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ToolGPAOctober 2026

awork

The Insider’s Guide

Project planning, capacity and time tracking for agencies

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among project management tools, read from awork’s own pages.

Made by awork GmbH · checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.6GPA

01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from awork’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on awork’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.6

GPA, above 42 of the 79 other project management tools we grade

awork is a project management platform from awork GmbH in Hamburg, aimed mainly at agencies. It combines projects and tasks on kanban boards, lists and timelines with capacity planning based on each person's real availability, built-in time tracking and reports, and free project sharing with clients and freelancers. An AI add-on with chat and agents is sold as a separate per-user subscription.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about awork, taken from its own pages and our grades.

No App Store rating on record, and before the planner tells you anything you're entering working hours, absences and team structure.

From our grade for ease of use

1
Best for agencies planning around team capacity
awork is a project tool from Hamburg aimed at agencies, with a planner that works out who has time from working hours, absences and public holidays.
2
Paid plans start at $6 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $6 per user / month, billed annually.
3
You can try it first
14-day free trial with no payment information and no automatic renewal
4
It runs on 5 platforms
Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
5
Boards, lists and timelines
Project tasks can be worked on a kanban board, in a classic list or on a visual timeline that shows timings and dependencies.
6
Capacity planning
The planner shows free hours per person from working hours, absences, regional public holidays and synced calendars. The workload view starts at Standard.
7
Time tracking and reports
Time is tracked inside the project workflow and compared with budgets, including retainer budgets. Global time reports are part of Professional.
8
A 2.6 GPA, above 42 of 79
That is against the other project management tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
9
Keep it
To replace awork you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

awork at a glance

Pricing: Free trial, from $6 per user / month, billed annually
Free plan: No
Free trial: 14-day free trial with no payment information and no automatic renewal
Runs on: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Made by: awork GmbH, since 2019
Category: Project Management
Our grade: 2.6 GPA, good

The report card

Best for agencies planning around team capacity

awork is a project tool from Hamburg aimed at agencies, with a planner that works out who has time from working hours, absences and public holidays. There's no free plan for your own team, the workload view starts at Standard at $12 a user a month, private projects need Professional at $22, and the AI is a separate $18 a user for every active user. SSO is Enterprise only.

ToolGPA report cardaworkGraded Oct 10, 2026

Subject	Grade	Comment
Value for money	C	Basic is $6 a user a month billed annually, between the $5.10 cheapest quarter and the $8 middle here, with 1 template and 1 custom field. The workload view that's awork's whole selling point needs Standard at $12, private projects and global time reports Professional at $22, and the AI is $18 a user on top.
Free plan and trial	C	No free plan. The 14-day trial asks for no payment details and doesn't renew itself. After it, every internal team member needs a paid license.
Features	B	Covers the job: kanban boards, lists and timelines with dependencies, a planner that works out each person's free hours from working hours, absences, public holidays and synced calendars, time tracked against project and retainer budgets, and automations with no code. Clients and freelancers join free.
Ease of use	C	No App Store rating on record, and before the planner tells you anything you're entering working hours, absences and team structure. Each plan does carry a recommended team size, 1 to 5 users on Basic, which takes one decision off you.
Platforms and integrations	A	Web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, the lot. Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange, Zapier, Make, Personio and Xero on the integrations list, plus a public API.

Grade point averageGood, out of 4.02.6

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who awork is for

Fits if you're an agency planning client projects around who has time free
Works for companies that want a GDPR-compliant tool hosted in Germany

Who it is not for

Skip it if you want to stay free, as there's only a 14-day trial and every internal member needs a license
Pricey if you want the AI, which is a separate add-on from $18 a user a month for every active user
Pricey if you want the workload view, which starts at Standard, $12 a user a month, double Basic
Tight if you're on Basic, with 1 template and 1 custom field, and private projects only on Professional at $22
Not for you if you need single sign-on at a listed price, since SSO and SCIM are limited to Enterprise

Good to know

Good for

Agencies that plan client projects around team capacity
Teams that track time against project and retainer budgets
Companies that want a GDPR-compliant tool hosted in Germany

Worth knowing

There is no free plan: after the 14-day trial every internal team member needs a paid license.
The workload view, absences and automations start at Standard, and private projects need Professional.
Single sign-on and SCIM are limited to the Enterprise plans.
awork AI is a separate subscription from $18 per user / month, and every active user in the workspace needs at least the Starter tier.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

A month to start, for each person

awork is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $6 per user / month, billed annually.

After it, every internal team member needs a paid license.

From our grade for free plan and trial

Basic
$6
per user / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly)
Recommended for 1 to 5 users. Unlimited projects, time tracking, a personal planner, desktop and mobile apps, 1 template and 1 custom field.
Standard
$12
per user / month, billed annually ($16 billed monthly)
Recommended for 2 to 20 users. Adds capacity planning with a workload view, team structure, absences, 6 templates and 1 automation per project.
Professional
$22
per user / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)
Recommended for 5 to 100 users. Adds private projects, unlimited custom fields and automations, global time reports, a custom subdomain and phone support.
Enterprise
Custom
Recommended for 100+ users. Adds single sign-on and SCIM, premium SLAs, data migration, customer success support and payment by invoice.
awork AI Starter (add-on)
$18
per user / month, on top of an awork plan
1,750 AI credits per user each month for AI chat and agents. Higher tiers run up to AI Max at $140 with 16,000 credits.

Trying it first

14-day free trial with no payment information and no automatic renewal

Read from awork.com on Oct 9, 2026.

Ways to pay less

Annual discount
Lower per-user price with annual billing
Basic is $6 per user / month billed annually against $8 billed monthly, Standard $12 against $16 and Professional $22 against $25. A 2-year term is also discounted.
Stated on awork.com
Nonprofit
Discounted or free licenses for nonprofits
awork offers discounted or free licenses to non-profit and social projects. An application form is required, and awork decides whether a project is eligible.
Stated on awork.com
Other savings
Volume discounts from 50 users
The pricing FAQ says quantity discounts are available from 50 users, with the price agreed on a call with the sales team.
Stated on awork.com

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

Places it runs: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android

Project planning, capacity and time tracking for agencies. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, workflow automation, time tracking.

Web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, the lot.

From our grade for platforms and integrations

Boards, lists and timelines: Project tasks can be worked on a kanban board, in a classic list or on a visual timeline that shows timings and dependencies.
Capacity planning: The planner shows free hours per person from working hours, absences, regional public holidays and synced calendars. The workload view starts at Standard.
Time tracking and reports: Time is tracked inside the project workflow and compared with budgets, including retainer budgets. Global time reports are part of Professional.
awork Connect: Projects can be shared with clients, partners and freelancers at no charge. Each outside person gets a free workspace and a role that limits what they can see and do.
Automations and templates: Recurring workflows are set up without code: 1 automation per project on Standard and unlimited on Professional. Templates rise from 1 on Basic to 6 on Standard.
awork AI: A separate add-on with an AI chat, custom agents and a choice of language models that works from project context and respects access rights.

Where it runs

Web
macOS
Windows
iOS
Android

What it works with

Slack
Microsoft Teams
Google Calendar
Microsoft Exchange
Zapier
Make
Personio
Xero

awork is made by awork GmbH, and has been around since 2019.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

42/79

Other project management tools it is graded above

awork's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 42 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 11.

It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 54 of 79) and worst on ease of use (C, above 2).

Its paid plans start at $6 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 21 of the 74 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 80 project management tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. awork’s own letter is outlined.

CValue for money
Above 16 of 79
CFree plan and trial
Above 4 of 79
BFeatures
Above 27 of 79
CEase of use
Above 2 of 79
APlatforms and integrations
Above 54 of 79

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 78 project management tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. awork is the marked dot.

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

To replace awork you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

It costs $72 a year.

What you could make

Kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, time tracking and tasks: an app builder makes these well.

What you could not

Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. awork’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Teamwork.com, Productive, Scoro, Asana and Float

The 5 tools awork is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

2.4GPA
Teamwork.com
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Project and resource management for client service teams.
- Teamwork.com has a free plan. awork does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Teamwork.com lists a browser extension.
- Teamwork.com also covers invoicing.
awork and Teamwork.com compared in full
2.4GPA
Productive
Free trial · from $10/mo
Projects, resourcing and finances for agencies and consultancies.
- awork also covers workflow automation.
- Productive also covers invoicing and reports.
awork and Productive compared in full
2.2GPA
Scoro
Free trial · from $17/mo
Modular professional services automation for service firms.
- Only awork lists macOS and Windows apps.
- awork also covers workflow automation.
- Scoro also covers sales pipeline, invoicing and reports.
awork and Scoro compared in full
3.0GPA
Asana
Free plan · from $10.99/mo
Work management for projects, goals and cross-team workflows.
- Asana has a free plan. awork does not, though it has a free trial.
- awork also covers time tracking.
- Asana also covers goals.
awork and Asana compared in full
2.4GPA
Float
Free trial · from $7/mo
Resource scheduling and capacity planning for delivery teams.
- Only awork lists macOS and Windows apps.
- awork also covers tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines and workflow automation.
- Float also covers reports.
awork and Float compared in full

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is awork free?

No, awork is a paid product, but you can try it first. 14-day free trial with no payment information and no automatic renewal.

How much does awork cost?

awork lists 5 plans. Basic: $6 per user / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly).

What platforms does awork work on?

awork is available on Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

Does awork offer any discounts?

awork publicly lists the following: Lower per-user price with annual billing; Discounted or free licenses for nonprofits; Volume discounts from 50 users.

Does awork have a Linux app?

No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. awork is listed for Web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.

Is awork open source?

awork is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 9, 2026.

Does awork have an API?

Yes. awork offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does awork integrate with?

awork's listing names Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange, Zapier, Make, Personio and Xero.

Who makes awork?

awork is made by awork GmbH. It dates from 2019.

What are the alternatives to awork?

The closest alternatives to awork in our directory are Teamwork.com, Productive, Scoro, Asana and Float.

How does awork compare with other project management tools?

awork's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 42 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 11.

Is awork good value for money?

ToolGPA grades awork C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $6 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 21 of the 74 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of awork?

To replace awork you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from awork’s own pages on Oct 9, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from awork's own pages on 9 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-08-02.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by awork GmbH. Prices change, so check awork.com before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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