# Meisterplan review (2026): is it worth $700 a month, billed yearly?

> Portfolio and resource capacity planning for PMOs

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Project Management
- **Made by:** itdesign GmbH (since 2012)
- **Website:** https://meisterplan.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are a small team: the listed price starts at 50 resources, $700 a month on Basic.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## 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).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial with Pro Edition functionality, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic | $700 per 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 | $900 per 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 | $3,490 per 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 https://meisterplan.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Meisterplan before buying.

## 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.

## Good for

- PMOs that decide which projects to run based on available capacity
- Companies replacing spreadsheets or Microsoft Project Online for portfolio planning
- Organizations with many stakeholders who only need to view plans

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: D.** Basic 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.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** 30-day trial of Pro functionality, no credit card needed. There is no free plan.
- **Features: C.** Capacity 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.
- **Ease of use: C.** No 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.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Jira, Asana and Smartsheet integrations, a REST API and MCP access for AI tools. No phone or desktop app on record.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it stands among project management tools

- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/project-management

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Reports and kanban boards: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Jira, Asana and Smartsheet among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Jira, Asana, Smartsheet, Microsoft products

**Tags:** Reports, Dashboards, Kanban boards, Public API, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Planview](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planview): Enterprise portfolio management and connected work platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/meisterplan-vs-planview)
- [Runn](https://toolgpa.com/tools/runn): Resource planning and capacity forecasting for project teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/meisterplan-vs-runn)
- [Microsoft Project](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-project): Desktop project scheduling for Windows with Gantt charts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/meisterplan-vs-microsoft-project)
- [Kantata](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kantata): Professional services automation for resourcing, projects and billing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kantata-vs-meisterplan)
- [Smartsheet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smartsheet): Spreadsheet-style project and work management for teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/meisterplan-vs-smartsheet)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://meisterplan.com/pricing/
- https://meisterplan.com/about-us/
- https://meisterplan.com/

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