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Asana
Work management for teams, free for two people and US$10.99 per user a month on annual billing above that.
Free plan, paid from $10.99/mo
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monday work management
Configurable work platform from US$9 per seat a month, with a free plan capped at two seats.
Free plan, paid from $9/mo
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Basecamp
Flat-rate project tool from US$25 a month for the whole account rather than per seat.
Free plan, paid from $25/mo
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ClickUp
Broad work platform with a free forever plan and paid tiers at US$7 and US$12 per user a month.
Free plan, paid from $7/mo
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Jira
Issue tracker and planning tool, free for ten users and US$7.91 per user a month above that.
Free plan, paid from $7.91/mo
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Linear
Issue tracker for software teams, free to 250 issues and US$10 per user a month billed yearly above that.
Free plan, paid from $10/mo
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Notion
Documents and databases in one workspace, free for individuals and US$10 per seat a month above that.
Free plan, paid from $10/mo
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OpenProject
Open-source project management with a free self-hosted community edition and paid editions from €5.95 per user a month.
Free plan, paid from €5.95/mo
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Redmine
Self-hosted project management released under the GNU General Public License v2, with no licence fee.
Free
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Smartsheet
Spreadsheet-shaped work platform at US$9 and US$19 per member a month billed yearly, with unlimited free contributors.
Per user from $9/mo
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Teamwork.com
Client-work platform with billing built in, free for five users and US$9.99 per user a month above that.
Free plan, paid from $9.99/mo
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Todoist
Task manager with a free tier of five projects, Pro at US$5 per user a month and a team plan at US$8.
Free plan, paid from $5/mo
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Trello
Board-first task tool with a free plan of 10 boards per workspace and paid tiers from US$5 per user a month.
Free plan, paid from $5/mo
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Wrike
Work management with a free tier for unlimited users and paid plans at US$10 and US$25 per user, sold in user bands.
Free plan, paid from $10/mo
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More ways to decide
Editorial rankings, reading and shortlists for this categoryRanked for a situation
- Project management for client work Tools whose published plans include time logging, client access or billing, for teams that invoice their projects.
- Project management for software teams Issue trackers and work tools whose published plans cover backlogs, dependencies and developer workflows.
- Project management on a small budget Plans that let a real team work without paying, and the cheapest step up when they outgrow it.
Reading
- What free project management plans really include Every free plan in our catalogue, and the exact ceiling that ends it: users, projects, issues, boards or storage.
- How to choose project management software The seat model decides the bill, the free plan decides whether you can start, and the view your team actually uses decides the rest.
Curated shortlists
Two self-hosted project tools with no licence fee and very different amounts of product around them.
TechBigs verdict for this category, OpenProject vs Redmine, published Sep 4, 2026