Easy Redmine vs Redmine (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Redmine grades higher than Easy Redmine: 3.0 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Easy Redmine grades higher on ease of use. Redmine grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Easy Redmine
Project management on a Redmine base, now sold as Easy8
Which one is for you
Pick Easy Redmine if
- Fits if you want Gantt and time tracking on a Redmine base
- Works for teams that want to host on their own servers
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you work alone, as cloud plans need at least 10 users, and on-premises 25
- Not for you if you want to buy online, as plans go through the sales team
- Pricey if you want agile, resource and cost features: they need Business at 13.90 euros
- Watch out: prices are in euros only, and HelpDesk and Knowledge Base are add-ons
Pick Redmine if
- Fits if your team can install and look after its own server software
- Works for teams that want issues tied to Git or Subversion repositories across many projects
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if nobody on the team can set up Ruby and a database, because there's no hosted version
- Skip it if you need someone to call when it breaks, since help comes from community forums and volunteers
- Tight if you live on your phone, as the mobile clients are community tools the project doesn't support
- Watch out: SQLite is supported, but the install guide says it isn't for multi-user production use
- Too light for detailed time reporting, as the built-in time report is a simple one
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAEasy RedmineFair | 3.0GPARedmineVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C6.90, 13.90 and 25.90 euros per user a month billed yearly, against a $9 category middle. The 10-user cloud minimum puts the floor near 69 euros a month. | AFree and substantial: GPL v2, no paid edition, no hosted tier, in a category where the middle plan is $8 a member a month. Your only cost is the server and whoever looks after it. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 30-day free trial, with the listing not saying a card is needed. Converting goes through sales, and then the account is locked. | AFree outright. The complete application is a download, with nothing kept back for a paid tier: roles, workflows, custom fields, the wiki and the REST API are all in it. Help is free too, though it's community forums, an IRC channel and volunteers. |
| Features | BWaterfall planning, agile boards, resource and cost management, time tracking and a help desk, on cloud or your own servers. | BIt covers the whole job. Issues across many projects with statuses, types and workflows you define per role, a Gantt chart and calendar built from issue dates, time tracking, a wiki and forums per project, and a browser for Git or Subversion repositories. The time report is a simple one, mind. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating is on record. It is a large product with its own learning curve, and you buy it through sales. | DYou host it yourself, and that's what pins this down. The project offers downloads, not hosting, and an install wants Ruby and a database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL. Then the statuses, roles and workflows are all the administrator's to build. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with GitLab, GitHub, n8n and Jira, and on-premises hosting. | BWeb, with a REST API serving XML or JSON, and it attaches to Git, Subversion, Mercurial, Bazaar and CVS repositories and to LDAP. No app of its own on any phone or desktop. The clients listed on its site are community tools the project doesn't support. |
| Best for | Redmine-based project management, now sold as Easy8 | a free issue tracker on your own server |
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: Easy Redmine and Redmine. How we grade
Price against what you get
Easy Redmine starts at about $7.71 a month for each person and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Redmine has no paid plan and scores 2.3.
Easy Redmine scores higher, and starts $7.71 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other project management tools on the chart, 12 score higher than Easy Redmine for less, and none scores higher than Redmine for less.
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
Where they differ
- Redmine is open source, according to its own site.
- Easy Redmine also covers kanban boards.
- Redmine also covers wiki and issue tracking.
At a glance
| Easy Redmine | Redmine | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free |
| Starts at | €6.90 per user / month, billed annually | Free |
| Free plan | None | Free and open source under the GNU GPL v2. Releases are downloaded from redmine.org and run on your own server; the site lists no paid plans or hosting of its own. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial; converting to a paid plan goes through the sales team | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Easy8 Software Ltd | Jean-Philippe Lang and community volunteers |
| Price read from | easy8.com | redmine.org |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Easy Redmine
- Prices are listed in euros only.
- Cloud subscriptions have a minimum of 10 users, and on-premises subscriptions a minimum of 25.
- Plans are bought through the sales team. After the 30-day trial the account is locked, and trial data is kept two more weeks.
- HelpDesk, Knowledge Base and Knowledge Assistant Pro are add-ons.
Redmine
- The project offers downloads rather than hosting: you install it yourself, which needs Ruby and a database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- Redmine itself is a web application. The mobile and desktop clients listed on its site are community tools that the project does not support.
- Help comes from community forums, an IRC channel and an unofficial Slack workspace; the project is maintained by volunteers.
- SQLite is supported as a database, but the install guide says it is not for multi-user production use.
Key features
Easy Redmine
- Waterfall planning
- Gantt charts, work breakdown structures and mind maps for scheduled projects.
- Agile boards
- Scrum and Kanban boards, which can be combined with waterfall plans in a hybrid setup.
- Resource and cost management
- Visual resource planning and project cost and finance tracking.
- Time tracking and reports
- Timesheets and custom reports are listed from the entry plan up.
- Help desk and knowledge base
- HelpDesk and a wiki-based Knowledge Base are sold as add-ons for support teams.
- Cloud or own servers
- Runs in the vendor's cloud in 20+ locations, in a private cloud, or on-premises, including air-gapped installs.
Redmine
- Configurable issue tracking
- Statuses and issue types are defined by the administrator, and workflow transitions are set for each issue type and role from the web administration interface.
- Gantt chart and calendar
- Both views are generated automatically from the start and due dates entered on issues.
- Time tracking
- Time can be entered at project or ticket level, with a simple report of time per user, issue type, category or activity.
- Per-project wiki and forums
- Each project can have its own wiki, with diff and annotate views, alongside forums, news, documents and file management.
- Repository browser
- Existing Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar or CVS repositories can be attached to a project to browse their contents, search changesets and view diffs.
- Roles, custom fields and REST API
- Roles and permissions are user-defined, custom fields cover issues, time entries, projects and users, and a REST API serves data as XML or JSON.
Plans
Easy Redmine
Essentials€6.90
per user / month, billed annually
Entry tier: unlimited projects, Gantt chart, time tracking, timesheets, WBS and mind maps, calendars and custom reports.
Business€13.90
per user / month, billed annually
Middle tier, marked most popular. The vendor's comparison table shows which of the agile, resource, cost and expert project tools it includes.
Platform€25.90
per user / month, billed annually
Top self-serve tier; see the vendor's comparison table for the full feature list.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds a custom SLA, priority support, integrations, high-availability setups and customizations. Perpetual on-premises pricing is available.
Redmine
Redmine$0
The complete application, downloaded as a .tar.gz or .zip release or checked out from the source repository, and installed on your own server.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Easy Redmine or Redmine?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Redmine is cheaper to start with: it is free, against about $7.71 a month for each person for Easy Redmine. Easy Redmine starts at €6.90 per user / month, billed annually, and Redmine is free.
Which has a free plan, Easy Redmine or Redmine?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Redmine has a free plan. Easy Redmine does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.