Checklist vs PLANKA
Checklist
checklist.com
PLANKA
planka.appSide by side
| Figure | Checklist | PLANKA |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €5/mo | €36/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Task Management Software | 8.6 (#12) | 8.6 (#13) |
| Collaboration | Users can share checklists and assign tasks to work with others. | Pro and Enterprise add worker and guest roles with scoped access, live presence, collaborative description editing and card sharing. |
| Founded | 2010 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Checklist.com says it is headquartered in The Netherlands and has a remote team across multiple continents. | Kempten (Allgäu), Germany |
| Integrations | Checklist’s integrations page describes connections with ChatGPT, Claude, and its API; its documentation says Zapier integration requires an Enterprise license. | PLANKA offers a REST API, personal API keys, webhooks with 50+ events, WebSocket updates and SMTP email notifications. |
| Security | The privacy policy says it uses SSL certificates to verify its identity to browsers and encrypt data users provide. | 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 | The pricing page lists forum support for Free, chat and email support for Pro, and phone support for Enterprise. | 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
PLANKA
- CommunityFree
- Pro Self-Hosted€36 a month
- Pro Hosted€42.50 a month
- CommunityFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
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.