GanttPRO vs Lucen Timeline

GanttPRO

• Project managers who plan with dependencies, baselines and a critical path
• Teams of 20 or more, which get a lower per-user rate on annual billing
• Organizations that want their data stored in EU data centers

Lucen Timeline

• Project managers who report schedules to executives in PowerPoint
• Teams that keep plans in Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or Jira and need slides from them
• Consultants building client roadmaps that must stay editable

GanttPRO

• There is no free plan: a subscription is needed after the 14-day trial, and single-user accounts are sold on annual billing only.
• Workload, portfolio view, time tracking, budgets, reports, the Jira Cloud integration and the API all need the Business plan.
• SAML SSO and custom roles need Enterprise, which requires at least 5 users and an annual subscription.
• Storage is 1 GB per user on Core, Advanced and Business. Data cannot be edited offline.

Lucen Timeline

• The add-in needs Windows and PowerPoint. Timeline Online, for Mac and browser users, is a separate license at less than $13 a month billed annually.
• The free version stops at 10 milestones and tasks per slide, and its license has to be renewed each year.
• Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet and Wrike import and planned vs. actual tracking need the Expert plan.
• Licenses are per user and sold only as yearly subscriptions, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

GanttPRO

Gantt charts with auto scheduling

Tasks are linked by dependencies and rescheduled automatically when dates change. Critical path, baselines, milestones and deadlines are included on every plan.

Board, list and dashboard views

A project can be switched from the Gantt chart to a Kanban-style board, a list or a dashboard on any plan. Calendar view starts on Advanced, portfolio and workload views on Business.

Workload and budgets

The Business plan shows each person's workload so work can be reallocated, and adds resource calendars, cost estimation and budget planning.

Time logs and reports

On Business and Enterprise, people log actual time on tasks, and owners and admins build reports on logged time that can be grouped, filtered and exported to Excel.

AI Gantt chart maker

An AI tool that drafts a Gantt chart is included in all four plans, according to the pricing page.

Sharing and export

A private link shares a live or static view of the chart with people outside the team, and charts export to PDF, PNG, XLSX and XML.

Lucen Timeline

Timelines built inside PowerPoint

The add-in sits on the PowerPoint ribbon and creates timelines and Gantt charts as native, editable slides, so there is nothing to export.

Swimlanes and timescales

Group tasks into swimlanes and nested sub-swimlanes and show up to 3 timescales on one chart. Lite allows 2 swimlanes; Plus and Expert are unlimited.

Dependencies and critical path

Link tasks and highlight the critical path from Plus. Importing dependencies from a source plan needs Expert.

Import and refresh

Plus imports from Excel. Expert imports and refreshes from Microsoft Project, Smartsheet and Jira, including several Jira projects or boards, and imports from Wrike.

Planned vs. actual

Expert shows progress bars, baselines and variance against the original plan, so a slide can show where a project has slipped.

Templates and themes

Pre-designed themes on every plan, timeline, Gantt and swimlane templates from Lite, and custom themes that can be shared and imported on Expert.

GanttPRO

• Core$8

  per user / month, billed annually ($9 billed monthly)

  Gantt charts with auto scheduling, critical path and baselines, board and list views, project calendar and virtual resources. $7 per user for 20 or more users.

• Advanced$12

  per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  Adds overdue tasks, custom fields, saved filters, calendar view, calendar exceptions and custom project templates. $10 per user for 20 or more users.

• Business$19

  per user / month, billed annually ($24 billed monthly)

  Adds workload and portfolio views, reports, budget planning, time tracking, Jira Cloud integration and the API. $17 per user for 20 or more users.

• Enterprise$25

  per user / month, billed annually

  For 5 or more users on an annual subscription. Adds SAML SSO, custom roles and rights, onboarding help and unlimited storage. Shown as a limited offer, down from $35.

Lucen Timeline

• Free$0

  Up to 10 milestones and tasks per slide, limited swimlanes and dependencies, 1 timescale and pre-designed themes.

• Lite$9

  per user / month, billed annually as a 1-year license

  More than 10 items per timeline, 2 swimlanes, timeline, Gantt and swimlane templates. Shown as less than $9 a month; the yearly total is not shown.

• Plus$17

  per user / month, billed annually as a 1-year license

  Unlimited swimlanes and sub-swimlanes, dependencies and critical path, 3 timescales and import from Excel. Shown as less than $17 a month.

• Expert$21

  per user / month, billed annually as a 1-year license

  Import and refresh from Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira and Wrike, Excel refresh, planned vs. actual, baselines and custom themes. Less than $21 a month.

GanttPRO

• Annual discount

  Up to 20% off with annual billing

  The pricing toggle advertises 20% off annual plans. For teams under 20, Core is $8 instead of $9 per user / month, Advanced $12 instead of $15 and Business $19 instead of $24.

• Other savings

  Lower per-user rate from 20 users

  On annual billing, teams of 20 or more pay $7 for Core, $10 for Advanced and $17 for Business per user / month. From 40 members the page offers a custom quote.

• Startups

  50% off the first annual plan for startups

  Startups incorporated less than 3 years ago that have raised no more than a Series B round can apply for 50% off their first annual subscription. Monthly billing is excluded.

• Nonprofit

  50% off for nonprofits

  Healthcare, social care, non-governmental and educational nonprofits can apply for a 50% discount, submitting proof of eligibility for review.

• Education

  50% off annual plans for education

  GanttPRO's pricing FAQ offers educational organizations, along with health-related and non-profit ones, 50% off any annual plan on request by email.

Lucen Timeline

No public discounts listed.