bosch
Bayer
BASF
Philips
UPS
Kuehne+Nagel
BT Group
NHS
Abbott
ADP
Cargill
Veolia
Paramount
Made to fit
Built around how you work.
Shaped to your team
Every team runs it differently. Coordinate a region, record what happened on the ground, or see it all at a glance. How you assemble it is yours.
No big bang
Import what you have, invite who needs it and work from the phone in their pocket. No migration project, no training week.
FAQS
Questions you might have
How is Pin Drop different from Smartsheet?
Smartsheet runs your projects, tasks and workflows in a spreadsheet-style workspace. Pin Drop adds the place dimension, the sites, assets and locations behind the work, captured as a shared map.
Can I use Pin Drop alongside Smartsheet?
Yes. Plan and track the work in Smartsheet, keep the places in Pin Drop. The map of sites and assets sits beside your project sheets.
Can I import my locations into Pin Drop?
Yes. Bring your locations in, organise them into shared maps and add notes, photos and visits against each pin, on mobile and desktop.
Is Pin Drop a good companion for Smartsheet users?
Yes. If your team needs a shared map of the sites behind the work that a project tool does not hold, Pin Drop fills that gap.
How much does Pin Drop cost?
Pin Drop has a free plan and paid plans billed per seat. See the pricing page for current plans. Smartsheet pricing is separate and changes over time, so check their site.
