PLANKA vs SwiftKanban

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.

SwiftKanban is a visual project management tool for teams using Kanban, Scrum, or Scrumban. Configurable workflows and flow metrics help teams visualize work, set work-in-progress limits, spot bottlenecks, and use analytics in stand-ups and retrospectives. Metrics include Lead Time, Cycle Time, Throughput, Flow Efficiency, Blocking Time Analysis, and Adjacency Matrix. Portfolio Lane and multi-board Card Hierarchy provide visual portfolio management. SwiftSync lists more than 60 enterprise integrations, including Azure DevOps, JIRA, and CA Agile Central; Zapier connects it to more than 2,000 tools, and it also integrates with Slack and Microsoft Teams. Web services use SOAP and REST APIs. The product is available as SaaS or on-premise software, with Android and iOS apps for boards, cards, comments, and attachments. NimbleWork states that its products use encryption at rest and in transit, SAMLv2 and ADFSv3 single sign-on, and Zero Trust Architecture. The free Team plan is free and allows three users and two boards. Group costs $7 a month per user when paid annually; Enterprise costs $15 a month per user when paid annually.