GanttProject vs RationalPlan
GanttProject
ganttproject.bizRationalPlan
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| Figure | GanttProject | RationalPlan |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $4/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 11 |
| Spec score · Gantt Chart Software | 8.4 (#9) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Spec score · Project Management Software | 8.5 (#60) | 8.9 (#31) |
| Spec score · Project management tools | 8.2 (#102) | 9.1 (#18) |
| Company | BarD Software s.r.o. is registered in Prague, Czechia, and was founded in 2012 by Dmitry Barashev to coordinate GanttProject development and support. | The product pages identify the company as Stand By Soft; a company blog post says Stand By Soft was founded in 1997 and gives its location as Craiova, Romania. |
| Founded | 2003 | 1997 |
| Intended users | The maker describes it as best suited to small and medium businesses, including construction, architecture, engineering, pharmaceutical, and media production businesses, and also notes educational use. | The company describes Cloud as suitable for individuals and companies, while its on-premise products include single-project, multi-project, and centralized server options. |
| Resource management | Users can assign people to tasks, review resource load charts, and calculate task costs from resource rates. | Resource management tracks workload, detects overallocations and supports resource leveling and availability checking. |
| Security and privacy | The desktop privacy policy says purchase and app data are transmitted over secure channels and that the payment processor does not provide GanttProject with card numbers. | The privacy policy says cloud hosting and processing use Amazon Web Services and that the company uses processors implementing GDPR requirements. |
| Support | The Support Portal is the default support channel, and public discussions are encouraged unless a question is confidential. | The maker promises responses to support questions within 24 working hours and bundles priority support for one year with a license. |
Plans
GanttProject
- Free downloadFree
- Paid downloadPrice not published
- GanttProject desktop (free download)Free
- GanttProject desktop (optional paid download)$5, paid once
RationalPlan
- Cloud FreeFree
- FREEFree
- Cloud Beginner$4 a month
- Cloud Master$12 a month
- Cloud Production$19 a month
- Single Project$145, paid once
- Multi Project$288, paid once
- BEGINNERPrice not published
- MASTERPrice not published
- PRODUCTIONPrice not published
In their own words
GanttProject
GanttProject has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
RationalPlan
RationalPlan is project management software for scheduling work, allocating resources, tracking progress, estimating project costs, and managing budgets. Its tools include Gantt charts with dependencies and critical-path detection, portfolio management, resource leveling, cost tracking, reports, document management, calendars, and a Kanban board. RationalPlan says it can open and edit Microsoft Project files, and its Single Project product imports MS Project files. RationalPlan Cloud supports concurrent browser work with different access rights; the company says Cloud uses AWS for data hosting and processing. Project Server can be installed on a private network, and the company says its administrators cannot access hosted customer data. The free Cloud plan includes two projects, 100 tasks, 10 MB of storage, and two users. Free accounts inactive for 30 days are disabled, and accounts inactive for 60 days are deleted. Single and Multi trials offer full functionality with a 20-task limit and no stated time limit; the Server trial runs for 30 days without functional limits. Single Project costs $145, paid once, and Multi Project costs $288, paid once. A license includes one year of upgrades and priority technical support.