# Plane

> Open-source project management with cycles, wiki and AI agents

Plane is an open-source project management tool that brings work items, time-boxed cycles, modules, a wiki and AI features into one workspace. Work items can be viewed as a list, board, calendar, Gantt chart or spreadsheet. It runs as a cloud service or self-hosted on your own infrastructure, including an air-gapped edition, and the free plan covers up to 12 users.

- **Category:** Project Management
- **Made by:** Plane Software, Inc. (since 2023)
- **Website:** https://plane.so
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Plane has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6 per seat / month, billed annually.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free plan for up to 12 users: projects, work items, cycles, modules, five layouts, intake, estimates and project pages.
- **Free trial:** Two-week free trial of Pro or Business.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Up to 12 users. Projects and work items, cycles and modules, five layouts with unlimited views, work item intake, estimates and project pages. |
| Pro | $6 per seat / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly) | Unlimited seats, 500 AI credits per seat, work item types, workspace wiki, time tracking, dashboards, initiatives, teamspaces and integrations. |
| Business | $13 per seat / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly) | 1,000 AI credits per seat, project templates, recurring work items, intake email and forms, a workflow per project and customer profiles. |
| Enterprise Grid | Custom | Quote on request. Private and managed deployments, granular access control, multiple workflows with approvals, LDAP and audit logs. |

Read from https://plane.so/pricing on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Plane before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save up to 25% with annual billing** (Annual discount): Pro is $6 per seat / month billed annually against $8 billed monthly, a 25% saving. Business is $13 against $15, about 13%. Source: https://plane.so/pricing
- **Startup discounts on request** (Startups): Plane's startups page says startup discounts are reviewed on demand: applicants send their company stage, team size and needs through the sales form. Source: https://plane.so/solutions/startups

## Key features

- **Work items, cycles and modules:** Projects hold work items, which are planned into time-boxed cycles and grouped into modules. Cycles come with velocity tracking and burndown charts.
- **Five layouts and saved views:** Work items can be shown as a list, board, calendar, Gantt chart or spreadsheet, and a set of sort, filter and display options can be saved as a view.
- **Pages and wiki:** Project pages are included on Free. Pro adds a workspace wiki for company-wide knowledge, and Business adds nested pages and embeds.
- **Plane AI and agents:** Plane AI answers questions from across the workspace, and agents run on mentions, assignments and schedules. Pro includes 500 AI credits per seat a month and Business 1,000.
- **Intake:** Intake collects feedback and requests for triage before they become work items. Business adds a dedicated intake email address and public web forms.
- **Self-hosting:** Plane deploys on your own servers with Docker or Kubernetes, and an air-gapped edition covers isolated networks. The core is open source under AGPL v3.0.

## Good for

- Teams that want to self-host their project management tool
- Small teams of up to 12 people who fit the Free plan
- Teams moving off Jira, Linear, Asana or ClickUp using the built-in importers

## Worth knowing

- The Free plan is capped at 12 users; time tracking, the workspace wiki, dashboards and work item types start at Pro.
- The download page lists the Windows desktop app as coming soon; macOS and Linux desktop apps are available.
- The mobile apps work with Cloud and the commercial self-hosted editions, not with the open-source Community Edition.
- LDAP, granular access control and multiple workflows with approvals are limited to Enterprise Grid, which is priced by quote.

## Works with

GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Sentry, Figma, Microsoft Teams, Draw.io

**Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Issue tracking, Kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, Wiki, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Linear](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linear): Issue tracking and product planning for software teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/linear-vs-plane)
- [Jira](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jira): Issue and project tracking for software and business teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jira-vs-plane)
- [ClickUp](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clickup): Work platform combining tasks, docs, chat and dashboards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clickup-vs-plane)
- [OpenProject](https://toolgpa.com/tools/openproject): Open-source project management for classic and agile teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/openproject-vs-plane)
- [Huly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/huly): Open-source project management with chat, docs and video calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/huly-vs-plane)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://plane.so/pricing
- https://plane.so/
- https://plane.so/download
- https://plane.so/about
- https://plane.so/self-hosted
- https://plane.so/solutions/startups

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