Plane
Project Management · plane.so
Plane is an open-source project management tool combining project management, wiki, and intake forms, available as cloud or self-hosted deployments.
Switching to Jira saves $720 / year and covers 60% of the compared capabilities.
Find my alternative
Way less money.
Top Plane alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 10 cheaper alternatives · vs Plane Pro at $60/mo for 10 seats ($6/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Plane’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Plane costs $60/mo on the Pro plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 10 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 2 of them cover at least 75% of the 10 compared capabilities. Plane's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Basecamp Freelancer plan · missing: Gantt & timeline views, Workflow automations, Sprints & agile boards, SSO & SCIM provisioning, AI assistant, Whiteboards & mind maps work management — adjacent | 40% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $420 / year 58% cheaper |
Which Plane alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Jira — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 60%
- Need time tracking, gantt & timeline views, workflow automations, dashboards & reporting, docs & wikis, sprints & agile boards, guest access, SSO & SCIM provisioning or whiteboards & mind maps?
- ClickUp — from $0/mo (Free Forever plan)
- Need AI assistant?
- GoodDay — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Plane has that the top alternatives lack.
- Time tracking — Track time spent on tasks.Missing from Jira, Trello.
- Docs & wikis — Create shared documents and a team wiki alongside tasks.Missing from Jira, Trello.
- Sprints & agile boards — Plan and run work in sprints on an agile board.Missing from Trello.
- Guest access — Invite external guests into a project.Missing from GoodDay.
- SSO & SCIM provisioning — Sign in through your company's SSO with SCIM provisioning.Missing from Jira.
- AI assistant — Get AI help drafting updates or summarizing project status.Missing from ClickUp.
- Whiteboards & mind maps — Sketch ideas on a shared whiteboard or mind map.Missing from Jira, Trello.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Plane vs the top alternatives, on the 10 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Plane | ClickUp | GoodDay | Jira | Trello |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time tracking from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Gantt & timeline views from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workflow automations from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dashboards & reporting from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Docs & wikis from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sprints & agile boards from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Guest access from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO & SCIM provisioning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| AI assistant from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Whiteboards & mind maps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $60/mo Pro | $0/mo Free Forever | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Plane covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Time tracking — from Pro
- ✓ Gantt & timeline views — from Free
- ✓ Workflow automations — from Pro
- ✓ Dashboards & reporting — from Pro
- ✓ Docs & wikis — from Pro
- ✓ Sprints & agile boards — from Free
- ✓ Guest access — from Free
- ✓ SSO & SCIM provisioning
- ✓ AI assistant — from Free
- ✓ Whiteboards & mind maps
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://plane.so/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
Frequently asked
How much does Plane cost?
Plane's Pro plan costs $60/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Plane alternative?
Yes. Jira has a free plan that covers 60% of the 10 capabilities we compared against Plane.
What is the cheapest Plane alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), ClickUp is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free Forever plan).
What is the cheapest Plane alternative with Time tracking?
ClickUp covers Time tracking and costs $0/mo (Free Forever plan) in our scenario.
Does Plane have a free plan?
Yes. Plane's free plan is limited to 12 seats.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-26 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.