Huly vs Plane

Huly

• Teams that want issues, chat, docs and calls in one open-source tool
• Developers who want a planning front end over GitHub Issues
• Organizations that prefer to host project data on their own server
• Large teams, since every cloud plan includes unlimited users

Plane

• Teams that want to self-host their project management tool
• Small teams of up to 12 people who fit the Free plan
• Teams moving off Jira, Linear, Asana or ClickUp using the built-in importers

Huly

• There is no native mobile app yet; the docs point to the mobile browser and a Telegram bot for notifications.
• Cloud plans are metered by storage and call traffic: the free Common plan allows 10GB of each.
• AI is marked TBD on every plan, and the pricing page says compute charges will apply to the upcoming Huly AI features.
• Self-hosting support is largely community-based, and parts of the cloud version that rely on Cloudflare services are left out of the self-hosted packages.

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.

Huly

Issue tracking and projects

Work is tracked as issues inside projects, with components, milestones, labels and issue templates, and workspaces can be customized per team.

Two-way GitHub sync

Issues sync in both directions with GitHub across multiple repositories, so Huly can serve as a front end for GitHub Issues and GitHub Projects.

Team planner and time-blocking

The team planner shows everyone's tasks in one shared calendar, and individuals can turn their daily tasks into scheduled time blocks.

Virtual office

Teams set up their own office and meeting rooms with audio and video calls, and guests can be invited into a meeting from the workspace.

Chat and inbox

Direct messages and group chats live in the same workspace as the issues, and an inbox collects notifications about changes.

Collaborative documents

Documents are edited together in real time with rich text, images, attachments and code blocks, and can mention people, link issues and carry action items.

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.

Huly

• Common$0

  Unlimited users and Huly objects, 10GB of storage per workspace and 10GB of video and audio traffic.

• Rare$19.99

  per month, flat rate with unlimited users

  100GB of storage and 100GB of video and audio traffic. Aimed at individual creatives, freelancers and micro-agencies.

• Epic$99.99

  per month, flat rate with unlimited users

  1TB of storage and 500GB of video and audio traffic. Aimed at professional creative companies and small businesses.

• Legendary$399.99

  per month, flat rate with unlimited users

  10TB of storage and 2TB of video and audio traffic. Aimed at large organizations with multiple teams.

• CustomCustom

  Specific features, extra storage or enhanced support, priced by quote.

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.

Huly

No public discounts listed.

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.