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Best Project Management Software

Compare 10 products that meet the research threshold. Ranking uses category-specific buying scores and keeps fit conditions, limitations, and evidence confidence visible.

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Project Management Software

Filter by fit first, then compare cost, capability depth, and buying constraints. Rank is a starting point, not the decision.

#2

ClickUp

ClickUp is a work management platform for planning projects, coordinating tasks, tracking time and capacity, automating workflows, and reporting across teams.

81Category score
Pricing
  • Free plan available — see plan limits
  • Paid · Unlimited · $7 USD · per user · per month · Unlimited billed yearly · billed annually · Public annual-billing state
  • Paid · Unlimited · $10 USD · per user · per month · Unlimited billed monthly · billed monthly · Public monthly-billing state
  • Custom quote required for some paid plans
Strong fit for
  • Teams that want tasks, documents, communication, goals, portfolios, time tracking, and reporting in one workspace
  • Departments that need configurable views, workload planning, dashboards, and multi-step automation
Check before buying
  • Organizations that require native project cost accounting and independently verified project-profitability controls
  • Teams that need a narrowly scoped tool with little workspace design or governance configuration
#3

Teamwork.com

Teamwork.com is a project and professional-services management platform for delivering client work, planning resources, tracking time and budgets, and measuring profitability.

79Category score
Pricing
  • Free plan available — see plan limits
  • Paid · Basics · $9.99 USD · per user · per month · Basics annual subscription · annual upfront payment · one-year commitment · minimum 3 user · Annual subscription; minimum three users
  • Paid · Accelerate · $24.99 USD · per user · per month · Accelerate annual subscription · annual upfront payment · one-year commitment · minimum 5 user · Annual subscription; minimum five users
  • Custom quote required for some paid plans
Strong fit for
  • Agencies, consultancies, and professional-services teams
  • Client-delivery organizations tracking utilization and billable time
Check before buying
  • Teams needing only lightweight internal task management
  • Organizations that do not track client work, time, utilization, budgets, or profitability
#4

Wrike

Wrike is a work management platform for planning projects, coordinating resources, automating workflows, and reporting across teams and portfolios.

79Category score
Pricing
  • Free plan available — see plan limits
  • Paid · Team · $10 USD · per user · per month · Team displayed annual-billing rate · billed annually · New purchases on or after January 21, 2026
  • Paid · Business · $25 USD · per user · per month · Business displayed annual-billing rate · billed annually · New purchases on or after January 21, 2026
  • Custom quote required for some paid plans
Strong fit for
  • Mid-sized and enterprise cross-functional teams
  • PMOs coordinating projects, portfolios, capacity, and reporting
Check before buying
  • Very small teams that need only lightweight task management
  • Buyers requiring every advanced feature in a low-cost entry plan
#5

Asana

Asana is a work management platform for planning projects, coordinating tasks and workflows, managing portfolios and resources, and reporting on cross-functional execution.

78Category score
Pricing
  • Free plan available — see plan limits
  • Paid · Starter · $10.99 USD · per user · per month · Starter annual-billing rate · discounted · billed annually · Annual billing selection
  • Paid · Starter · $13.49 USD · per user · per month · Starter monthly-billing rate · billed monthly · Monthly billing selection
  • Custom quote required for some paid plans
Strong fit for
  • Cross-functional teams coordinating projects, recurring workflows, and goals
  • Program and portfolio leaders needing workload and progress visibility
Check before buying
  • Organizations that require an accounting or professional-services automation system
  • Small teams that require portfolios or capacity planning while remaining on the free plan
#6

Smartsheet

Smartsheet is a work management platform for planning projects, coordinating programs and portfolios, automating processes, managing resources, and reporting across organizations.

78Category score
Pricing
  • Paid · Pro · $9 USD · per member · per month · Pro US billed yearly · billed annually · minimum 1 member · New customers only; 1-10 members; public yearly-billing state
  • Paid · Pro · $12 USD · per member · per month · Pro US billed monthly · billed monthly · minimum 1 member · New customers only; 1-10 members; public monthly-billing state
  • Custom quote required for some paid plans
Strong fit for
  • Teams that prefer spreadsheet-style project planning with Gantt, board, timeline, forms, dashboards, and automation
  • Organizations coordinating programs and portfolios across multiple departments
Check before buying
  • Teams that want every portfolio, resource, connector, and governance capability in an inexpensive entry plan
  • Buyers that need a minimal task manager with little workspace, sheet, permission, and automation configuration
#7

monday work management

monday work management is a configurable work management product for planning projects, coordinating tasks and processes, allocating resources, managing portfolios, and reporting across teams.

77Category score
Pricing
  • Free plan available — see plan limits
  • Paid · Basic · $9 USD · per seat · per month · Basic annual-billing displayed rate · discounted · billed annually · minimum 3 seat · Annual billing selection; tax excluded and final price depends on billing country
  • Paid · Standard · $12 USD · per seat · per month · Standard annual-billing displayed rate · discounted · billed annually · minimum 3 seat · Annual billing selection; tax excluded and final price depends on billing country
  • Custom quote required for some paid plans
Strong fit for
  • Teams that want configurable boards, views, dashboards, and repeatable workflows
  • Project organizations that need Pro scheduling and time controls
Check before buying
  • Teams requiring advanced project controls on Free or Basic
  • Buyers that require public Enterprise pricing and terms before contacting sales
#8

Zoho Projects

Zoho Projects is online project management software for planning tasks and schedules, tracking time and budgets, managing resources, automating workflows, and collaborating with clients.

74Category score
Pricing
  • Free plan available — see plan limits
  • Some paid plan amounts are unverified — check official pricing
Strong fit for
  • Teams that need project planning, task dependencies, time tracking, budgets, reports, and client collaboration
  • Organizations prepared to use Enterprise for portfolio dashboards, cross-project workload, critical path, baselines, and granular permissions
Check before buying
  • Buyers seeking Zoho Sprints or the broader Zoho Projects Plus package rather than Zoho Projects
  • Teams expecting advanced portfolio and schedule governance in Free or Premium
#9

ProofHub

ProofHub is project management and team collaboration software for organizing tasks, schedules, time, files, discussions, proofing, reports, and client work.

68Category score
Pricing
  • Paid · Essential · $45 USD · per account · per month · Essential annual-billing monthly rate · discounted · billed annually · no commitment · minimum 1 account · Annual billing state; the page states no contract and cancel anytime.
  • Paid · Essential · $50 USD · per account · per month · Essential monthly-billing rate · billed monthly · no commitment · minimum 1 account · Monthly billing state; the page states no contract and cancel anytime.
Strong fit for
  • Teams that benefit from unlimited users under flat account pricing
  • Small and mid-sized teams managing projects and client work
Check before buying
  • Teams needing more than 40 projects while remaining on Essential
  • Essential-plan buyers requiring custom roles, workflows, project and resource reports, API access, or IP restrictions
#10

Basecamp

Basecamp is project management and team collaboration software that organizes tasks, schedules, discussions, files, reporting, and client work in shared projects.

64Category score
Pricing
  • Free plan available — see plan limits
  • Paid · Pro · $15 USD · per user · per month · Pro monthly per-user rate · billed monthly · no commitment · minimum 1 user · Employees and full users are billable; clients and temporary contractors are free
  • Paid · Pro Unlimited · $299 USD · per account · per month · Pro Unlimited annual billing · billed annually · no commitment · minimum 1 account · Current public organization-wide package; annual cancellation is prorated according to the pricing FAQ
Strong fit for
  • Small and midsize teams that want straightforward shared project work without heavy PPM administration
  • Agencies and service teams that need controlled client participation inside projects
Check before buying
  • Teams requiring native critical-path analysis, schedule baselines, or advanced schedule simulation
  • Organizations requiring skills-based capacity planning or enterprise portfolio governance

How this list is produced

How this list is produced

A product is included only when it is published, has a complete fact package, supported fit and non-fit conclusions, stored dimension rationales, and no blocking commercial conflict.

  1. Confirm that every product belongs to the same purchasable software category.
  2. Use official evidence for pricing, capabilities, limits, and commercial scope.
  3. Rank with the stored category dimensions and buyer-facing rationales.
  4. Keep unknowns and purchase checks visible; model output is not evidence by itself.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Is the highest-scoring product right for every buyer?

No. Scores use a shared Project Management Software framework, while the right choice still depends on team size, budget, ecosystem, security requirements, and required capabilities.

Does this list change when products change?

Pages change when newly verified research is published. Check each product’s evidence date; prices are not live.

Are these scores user ratings?

No. They are editorial buying scores built from structured facts and category dimensions. Third-party user ratings are shown separately with their sources.

This page compares published products in Project Management Software. Scores are editorial fit assessments for this buying category, not user ratings or a claim that one product is universally superior.

This is public-evidence buying research, not an account-based hands-on test. Interface quality, implementation effort, support response, and negotiated terms still require buyer verification.