| Topics | Oracle Primavera | Microsoft Project | 
| Company | Primavera P6 was developed for Oracle themselves. | Microsoft Project originated from a desktop application. Later it was enhanced with business features with Project Server | 
| Multiple users and multiple types of relations | Primavera can be worked upon by different users at the same time. In Primavera P6, multiple types of relationships between activities, like FF and SS, can be created. | Only a single user can work on Microsoft Project. Only a sort of relationship can be had between two operations. | 
| Baselines | In Primavera P6 you can add many baselines at any juncture to a schedule.   | In Microsoft Project, 11 baselines can be created for a project | 
| Risk possibilities and issue cases | Risk possibilities and issues can be found and followed with Primavera P6 features like Qualitative Risk Register and Risk Register Reports. | MS Project doesn’t offer a facility to find and follow the issues and risks that the project confronts | 
| Web support | Documents, plans, etc, are HTML compatible. | Information in MS Project cannot be converted to HTML. | 
| Project website | A website can be built with all the information about the ongoing project. | This facility is not available |