Project Management Tools in 2026, Compared by Price

We track 14 project management tools. The list below is ordered by what it costs to start, cheapest first. Tools that cannot be put on that scale — usage-based pricing, a free tier, or a price we could not verify — come last, and each one says which case it is. The cheapest verified entry point is Trello at $5/user/mo.

No vendor has paid for a position on this page. Price is not quality: the cheapest tool here is not the best one for your team, it is only the cheapest. We do not publish a quality score because we do not have one we can stand behind. How we score tools.

1. 1
   Trello

   Simple Kanban.

   From $5/user/mo

2. 2
   ClickUp

   All-in-one work.

   From $7/user/mo

3. 3
   Linear

   Best for product teams.

   From $8/user/mo

4. 4
   Monday.com

   Visual workflow.

   From $9/user/mo

5. 5
   Asana

   Work management for teams.

   From $10/user/mo

6. 6
   Aha!

   Roadmaps and product strategy.

   Pricing not verified

7. 7
   Basecamp

   Projects, messages and to-dos in one place.

   Pricing not verified

8. 8
   Plane

   Open-source project management.

   Free tier available

9. 9
   Productboard

   Product management and roadmapping.

   Pricing not verified

10. 10
    Shortcut

    Issue tracking built for software teams.

    Free tier available

11. 11
    Smartsheet

    Spreadsheet-style work and project management.

    Pricing not verified

12. 12
    Teamwork

    Client work and project management.

    Free tier available

13. 13
    Wrike

    Work management for larger teams.

    Free tier available

14. 14
    YouTrack

    Issue tracker and agile boards from JetBrains.

    Free tier available