The Zenhub Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Zenhub 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.
Zenhub
The Insider’s Guide
Agile project management built on top of GitHub issues
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among project management tools, read from Zenhub’s own pages.
Made by Zenhub · checked Oct 6, 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 Zenhub’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Zenhub’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 20 of the 79 other project management tools we grade
Zenhub is a project management layer for software teams that plan their work in GitHub. It builds multi-repository boards, sprints, roadmaps and agile reports on top of GitHub issues, and a Chrome and Firefox extension puts those features inside GitHub's own interface. A free plan covers up to 50 users on two repositories, and the Enterprise plan can be self-hosted.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Zenhub, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for teams that plan their work on GitHub issues
Zenhub lays boards, sprints and roadmaps over your GitHub issues, with a browser extension that shows them inside GitHub, and Teams is $4.99 a user a month billed yearly.
- 2
Paid plans start at $4.99 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $4.99 per user / month, billed yearly.
- 3
There is a free plan
Up to 50 users, 1 workspace, 2 connected repositories and 250 issues, with sprints, planning poker, roadmaps and basic sprint reports.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web, with a browser extension too.
- 5
Boards built on GitHub issues
Zenhub syncs issues, pull requests and permissions from a connected GitHub organization and arranges them on Kanban boards that can span several repositories.
- 6
Extension for Chrome and Firefox
The browser extension places Zenhub's boards, planning poker and automations inside GitHub's interface. The same workspace is also available as a separate web app.
- 7
Sprints, estimates and planning poker
Automated sprint planning, story estimates and planning poker are included on every plan, the free one included.
- 8
A 2.4 GPA, above 20 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 Zenhub 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.
Zenhub at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $4.99 per user / month, billed yearly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14-day Teams trial with every new account; 60-day Enterprise trial through sales
- Runs on
- Web, Browser extension
- Made by
- Zenhub, since 2014
- Category
- Project Management
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for teams that plan their work on GitHub issues
Zenhub lays boards, sprints and roadmaps over your GitHub issues, with a browser extension that shows them inside GitHub, and Teams is $4.99 a user a month billed yearly. It's an add-on: no GitHub, no Zenhub. The free plan stops at 2 repositories and 250 issues, Teams stops at 50 users, automations and advanced reports are Enterprise only, and there's no phone app.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | Teams is $4.99 a user a month billed yearly, inside the cheapest quarter for project tools here, covering 50 users, 50 repositories and 5,000 issues with AI labels and sprint reviews. Pay monthly and it's $7.50, and past those limits it's Enterprise at a custom price. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free for up to 50 people, but the caps land fast: 1 workspace, 2 connected repositories and 250 issues, and a working team gets through 250 issues in no time. New accounts start with a 14-day Teams trial. |
| Features | D | It needs another product to do anything: boards are made of GitHub issues, and setting up means linking a GitHub organization. On top of that it adds multi-repository boards, sprint planning, estimates, planning poker, roadmaps and velocity reports. |
| Ease of use | B | No store rating on record, but there's genuinely little to set up: it's a tool inside an account you already have, syncing the issues, pull requests and permissions that are already there, and the extension draws the boards inside GitHub's own pages. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web with an extension for Chrome and Firefox, connected to GitHub and Slack, with a public API. No native mobile app is listed, though the FAQ says the web app works in a phone browser. Figma, Loom and Miro are Enterprise only. |
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 Zenhub is for
- Fits if your team already plans its work on GitHub issues
- Works for teams of up to 50 on Teams, with 50 repositories and 5,000 issues
Who it is not for
- Skip it if your work isn't on GitHub, because the boards are made of GitHub issues
- Tight if you're staying free, with 1 workspace, 2 repositories and 250 issues
- Pricey if you pass 50 users or 5,000 issues, or need automations, advanced reports or Figma, Loom and Miro, all Enterprise at a custom price
- Not for you if you want a phone app, as no native mobile app is listed, and the extension is Chrome and Firefox only
Good to know
Good for
- Software teams that plan their work directly on GitHub issues
- Small teams: the free plan allows up to 50 users on 2 repositories
- Organizations that need project tooling deployed on their own servers
Worth knowing
- Zenhub works on top of GitHub: setting up means linking a GitHub organization, and boards are made of GitHub issues.
- The Free plan is limited to 1 workspace, 2 connected repositories and 250 issues.
- Teams stops at 50 users, 50 repositories and 5,000 issues; workspace automations, advanced reporting and Figma, Loom and Miro integrations are Enterprise only.
- No native mobile app is listed: the FAQ says the web app also works in mobile browsers, and the extension supports Chrome and Firefox.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$4.99
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Zenhub has a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99 per user / month, billed yearly.
Free
$0
Up to 50 users, 1 workspace, 2 connected repositories and 250 issues, with the GitHub extension, sprints, planning poker, roadmaps and velocity reports.
Teams
$4.99
per user / month, billed yearly ($7.50 billed monthly)
Up to 10 workspaces, 50 users, 50 repositories and 5,000 issues, adding AI suggested labels, AI sprint reviews and private workspaces.
Enterprise
Custom
Unlimited users, repositories and issues, up to 10 GitHub organizations, workspace automations, advanced reporting, priority support and a self-hosted option.
The free plan
Up to 50 users, 1 workspace, 2 connected repositories and 250 issues, with sprints, planning poker, roadmaps and basic sprint reports.
Trying it first
14-day Teams trial with every new account; 60-day Enterprise trial through sales
Read from zenhub.com on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
33% off with annual payment
Teams is $4.99 per user / month billed yearly against $7.50 billed monthly. Zenhub's FAQ describes this as 4 months free, or 33% off.
Stated on zenhub.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
2
Places it runs: Web and Browser extension
Agile project management built on top of GitHub issues. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: self-hostable, public API, AI features, kanban boards, issue tracking, workflow automation, reports.
It needs another product to do anything: boards are made of GitHub issues, and setting up means linking a GitHub organization.
- Boards built on GitHub issues
- Zenhub syncs issues, pull requests and permissions from a connected GitHub organization and arranges them on Kanban boards that can span several repositories.
- Extension for Chrome and Firefox
- The browser extension places Zenhub's boards, planning poker and automations inside GitHub's interface. The same workspace is also available as a separate web app.
- Sprints, estimates and planning poker
- Automated sprint planning, story estimates and planning poker are included on every plan, the free one included.
- Roadmaps and work hierarchy
- Real-time roadmaps sit on every plan, and work can be nested as objectives, projects, epics, tasks and sub-tasks that stay in step with GitHub.
- Agile reports
- Basic sprint reports, a velocity report and sprint insights come with every plan. Advanced reporting and GitHub insights are reserved for Enterprise.
- Zenhub AI
- Teams adds AI suggested labels and AI sprint reviews. AI-written acceptance criteria are listed for Enterprise only.
Where it runs
- Web
- Browser extension
What it works with
- GitHub
- Slack
- Figma
- Loom
- Miro
Zenhub is made by Zenhub, and has been around since 2014.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
20/79
Other project management tools it is graded above
Zenhub's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 20 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 21.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 65 of 79) and worst on features (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $4.99 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 12 of the 74 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 9 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. Zenhub’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 57 of 79
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 79
- DFeaturesAbove 0 of 79
- BEase of useAbove 65 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. Zenhub 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 Zenhub 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.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 38 of the 79 other project management tools grade higher. It costs $59.88 a year.
What you could make
- Issue tracking, kanban boards and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Zenhub’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
GitHub Issues, Jira, Linear, Shortcut and YouTrack
The 5 tools Zenhub is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.4GPA
GitHub Issues
Free plan · from $4/mo
Issue tracking and project planning built into GitHub.
- Only Zenhub lists a browser extension.
- Only GitHub Issues lists iOS and Android apps.
- Zenhub is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- 3.2GPA
Jira
Free plan · from $9.70/mo
Issue and project tracking for software and business teams.
- Only Zenhub lists a browser extension.
- Only Jira lists iOS and Android apps.
- Zenhub is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- 3.0GPA
Linear
Free plan · from $10/mo
Issue tracking and product planning for software teams.
- Only Zenhub lists a browser extension.
- Only Linear lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Zenhub is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- 2.6GPA
Shortcut
Free plan · from $8.50/mo
Issue tracking, sprints and roadmaps for software teams.
- Only Zenhub lists a browser extension.
- Zenhub is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Zenhub also covers workflow automation.
- 3.2GPA
YouTrack
Free plan · from $4.50/mo
Issue tracker and project management tool from JetBrains.
- Only Zenhub lists a browser extension.
- Only YouTrack lists iOS and Android apps.
- Zenhub also covers reports.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
16
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 Zenhub free?
Zenhub has a free plan. Up to 50 users, 1 workspace, 2 connected repositories and 250 issues, with sprints, planning poker, roadmaps and basic sprint reports.
How much does Zenhub cost?
Zenhub lists 3 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Zenhub work on?
Zenhub is available on Web. It also has a browser extension.
Does Zenhub offer any discounts?
Zenhub publicly lists the following: 33% off with annual payment.
Does Zenhub have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Zenhub is listed for Web.
Does Zenhub have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Zenhub is listed for Web.
Is Zenhub open source?
Zenhub is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Can Zenhub be self-hosted?
Yes. Zenhub's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Does Zenhub have an API?
Yes. Zenhub offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Zenhub integrate with?
Zenhub's listing names GitHub, Slack, Figma, Loom and Miro. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Does Zenhub have a free trial?
Yes. 14-day Teams trial with every new account; 60-day Enterprise trial through sales.
Who makes Zenhub?
Zenhub is made by a company of the same name. It dates from 2014.
What are the alternatives to Zenhub?
The closest alternatives to Zenhub in our directory are GitHub Issues, Jira, Linear, Shortcut and YouTrack.
How does Zenhub compare with other project management tools?
Zenhub's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 20 of the 79 other project management tools we grade, and level with 21.
Is Zenhub good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Zenhub B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $4.99 a month for each person, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 12 of the 74 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Zenhub?
To replace Zenhub 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 Zenhub’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Zenhub's own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-07-18.
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 Zenhub. Prices change, so check zenhub.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
- Zenhub, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/zenhub
- 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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Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Zenhub’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. Zenhub is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Zenhub. Prices and plans change: check zenhub.com before you buy.