Top 10 Planview Alternatives & Competitors

An open source solution for project management, OpenProject has a free community edition and an Enterprise edition starting at $8.50/month. There are many top features available including document management, issue tracking, and time reporting. All of this helps businesses keep track of all areas of the project, while breaking down deliverables into meaningful tasks for faster implementation and delivery.
OpenProject particularly shines in is dashboard view where we were able to look at multiple projects in a single chart as well as highlight changes to project schedules. Additionally, we liked being able to see all activities in a list view for simpler viewing. Being able to track costs and time spent on projects enables businesses to budget more effectively, which makes this a really great option for smaller or growing businesses that need a strong handle on outgoing costs versus project delivery.

Completely free for teams, TimeCamp is a cloud-based time-tracking and project management solution for full team collaborations, project monitoring, and billable hours. From our experience, using a solution that assists in calculating billable tasks, creating invoices and offering time and project management is a must. Additionally, TimeCamp does all of this in a single platform, offering communication and messaging options as well.
We value the sub-task option, which allows managers to track the details of projects in a closer way, delegating tasks within teams more easily. The automated time tracking embedded for users makes everyone’s life a lot easier in our opinion. Offering more automation across the platform, including weekly emails summarizing completed work, productive hours, and more, managers can effectively locate areas of weaknesses without spending too much of their own time analyzing the issues — essential for smaller teams.

An affordable CRM, Insightly is an easy-to-use, intuitive solution that is flexible enough to scale up as the company using it grows. This scalability is, in our opinion, essential to improved workflow and productivity in small to mid-sized businesses. Insightly has a myriad of top features, including the ability to maintain customer cycles and providing additional care for clients via strong customer service modules.
Building and converting the sales pipeline is the name of the game here. We’ve found that the clear visuals are essential in aiding this endeavor. Powerful across a range of verticals, our experience shows Insightly to be the perfect option for adding companion products for marketing automation, customer service features, and more. Insightly allows businesses to make the software work for their needs, which is a great feature for smaller companies, or those who are more unique within the industry.

A creative management solution, Workzone offers users everything from document management and collaboration, through to resource management and time tracking. We like the fact that Workzone is cloud-based, so it’s accessible at any time from anywhere. A top feature for us here is the ability to get automated email reports about the status of each project, freeing up managers to check other areas of their team’s productivity.
Workzone is a truly flexible and scalable option, offering pricing based on the number of users. Starting at $24/month, the price per user goes down as the number of users goes up. As a key feature, the ability to see cross-project summaries is a strong point in favor of Workzone in our minds. We like that this gives complete visibility of the project to all involved, allowing team members to see what’s the next step for each project. For those looking for more streamlining and efficacy in the workflow, Workzone is ideal.

Project, expense, and time tracking are all part and parcel of the ClickTime solution. Allowing business to track and manage employee time, we found that ClickTime is great for effective administrative cost management. Always available online, time and expense tracking is made easy across a clear, intuitive interface with minimal clutter. At $10/month, this is a great budget option to improve efficacy and remove timewasting from the workplace.
From our experience, the customization options are essential here, and very much welcome. Not all industries are the same so ClickTime offers different billing and project management features to meet varied needs. Managers can easily create a custom time-tracking tool to ensure compliance with overtime regulations, downtime, and so on. It’s a great option for agencies, consultants, IT, and even nonprofits, the latter can get discounted rates.

This no-code, cloud-based solution provides an application development platform for all business sizes and types. Caspio provides a range of features including virtualization, automated project schedules, workflow management, and more. We value the ability for users to create applications with a simple point-and-click function, making the process the easiest we’ve seen out there. As such, users don’t need coding or any experience in that area to create applications.
Caspio starts at $50 per month depending on the plan, and can be scaled up depending on the businesses’ needs. We also like the ability to gather performance metrics, analyze data and integrate with other data storage solutions, for a well-rounded management platform. It’s suitable and recommended for a wide array of businesses including those in the education, government, and media sectors.

Helping companies manage projects from start to finish, InstaGantt gives user complete flexibility as well as task control. Everything from simple to complex projects can be managed all in a single space. Similar to other solutions, we’ve found that some of the visualization features offered on InstaGantt help to elevate the management process. For instance, there are public snapshots, drag-and-drop scheduling options, and a Kanban board view.
It’s all very intuitive too, which is something we really value in management solutions. For instance, users can create dependencies with a single click, adjusting tasks by dragging the taskbar. It’s also able to integrate with Asana making Asana even more productive. Starting at $14/month for individuals, team plans start at $30/month for three users. As such, it’s scalable but better suited to smaller or individual users looking to streamline their projects and manage their time more effectively.

Increasing productivity is made simple with the ZenHub project management platform. It’s ideal for bringing all team members together via automated agile features. With a real-time road map visible to all, users can all be on the same page. We especially like the productivity insights provider, which adds extra transparency across all projects for all stakeholders involved in the organization.
Ideal for growing companies, ZenHub actively seeks to promote growth within organizations and has a starting price of $8.33/user/month. ZenHub has a ton of automated features which we can’t get enough of. For instance, there are automated sprint planning, estimations via Planning Poker, control charts, velocity reports, and more. It’s also got a wealth of insights derived from historical company data to further improve productivity across the board. For software start-ups and scaleups, the level of insight provided here is a must-have.

A collaborative, open-source manager solution, Projectlibre is a great option for smaller agencies or nonprofit or governmental sectors. Key features that stand out to use include the network diagrams, earned-value costing, resource histograms, and Gantt charts. All of these features aid in pushing more productivity and efficiency throughout the teams.
Projectlibre is free, though not all features are available in this version. We like that Projectlibre makes an effort to offer a strong platform, processed for creating plans, tasks lists, and work breakdowns. It’s simpler than other platforms, but this is ideal for smaller teams who are not looking for a solution with a sharp learning curve.

Accounting and project management are at the forefront of operations with Priority Matrix. This cloud-based platform helps managers to create project priorities enabling them to push visibility and user accountability across all projects in the team. Not only that, but we have delved further into Priority Matrix and found that it has strong communication features for better collaboration.
Starting prices begin at $8/user/month and can be scaled up for large companies and enterprises should this be needed. On top of task management, we’ve found that Priority Matrix is great for version control and synchronous editing, a feature we find particularly useful across larger teams and workforces. With instant daily reports, managers can remain on top of everything without having to chase users or search for information. We feel that Priority Matrix offers a solid platform for a range of businesses and industries looking to streamline.