# Orangescrum review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Project management with unlimited users on every paid plan

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

Orangescrum is a project management tool sold as a cloud service or as software you host yourself. Cloud plans charge a flat monthly fee for unlimited users instead of a price per seat. Higher plans add agile boards, timesheets, budgets and resource planning.

- **Category:** Project Management
- **Made by:** Orangescrum
- **Website:** https://www.orangescrum.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you are staying free: 1 user and 1 project.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Orangescrum has a free plan, and paid plans start at $26 per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free Forever: 1 user, 1 project, Kanban board and 500 MB storage.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of the paid cloud plans, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free Forever | $0 | 1 user, 1 project, Kanban board and 500 MB storage. |
| Basic Unlimited | $26 per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly) | 10 projects and 50 GB storage with tasks, Kanban, Gantt, milestones and a project calendar. |
| Pro Unlimited | $62 per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly) | Unlimited projects and 100 GB; adds agile boards, custom workflows, automation, timesheets, workload and budgets. |
| Premium Unlimited | $297 per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($349 billed monthly) | 500 GB; adds program management, critical path, resource allocation, invoices, advanced dashboards and APIs. |
| Enterprise | Custom | 1 TB storage plus SSO and LDAP, two-factor sign-in, custom reports and dedicated support. |
| Self-Hosted Core | $1,500 per year for up to 25 users, hosted on your own servers | Business is $2,250 a year for up to 50 users; Enterprise is by quote. |

Read from https://www.orangescrum.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Orangescrum before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save about 10% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The page marks yearly billing as saving 10%; Basic is $26 a month billed yearly against $29 monthly. Source: https://www.orangescrum.com/pricing
- **Nonprofit and education discount** (Nonprofit): 10% off any plan plus a 60-day trial for nonprofit or education customers. Source: https://www.orangescrum.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Flat pricing for unlimited users:** Each cloud plan has one monthly fee however many people use it.
- **Kanban and Gantt:** Boards, Gantt charts with dependencies, milestones and a project calendar, with Gantt starting on the paid cloud plans.
- **Agile tools:** Pro adds a sprint board, backlog, velocity and burndown charts.
- **Time and budget:** Timer, weekly timesheets with approval, and project budgets from Pro; cost reports and invoices from Premium.
- **Self-hosted and open source:** The vendor offers a self-hosted edition and an open-source Community Edition under AGPL.
- **AI and MCP:** The vendor lists an AI assistant and an MCP server for connecting AI clients.

## Good for

- Larger teams that want to avoid per-seat pricing
- Organizations that need to host the software on their own servers

## Worth knowing

- The free plan is limited to 1 user and 1 project.
- Basic is capped at 10 projects; agile boards, timesheets and budgets need Pro.
- Premium costs $297 a month billed yearly, a steep jump from Pro.
- Self-hosted pricing starts at $1,500 a year for up to 25 users.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Orangescrum charges one flat price for unlimited users, from $26 a month on Basic, and also sells a self-hosted version. The free plan is one user and one project, Basic stops at 10 projects, and agile boards, timesheets and budgets wait on Pro at $62. Premium is a jump to $297 a month.

- **Value for money: B.** Basic is $26 a month billed yearly for unlimited users, about $5.20 each for a team of five, inside the cheapest quarter. But it caps at 10 projects, and the agile and time tools need Pro at $62 a month.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Free for 1 user and 1 project with 500 MB of storage, plus a 14-day trial of the paid cloud plans with no card needed.
- **Features: C.** Kanban, Gantt, milestones, time and budgets, with self-hosting and an open source core. Agile boards and timesheets are Pro, and program management and resource allocation are Premium.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A project tool with boards and workflows to set up, and a self-hosted option that needs a server.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android, with GitHub, GitLab, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams and Jenkins links. No desktop app on record.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Orangescrum'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

- Orangescrum's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 46 of the 111 other project management tools we grade, and level with 23.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 85 of 111) and worst on features (C, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at $26 a month for each person, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 85 of the 97 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 53 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 Orangescrum you could make: tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, time tracking and issue tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $312 a year. Orangescrum is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.

- You could make: Tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, time tracking and issue tracking: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, GitHub, GitLab and Google Drive among them.

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

## Works with

GitHub, GitLab, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Microsoft Teams, Jenkins

**Tags:** Tasks, Kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, Time tracking, Open source, Self-hostable, Issue tracking

## Alternatives

- [OpenProject](https://toolgpa.com/tools/openproject): Open-source project management for classic and agile teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/openproject-vs-orangescrum)
- [Redmine](https://toolgpa.com/tools/redmine): Free, self-hosted issue tracker and project management web app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/orangescrum-vs-redmine)
- [ClickUp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clickup): Work platform combining tasks, docs, chat and dashboards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clickup-vs-orangescrum)
- [Jira](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jira): Issue and project tracking for software and business teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jira-vs-orangescrum)
- [Taiga](https://toolgpa.com/tools/taiga): Open-source agile project management with Scrum and Kanban. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/orangescrum-vs-taiga)

## Sources

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

- https://www.orangescrum.com
- https://www.orangescrum.com/pricing

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/orangescrum
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