The Plaky Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Plaky in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Plaky
The Insider’s Guide
Board-based project management with unlimited free users
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among project management tools, read from Plaky’s own pages.
Made by CAKE.com Inc. · checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 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 Plaky’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Plaky’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
Plaky is a project management tool from CAKE.com, the company behind Clockify and Pumble. Work is organized as items on boards that can be shown as a table, a kanban board, a chart or a Gantt chart, with custom fields, dashboards and automations. The free plan has no limit on users, boards or items, and the paid plans are priced per seat.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Plaky, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for simple boards for a whole team, free
Plaky is board-based project management from the company behind Clockify and Pumble, with unlimited users, boards and items on the free plan and the Gantt view and automations on Pro at $3.99 a seat.
- 2
Paid plans start at $3.99 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually.
- 3
There is a free plan
Unlimited users, spaces, boards and items, with 6 fields per board, a 7-day activity log, 10 MB per file and dashboards that draw on 1 board each.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
- 5
Boards, items and fields
Work sits on boards as items sorted into groups, each described by custom fields. The Free plan allows 6 fields per board; paid plans have no limit.
- 6
Table, Kanban, Chart and Gantt views
Table, Kanban and Chart views are on every plan. The Gantt view, the timeline field and several charts in one view start at Pro.
- 7
Dashboards
A dashboard pulls data from boards into one overview: 1 board per dashboard on Free, up to 15 on Pro and up to 30 on Enterprise.
- 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 Plaky 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.
Plaky at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of all features, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- CAKE.com Inc., since 2022
- Category
- Project Management
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
Best for simple boards for a whole team, free
Plaky is board-based project management from the company behind Clockify and Pumble, with unlimited users, boards and items on the free plan and the Gantt view and automations on Pro at $3.99 a seat. But free boards get 6 fields and a 7-day log, Pro caps automations at 1,000 actions, the only integrations are its sister apps, there's no desktop app, and the vendor doesn't do refunds.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | Pro is $3.99 a seat a month billed annually, $4.99 monthly, which sits in the cheapest quarter of this category and brings the Gantt view, private boards, unlimited fields and 1,000 automation actions. Enterprise, for single sign-on and uncapped automations, is $8.99. |
| Free plan and trial | B | Unlimited users, spaces, boards and items with table, Kanban and chart views. The pinches are 6 fields per board, a 7-day activity log, 10 MB per file and no Gantt, automations or private boards. |
| Features | C | Items on boards with custom fields as a table, Kanban board, chart or Gantt, plus dashboards and automations for repeat work. That's the basics, and the listing shows where it stops: no time tracking of its own, dashboards capped at 15 boards on Pro, two integrations in total. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. The industry templates on every plan give you a starting board, but it's still a tool where you build the boards, groups and fields, and on the free plan you get six fields to do it with. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, iPhone and Android, with no desktop app. The connections are thin too: Clockify for time tracking and Pumble for chat, both its own siblings, with a bundle seat at $12.99 a month covering all three. |
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 Plaky is for
- Fits if you want a free plan with no limit on users and can work with 6 fields per board
- Works for companies that already use Clockify or Pumble
Who it is not for
- Tight if you're staying free and like lots of columns, with 6 fields per board, a 7-day activity log and 10 MB per file
- Skip it if you want a desktop app, as there's only the web app and the phone apps
- Not for you if you might want your money back, because the vendor states it doesn't offer refunds
- Watch out: every invited user takes a paid seat, Pro caps automations at 1,000 a month, and SSO needs Enterprise at $8.99
- Too light for teams that need integrations beyond Clockify and Pumble, or built-in time tracking
Good to know
Good for
- Teams that want a free plan with no limit on users
- Companies that already use Clockify or Pumble
- Small businesses that track projects on simple boards
Worth knowing
- The Free plan allows 6 fields per board, keeps a 7-day activity log and has no Gantt view, automations or private boards.
- Automations are capped at 1,000 actions a month on Pro; unlimited actions, board permissions and single sign-on need Enterprise.
- Every active or invited user on a paid plan takes a seat, and the vendor states that it does not offer refunds.
- The apps page lists a web app plus iOS and Android apps, with no desktop app.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$3.99
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Plaky has a free plan. Paid plans start at $3.99 per seat / month, billed annually.
Unlimited users, spaces, boards and items with table, Kanban and chart views.
Free
$0
Unlimited users, spaces, boards and items. Table, Kanban and Chart views, 6 fields per board, a 7-day activity log and 10 MB per file.
Pro
$3.99
per seat / month, billed annually ($4.99 billed monthly)
Gantt view, private boards and spaces, unlimited fields, 1,000 automation actions a month, up to 5 viewers per seat and a 6-month activity log.
Enterprise
$8.99
per seat / month, billed annually ($10.99 billed monthly)
Board permissions, unlimited automation actions, single sign-on, a custom subdomain, an unlimited activity log and 100 MB per file.
CAKE.com Bundle
$12.99
per seat / month, billed annually ($15.99 billed monthly)
Enterprise-level Plaky together with Pumble for team communication and Clockify for time tracking. One seat covers a user across all three apps.
The free plan
Unlimited users, spaces, boards and items, with 6 fields per board, a 7-day activity log, 10 MB per file and dashboards that draw on 1 board each.
Trying it first
7-day free trial of all features, no credit card required
Read from plaky.com on Oct 9, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save about 20% with annual billing
Pro is $3.99 per seat / month billed annually against $4.99 billed monthly, about 20% less. Enterprise is $8.99 against $10.99, about 18% less.
Stated on plaky.comOther savings
CAKE.com Bundle with Clockify and Pumble
For $12.99 per seat / month billed annually the bundle covers Plaky, Clockify and Pumble. The pricing page puts their combined value at $27.97 and the saving at 53%.
Stated on plaky.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
Board-based project management with unlimited free users. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, templates, tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, workflow automation, reports.
Items on boards with custom fields as a table, Kanban board, chart or Gantt, plus dashboards and automations for repeat work.
- Boards, items and fields
- Work sits on boards as items sorted into groups, each described by custom fields. The Free plan allows 6 fields per board; paid plans have no limit.
- Table, Kanban, Chart and Gantt views
- Table, Kanban and Chart views are on every plan. The Gantt view, the timeline field and several charts in one view start at Pro.
- Dashboards
- A dashboard pulls data from boards into one overview: 1 board per dashboard on Free, up to 15 on Pro and up to 30 on Enterprise.
- Automations
- Board automations carry out repetitive actions and create recurring tasks on a schedule. Pro includes 1,000 actions a month and Enterprise has no cap.
- Permissions and viewers
- Pro adds private boards, closed spaces and a view-only Viewer role for outside collaborators. Board permissions and protected views are Enterprise features.
- Templates
- Pre-configured industry templates are available on every plan. Custom board templates and task templates are part of Pro and Enterprise.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- Clockify
- Pumble
Plaky is made by CAKE.com Inc., and has been around since 2022.
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
Plaky'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 value for money (B, above 57 of 79) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $3.99 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 6 of the 74 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 80 project management tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Plaky’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 57 of 79
- BFree plan and trialAbove 53 of 79
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 79
- CEase of useAbove 2 of 79
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 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. Plaky 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 Plaky 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 $47.88 a year.
What you could make
- Kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, tasks, templates and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Plaky’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
monday.com, ClickUp, Asana, Trello and Freedcamp
The 5 tools Plaky is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
monday.com
Free plan · from $9/mo
Board-based work management with automations and dashboards.
- Only monday.com lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Plaky also covers templates and reports.
- monday.com also covers time tracking.
- 3.0GPA
ClickUp
Free plan · from $7/mo
Work platform combining tasks, docs, chat and dashboards.
- Only ClickUp lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps.
- Only ClickUp lists a browser extension.
- Plaky also covers templates and reports.
- 3.0GPA
Asana
Free plan · from $10.99/mo
Work management for projects, goals and cross-team workflows.
- Only Asana lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Plaky also covers templates and reports.
- Asana also covers goals.
- 2.8GPA
Trello
Free plan · from $5/mo
Kanban boards with an inbox, planner and built-in automation.
- Only Trello lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Plaky also covers templates and reports.
- Trello also covers calendar.
- 3.2GPA
Freedcamp
Free plan · from $1.49/mo
Project management suite with a free plan for unlimited users.
- Only Freedcamp lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Plaky also covers templates, workflow automation and reports.
- Freedcamp also covers wiki, issue tracking and time tracking.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
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 Plaky free?
Plaky has a free plan. Unlimited users, spaces, boards and items, with 6 fields per board, a 7-day activity log, 10 MB per file and dashboards that draw on 1 board each.
How much does Plaky cost?
Plaky lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Plaky work on?
Plaky is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does Plaky offer any discounts?
Plaky publicly lists the following: Save about 20% with annual billing; CAKE.com Bundle with Clockify and Pumble.
Does Plaky have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Plaky is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Plaky have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Plaky is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Plaky open source?
Plaky is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 9, 2026.
Does Plaky have an API?
Yes. Plaky offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Plaky integrate with?
Plaky's listing names Clockify and Pumble. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Does Plaky have a free trial?
Yes. 7-day free trial of all features, no credit card required.
Who makes Plaky?
Plaky is made by CAKE.com Inc. It dates from 2022.
What are the alternatives to Plaky?
The closest alternatives to Plaky in our directory are monday.com, ClickUp, Asana, Trello and Freedcamp.
How does Plaky compare with other project management tools?
Plaky's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 42 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 11.
Is Plaky good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Plaky B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $3.99 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 6 of the 74 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Plaky?
To replace Plaky 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 Plaky’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 Plaky's own pages on 9 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-03-20.
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 CAKE.com Inc. Prices change, so check plaky.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
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.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Plaky, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/plaky
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Plaky’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Plaky is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by CAKE.com Inc. Prices and plans change: check plaky.com before you buy.