Project Management
Free project management tools
55 of the 76 project management tools in this directory are free or have a free plan.
3 have no paid plan at all. The rest pair a free plan with paid ones, and the table says what each free plan includes.
Listings checked up to Oct 9, 2026 · Where the facts come from
| Tool | Price | What is free |
|---|---|---|
| ClickUpWork platform combining tasks, docs, chat and dashboards | Free plan · from $7/mo | Free Forever plan: unlimited tasks and members, 60MB of storage, 5 spaces, 1 form and 3 whiteboards, with trial-only access to advanced features. |
| AsanaWork management for projects, goals and cross-team workflows | Free plan · from $10.99/mo | Personal plan for up to 2 users: unlimited tasks and projects, list, board and calendar views, unlimited storage with a 100MB per-file cap, and 100+ integrations. |
| monday.comBoard-based work management with automations and dashboards | Free plan · from $9/mo | Free plan for up to 2 seats: up to 3 boards and 3 docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types, and the iOS and Android apps. |
| LinearIssue tracking and product planning for software teams | Free plan · from $10/mo | Unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues, with the agent platform and Linear Agent included. |
| TrelloKanban boards with an inbox, planner and built-in automation | Free plan · from $5/mo | Free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace: up to 10 boards, unlimited cards, Inbox, unlimited Power-Ups, 10MB per file and 250 automation command runs a month. |
| BasecampFlat-priced project management with chat, to-dos and files | Free plan · from $25/mo | Free plan for personal use: 1 project, 1 GB of storage and up to 5 users. No credit card required. |
| WrikeWork management with Gantt charts, request forms and proofing | Free plan · from $10/mo | Unlimited users, project and task management, board and table views, web, desktop and mobile apps, and 2 GB of storage per account. |
| JiraIssue and project tracking for software and business teams | Free plan · from $9.05/mo | Free plan for up to 10 users: 2 GB of file storage, 150 automation steps per subscription and community support. |
| AirtableRelational database platform for building team workflows and apps | Free plan · from $20/mo | 1,000 records and 1 GB of attachments per base, up to 5 editors, 500 AI credits per editor a month and 2 weeks of revision history. |
| Teamwork.comProject and resource management for client service teams | Free plan · from $9.99/mo | Up to 5 users and 5 projects, 100 MB of file storage, 100 automations, time logging, and list, board, table and Gantt views. |
| Zoho ProjectsProject management with Gantt charts, timesheets and issues | Free plan · from $4/mo | Up to 5 users, 3 projects and 5 GB of storage, with subtasks, Gantt charts, a whiteboard, mobile apps and 50 workflow executions a month. |
| GitHub IssuesIssue tracking and project planning built into GitHub | Free plan · from $4/mo | GitHub Free includes Issues and Projects for individuals and organizations, with unlimited public and private repositories and community support. |
| ShortcutIssue tracking, sprints and roadmaps for software teams | Free plan · from $8.50/mo | Free plan for up to 10 users: 1 team, 1 workspace, 1 workflow and 5 GB of storage, with kanban boards, a roadmap, iterations and docs. |
| YouTrackIssue tracker and project management tool from JetBrains | Free plan · from $4.50/mo | Free for up to 10 users on Cloud or Server, with every feature except a custom logo. Cloud includes 30 GB of storage and 3 helpdesk agents. |
| PlaneOpen-source project management with cycles, wiki and AI agents | Free plan · from $6/mo | Free plan for up to 12 users: projects, work items, cycles, modules, five layouts, intake, estimates and project pages. |
| HiveAI-assisted project management with chat, notes and proofing | Free plan · from $5/mo | Up to 10 workspace members, 200 MB of storage, 1,000 AI credits a month, unlimited tasks and notes, email in Hive and chat. |
| NiftyAll-in-one project hub with roadmaps, tasks, chat and docs | Free plan · from $10/mo | Unlimited members, 2 active projects and 100 MB of storage, with tasks, milestones, discussions, docs, files, team chat and portfolios. |
| PodioCustomizable work management built from no-code apps | Free plan · from $11.20/mo | Free plan for up to 5 users with task management, apps, workspaces and webforms, capped at 100 items across the organization. |
| MeisterTaskKanban task boards with shared notes, hosted in Germany | Free plan · from €13.50/mo | Basic plan: unlimited tasks, up to 3 projects, 5 notes and 5 Content Manager seats, 20 Meister AI credits a month, 20 MB per attachment, and unlimited free Viewer seats. |
| FiberyBuild-your-own work platform on connected databases | Free plan · from $12/mo | Up to 10 users and 10 guests, 10 databases, unlimited entities, 1 GB of file storage, 14 days of version history, 250 automation runs a month and 1 synced integration. No AI credits. |
| OpenProjectOpen-source project management for classic and agile teams | Free plan · from $7.25/mo | Community edition: free and open source, installed on your own servers, with no user minimum and community support only. It is not offered as a hosted cloud plan. |
| RedmineFree, self-hosted issue tracker and project management web app | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| TaigaOpen-source agile project management with Scrum and Kanban | Free plan · from €5/mo | Free hosted plan: 1 public and 1 private project, up to 10 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support. The open-source software can also be self-hosted. |
| FreedcampProject management suite with a free plan for unlimited users | Free plan · from $1.49/mo | Unlimited users, projects, tasks and storage (fair usage policy) with the core apps: Tasks, Discussions, Calendar, Files, Milestones, Time and Passwords. Single files are limited to 10 MB. |
| PaymoProject management with time tracking and client invoicing | Free plan · from $5.9/mo | Free plan for 1 user: 1 client, 2 projects, unlimited tasks, time tracking and invoices, the task list view, desktop and mobile apps, and 1 GB of storage. |
| TeamGanttWeb-based Gantt chart scheduling priced by project, not seat | Free plan · from $59/mo | Personal plan: free forever with 1 user, 1 project and 40 tasks, plus basic Gantt chart features including dependencies and drag-and-drop scheduling. |
| InstaganttWeb-based Gantt charts, standalone or synced with Asana | Free plan · from $10/mo | Free plan in the Instagantt for Asana version only: 1 user and up to 3 Asana projects, with Gantt charts, dependencies, milestones, public snapshot links and CSV export. |
| QuireNested task lists with Kanban boards and a Gantt timeline | Free plan · from $7.65/mo | Up to 10 members, 4 projects and 1,000 tasks per project, with nested lists, Kanban boards, chat, and 1 document and 1 custom field per project. |
| nTaskProject management with meetings, timesheets and issue tracking | Free plan · from $3/mo | Basic plan: free for teams of up to 5, with unlimited workspaces and tasks, meetings, issue tracking, timesheets and 100MB of storage. No projects, Gantt or Kanban views. |
| BacklogIssue tracking and project management with built-in Git and SVN | Free plan · from $30/mo | Up to 10 users, 1 project and 100 MB of storage, with issues, a Kanban-style board, and Git and Subversion repositories. |
| ZenhubAgile project management built on top of GitHub issues | Free plan · from $4.99/mo | Up to 50 users, 1 workspace, 2 connected repositories and 250 issues, with sprints, planning poker, roadmaps and basic sprint reports. |
| HulyOpen-source project management with chat, docs and video calls | Free plan · from $19.99/mo | Common plan: unlimited users and Huly objects, with 10GB of storage per workspace and 10GB of video and audio traffic. |
| FizzyFree kanban tracker for bugs, issues and ideas from 37signals | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| KanboardFree, self-hosted kanban board software under the MIT License | Free | Everything. There is no paid plan. |
| WeKanOpen-source kanban boards with swimlanes, self-hosted or hosted | Free plan · from €50/yr | The MIT-licensed server is free to install on your own machine. A free hosted WeKan app at boards.wekan.team gives Normal User access with no Admin Panel. |
| PLANKASelf-hosted kanban boards with a free Community edition | Free plan · from €7.20/mo | Community edition: free to self-host under a Fair Use License, with boards, lists, cards, comments, attachments, real-time sync and 3 board views. There is no free hosted plan. |
| LeantimeOpen-source project management built with neurodivergence in mind | Free plan · from $8/mo | Community Edition: open source under AGPLv3 and free to self-host with the core features. There is no free cloud plan, and extras such as whiteboards and custom fields are paid plugins. |
| PlakyBoard-based project management with unlimited free users | Free plan · from $3.99/mo | Unlimited users, spaces, boards and items, with 6 fields per board, a 7-day activity log, 10 MB per file and dashboards that draw on 1 board each. |
| GoodDayWork management platform with 20+ views and a free plan | Free plan · from $4/mo | Up to 15 members, unlimited projects and tasks, 1 GB of storage, dashboards, custom workflows, custom views, 100+ templates, and mobile and desktop apps. |
| AvazaProject management with timesheets, expenses and invoicing | Free plan · from $9.96/mo | 5 active projects, 10 customers, 5 invoices and bills a month, 100 MB of storage, and 1 user each for timesheets, admin/finance and resource scheduling. |
| Kanban ToolOnline kanban boards with time tracking and flow analytics | Free plan · from $6/mo | 2 boards and 2 users, with no file attachments, time tracking, process automation or user groups. |
| KanbanFlowKanban boards with a built-in Pomodoro timer and time tracking | Free plan · from $5/mo | Free version with no time limit: unlimited boards and tasks, WIP limits, subtasks, filters, recurring tasks, and the Pomodoro and stopwatch timers with a time spent report. |
| KanbanchiKanban boards and Gantt charts for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 | Free plan · from $3.97/mo | Free plan once the trial ends: every feature stays available, but each board is limited to 36 cards and becomes read-only when it goes over. |
| GanttProjectFree, open-source desktop Gantt chart app for Windows, macOS and Linux | Free plan · from €1/mo | The desktop app is free and open source under GPL3 with every feature; the vendor says unmodified binaries may be used for any purpose, including commercial use, without paying. |
| ProjectLibreMicrosoft Project-compatible scheduling: free desktop app, paid cloud | Free plan · from $9.99/mo | ProjectLibre Desktop: a free, open-source app for a single user managing individual project files on Windows, macOS or Linux, with no subscription. |
| Tom's PlannerBrowser-based Gantt chart maker with drag-and-drop time blocks | Free plan · from $9.95/mo | Personal: 1 schedule of up to 200 rows, with email support, and you can join schedules other people share. No inviting others, printing or exporting. |
| PlanioHosted Redmine with issue tracking, repositories, wiki and help desk | Free plan · from $25/mo | Bronze plan: 1 project, 2 users, 10 customers and 1 GB of storage. |
| BordioTeam work planner that schedules tasks and events on a calendar | Free plan · from $7.99/mo | For individuals: free forever for personal, non-commercial use, with 10 personal projects and 500MB of storage. No project members, guests, teams or time tracking. |
| SuperthreadTasks, docs and AI agents for teams, at a price you choose | Free plan · from $3/mo | Unlimited members and pages, 200 cards, 4 boards and 2 spaces, with AI agents, forms and time tracking. 7-day page history and 5MB file uploads. |
| CodecksCard-based project management built for game development studios | Free plan · from €6/mo | Up to 5 users and 3 projects with 1 GB of shared storage and 10 MB per file. No observers, time tracking, due dates or dependencies. |
| HacknPlanProject management for game developers with a linked design doc | Free plan · from €5.8/mo | Personal plan: unlimited projects and users per project, kanban boards, time logs, the Game Design Model and Discord integration, with 500 MB of storage, 5 MB per file and 1 board filter. |
| WorksectionTeam project management with Gantt, time tracking and chat | Free plan · from $3.75/mo | Up to 5 users, 2 projects and 1 GB of storage, with task lists, kanban boards, calendar view and chat. No Gantt chart, reports, time tracking or dark theme. |
| FreeloSimple task and project management with time and cost reports | Free plan · from €10/mo | 3 active projects, you plus 3 invited users and 500 MB of shared storage, with row, kanban and calendar views, time tracking and reports. |
| KanOpen-source kanban boards, built as an alternative to Trello | Free plan · from $8/mo | Free cloud plan: 1 user with unlimited boards and cards, checklists, labels, board templates and Trello import. File uploads are capped at 10 MB and API access is limited. |
| KerikaTask boards and whiteboards for remote and distributed teams | Free plan · from $9/mo | Individual plan: free for one person working alone, with unlimited boards and unlimited view-only Visitors, but no Team Members. |
Common questions
Which project management tools are free?
55 of the 76 project management tools in this directory are free or have a free plan. They are ClickUp, Asana, monday.com, Linear, Trello, Basecamp, Wrike, Jira, Airtable, Teamwork.com, Zoho Projects, GitHub Issues, Shortcut, YouTrack, Plane and 40 more.
Which project management tools are free with no paid plan?
Redmine, Fizzy and Kanboard have no paid plan. The others on this page limit the free plan and sell paid ones.
When was this checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 4, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.
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