ONES vs Plane (2026): which should you pick?

Pick ONES if

• Fits if your software team wants tasks, wiki and test cases in one place
• Works for teams moving off Jira and Confluence

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you pass 30 seats, where the free plan stops
• Pricey if you need Gantt charts or automation rules, which start at Standard at $98.50 a seat a year
• Watch out: Enterprise is bought through a contact-us button even though a price is shown
• Watch out: ONES Desk, the ticketing add-on, costs $42 more per seat a year
• Not for you if you want prices that stay fixed, as they shift with team size

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

ONES

• The Free plan stops at 30 seats; Gantt charts and automation rules need Standard.
• Prices on the page are per seat per year for a 50-seat team and may change with team size; the page says annual billing saves 30% against monthly.
• The Enterprise plan is bought through a contact-us button even though a price is shown.
• ONES Desk, a ticketing add-on, costs an extra $42 per seat per year.

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.

ONES

Agile, waterfall and hybrid planning

Supports agile, waterfall, classic and hybrid methods, with sprint management on every plan and Gantt charts from Standard.

Multiple views

Work can be shown as Gantt, list, Kanban, calendar, roadmap, tree or table views.

Wiki and knowledge base

A wiki product sits beside project management, with templates, page publish and lock, and Xmind for wiki on the higher plans.

Test and release management

Test management and release management are included in the Free plan along with custom issue types.

AI assistant and MCP

Monthly AI credits per user on every plan, plus an MCP connector that lets ChatGPT, Claude and other AI tools create tasks.

Jira and Confluence migration

The Business plan lists migration from Jira and Confluence, and the site describes migration playbooks.

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.

ONES

• Free$0

  Up to 30 seats with unlimited projects, custom issue types, sprints, test and release management, and email and community support.

• Standard$98.5

  per seat / year, billed annually (shown for 50 seats)

  Adds custom automation rules, Gantt charts, page publish and lock, 50 AI credits a month per user and 9/5 support.

• Business$172

  per seat / year, billed annually (shown for 50 seats)

  Adds advanced fields, metrics, resource scheduling, baselines, MFA, 100 AI credits a month, 24/7 critical support and a 99.9% SLA.

• Enterprise$258

  per seat / year, billed annually (shown for 50 seats)

  Adds an approval center, 200 AI credits a month per user, 24/7 support for all issues and a 99.95% uptime SLA.

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.

ONES

• Annual discount

  30% off with annual billing

  The pricing FAQ says committing to an annual plan gives a 30% discount compared with monthly billing.

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.