4ga Boards vs PLANKA
4ga Boards
4gaboards.com
PLANKA
planka.appSide by side
| Figure | 4ga Boards | PLANKA |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8/mo | €36/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Kanban Software | 8.2 (#14) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Integrations | Google, GitHub, and Microsoft accounts can be used for single sign-on; GitHub two-way synchronization is marked coming soon. | PLANKA offers a REST API, personal API keys, webhooks with 50+ events, WebSocket updates and SMTP email notifications. |
| Intended users | The maker describes Pro as suitable for personal use and small, growing, and medium teams and businesses, and Enterprise for large teams and organizations. | The maker describes Community as suitable for home, homelab and club use, and PLANKA Pro and Enterprise as paid offerings for organizations. |
| Security | The maker says it provides regular backups, automatic updates, data recovery, private boards, and VPN access for dedicated instances. | The security page describes TLS-encrypted transmission, TOTP two-factor authentication, OIDC single sign-on, SSH-key server access, firewalls, fail2ban and regular backups. |
| Support | Community help is available through GitHub Issues; Pro, Enterprise, and support plans offer direct team support, with SLA support described for paid support. | Pro customers can contact support in German or English and receive a first answer within 24 hours on business days; Enterprise offers SLA-backed priority support. |
Plans
4ga Boards
- Pro TrialFree
- Pro$8 a month
- Enterprise$14 a month
- Enterprise On-PremisePriced on request
PLANKA
- CommunityFree
- Pro Self-Hosted€36 a month
- Pro Hosted€42.50 a month
- CommunityFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
4ga Boards
4ga Boards has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
PLANKA
PLANKA is a Kanban tool for teams organizing work visually, available self-hosted or as a hosted service. Its free Community edition includes boards, lists, cards, comments, attachments, real-time sync, and Docker deployment. Pro and Enterprise add six board views, calendar and map views, card inboxes, recurring cards, and advanced global search. Those plans also provide scoped worker and guest roles, live presence, collaborative description editing, and card sharing. Integration and developer options include a REST API, personal API keys, webhooks with 50+ events, WebSocket updates, and SMTP notifications. Pro and Enterprise support OpenID Connect single sign-on and identity-provider role assignment. For self-hosting, PLANKA says application data and attachments stay on customer systems; its hosted service operates in Germany and offers a GDPR Article 28 DPA. The maker describes Community for home, homelab, and club use, and paid plans for organizations. Pro Hosted costs €42.50 a month billed annually, with a five-user minimum and shared storage allocation. Pro Self-Hosted costs €36 a month billed annually, with a one-user minimum and updates included. Enterprise is directed to hosted deployments from 500 users or self-hosted deployments from 1,000 users.