Hive vs Wrike

Hive

• Marketing and creative teams that review and approve documents
• Teams that want chat, notes and email next to their tasks
• Groups of up to 10 people who can use the Free or Starter plan

Wrike

• Marketing and creative teams that review and approve assets
• Departments handling a steady flow of incoming work requests
• Larger organizations that need resource and budget planning

Hive

• Free and Starter are both capped at 10 workspace members, and Starter is also limited to 10 projects.
• Proofing, timesheets, resourcing, advanced dashboards, external users and SSO are add-ons on Teams and are included only in Enterprise.
• The Free plan has 200 MB of storage and no Gantt view.
• Time tracking, shareable forms, portfolios and custom fields need the Teams plan.

Wrike

• Seats are sold in groups: fives up to 30 seats, tens from 30 to 100 seats and 25s above 100.
• Team is limited to 2 to 15 users and Business to 5 to 200; Business and higher plans are annual only.
• Request forms, time tracking and file proofing are not included below the Business plan.
• SAML single sign-on is only on Pinnacle and Apex, and Wrike Whiteboard is a $15 per user / month add-on below Apex.

Hive

Flexible project views

Projects and tasks can be shown as Kanban, Gantt, timeline, calendar, table, list and portfolio views. Gantt view starts on Starter and portfolios on Teams.

Buzz AI assistant

Buzz is an AI assistant inside the workspace that sets up workflows, summarizes work data and analyzes proofs. Plans include 1,000 to 5,000 AI credits a month.

Chat, notes and email

Native chat messaging, collaborative notes and email inside Hive are part of every plan, including Free.

Workflows and automations

Automations run repeatable steps, such as sending a Slack message or creating a project when the status of an action changes.

Time tracking and resourcing

Time tracking is included from the Teams plan. Timesheets and hour-by-hour team resourcing are optional add-ons, listed at $5 each in the Teams price calculator.

Proofing and approvals

An add-on for proofing, marking up and approving documents. External users, advanced dashboards and SSO are sold the same way on the Teams plan.

Wrike

Gantt charts and boards

An interactive timeline shows dependencies and milestones and lets tasks be dragged to new dates. Board and table views are on every plan; Gantt charts start on Team.

Request forms

Request forms gather incoming work from internal and external requesters into one place. Included from the Business plan.

Proofing and approvals

Reviewers mark up and compare visual assets, with approval chains for internal and external reviewers. Included from the Business plan.

Automation

Rule-based automation with a monthly action allowance per seat: 50 on Team, 200 on Business, 1,500 on Pinnacle and 3,000 on Apex.

Dashboards and reporting

Customizable dashboards built from widgets start on the Team plan. Advanced reporting and BI are reserved for Pinnacle and Apex.

AI Essentials and AI Elite

AI Essentials on Team covers content drafting, comment summaries and automation rules written in plain language. Business and above add AI Elite actions, Wrike Copilot and AI agents.

Hive

• Free$0

  Up to 10 workspace members, 200 MB of storage, 1,000 AI credits a month, unlimited tasks and collaborative notes, email in Hive and chat.

• Starter$5

  per user / month, billed yearly ($7 billed monthly)

  Up to 10 members and 10 projects, unlimited storage, 3,000 AI credits a month, Gantt view, in-app calendar, and Zoom and Slack from Hive.

• Teams$12

  per user / month, billed yearly ($18 billed monthly)

  Unlimited members, 5,000 AI credits a month, shareable forms, time tracking, portfolios, and custom fields, labels and statuses. Add-ons cost extra.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom AI credits, add-ons included, enhanced security and permission controls, an Enterprise API and a dedicated customer success manager.

Wrike

• Free$0

  Unlimited users with project and task management, board and table views, and 2 GB of storage per account.

• Team$10

  per user / month, billed annually

  For 2 to 15 users. Adds Gantt charts, calendars, dashboards, custom fields and workflows, AI Essentials and 2 GB per user.

• Business$25

  per user / month, billed annually

  For 5 to 200 users. Adds request forms, time tracking, file proofing and approvals, AI Elite features and 5 GB per user.

• PinnacleCustom

  Adds advanced resource and capacity planning, budgeting, advanced reporting and BI, SAML single sign-on and 15 GB per user.

• ApexCustom

  Adds unlimited whiteboards, Wrike Integrate, two-way integrations through Wrike Sync and 50 GB per user.

Hive

• Annual discount

  Save up to 33% with yearly billing

  Teams is $12 per user / month billed yearly against $18 billed monthly, the 33% saving the pricing page advertises. Starter is $5 against $7.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit discount on Hive Teams

  Hive's pricing FAQ says non-profit teams are eligible for a discount on the Teams plan. The amount is not published and has to be requested from Hive.

Wrike

No public discounts listed.