Meisterplan review (2026): is it worth $700 a month, billed yearly?
Portfolio and resource capacity planning for PMOs
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Meisterplan report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for capacity planning across a project portfolio
Meisterplan plans a portfolio of projects against the people you have to staff them, with unlimited users on every edition. But it is sold by the number of resources, from $700 a month for 50, and the what-if scenarios that make it worth buying sit on Pro at $900. It is a PMO tool, so a small team after a task list should look elsewhere.
Who Meisterplan is for
- Fits if a PMO has to decide which projects to fund based on the people available
- Makes sense if you are replacing portfolio spreadsheets and have 50 or more resources to plan
Who Meisterplan is not for
- Pricey if you are a small team: the listed price starts at 50 resources, $700 a month on Basic
- Watch out: what-if scenarios, goals and the Jira and Smartsheet integrations are not on Basic, only Pro at $900
- Watch out: Premium is annual only and starts at 150 resources, at $3,490 a month
- Too light for day-to-day task tracking by individual teams, which the vendor does not aim it at
Why Meisterplan gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyBasic is $700 a month for 50 resources billed yearly, Pro $900, against a category middle of $9 a seat. The listed prices are for 50 resources, so that is the floor, and one person cannot buy it for less. Scenarios and goals need Pro.
- CFree plan and trial30-day trial of Pro functionality, no credit card needed. There is no free plan.
- CFeaturesCapacity planning, load balancing, goals, a portfolio kanban and dashboards. Scenarios, goals and integrations are not on Basic, and the vendor positions it for portfolio planning, not day-to-day task tracking.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. It is a web app where a PMO has to set up resources, projects and goals before it shows anything useful.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Jira, Asana and Smartsheet integrations, a REST API and MCP access for AI tools. No phone or desktop app on record.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Meisterplan's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Meisterplan's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 6 of the 111 other project management tools we grade, and level with 15.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 16 of 111) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $700 a month, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 97 of the 97 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 58 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 112 project management tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Meisterplan’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 111, level with 26
- CFree plan and trialAbove 12 of 111, level with 64
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 111, level with 48
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 111, level with 88
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 111, level with 68
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 104 project management tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Meisterplan, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Meisterplan you could make: reports and kanban boards. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 90 of the 111 other project management tools grade higher. It costs $8,400 a year.
What you could make
- Reports and kanban boards: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- It plugs into other products, Jira, Asana and Smartsheet among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Meisterplan’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.
What is Meisterplan?
Meisterplan is a project portfolio management tool centered on resource capacity. Teams plan projects against the people available, run what-if scenarios, set goals and track portfolios on dashboards. It is licensed by the number of resources planned, and users are unlimited on every edition.
Worth knowing
- The listed prices are for 50 resources; the page offers packages up to 1,000 resources and a custom quote above that.
- What-if scenarios, goals and integrations are not on the Basic edition.
- Premium is billed annually only and starts at 150 resources.
- The vendor positions it for portfolio planning, not for day-to-day task tracking by individual teams.
Key features
- Resource capacity planning
- Plan projects against the capacity of the people or roles available, with load balancing per team.
- What-if scenarios
- Pro and Premium let a PMO try different portfolio scenarios before committing to a plan.
- Goals and prioritization
- Goals and a portfolio kanban help rank which projects to fund and start.
- Reporting dashboards
- Several ways to view and analyze portfolio data are included on Pro and above.
- Jira and Smartsheet integrations
- Pro lists integrations such as Jira and Smartsheet, and the site also covers Asana, Microsoft products, a REST API and MCP access for AI tools.
- Unlimited users
- Only resources count toward the license, so everyone who needs access to the portfolio can be given a login.
Meisterplan pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Meisterplan is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $700 per month for 50 resources, billed annually ($840 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $700 per month for 50 resources, billed annually ($840 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial with Pro Edition functionality, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $700per month for 50 resources, billed annually ($840 billed monthly) | Unlimited users, basic portfolio management, resource planning, load balancing per team and copy-and-paste import. The price rises with the resource count, up to 1,000. |
| Pro | $900per month for 50 resources, billed annually ($1,080 billed monthly) | Adds what-if scenarios, goals, portfolio kanban, more ways to analyze data and integrations such as Jira and Smartsheet. The price rises with the resource count. |
| Premium | $3,490per month for 150 resources, billed annually | Annual payment only, starting at 150 resources. Adds a dedicated Customer Success Manager, user auto-provisioning, a self-service sandbox and a custom SMTP server. |
Read from meisterplan.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Meisterplan before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Meisterplan have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Meisterplan is listed for Web.
Does Meisterplan have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Meisterplan is listed for Web.
Is Meisterplan open source?
Meisterplan is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Meisterplan have an API?
Yes. Meisterplan offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.