# Tower review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Team task and project collaboration tool, now part of ONES Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Tower is a team collaboration tool for tasks and projects, with list, calendar and Kanban views, Gantt timelines on higher plans, project templates, an online knowledge base and reports. Its site is in Chinese and describes it as a product under ONES. It also runs as a WeChat mini program and a WeCom edition. - **Category:** Project Management - **Made by:** Tower - **Website:** https://tower.im - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need an English site, as pages and prices are in Chinese and yuan. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Tower has a free plan, and paid plans start at ¥21.9 per user / month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic plan is free for teams of up to 10 people: up to 5 projects, unlimited tasks, 1 GB storage and 100 knowledge-base articles. - **Free trial:** Free trial of paid plans; length not stated. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | ¥0 | Up to 10 people, 5 projects, unlimited tasks, 1 GB storage, 10 MB attachments. | | Advanced | ¥21.9 per user / month, billed annually (¥29.9 billed monthly) | Unlimited projects, 100 GB storage, permission management and Gantt timeline view. | | Professional | ¥29.9 per user / month, billed annually (¥39.9 billed monthly) | Described as suited to overall project management, with 1 TB storage and 2 GB task attachments. | Read from https://tower.im/plans on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tower before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual billing cheaper per month** (Annual discount): Advanced costs ¥21.9 per user a month billed annually against ¥29.9 billed monthly; Professional ¥29.9 against ¥39.9. Source: https://tower.im/plans ## Key features - **Multiple task views:** Tasks can be shown as lists, calendars or Kanban boards, with custom fields, recurring tasks and task dependencies. - **Gantt timeline:** A timeline view (Gantt chart) is used to track progress against delivery dates; the page names it on the Advanced plan. - **Project templates:** Dozens of templates cover scenarios such as software development, product design, HR, marketing, sales and legal work. - **Knowledge base and online docs:** A knowledge base and online documents sit beside tasks; the Basic plan holds up to 100 articles. - **Reports and statistics:** Reporting and statistics on tasks, projects and delay rate are part of the plan comparison table. - **WeChat and WeCom:** A WeChat mini program and a WeCom (Enterprise WeChat) edition let teams follow tasks from chat apps. ## Good for - Small teams of up to 10 that fit the free plan - Chinese-speaking teams that work in WeChat or WeCom - Teams that want a lighter tool than ONES for general projects ## Worth knowing - The site and pricing are in Chinese and prices are in yuan (¥). - The free Basic plan stops at 10 people and 5 projects; the page names Gantt timelines and permission management on Advanced. - The site points larger software teams to ONES, which now owns Tower. - Only a web app, a WeChat mini program and a WeCom edition are listed; no desktop or mobile apps are named. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Tower is a task and project tool now owned by ONES, free for 10 people and 5 projects, with the Gantt view on Advanced at ¥21.9 per user a month. The site and prices are in Chinese and yuan, and larger software teams are pointed to ONES. - **Value for money: B.** Advanced is ¥21.9 per user a month billed annually, roughly $3, which is inside the cheapest quarter of the category. Prices are in yuan. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Basic is free for up to 10 people, 5 projects, unlimited tasks and 1 GB of storage. - **Features: C.** Task views, Gantt timeline, templates, docs and reports. The Gantt view and permissions are on Advanced, and the site sends larger software teams to ONES. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. The site is in Chinese, which makes setup slower for others. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web app plus a WeChat mini program and WeCom edition, with no desktop or phone apps named. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tower's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among project management tools - Tower's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 70 of the 149 other project management tools we grade, and level with 27. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 114 of 149) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 1). 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 Tower you could make: tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, templates and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. - You could make: Tasks, kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, templates and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WeCom and WeChat among them, and has an API. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WeCom, WeChat **Tags:** Tasks, Kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, Templates, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [Teambition](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teambition): Project and task collaboration platform from Alibaba's DingTalk. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/teambition-vs-tower) - [ONES](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ones): Project and wiki management for software teams, cloud or on-prem. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ones-vs-tower) - [PingCode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pingcode): R&D management suite for products, projects, tests and wikis. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pingcode-vs-tower) - [MeisterTask](https://toolgpa.com/tools/meistertask): Kanban task boards with shared notes, hosted in Germany. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/meistertask-vs-tower) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://tower.im/plans - https://tower.im - https://tower.im/product Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/tower Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).