The Top 10 Free and Open Source Project Management Software For Your Small Business

1. TheTop 10 Free and Open Source
Project Management Software
ForYour Small Business

2. 10. Harvest
• Great for resource-based
project management and
reporting
• Free version allows 1 user, 4
clients, 2 projects
• Pricing scales up to $12/mo
for unlimited clients and
projects

3. 10. Harvest
• Free version is more like a
trial- timesheet approval and
multiple users come only
with the paid version
• Mobile apps don’t fully
integrate with desktop
version
• Has tons of integrations,
including Atlassian Jira,
Google Drive, Zendesk,
Quickbooks, and more
• Great analytics system
replaces traditional
spreadsheets
Pros Cons

4. 9. Zoho Projects
• As many users as you’d like
• Only limitation on free
version is storage (up to 10
MB)

5. 9. Zoho Projects
Pros Cons
• Tons of features, very
intuitive layout
• Allows users to set options
for Gantt charts
• 50 pre-made report
templates
• Free users are limited to 10
MB storage, while paid
version can be 5-30 MB
depending on the plan

6. 8. Bitrix24
• Free for up to 12 users
• Option to upgrade to more
for $99/mo
• Rivals BaseCamp, the current
go-to for most PMs

7. 8. Bitrix24
Pros Cons
• Users can choose whether to
host in the cloud or self-host
on the company’s server
• Has real-time chat features
• Free cloud storage for easy
document sharing
• New Employee Workload
Planning tool
• Small businesses may find the
free version unworkable
because of the limit on user
profiles, and the $99/mo
option could be too
expensive for some

8. 7. Trello
• Uses the Kanban system to
visually represent a project’s
progress
• Offers unlimited users and
projects, but only 10 MB of
storage
• Upgrade to Trello Gold when
you get a new user on board
and gain 250 MB for a year

9. 7. Trello
Pros Cons
• Extremely intuitive
• Backs of can be filled with
information about tasks
• Calendar function allows
users to collaborate on their
projects transparently
• No good way to look at a
project with high detail
• Cannot see task lists broken
down by user or due date

10. 6. 2-Plan Project Management Software
• Has three symbiotic, free
programs:
• 2-Plan Desktop (project
management)
• 2-Plan Team (web-based
project management with
multiple hosting options)
• Work 2-gether (Scrum-based
task management board for
one-team projects)

11. 6. 2-Plan Project Management Software
Pros Cons
• Full-featured- managers can
create animated graphical
WBS, implement top-down
and bottom-up planning, and
build project control systems
• Uses Kanban system but can
expand into larger workchart
• Abundance of features can
get overwhelming for teams
that are strapped for time
• Free option can be limiting-
only two taskboards for Work
2-gether and only three team
members

12. 5. Asana
• One of the most popular
project management apps
available
• Free for up to 15 users

13. 5. Asana
Pros Cons
• Allows users to visualize
goals, track time, assign
priority to tasks, and get
updates on projects in the
program
• Added an Android app,
conversations, and
dashboards
• Does not allow offline
use
• Reviewers find that
“sometimes it is not
intuitive enough to find
something”

14. 4. MeisterTask
• Unlimited users and projects
• Native apps for iPhone and
iPad
• Two integrations for free
users

15. 4. MeisterTask
Pros Cons
• Offers time tracking, issue
tracking, and user
collaboration
• No storage limit
• Works well with various agile
methodologies
• Still working on several
features:
• Gantt Charts
• CCPM
• Integration with Toggl

16. 3. GanttProject
• Heavy-hitter in terms of both
features and capacity
• Generates Gantt and PERT
charts, produces reports in
HTML and PDF formats, offers
scheduling and time
management tools

17. 3. GanttProject
Pros Cons
• No limit to what you can do
• Offers task assignment and
milestone implementation
• Open-source software allows
project managers to identify
workflow problem areas so
companies can set goals for
improvement
• Not recommended for
companies unfamiliar with
project management
software
• Support largely takes place
on forums

18. 2. Orange Scrum
• Best locally-hosted, free
project management
software for IT teams
• On-premise version is $0,
cloud version starts at $9/mo

19. 2. Orange Scrum
Pros Cons
• Completely customizable
• Great for those with tech
experience
• Serious coding knowledge is
needed to make the most of
this tool
• Not for beginners

20. 1. Freedcamp
• Unlimited users and projects
• Beautiful design
• Kanban or tasks
• 200 MB of storage, can be
upgraded to 1 GB for
$2.49/mo

21. 1. Freedcamp
• Scalable- add-ons are very
cheap
• Administrators can limit user
permissions down to the
client level
• Great collaboration features

22. 1. Freedcamp
Pros Cons
• Scalable- add-ons are very
cheap
• Administrators can limit user
permissions down to the
client level
• Great collaboration features
• Reviewers claim there is a small
learning curve on site
navigation
• No mobile app (though the
company is planning to release
one for iOS soon)
• No Gantt charts, task
dependencies, recurrence, or
subtasks

23. Originally written by Rachel Burger,
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