# Runn review (2026): is it worth $7 a month?

> Resource planning and capacity forecasting for project teams

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

Runn is resource management and capacity planning software. Teams schedule people onto projects, see availability and utilization, forecast demand with tentative projects, and compare planned hours and costs against actuals. It prices by resource seat, meaning each person or contractor you schedule, not by login.

- **Category:** Project Management
- **Made by:** Runn (since 2018)
- **Website:** https://www.runn.io
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are small: plans start at 20 resource seats.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Runn is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $7 per resource seat / month (billing period not shown).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of the Standard plan, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lite | $7 per resource seat / month, billing period not shown on the page | Scheduling, tentative projects, capacity and utilization charts, skills, project financials and 5 custom fields. The FAQ says Lite is arranged through the team, not self-serve. |
| Standard | $11 per resource seat / month, billing period not shown on the page | Adds timesheets, the API and out-of-the-box integrations, a 30-day audit log and utilization insights. Monthly and annual billing are both offered. |
| Advanced | Custom | Adds workstreams, unlimited custom fields and reports, custom dashboards, SSO (SAML), resource requests and optional implementation support. |

Read from https://www.runn.io/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Runn before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Non-profit discounts on request** (Nonprofit): Registered non-profits can ask for a discount through the chat in their Runn account. Source: https://www.runn.io/pricing

## Key features

- **Scheduling and capacity:** Assignments are scheduled against availability, time off and public holidays, with capacity and utilization charts.
- **Tentative projects and scenarios:** Tentative projects and placeholders let a team model upcoming work; saved scenarios are limited to 3 per user on Lite.
- **Skills and tags:** People carry skills and tags so staffing can match work to the right person.
- **Project financials:** Budgets, rate cards and planned-versus-actual comparisons are included on every plan.
- **Timesheets and reporting:** Timesheets start on Standard, along with insight reports; custom private dashboards are Advanced only.
- **Integrations and API:** A marketplace lists HR integrations such as ADP Workforce Now and BambooHR, and the Standard plan includes API access.

## Good for

- Agencies, consultancies and software shops planning people across projects
- Teams that need a forward-looking capacity view, not task tracking
- Firms that want to see budget against planned and actual hours

## Worth knowing

- Plans start at 20 resource seats.
- The pricing page shows a monthly and annual toggle but does not say which one the displayed $7 and $11 are; the FAQ only says annual billing costs less.
- Resource requests, workstreams, SSO and unlimited custom fields need the custom-priced Advanced plan.
- Cancelling stops further billing, but the FAQ says partly used monthly or annual subscriptions are not refunded.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Runn plans who is working on what and when, with capacity and utilization charts, at $7 or $11 a resource seat. Plans start at 20 seats, the page does not say whether those prices are monthly or annual, and resource requests, workstreams and SSO are on a custom-priced plan.

- **Value for money: D.** $7 a seat on Lite and $11 on Standard looks ordinary, but plans start at 20 resource seats, so the floor is $140 a month. The billing period is not shown beside the price.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** 30-day free trial of Standard with no card needed. No free plan.
- **Features: C.** Scheduling, tentative projects, capacity charts, skills and financials. Timesheets, the API and integrations need Standard, and resource requests need the custom Advanced plan.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up people, skills and projects before the charts mean anything.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with BambooHR, ADP, Asana, Google Sheets and Zapier links and an API on Standard.

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

- Runn'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 $7 a month for each person, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 31 of the 97 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 19 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 Runn you could make: reports and time tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 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 $84 a year.

- You could make: Reports and time tracking: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- 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, ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR and AlexisHR 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

ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, AlexisHR, CharlieHR, Asana, Google Sheets, Gmail, Zapier

**Tags:** Reports, Time tracking, Dashboards, Public API, AI features

## Alternatives

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## Sources

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

- https://www.runn.io/pricing
- https://www.runn.io/about
- https://marketplace.runn.io/apps/
- https://www.runn.io/features/resource-scheduling-software

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