Epicflow vs frePPLe

Epicflow is a multi-project resource and portfolio management solution for planning and controlling work across projects. Its Pipeline gives an overview of projects and milestones and helps teams assess feasibility and deadlines. Capacity planning forecasts resource demand and output, analyzes workload, and helps prevent bottlenecks; what-if simulations let users consider project changes. The listed capabilities include task dependencies, a Gantt view, resource management, time tracking, and AI priority recommendations. Ready-made integrations are listed for Microsoft Project, Jira, and Oracle Primavera, with custom integrations available for project, resource, or HRM systems. Epicflow says its DataGuard cloud service can analyze project information while company data stays on premises. Its security page states GDPR compliance, ISO 27001-certified data centres, and penetration testing to British MOD standards. Growth costs €22.50 per user per month, billed annually, or €25.00 per user per month, billed monthly; both options cover 20 to 50 users, up to 50 projects, and a maximum of 250 tasks. A 30-day trial is available, with unlimited users and a weekly 30-minute support call. Enterprise pricing is on request and its listed capacity starts at 50 users, with unlimited projects and 2000+ tasks.

frePPLe is supply-chain planning software for forecasting, inventory, production and replenishment. Its production plans account for limited material supply and resource capacity, and planners can adjust jobs in an interactive Gantt chart. Forecasting uses statistical and AI techniques, with method selection and team review and editing. Inventory planning calculates safety stocks and reorder quantities, creates replenishment orders, and supports item segmentation and tailored rules. The multilingual Community edition is a browser-based application. Integrations include REST API, CSV, Excel and direct database access; Community also includes two-way Odoo integration. Community and Enterprise provide Ubuntu Linux binaries and Docker images, while Enterprise can be installed on customer hardware. Platforms listed are API, Linux, self-hosted and web. Community users rely on DIY support through a user group; Cloud and Enterprise list professional support. The product offers a 15-day trial and a free scheme for academic use by contacting the company. Subscription pricing is based on active item-location pairs, and Cloud lists a maximum of six scenarios.