The Taiga Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Taiga 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.
Taiga
The Insider’s Guide
Open-source agile project management with Scrum and Kanban
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among project management tools, read from Taiga’s own pages.
Made by Taiga Cloud Services, S.L. · checked Oct 5, 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 Taiga’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Taiga’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.8
GPA, above 54 of the 79 other project management tools we grade
Taiga is an open-source project management tool for agile teams. A project can run as a Kanban board or as Scrum with a backlog, sprints and burndown charts, and can switch between the two; issue tracking, a wiki and dashboards are built in. It is offered as a hosted service with flat monthly plans that do not charge per user, or as software to install on your own servers.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Taiga, taken from its own pages and our grades.
No store rating on record, and the work is yours: a backlog to fill, workflows and issue types to shape before the boards mean anything.
- 1
Best for agile teams who want Scrum and Kanban at a flat price
There's no time tracking or Gantt chart on record, no phone or desktop app, and prices are in euros only.
- 2
Paid plans start at about $5.60 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: €5 per month for unlimited users (€50 billed annually).
- 3
There is a free plan
Free hosted plan: 1 public and 1 private project, up to 10 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support. The open-source software can also be self-hosted.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Kanban boards
Boards support multiple workflows with swimlanes, WIP limits, epics and sub-tasks, plus filters, search and an archive for finished user stories.
- 6
Scrum backlog and sprints
Backlog and sprint planning with epics, estimations that can be set per role, a sprint task board, and burndown charts at project and sprint level.
- 7
Issue tracking
Issue types, priorities and severities are customizable. An issue can be added to a sprint or promoted to a user story.
- 8
A 2.8 GPA, above 54 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
The plain part of Taiga you could make: kanban boards, issue tracking and wiki. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Taiga at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from €5 per month for unlimited users (€50 billed annually)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Taiga Cloud Services, S.L., since 2013
- Category
- Project Management
- Our grade
- 2.8 GPA, good
The report card
Best for agile teams who want Scrum and Kanban at a flat price
Taiga is open-source project management for agile teams, with Kanban or Scrum boards, a backlog, sprints and burndown charts, and hosted plans priced flat with unlimited users from €5 a month. Projects and storage are tight: free is 1 private project and 10 MB, and Premium stops at 3 GB. There's no time tracking or Gantt chart on record, no phone or desktop app, and prices are in euros only.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | Enthusiast is €5 a month for the whole team, not per user, and unlimited projects is €20 flat. Split across even three people that's well under $3.06, which is 60% of the cheapest quarter here. Storage is the squeeze: 100 MB, then 500 MB. |
| Free plan and trial | B | A free plan one small team could live on, two ways. The hosted tier takes unlimited users but only 1 public and 1 private project with 10 MB of storage, and the open-source software itself is free to run on your own server. |
| Features | C | It covers agile work and stops there: Kanban with swimlanes, WIP limits, epics and sub-tasks, Scrum with a backlog, estimates per role and burndown charts, issue tracking, a wiki and dashboards. What the listing doesn't show is time tracking or a Gantt chart, both ordinary elsewhere here. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record, and the work is yours: a backlog to fill, workflows and issue types to shape before the boards mean anything. The hosted service at least spares you a server, and a project can start as Kanban and turn into Scrum later. Self-hosting means Docker. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web with integrations: a public REST API, outgoing webhooks, built-in Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Gogs, and a Zapier connector. The vendor's site mentions no desktop or mobile app, so the browser is all there is. |
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 Taiga is for
- Fits if you're an agile team running Scrum or Kanban, or moving between the two
- Makes sense if you want to self-host an open-source tool, or pay one flat fee however many users join
Who it is not for
- Tight if you're staying free, with 1 public and 1 private project and 10 MB of storage
- Skip it if you want a phone or desktop app, because Taiga runs only in the browser
- Not for you if you bill by the hour or plan on a Gantt chart, as neither time tracking nor a Gantt view is listed
- Watch out: storage stops at 100 MB on €5, 500 MB on €20 and 3 GB on €60, and anything bigger is a sales quote
- Watch out: self-hosting means running Docker, and prices are listed in euros only
Good to know
Good for
- Agile teams running Scrum or Kanban, or moving between the two
- Growing teams on a fixed budget, since hosted plans are flat-rate with unlimited users
- Organizations that want to self-host an open-source tool
Worth knowing
- Hosted plans are limited by projects and storage rather than users: Free allows 1 public and 1 private project with 10 MB of storage.
- The largest self-serve hosted plan, Premium, stops at 3 GB of storage. A dedicated instance or on-premise support is quoted by sales.
- Prices are listed in euros only.
- The vendor's site mentions no desktop or mobile apps; Taiga is used in a web browser.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
~$5.60
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Taiga has a free plan. Paid plans start at €5 per month for unlimited users (€50 billed annually).
A free plan one small team could live on, two ways.
Free
€0
1 public project and 1 private project, up to 10 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support.
Enthusiast
€5
per month, not per user (€50 when billed annually)
5 public and 5 private projects, up to 100 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support.
Basic
€20
per month, not per user (€200 when billed annually)
Unlimited projects, up to 500 MB of storage, unlimited users and Basic support.
Premium
€60
per month, not per user (€600 when billed annually)
Unlimited projects, up to 3 GB of storage, unlimited users and Premium support.
Taiga Private Cloud
Custom
A dedicated instance hosted and managed by Taiga, starting from 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU and 100 GB of SSD storage, with unlimited projects and users. Quoted by sales.
On premise
Custom
Taiga behind your own firewall or VPN with installation support, managed updates and priority support under an SLA. Quoted by sales.
The free plan
Free hosted plan: 1 public and 1 private project, up to 10 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support. The open-source software can also be self-hosted.
Read from taiga.io on Oct 5, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Annual billing costs ten times the monthly price: €50 instead of €60 a year for Enthusiast, €200 instead of €240 for Basic and €600 instead of €720 for Premium.
Stated on taiga.io
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Open-source agile project management with Scrum and Kanban. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: open source, self-hostable, public API, wiki, kanban boards, issue tracking.
What the listing doesn't show is time tracking or a Gantt chart, both ordinary elsewhere here.
- Kanban boards
- Boards support multiple workflows with swimlanes, WIP limits, epics and sub-tasks, plus filters, search and an archive for finished user stories.
- Scrum backlog and sprints
- Backlog and sprint planning with epics, estimations that can be set per role, a sprint task board, and burndown charts at project and sprint level.
- Issue tracking
- Issue types, priorities and severities are customizable. An issue can be added to a sprint or promoted to a user story.
- Dashboards, wiki and reports
- A team performance dashboard, project timeline, personal dashboard and wiki are included, and project data can be exported as CSV for custom reports.
- Self-hosting
- The open-source software can be installed with Docker, the recommended route, or from source code. Projects can be exported and imported between instances.
- API, webhooks and integrations
- A public REST API and outgoing webhooks are available, with built-in integrations for Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Gogs, and a Zapier connector.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Slack
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Gogs
- Zapier
Taiga is made by Taiga Cloud Services, S.L., and has been around since 2013.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
54/79
Other project management tools it is graded above
Taiga's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 54 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 68 of 79) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at about $5.60 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 19 of the 74 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 13 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. Taiga’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 68 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. Taiga 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
The plain part of Taiga you could make: kanban boards, issue tracking and wiki. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 54 of the 79 other project management tools we grade. It costs $67.24 a year. Taiga is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could make
- Kanban boards, issue tracking and wiki: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Slack, GitHub and GitLab among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Taiga’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
Jira, Plane, OpenProject, Trello and Shortcut
The 5 tools Taiga is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.2GPA
Jira
Free plan · from $9.70/mo
Issue and project tracking for software and business teams.
- Only Jira lists iOS and Android apps.
- Taiga is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Taiga also covers wiki.
- 2.8GPA
Plane
Free plan · from $6/mo
Open-source project management with cycles, wiki and AI agents.
- Only Plane lists macOS, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Plane also covers Gantt & timelines.
- 2.6GPA
OpenProject
Free plan · from $7.25/mo
Open-source project management for classic and agile teams.
- Only OpenProject lists iOS and Android apps.
- OpenProject also covers Gantt & timelines and time tracking.
- 2.8GPA
Trello
Free plan · from $5/mo
Kanban boards with an inbox, planner and built-in automation.
- Only Trello lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Taiga is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Taiga also covers wiki and issue tracking.
- 2.6GPA
Shortcut
Free plan · from $8.50/mo
Issue tracking, sprints and roadmaps for software teams.
- Taiga is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Taiga also covers wiki.
- Shortcut also covers Gantt & timelines, goals, AI agents and reports.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
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 Taiga free?
Taiga has a free plan. Free hosted plan: 1 public and 1 private project, up to 10 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support.
How much does Taiga cost?
Taiga lists 6 plans. Free: €0.
What platforms does Taiga work on?
Taiga is available on Web.
Does Taiga offer any discounts?
Taiga publicly lists the following: Two months free with annual billing.
Does Taiga have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Taiga is listed for Web.
Does Taiga have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Taiga is listed for Web.
Is Taiga open source?
Yes. Taiga is open source, according to its own site.
Does Taiga have an API?
Yes. Taiga offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Taiga integrate with?
Taiga's listing names Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gogs and Zapier.
Who makes Taiga?
Taiga is made by Taiga Cloud Services, S.L. It dates from 2013.
What are the alternatives to Taiga?
The closest alternatives to Taiga in our directory are Jira, Plane, OpenProject, Trello and Shortcut.
How does Taiga compare with other project management tools?
Taiga's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 54 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 9.
Is Taiga good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Taiga A for value for money. Its paid plans start at about $5.60 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 19 of the 74 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Taiga?
The plain part of Taiga you could make: kanban boards, issue tracking and wiki.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Taiga’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Taiga's own pages on 5 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-04-19.
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 Taiga Cloud Services, S.L. Prices change, so check taiga.io 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
- Taiga, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/taiga
- 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 Taiga’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. Taiga is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Taiga Cloud Services, S.L. Prices and plans change: check taiga.io before you buy.