Ever Gauzy vs Plane (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Plane grades higher than Ever Gauzy: 2.8 against 2.6 out of 4.0.
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. Plane 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
Plane
Open-source project management with cycles, wiki and AI agents
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 Plane if
- Fits if you want to self-host your project management tool
- Works for teams of up to 12 moving off Jira, Linear, Asana or ClickUp with the built-in importers
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free and need time tracking, dashboards or the workspace wiki, which start at Pro
- Tight if your free team passes 12 users, as every seat then costs $6 a month billed annually
- Skip it if you want a Windows desktop app today, as it's listed as coming soon
- Not for you if you self-host the Community Edition and want the phone apps, because they don't work with it
- Pricey if you need LDAP, granular access control or approval workflows, which are Enterprise Grid only, priced by quote
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAEver GauzyGood | 2.8GPAPlaneGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CPro is $6 a seat a month billed annually, $8 monthly, which lands between the low and the high end of this category, and it's where time tracking, the wiki, dashboards and integrations begin. Business is $13. Self-hosting the open-source core costs nothing but a server. |
| 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 covers up to 12 users with projects, work items, cycles, modules, five layouts, intake, estimates and project pages. Past 12 you pay, and the open-source Community Edition can't use the phone apps. |
| Features | CTime tracking, tasks, invoicing, sales and multi-company setups. The site says some parts may be incomplete or broken. | BWork items planned into cycles with velocity tracking and burndown charts, grouped into modules, shown as a list, board, calendar, Gantt or spreadsheet, plus pages and a wiki, intake for triaging requests and AI agents that run on mentions and schedules. Time tracking and the wiki start at Pro. |
| 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 importers for Jira, Linear, Asana and ClickUp save you retyping a backlog, but you still set up projects, cycles and modules, and self-hosting means Docker or Kubernetes. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb plus desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux, with no phone apps or integrations listed. | AWeb, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android, with the Windows desktop app listed as coming soon, and GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Sentry, Figma and Teams on the integrations page. |
| Best for | open-source time tracking, CRM and projects | open-source issue tracking for small teams |
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 Plane. 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. Plane starts at $6 a month for each person and scores 3.0.
Plane scores higher and starts $28 a month lower. Of the other project management tools on the chart, 103 score higher than Ever Gauzy for less, and none scores higher than Plane 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, time tracking, invoicing, reports and employee records.
- Plane also covers wiki, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines and issue tracking.
At a glance
| Ever Gauzy | Plane | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $34 per month for up to 25 members, billed annually | $6 per seat / month, billed annually |
| Free plan | Starter plan: free, limited to 1 company and 15 members, excluding transaction and additional member fees. | Free plan for up to 12 users: projects, work items, cycles, modules, five layouts, intake, estimates and project pages. |
| Free trial | 90-day free trial on paid cloud plans | Two-week free trial of Pro or Business |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Ever Co. LTD | Plane Software, Inc. |
| Price read from | gauzy.co | plane.so |
| 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.
Plane
- The Free plan is capped at 12 users; time tracking, the workspace wiki, dashboards and work item types start at Pro.
- The download page lists the Windows desktop app as coming soon; macOS and Linux desktop apps are available.
- The mobile apps work with Cloud and the commercial self-hosted editions, not with the open-source Community Edition.
- LDAP, granular access control and multiple workflows with approvals are limited to Enterprise Grid, which is priced by quote.
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.
Plane
- Work items, cycles and modules
- Projects hold work items, which are planned into time-boxed cycles and grouped into modules. Cycles come with velocity tracking and burndown charts.
- Five layouts and saved views
- Work items can be shown as a list, board, calendar, Gantt chart or spreadsheet, and a set of sort, filter and display options can be saved as a view.
- Pages and wiki
- Project pages are included on Free. Pro adds a workspace wiki for company-wide knowledge, and Business adds nested pages and embeds.
- Plane AI and agents
- Plane AI answers questions from across the workspace, and agents run on mentions, assignments and schedules. Pro includes 500 AI credits per seat a month and Business 1,000.
- Intake
- Intake collects feedback and requests for triage before they become work items. Business adds a dedicated intake email address and public web forms.
- Self-hosting
- Plane deploys on your own servers with Docker or Kubernetes, and an air-gapped edition covers isolated networks. The core is open source under AGPL v3.0.
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.
Plane
Free$0
Up to 12 users. Projects and work items, cycles and modules, five layouts with unlimited views, work item intake, estimates and project pages.
Pro$6
per seat / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly)
Unlimited seats, 500 AI credits per seat, work item types, workspace wiki, time tracking, dashboards, initiatives, teamspaces and integrations.
Business$13
per seat / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
1,000 AI credits per seat, project templates, recurring work items, intake email and forms, a workflow per project and customer profiles.
Enterprise GridCustom
Quote on request. Private and managed deployments, granular access control, multiple workflows with approvals, LDAP and audit logs.
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.
Plane
- Annual discount
Save up to 25% with annual billing
Pro is $6 per seat / month billed annually against $8 billed monthly, a 25% saving. Business is $13 against $15, about 13%.
- Startups
Startup discounts on request
Plane's startups page says startup discounts are reviewed on demand: applicants send their company stage, team size and needs through the sales form.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Ever Gauzy or Plane?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Ever Gauzy starts at $34 per month for up to 25 members, billed annually, and Plane starts at $6 per seat / month, billed annually. 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 Plane?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Ever Gauzy and Plane have a free plan.
Which platforms do Ever Gauzy and Plane run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Ever Gauzy lists a Windows app and only Plane lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app and macOS and Linux apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
More comparisons
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.