Ever Gauzy vs OpenProject (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick OpenProject: it is third in our ranking of project management tools, and they share a 2.6 GPA.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Ever Gauzy grades higher on value for money. OpenProject grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Ever Gauzy
Open-source ERP, CRM, HRM and project platform with time tracking
OpenProject
Open-source project management for classic and agile teams
Which one is for you
Pick Ever Gauzy if
- Fits if you want to host your own time tracking and project tool
- Works for agencies or freelancer networks that run several companies
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: the site says Gauzy is built in public, so some parts may be incomplete or broken
- Tight if you want free, as Starter excludes transaction and additional member fees
- Skip it if screenshot-based employee monitoring is a privacy problem for your team
- Not for you if you want phone apps, as none are listed
- Watch out: the pricing page shows annual figures only
Pick OpenProject if
- Fits if your organization wants to self-host an open-source project tool and has someone to run the server
- Works for teams mixing Gantt-based planning with Scrum or Kanban, with cloud data hosted in the EU
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free hosted plan, as the cloud starts at paid Basic with a 5-user minimum
- Pricey if you're a small team needing single sign-on, since Professional requires at least 25 users at $13.50 each
- Not for you if you'd run projects from your phone, because the mobile apps are beta companions to the web app
- Tight if you want portfolios or resource management, which need Premium with at least 100 users
- Watch out: on-premises Enterprise plans start at 25 users and a one-year term, and SCIM is Corporate only
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAEver GauzyGood | 2.6GPAOpenProjectGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ABusiness is $34 a month for 25 members, $1.36 a member, under the category's cheapest quarter. There is also a $99 one-time self-hosted license. | CCloud Basic is $7.25 a user a month billed yearly, $8.50 monthly, which is mid-pack for this category, and it holds you to 5 users. The steps up carry big minimums: Professional $13.50 from 25 users, Premium $19.50 from 100. Self-hosting the Community edition costs nothing but your servers. |
| Free plan and trial | BStarter is free for 1 company and 15 members with no card, but transaction and extra-member fees still apply. Paid cloud plans have a 90-day trial. | BFree means hosting it: the Community edition has no user minimum and keeps Gantt charts, agile boards, Scrum backlogs, time tracking, wiki and meetings. Support is community only, and there's no free cloud, just a 14-day trial. |
| Features | CTime tracking, tasks, invoicing, sales and multi-company setups. The site says some parts may be incomplete or broken. | BWork packages on Gantt charts with relations and automatic or manual scheduling, Kanban and sprint boards with a backlog and burndown charts, time and costs against budgets, meeting minutes linked to the work, and a wiki. Both planning styles covered; portfolios and resource management wait for Premium. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It is a big platform, and self-hosting means doing the setup yourself. | CNo store rating on record. The paid cloud is hosted for you in the EU, but this is a big tool with work package types, roles and statuses to arrange, and the free edition is a Linux server job: DEB or RPM packages, Docker, Kubernetes or Helm. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb plus desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux, with no phone apps or integrations listed. | BWeb with iPhone and Android apps, and no desktop app. The phone apps are in beta and the vendor calls them companions to the web version. It connects to Nextcloud, GitHub, GitLab and Excel, with OneDrive, SharePoint and an MCP server from Professional. |
| Best for | open-source time tracking, CRM and projects | self-hosting classic and agile planning |
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: Ever Gauzy and OpenProject. How we grade
Price against what you get
Ever Gauzy starts at $34 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. OpenProject starts at $7.25 a month for each person and scores 2.7.
OpenProject scores higher and starts $26.75 a month lower. Of the other project management tools on the chart, 103 score higher than Ever Gauzy for less, and 12 score higher than OpenProject 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
- Ever Gauzy also covers tasks, invoicing, reports and employee records.
- OpenProject also covers wiki, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines and issue tracking.
At a glance
| Ever Gauzy | OpenProject | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $34 per month for up to 25 members, billed annually | $7.25 per user / month, billed yearly (5-user minimum) |
| Free plan | Starter plan: free, limited to 1 company and 15 members, excluding transaction and additional member fees. | 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. |
| Free trial | 90-day free trial on paid cloud plans | 14-day free trial of the Enterprise cloud, or a 14-day trial license for a self-hosted installation |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Ever Co. LTD | OpenProject GmbH |
| Price read from | gauzy.co | openproject.org |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Ever Gauzy
- The site says Gauzy is built in public, so some parts may be incomplete or broken.
- Starter's free price excludes transaction fees and fees for additional members.
- The pricing page shows annual figures only; no monthly-billing price is displayed.
- Employee monitoring with screenshots may raise privacy and legal questions for some teams.
OpenProject
- The free Community edition is self-hosted only. The hosted cloud starts at the paid Basic plan with a 5-user minimum.
- Professional requires at least 25 users and Premium at least 100. On-premises Enterprise plans start at 25 users and a one-year term.
- Single sign-on needs Professional or higher, and SCIM provisioning is limited to the Corporate plan.
- The iOS and Android apps are in beta and described by the vendor as companions to the web application.
Key features
Ever Gauzy
- Time tracking and timesheets
- Staff start and stop a timer from desktop apps, and managers see timesheets, activity levels and statistics per project and task.
- Employee monitoring
- The timer app can record activity and screenshots for employees, with dashboards for schedules, appointments and filters.
- Task and project management
- Tasks, projects and teams are managed alongside organization records, with project budgeting and team scheduling.
- Invoicing and sales
- Invoices and client records sit in the same platform, together with employee records and an online payroll feature.
- Self-hosted or cloud
- The Community Edition source code is on GitHub, and a self-hosted server runs with SQLite or an external PostgreSQL database.
- Multi-company setups
- The Unlimited plan can cover several companies in one installation, with 50 members included and extra members charged separately.
OpenProject
- Work packages and Gantt charts
- Work is broken into work packages such as tasks, features, phases and milestones, then scheduled on Gantt charts with relations and automatic or manual scheduling.
- Agile boards and Scrum
- Kanban, team, version and subproject boards, a product backlog, sprint boards, story points and burndown charts are all part of the free Community edition.
- Time tracking, costs and budgets
- Time is logged on work packages, unit and labor costs are tracked against budgets, and reports break down spent time and costs.
- Meetings, wiki and documents
- Meeting agendas and minutes link to work packages, and a wiki, forums and collaboratively edited documents hold project information in one place.
- Self-hosting or vendor cloud
- The Community edition installs on your own Linux servers from DEB or RPM packages, Docker, Kubernetes or Helm charts. Enterprise cloud is hosted by OpenProject in the EU.
- Tiered Enterprise add-ons
- Paid plans unlock extra features by tier: the team planner on Basic, single sign-on on Professional, and portfolio and resource management on Premium.
Plans
Ever Gauzy
Starter$0
Free for 1 company and 15 members, with no card required. Transaction and extra-member fees still apply.
Business$34
per month for up to 25 members, billed annually
Single company, 25 members included, $5 a month for each extra member. Shown as 30% off; $408 billed yearly.
Unlimited$349
per month, billed annually
Unlimited members for one company, or unlimited companies with 50 members and $10 a month per extra member. $4,188 yearly.
Business Lifetime (self-hosted)$99
one-time, for 1 company and 25 members
One payment for a self-hosted license without AGPL restrictions; extra members cost $5 a month each.
OpenProject
CommunityFree
Self-hosted open-source edition with no user minimum: Gantt charts, agile boards, Scrum backlogs, time tracking, wiki and meetings, with community support.
Basic$7.25
per user / month, billed yearly ($8.50 monthly, cloud only)
From 5 users in the cloud or 25 on-premises. Adds the Basic Enterprise add-ons, such as the team planner, baseline comparisons and a custom theme, plus email support.
Professional$13.50
per user / month, billed yearly
Minimum 25 users. Adds single sign-on, OneDrive and SharePoint integration, sharing work packages with external users, the MCP server and phone support.
Premium$19.50
per user / month, billed yearly
Minimum 100 users. Adds portfolio management, resource management, LDAP user and group sync, and remote-hands support.
CorporateCustom
Priced on request and recommended from 250 users. Adds SCIM provisioning, XWiki and openDesk integrations, and a dedicated support engineer.
Ways to pay less
Ever Gauzy
- Lifetime license
Business Edition lifetime license for $99
A limited-time one-time payment covers one self-hosted company with 25 members, without AGPL v3 restrictions; extra members are $5 a month each.
OpenProject
- Annual discount
Yearly billing is $1.25 per user cheaper
Cloud Basic can be billed monthly for an extra $1.25 per user / month, so a one-year subscription costs $7.25 instead of $8.50 per user / month.
- Other savings
Free months on multi-year subscriptions
The pricing calculator lists 5 months free on a 2-year subscription, 8 on 3 years, 11 on 4 years and 15 on 5 years.
- Education
Special rates for educational institutions
OpenProject states that it offers discounted rates for educational institutions. No percentage is published; eligibility is checked by its sales team.
- Nonprofit
Special rates for NGOs
The same pricing page offers discounted rates for NGOs on request, again without a published percentage.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Ever Gauzy or OpenProject?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Ever Gauzy starts at $34 per month for up to 25 members, billed annually, and OpenProject starts at $7.25 per user / month, billed yearly (5-user minimum). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Ever Gauzy or OpenProject?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Ever Gauzy and OpenProject have a free plan.
Which platforms do Ever Gauzy and OpenProject run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Ever Gauzy lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps and only OpenProject lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.