Codecks vs Favro
We give Codecks and Favro the same GPA: 3.2 out of 4.0. Codecks grades higher on the free plan. Favro grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Codecks
Card-based project management built for game development studios
Favro
Collaborative planning boards for software and game teams
How we grade them
| 3.2GPACodecksVery good | 3.2GPAFavroVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BPlus is €6 a user a month billed yearly, or €7 monthly, which is about typical for this category. It has unlimited users and projects, and read-only Observers are free. But due dates, time tracking and dependencies need Pro at €9. | BLite is $5.10 a user a month billed annually and Standard is $6.80, both under what's typical here. But seats are sold in buckets of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100, so a team of 3 pays for 5. Lite also has no guest accounts or API calls, and just 25 automation actions. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree for up to 5 users and 3 projects, with cards, decks, milestones, runs and the Discord bot. Fine for a small indie team starting out. But there's 1 GB of storage between you, and no due dates, time tracking or dependencies. | CNo free plan and no single-user plan. You get a 14-day free trial of any paid plan with no credit card needed, and after that it's paid. |
| Features | AIt does one thing, game production, and does it fully. Hero Cards apply a pipeline of steps and checklists to each new asset, milestones and runs cover the planning, and the Discord bot and Unity and Unreal plugins bring in bug reports. Open Decks share a public roadmap. | ASeveral boards on one screen, cards that live on more than one board at once, sheets with calculations and hierarchies, roadmaps combined across teams, docs and wiki pages, and no-code automations. Jira issues sync both ways, and GitHub and GitLab merges can move cards. |
| Ease of use | BThere's no App Store rating on record for it, so a B is as high as we go. It runs in a browser, and you define a production pipeline once, then it applies itself to each new asset. | BWe have no App Store rating on record for it, so a B is as high as we go. Ready-made setups for Kanban, Scrumban and roadmaps mean you needn't start from an empty board. |
| Platforms and integrations | BIt's a web app, and that's the only place it runs. The integrations are aimed squarely at studios: Discord, Slack, Steam, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Unity and Unreal. There's a public API too. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with no Linux version listed. It connects to Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Miro, Google Drive and Zapier, and Standard includes 1,000 API calls an hour. |
| Best for | game studios running a production pipeline | several teams sharing the same cards |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Codecks and Favro. How we grade
Where they differ
- Codecks starts at €6 per user / month, billed yearly (€7 billed monthly). Favro starts at $5.10 per user / month, billed annually (from 2 users).
- Codecks has a free plan. Favro does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Favro lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Codecks is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Codecks also covers time tracking and reports.
- Favro also covers databases, wiki, kanban boards and workflow automation.
At a glance
| Codecks | Favro | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | €6 per user / month, billed yearly (€7 billed monthly) | $5.10 per user / month, billed annually (from 2 users) |
| Free plan | 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. | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free Pro trial, started from the Billing tab by an owner or admin | 14-day free trial of any paid plan, no credit card needed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Codecks GmbH | Uppsala collaborative technologies AB |
| Price read from | codecks.io | favro.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Codecks
- Game studios that want a production pipeline modeled for each asset
- Small indie teams, since the free plan covers up to 5 users
- Studios collecting bug reports and ideas from a Discord community
Favro
- Game studios and software teams running Kanban or Scrumban
- Organizations where several teams follow the same card on their own boards
- Teams that bring external partners into their boards and workflows
Worth knowing
Codecks
- Prices are listed in euros, both on the pricing page and in the vendor's manual.
- The Free plan stops at 5 users, 3 projects and 1 GB of shared storage.
- Time tracking, due dates, dependencies, guardians and capacity tracking need the Pro plan.
- Self-hosting is offered only on Enterprise, which has a 20-user minimum.
Favro
- There is no free or single-user plan: seats are sold in buckets of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100, so a team of 3 pays for 5.
- Lite stops at 5 collections and 25 automation actions and has no guest accounts, private collections or API calls.
- Timesheet reporting, SAML-based SSO and SCIM provisioning are Enterprise only, and pricing for more than 100 users is by quote.
- The desktop app is offered for Mac and Windows; no Linux version is listed.
Key features
Codecks
- Cards, decks and projects
- Tasks are cards grouped into decks and projects, each with a workflow state, effort, priority, tags and an owner. Doc cards hold design documentation beside the tasks.
- Hero Cards and Journeys
- Define a production pipeline once, with steps, estimates and checklists, and apply it automatically whenever a new asset is created.
- Milestones and Runs
- Plan work against milestones and time-boxed runs. On Pro, Beast Mode marks cards that keep rolling from sprint to sprint without being finished.
- Dependencies and Guardians
- On Pro, cards can be linked as dependencies so the next person is notified when it is their turn, and guardians act as required reviewers for a deck.
- Community feedback
- Decky, the Discord bot, turns ideas and bug reports from a game's community into cards with upvotes and status updates. Unity and Unreal plugins send in-game reports.
- Open Decks
- Share a project's roadmap publicly so players can subscribe, follow progress and leave feedback that flows back into the workspace.
Favro
- Team and planning boards
- Several boards can be laid out on one screen, so a team sees its backlog, sprint and other workflows together. Ready-made setups cover Kanban, Scrumban and roadmaps.
- Cards shared across boards
- A task, goal or user story can live on several boards at the same time, so different teams and managers follow the same card from their own boards.
- Sheets and databases
- Sheets add columns, calculations and hierarchies, which lets large pieces of work be broken down into smaller items.
- Roadmaps and docs
- Roadmaps from several teams can be combined into one company view, and docs and wiki pages are written in the same tool as the boards.
- No-code automations
- Automations assign reviewers, notify people or move cards when something changes. Plans include 25, 5,000 or 25,000 automation actions.
- Developer integrations
- Jira issues sync both ways with Favro cards, and GitHub and GitLab commits and merge requests attach to cards and can move them when code is merged.
Plans
Codecks
Free€0
Up to 5 users and 3 projects with 1 GB of shared storage. Includes cards, decks, milestones, runs, hero cards, the Discord bot and Open Decks.
Plus€6
per user / month, billed yearly (€7 billed monthly)
Unlimited users and projects, 1 GB of storage per seat, files up to 250 MB, and read-only Observer users at no charge.
Pro€9
per user / month, billed yearly (€11 billed monthly)
10 GB per seat, plus time tracking, due dates, dependencies, guardians, capacity tracking, beast mode, the producer role and priority support.
Enterprise€15
per user / month, minimum 20 users
Unlimited storage, tailored onboarding and the option to self-host on your own infrastructure. Arranged by contacting the company.
Favro
Lite$5.10
per user / month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly)
5 collections, unlimited boards and backlogs, 25 automation actions and the mobile apps. No guest accounts, private collections or API calls.
Standard$6.80
per user / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly)
Unlimited collections and storage, apps and integrations, guest accounts, limited dashboards, 5,000 automation actions and 1,000 API calls an hour.
EnterpriseCustom
Dashboards and timesheet reporting, SAML-based SSO, SCIM provisioning, 25,000 automation actions and a 24-hour response time on weekdays.
Ways to pay less
Codecks
- Annual discount
Save up to 18% with yearly billing
Pro is €9 per user a month billed yearly against €11 billed monthly, and Plus is €6 against €7. Enterprise is €15 on either basis.
- Education
Free Pro accounts for students and educators
Students and educators who sign up with a school email and fill out the vendor's form get a free Pro account once verified. Educational accounts can have up to 100 users.
- Nonprofit
50% off Plus and Pro for nonprofits
Nonprofits get 50% off the Plus and Pro plans after emailing the company with their account name and information about the organization.
- Other savings
Observer users are free
On Plus and Pro, any number of read-only Observer users can view cards and comment without taking a paid seat.
Favro
- Annual discount
15% off with annual billing
Billed annually, Lite is $5.10 per user / month against $6 monthly and Standard is $6.80 against $8. The pricing page marks annual prices with a -15% label.
