Planio vs Redmine
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Planio
Hosted Redmine with issue tracking, repositories, wiki and help desk
Where they differ
- Planio starts at $25 per month for 5 active users and 3 active projects, billed monthly. Redmine is free.
- Only Planio lists iOS and Android apps.
- Redmine is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Planio also covers kanban boards and team chat.
At a glance
| Planio | Redmine | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $25 per month for 5 active users and 3 active projects, billed monthly | Free |
| Free plan | Bronze plan: 1 project, 2 users, 10 customers and 1 GB of storage. | Free and open source under the GNU GPL v2. Releases are downloaded from redmine.org and run on your own server; the site lists no paid plans or hosting of its own. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of paid plans, no credit card needed and no need to cancel | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Planio GmbH | Jean-Philippe Lang and community volunteers |
| Price read from | plan.io | redmine.org |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Planio
- Software teams that want issues, repositories and a wiki in one hosted service
- Organizations already using Redmine that prefer not to host it themselves
- Teams that answer customer email from the same tool as their issues
Redmine
- Teams able to install and maintain their own server software
- Software teams that want issues tied to a code repository
- Organizations running many projects and subprojects in one installation
Worth knowing
Planio
- Plans cap both active projects and active users: Silver stops at 3 projects and 5 users, and Platinum at 40 projects and 45 users.
- Planio Storage is a paid add-on below Platinum, and Help Desk is a paid add-on on Silver and Gold.
- The free Bronze plan is limited to 1 project, 2 users and 1 GB, and moving up from it does not include the 30-day trial.
- A custom domain is included only in Enterprise; the FAQ lists it as a paid extra at 15 euros a month on other plans.
Redmine
- The project offers downloads rather than hosting: you install it yourself, which needs Ruby and a database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- Redmine itself is a web application. The mobile and desktop clients listed on its site are community tools that the project does not support.
- Help comes from community forums, an IRC channel and an unofficial Slack workspace; the project is maintained by volunteers.
- SQLite is supported as a database, but the install guide says it is not for multi-user production use.
Key features
Planio
- Issue tracking and workflows
- Issues carry configurable fields such as status, priority, assignee and dates, and role-based workflows define which steps each participant may take.
- Agile boards, roadmaps and Gantt
- Plan sprints on a Kanban-style agile board, or assign issues to milestones and follow them on a roadmap and an automatically generated Gantt chart.
- Git and Subversion hosting
- The pricing page lists an unlimited number of Git and Subversion repositories for its plans, and GitHub repositories can be mirrored into Planio.
- Wiki and discussions
- Each project can have its own wiki and forum for recording decisions, and chat messages, updates and comments are kept with the work they refer to.
- Help Desk
- Emails from customers become issues, with auto-replies, reply templates and a tracking page customers can open without logging in. It is an add-on on Silver and Gold.
- Time tracking and mobile apps
- Start a timer on an issue and log the time with a comment and activity. Free iOS and Android apps list, filter, create and edit issues.
Redmine
- Configurable issue tracking
- Statuses and issue types are defined by the administrator, and workflow transitions are set for each issue type and role from the web administration interface.
- Gantt chart and calendar
- Both views are generated automatically from the start and due dates entered on issues.
- Time tracking
- Time can be entered at project or ticket level, with a simple report of time per user, issue type, category or activity.
- Per-project wiki and forums
- Each project can have its own wiki, with diff and annotate views, alongside forums, news, documents and file management.
- Repository browser
- Existing Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar or CVS repositories can be attached to a project to browse their contents, search changesets and view diffs.
- Roles, custom fields and REST API
- Roles and permissions are user-defined, custom fields cover issues, time entries, projects and users, and a REST API serves data as XML or JSON.
Plans
Planio
Bronze$0
1 project, 2 users, 10 customers and 1 GB of storage.
Silver$25
per month flat, billed monthly
3 active projects, 5 active users and 5 GB, with team chat. Planio Storage and Help Desk are add-ons at $7 a month each.
Gold$59
per month flat, billed monthly
7 active projects, 10 active users and 20 GB, with team chat. Planio Storage and Help Desk are add-ons at $15 a month each.
Diamond$125
per month flat, billed monthly
15 active projects, 20 active users and 40 GB, with Help Desk and team chat included. Planio Storage is a $20 a month add-on.
Platinum$249
per month flat, billed monthly
40 active projects, 45 active users and 80 GB, with Planio Storage, Help Desk and team chat included.
EnterpriseFrom $449
per month; extra charges may apply
100 or more projects and users and 100 GB or more, on a separately managed instance with custom branding, a custom domain and Redmine plugins on request.
Redmine
Redmine$0
The complete application, downloaded as a .tar.gz or .zip release or checked out from the source repository, and installed on your own server.
Ways to pay less
Planio
- Other savings
Free account for open source projects
Planio's FAQ offers a complimentary account to open source projects that set their projects to public, arranged by emailing the company with details of the project.
Redmine
No public discounts listed.
