Alternatives · Project Management

ONES alternatives

As of Nov 13, 2026, the best ONES alternative for most people is Jira (3.2 GPA), second in our ranking of project management tools. It's also the best free one. The catch, in its listing's words: "Free plan for up to 10 users."

ONES compared with 6 alternatives: Jira, YouTrack, PingCode, Plane, Teambition and 1 more.

ONES has a free plan. Paid plans start at $98.5 per seat / year, billed annually. All 6 alternatives are free or have a free plan.

Listings checked up to Nov 13, 2026 · Where the facts come from

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At a glance

Tool	Price	Free plan	Runs on
ONESThis tool	Free plan · from $98.5/yr	Yes	Web
Jira	Free plan · from $9.70/mo	Yes	Web, iOS, Android
YouTrack	Free plan · from $4.50/mo	Yes	Web, iOS, Android
PingCode	Free plan	Yes	Web
Plane	Free plan · from $6/mo	Yes	Web, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Teambition	Free plan	Yes	Web
Tower	Free plan	Yes	Web

Price against what you get

ONES starts at $8.21 a month when paid by the year for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. 2 of the 3 alternatives on this chart score higher and start lower: YouTrack and Plane.

Jira scores higher without starting lower.

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

The best score at each price
Has a free plan
No free plan

The full chart of project management tools, and the best at every price

How each one differs from ONES

Jira
Issue and project tracking for software and business teams
- Jira starts at $9.70 per user / month, billed monthly (Standard, 1 to 100 users).
- Jira also lists iOS and Android apps.
- Jira also covers tasks.
- Jira does not cover wiki, which ONES does.
Suits: Software teams tracking bugs and development work
Jira vs ONES Jira pricing and details
YouTrack
Issue tracker and project management tool from JetBrains
- YouTrack starts at $4.50 per user / month, billed annually (Cloud, 11 or more users).
- YouTrack also lists iOS and Android apps.
- YouTrack also covers time tracking.
Suits: Software teams that want issue tracking linked to their IDE and build server
YouTrack vs ONES YouTrack pricing and details
PingCode
R&D management suite for products, projects, tests and wikis
- PingCode starts at ￥99 per user / year for Teams, mainland China price.
Suits: R&D and software teams that want ideas, projects and tests in one suite
PingCode vs ONES PingCode pricing and details
Plane
Open-source project management with cycles, wiki and AI agents
- Plane starts at $6 per seat / month, billed annually.
- Plane also lists macOS, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Plane is open source, according to its own site.
- Plane does not cover workflow automation, which ONES does.
Suits: Teams that want to self-host their project management tool
Plane vs ONES Plane pricing and details
Teambition
Project and task collaboration platform from Alibaba's DingTalk
- Teambition also covers tasks, time tracking and reports.
- Teambition does not cover wiki, Gantt & timelines and issue tracking, which ONES does.
Suits: Companies already using DingTalk for work chat
Teambition vs ONES Teambition pricing and details
Tower
Team task and project collaboration tool, now part of ONES
- Tower starts at ¥21.9 per user / month, billed annually.
- Tower also covers templates, tasks and reports.
- Tower does not cover wiki, issue tracking and workflow automation, which ONES does.
Suits: Small teams of up to 10 that fit the free plan
Tower vs ONES Tower pricing and details

Limits worth knowing in ONES

The Free plan stops at 30 seats; Gantt charts and automation rules need Standard.
Prices on the page are per seat per year for a 50-seat team and may change with team size; the page says annual billing saves 30% against monthly.
The Enterprise plan is bought through a contact-us button even though a price is shown.
ONES Desk, a ticketing add-on, costs an extra $42 per seat per year.

ONES pricing and details

Common questions

What are the alternatives to ONES?

The alternatives to ONES in this directory are Jira, YouTrack, PingCode, Plane, Teambition and Tower. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with ONES.

Is there a free alternative to ONES?

Yes. Jira, YouTrack, PingCode, Plane, Teambition and Tower have a free plan alongside paid ones.

Which ONES alternatives work on macOS?

The ONES listing does not include a macOS app. Plane lists one.

Which ONES alternatives work on Linux?

The ONES listing does not include a Linux app. Plane lists one.

Is there an open-source alternative to ONES?

Plane is described as open source on its own site.

When were these prices checked?

Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 5, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.

How this page was made

Where any alternative here is in our top three project management tools, the best for most people is the highest placed of them: the top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades. Otherwise the page names the highest-graded alternative in the same category as ONES, the one its listing names first winning a tie. The best free one is the highest-graded alternative that is free or has a free plan (a free trial does not count), with its catch quoted from its listing where the listing states a short one. The GPA is the average of our five grades for each tool.
The alternatives are the tools ONES’s listing names as its closest substitutes, and the tools whose listings name ONES.
Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing, which names the pages they were read from.
The differences are worked out from those listings.
The chart sets each tool’s starting price against our own grades for features, ease of use and platforms.

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