Alternatives to PLANKA

{"intro": "PLANKA gives teams a visual Kanban workspace for organizing work with boards, lists, cards, comments, attachments and real-time sync. Its free Community edition runs on a customer’s own server, while hosted service is available for teams that prefer managed deployment. Paid tiers add six board views, calendar and map views, recurring cards, card inboxes, scoped worker and guest roles, live presence and collaborative editing. Time tracking, guest access, REST API tools, webhooks and WebSocket updates round out the workspace.\n\nReaders may look elsewhere because PLANKA has no automation rules, Community is self-hosted, and larger deployments move to Enterprise from 500 hosted or 1,000 self-hosted users. Paid plans start at €7.90 per user per month. The alternatives differ in emphasis: Group-Office adds groupware and CRM, Agantty centers Gantt planning, and Basecamp organizes project workspaces. Ora, Nifty and Hive add automation, while Freedcamp broadens task views and integrations. Compare hosting, platforms, free-plan limits, paid pricing and the planning model your team needs before switching.", "rows": [{"ref": "sw:group-office", "name": "Group-Office", "best_for": "Open-source groupware and CRM", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from €12/mo; 30-day trial", "key_difference": "Group-Office combines collaboration with groupware and CRM, rather than PLANKA’s Kanban-centered workspace.", "choose_when": "Choose it when business tools and CRM matter more than PLANKA’s board-focused planning."}, {"ref": "sw:ora", "name": "Ora", "best_for": "Small teams needing automation", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $5.99/user/mo (annual); 30-day trial", "key_difference": "Ora adds automation rules while matching PLANKA on time tracking and guest access.", "choose_when": "Choose it when automated workflows matter and a free plan for up to 10 users fits."}, {"ref": "sw:nifty", "name": "Nifty", "best_for": "Project suites with integrations", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $10/user/mo; 14-day trial", "key_difference": "Nifty adds automation, a browser extension and nine native integrations that PLANKA does not offer.", "choose_when": "Choose it when those integrations and extension access outweigh PLANKA’s self-hosting options."}, {"ref": "sw:agantty", "name": "Agantty", "best_for": "Gantt-based project planning", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from €4.90/user/mo; 14-day trial", "key_difference": "Agantty organizes projects, teams and tasks around Gantt charts instead of PLANKA’s Kanban boards.", "choose_when": "Choose it when timeline planning and Gantt-based task filtering suit your projects better."}, {"ref": "sw:basecamp", "name": "Basecamp", "best_for": "Structured project workspaces", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $25/mo (annual)", "key_difference": "Basecamp gives each project to-dos, discussions, chat, calendars and card tables, while PLANKA centers boards.", "choose_when": "Choose it when discussions, decisions, files and deadlines need one project page for up to five free users."}, {"ref": "sw:freedcamp", "name": "Freedcamp", "best_for": "Low-cost multi-view project management", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $1.49/user/mo (annual); 14-day trial", "key_difference": "Freedcamp adds list, Kanban, table and Gantt task views plus recurring tasks and dependencies.", "choose_when": "Choose it when broad task views, milestone planning and integrations matter at a lower starting price."}, {"ref": "sw:hive", "name": "Hive", "best_for": "Automation and collaborative documents", "pricing": "Free plan; paid from $5/user/mo; 14-day trial", "key_difference": "Hive adds automation, AI capabilities and real-time collaborative Notes alongside project and task management.", "choose_when": "Choose it when automated work, AI tools and shared documents are more important than PLANKA’s self-hosting."}]}