FogBugz vs MantisBT

FogBugz is a project management and issue tracking system for software development teams. Bugs, issues, and feature requests become cases that can be prioritized and assigned to one person. Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, custom workflows, roadmaps, and time tracking are supported. Evidence-Based Scheduling uses historical timesheet data to produce probability distributions for ship dates. Unified search spans documents, wikis, articles, code, issues, bugs, and discussions. Built-in integrations include Slack, Twitter, GitHub, Google Drive, and Trello, while API endpoints support third-party and custom integrations. An integrated support desk captures bug reports, requests, and inquiries for automatic triage. FogBugz is available on the web and as an On-Premise version running on customer servers. On-Premise requires Microsoft IIS and Microsoft SQL Server and supports Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019. SAML 2.0 single sign-on supports Okta, OneLogin, ADFS, and Azure AD. Paid plans include a 14-day trial and no free plan. Listed pricing is $75 a month monthly, $68 a month for one year, $64 a month for two years, and $62 a month for three years; each listed plan covers five users.

MantisBT is a free, open-source bug tracking system built on PHP for use through a web server. It is released under the GNU General Public License and can run on Linux, Windows or macOS servers. Installation requires PHP and a supported database; listed database options are MySQL, MS SQL and PostgreSQL. Project tools include change logs, roadmaps, time tracking and reporting. Teams can configure workflow transitions and access thresholds, and email notifications can include issue changes, notes, custom fields and issue details. Plugins from official and third-party developers extend the system. Its REST API is the primary web-services integration route, with API tokens, enabled anonymous access or web UI cookie sessions available for authentication. Listed browser support includes Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Edge. Community help includes documentation, forums, a bug tracker, wiki and chat. For teams seeking hosting, MantisBT presents MantisHub as a separate service with backups, upgrades, support, migration and add-ons; its trial requires no credit card.