Best Project Management Tools for Remote Teams in 2026
The top Project Management software for Remote Teams, ranked by our weighted criteria scores. Compare their features and listed pricing to make the best choice.
Quick Summary

Slack is a channel-based messaging platform from Salesforce, with Lists, canvases, huddles and Workflow Builder for team coordination and light task tracking.

Miro is a visual collaboration workspace with an infinite whiteboard, docs, tables, and Kanban boards, which teams use to plan projects, run workshops, and map workflows.

Lucidspark is a collaborative online whiteboard from Lucid Software. Teams use it to brainstorm, run workshops and plan visually, then turn ideas into tasks.
Top 30+ Project Management Tools
Use filters and sort to find the best match for your needs. Compare what every Project Management tool costs at 1 to 50 users.
- 1. Slack
Slack is a channel-based messaging platform from Salesforce, with Lists, canvases, huddles and Workflow Builder for team coordination and light task tracking.
- 2. Miro
Miro is a visual collaboration workspace with an infinite whiteboard, docs, tables, and Kanban boards, which teams use to plan projects, run workshops, and map workflows.
- 3. Lucidspark
Lucidspark is a collaborative online whiteboard from Lucid Software. Teams use it to brainstorm, run workshops and plan visually, then turn ideas into tasks.
- 4. Lark
Lark is ByteDance's all-in-one workplace suite. It combines chat, video meetings, docs, wikis and the Base database for project tracking and workflow automation.
- 5. Time Doctor
Time Doctor is a time tracking and workforce analytics tool for remote and distributed teams, with project and task time logging, screenshots and productivity reporting.
- 6. Hubstaff
Hubstaff is a time tracking and workforce management platform with activity monitoring, timesheets, scheduling, payroll and agile task boards for remote and field teams.
- 7. Notion
Connected workspace combining docs, wikis, relational databases and AI agents that teams use for knowledge management and lightweight project tracking.
- 8. Mural
Mural is a visual collaboration whiteboard for teams that run workshops, brainstorms, agile planning and retrospectives, with facilitation tools and enterprise security controls.
- 9. Bitrix24
All-in-one workspace that combines tasks and projects, CRM, chat and video calls, documents and HR tools, priced as a flat monthly fee per organization.
- 10. DeskTime
DeskTime is an automatic time tracking and productivity monitoring tool for office, remote and hybrid teams, with project time costing and shift scheduling.
- 11. FigJam
FigJam is Figma's online whiteboard for team brainstorming, diagramming, workshops and lightweight project planning, sold through Figma seats.
- 12. Chanty
Chanty is a low-cost team chat app with built-in task management and Kanban boards, aimed at small and mid-sized teams.
- 13. Basecamp
Basecamp is a project management and team communication app from 37signals, with flat monthly pricing aimed at small teams, agencies and freelancers working with clients.
- 14. Rock
Rock is a team workspace that combines chat, tasks, notes, files and meetings in per-project spaces, with flat pricing for small teams, agencies and client work.
- 15. monday work management
A visual, board-based work management platform for planning projects, tracking tasks, and automating workflows, for teams from small businesses to enterprises.
- 16. Google Sheets
Google Sheets is a browser-based spreadsheet in Google Workspace that teams can edit together and often use to track simple projects and tasks.
- 17. ClickUp
ClickUp is a work management platform with tasks, docs, chat, automations, AI agents and a CRM layer for contacts, companies and deals, aimed at business teams.
- 18. Asana
Work management platform for teams to plan projects, assign tasks, automate workflows, and track goals and portfolios, with AI agents on paid plans.
- 19. GitHub
GitHub is a code hosting and collaboration platform that also offers issue tracking and GitHub Projects boards, tables and roadmaps for software teams.
- 20. Clockify
Clockify is a time tracking and timesheet tool from CAKE.com that helps freelancers and teams log hours, bill clients, and track project budgets.
- 21. Mattermost
Self-hostable, open-source team messaging and workflow platform with playbooks, kanban boards and AI agents, built for security-conscious and regulated organizations.
- 22. Nifty
Nifty is a project management workspace that puts tasks, milestones, docs, chat, time tracking and client portals together for small and mid-sized teams and agencies.
- 23. Toggl
Toggl is a time tracking and lightweight project planning platform for freelancers, agencies and small teams that bill by the hour or manage team capacity.
- 24. Todoist
Todoist is a task manager from Doist for individuals and small teams, with natural-language task capture, shared team projects, and cross-platform apps.
- 25. Hive
Project management platform with multiple project views, built-in chat and email, automations, time tracking and AI credits, aimed at small and mid-sized teams.
- 26. Toggl Track
Time tracking app for freelancers and teams that logs work hours against projects and clients, with billable rates, profitability reports and light project planning.
- 27. Stackfield
German all-in-one collaboration platform combining team chat, task and project management, video conferencing and documents with GDPR-focused, German-hosted data storage.
- 28. Workast
Workast is a task and project management app that runs inside Slack and Webex, built for teams that want to assign and track work without leaving chat.
- 29. Wimi
French-hosted collaboration suite that combines project tasks, Gantt and Kanban views, chat, video, a shared drive and calendars for SMEs and public bodies.
- 30. Nuclino
Nuclino is a lightweight team workspace that combines wiki documents, boards, tables and canvases. Small teams use it to share knowledge and manage simple projects.
How We Evaluated These Tools
We rate each Project Management tool on the criteria below and rank by the weighted average of those ratings. Each criterion's share of the overall score is shown next to it.
- Cost16.7%
- Customization16.7%
- Ease of Use16.7%
- Integration16.7%
- Analytics8.3%
- Scalability8.3%
- Security8.3%
- Support8.3%
Frequently Asked Questions
Slack ranks first in this guide with a score of 7.1/10 on our Project Management criteria, ahead of Miro. Its highest-rated criterion is Integration, at 10/10.
Miro is free for 10 users on its Free plan, the lowest cost among the top-ranked tools in this guide that list prices in USD.
Slack, Miro and Lucidspark are the highest-ranked tools in this guide with a free plan, out of 20+ tools here that have one.
We list Project Management tools that we rate at least 5/10 for remote teams, ranked by that fit score. Tools with the same fit are ranked by the weighted average of our criteria scores, led by Cost, Customization and Ease of Use.



