OpenProject vs ProjectLibre

OpenProject

• Organizations that want to self-host an open-source project tool
• Teams combining Gantt-based planning with Scrum or Kanban
• Organizations that need their project data hosted in the EU
• Construction teams working with BIM models, through the paid BIM add-on

ProjectLibre

• Teams moving schedules off Microsoft Project or Project Online
• Individual project managers who want a free desktop scheduler
• Plans that need earned value, resource leveling and risk analysis

OpenProject

• The free Community edition is self-hosted only. The hosted cloud starts at the paid Basic plan with a 5-user minimum.
• Professional requires at least 25 users and Premium at least 100. On-premises Enterprise plans start at 25 users and a one-year term.
• Single sign-on needs Professional or higher, and SCIM provisioning is limited to the Corporate plan.
• The iOS and Android apps are in beta and described by the vendor as companions to the web application.

ProjectLibre

• The free Desktop app is for one user and individual projects; collaboration, portfolios, resource leveling, risk analysis and AI are in the paid Cloud.
• ProjectLibre Core is priced only with annual billing; the pricing section shows no month-to-month rate.
• A second, higher cloud tier is marked Coming Soon, and Core lists enterprise resource and portfolio management with an asterisk the page does not explain.
• The Cloud trial lasts 7 days and covers up to 15 users.

OpenProject

Work packages and Gantt charts

Work is broken into work packages such as tasks, features, phases and milestones, then scheduled on Gantt charts with relations and automatic or manual scheduling.

Agile boards and Scrum

Kanban, team, version and subproject boards, a product backlog, sprint boards, story points and burndown charts are all part of the free Community edition.

Time tracking, costs and budgets

Time is logged on work packages, unit and labor costs are tracked against budgets, and reports break down spent time and costs.

Meetings, wiki and documents

Meeting agendas and minutes link to work packages, and a wiki, forums and collaboratively edited documents hold project information in one place.

Self-hosting or vendor cloud

The Community edition installs on your own Linux servers from DEB or RPM packages, Docker, Kubernetes or Helm charts. Enterprise cloud is hosted by OpenProject in the EU.

Tiered Enterprise add-ons

Paid plans unlock extra features by tier: the team planner on Basic, single sign-on on Professional, and portfolio and resource management on Premium.

ProjectLibre

CPM scheduling and Gantt charts

Schedules use dependencies, constraints, calendars, baselines and critical path with float, shown as a Gantt chart, a WBS chart or a network diagram.

Microsoft Project and Primavera import

Opens Microsoft Project .mpp files and Primavera .xer files directly, keeping tasks, dependencies, resources and the project structure.

Resource leveling and shared pools

ProjectLibre Cloud finds over-allocated resources and levels them at the project or portfolio level, drawing on enterprise resource pools shared across projects.

Risk analysis and schedule audits

Cloud runs Monte Carlo risk analysis and DCMA schedule-quality audits on the schedule, alongside earned value reporting with SPI, CPI and TCPI.

AI Co-Pilot

In Cloud, the Co-Pilot builds a CPM schedule from a prompt and can then edit tasks, the WBS and resources as the project changes.

Free desktop app

ProjectLibre Desktop is installed on Windows, macOS or Linux, keeps project files on the user's computer and is offered in 54 languages.

OpenProject

• CommunityFree

  Self-hosted open-source edition with no user minimum: Gantt charts, agile boards, Scrum backlogs, time tracking, wiki and meetings, with community support.

• Basic$7.25

  per user / month, billed yearly ($8.50 monthly, cloud only)

  From 5 users in the cloud or 25 on-premises. Adds the Basic Enterprise add-ons, such as the team planner, baseline comparisons and a custom theme, plus email support.

• Professional$13.50

  per user / month, billed yearly

  Minimum 25 users. Adds single sign-on, OneDrive and SharePoint integration, sharing work packages with external users, the MCP server and phone support.

• Premium$19.50

  per user / month, billed yearly

  Minimum 100 users. Adds portfolio management, resource management, LDAP user and group sync, and remote-hands support.

• CorporateCustom

  Priced on request and recommended from 250 users. Adds SCIM provisioning, XWiki and openDesk integrations, and a dedicated support engineer.

ProjectLibre

• ProjectLibre Desktop$0

  Free, open-source desktop app for one person: Gantt chart, WBS, critical path, baselines, single-project resources, costs and earned value.

• ProjectLibre Core$9.99

  per user / month, billed annually

  The cloud plan on sale today: Microsoft Project import, Gantt and WBS scheduling, Core and Pro user modes and the AI Copilot.

OpenProject

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing is $1.25 per user cheaper

  Cloud Basic can be billed monthly for an extra $1.25 per user / month, so a one-year subscription costs $7.25 instead of $8.50 per user / month.

• Other savings

  Free months on multi-year subscriptions

  The pricing calculator lists 5 months free on a 2-year subscription, 8 on 3 years, 11 on 4 years and 15 on 5 years.

• Education

  Special rates for educational institutions

  OpenProject states that it offers discounted rates for educational institutions. No percentage is published; eligibility is checked by its sales team.

• Nonprofit

  Special rates for NGOs

  The same pricing page offers discounted rates for NGOs on request, again without a published percentage.

ProjectLibre

No public discounts listed.