Redmine vs Sifter
Redmine
redmine.orgSifter
sifterapp.comSide by side
| Figure | Redmine | Sifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $29/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Issue Tracking Software | 8.5 (#10) | 8.0 (#21) |
| Spec score · Bug Tracking Software | 8.4 (#11) | 7.8 (#18) |
| API | The REST API provides access and basic create, update and delete operations for documented resources, in XML and JSON formats. | Sifter offers a REST-based API, and its API documentation says requests are read-only and limited to 60 requests per minute per token. |
| Issue tracking | Issue types, statuses, and workflow transitions can be customized by issue type and role. | Issues can include bugs, ideas, questions, and feature requests in one system. |
| Security | The security advisories page lists vulnerabilities fixed in Redmine releases and asks vulnerability reporters to email security(at)redmine.org. | The security policy describes SSL on every page, replicated databases, hourly on-site backups, encrypted off-site backups, and quarterly security screens. |
| Support | The project directs users to its forums and IRC chatroom for help and discussion. | The pricing page lists same-day support for Small and priority support for Medium, Large, and Massive. |
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In their own words
Redmine
Redmine is an open-source web application for managing projects, available for self-hosting. A single instance can manage multiple projects, each with its own roles, visibility settings, and enabled modules. Teams can define issue statuses and types, then set workflow transitions by issue type and role. Gantt charts and calendars use issue dates for planning, and time entries can be reported by user, issue type, category, or activity. Collaboration tools include project wikis and forums, news, document and file management, feeds, and email notifications. The repository browser supports Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar, and Git. Its REST API provides basic create, update, and delete operations for documented resources in XML and JSON. Redmine is released under GNU GPL v2 and costs nothing for self-hosting. It should run on most Unix, Linux, macOS, and Windows systems where Ruby is available, but it does not support JRuby. The project directs users to forums and IRC for help and discussion. The download page identifies the 7.0.x branch as the latest stable version, with new features, bug fixes, and security updates.