Nirvana vs PLANKA
Nirvana
nirvanahq.com
PLANKA
planka.appSide by side
| Figure | Nirvana | PLANKA |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3/mo | €36/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Task Management Software | 8.9 (#8) | 8.6 (#13) |
| Founded | 2008 | 2019 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | Nirvana is available on the web, Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Android. | PLANKA Notes, a community-built companion app, lists Windows 10/11 and Android 6.0+ platforms; iOS 12.0+ is listed as a TestFlight beta, while macOS and Linux are marked coming soon. |
| Product | Nirvana is a to-do list app inspired by Getting Things Done®. | PLANKA is a Kanban tool for teams to organize work visually, available self-hosted or fully hosted. |
| Security | Nirvana says its service is served over HTTPS and hosted on Google Cloud Platform; website Pro payment information is transmitted over TLS, and card details are not stored on Nirvana-controlled servers. | 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 Pro plan includes priority 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
PLANKA
- CommunityFree
- Pro Self-Hosted€36 a month
- Pro Hosted€42.50 a month
- CommunityFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Nirvana
Nirvana is a to-do list app inspired by Getting Things Done®, available on web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Users can schedule tasks to appear when they are ready to act, set due dates for to-dos and projects, and organize work with tags, contacts, and areas. Filters can narrow tasks by tag, area, contact, energy, time needed, and other criteria. Notes support checklists, and search covers words in both to-dos and notes. Email forwarding can turn a message into a to-do, while users can choose days to receive their Focus list by email. Tasks stay up to date across devices, and the app supports reminders, subtasks, and recurring to-dos. Calendar sync is not supported. The free plan includes up to five projects and two areas; Pro costs $3 a month, billed annually at $36/year, and includes unlimited projects and areas, recurring to-dos, and priority support. The MCP server is available on every account, though free users cannot update existing tasks through it.
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.