Kanboard vs WeKan
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
WeKan
Open-source kanban boards with swimlanes, self-hosted or hosted
Free plan · from €50/yr
Where they differ
- Kanboard is free. WeKan starts at €50 per year for hosted WeKan with the Admin Panel.
- Only WeKan lists Windows and Android apps.
- Kanboard also covers time tracking and reports.
- WeKan also covers Gantt & timelines.
In commonFree planWebOpen sourceSelf-hostablePublic APIKanban boardsWorkflow automation
At a glance
| Kanboard | WeKan | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | €50 per year for hosted WeKan with the Admin Panel |
| Free plan | Free and open source under the MIT License. The software is downloaded and run on your own server; the site lists no hosted version and no paid plan, and asks companies that use it for donations. | The MIT-licensed server is free to install on your own machine. A free hosted WeKan app at boards.wekan.team gives Normal User access with no Admin Panel. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Windows | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Frédéric Guillot and contributors | WeKan (Lauri Ojansivu) |
| Price read from | kanboard.org | wekan.fi |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Kanboard
- Teams that want a kanban board on a server they control
- Organizations that sign in through LDAP, Active Directory or OAuth2
- People who prefer a deliberately small feature set
WeKan
- Organizations that want a kanban board on their own server
- Teams moving from Trello, Jira or Kanboard with boards to import
- Small teams that want low-cost hosting on servers in the EU
Worth knowing
Kanboard
- There is no hosted version: you install and maintain it yourself, which needs PHP 8.1 or later, a web server and a database.
- The project is in maintenance mode; the main developer makes only small fixes, and releases depend on community contributions.
- There is no official mobile app. The web interface is responsive, but the docs say the board is not practical on small screens.
- Gantt charts, a calendar and Slack or GitHub connections come from separately installed plugins, which the project does not review.
WeKan
- The free hosted app gives Normal User access only; the Admin Panel needs the €50 per year SaaS or a self-hosted server.
- The Android and Windows store apps are full-screen web browsers with no native functions, and iOS users are pointed to a browser.
- Prices are listed in euros only, and paid services are sold business-to-business as final, non-refundable purchases.
- The install page says only the newest release is supported and asks self-hosters to keep at least daily backups.
Key features
Kanboard
- Kanban board with WIP limits
- Tasks are dragged between columns that can be added, renamed or removed at any time. A column that goes over its task limit is highlighted.
- Tasks and subtasks
- Tasks are described in Markdown and carry comments, attachments, a category, a color, an assignee and a due date. Subtasks hold time or complexity estimates.
- Search and filters
- A query language finds tasks by assignee, description, category or due date, and custom filters can be applied to the board.
- Automatic actions
- Per-project rules react to events such as a task moving to a column, then close the task or change its assignee, color or category.
- Time tracking
- Tasks and subtasks record estimated and spent hours. A subtask timer logs the time between status changes and adds it to the task's total.
- Project analytics
- Each project has a cumulative flow diagram, a burndown chart based on story points, and reports on average lead and cycle time.
WeKan
- Boards, lists and swimlanes
- Cards sit in lists that run across swimlanes, with work-in-progress limits, collapsible lists and multi-selection for moving or recoloring many cards at once.
- Board views
- Besides the swimlane and list layouts, a board can be shown as a table, a calendar, a Gantt chart or a statistics view.
- Detailed cards
- Cards carry checklists, subtasks, custom fields, attachments, received, start, due and end dates, card-to-card dependencies and templates.
- Rules and webhooks
- Rules pair a trigger with an action, board buttons run a rule on demand, and outgoing webhooks can be set globally or per board.
- Import and export
- Boards can be imported from Trello, Jira, Kanboard, CSV, TSV and Excel files with imported members mapped to real accounts, and exported as JSON, Excel or CSV.
- Sign-in and roles
- Sign-in works with passwords, LDAP, CAS and OIDC or OAuth2. Each board has nine roles, from admin to read-only, and boards can be limited to an organization or team.
Plans
Kanboard
Kanboard$0
The complete application, installed on your own Linux, FreeBSD or Windows server with SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL.
WeKan
On-PremiseFree
The MIT-licensed server, installed from a Snap, a Docker image or a Windows, Mac and Linux bundle. The first registered user gets the Admin Panel.
WeKan Free AppFree
Hosted on WeKan Cloud in Finland with Normal User permission only and no Admin Panel.
Official SaaS with Admin Panel€50
per year
Hosted on WeKan Cloud in Finland with the Admin Panel, a custom domain and what the vendor calls unlimited everything.
Yearly Support€500
per year, includes 5 support hours
Prepaid private priority support. Also €1,000 for 10 hours or €2,000 for 20 hours a year, and multi-year plans up to €5,000 for 3 years with 50 hours.
