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

Atlassian's work and issue-tracking platform for planning, tracking, and shipping projects, with scrum and kanban boards built mainly for software and technical teams.

JetBrains' issue tracker and project management tool for software and business teams, with agile boards, Gantt charts, a knowledge base, and a helpdesk.

A visual, board-based work management platform for planning projects, tracking tasks, and automating workflows, for teams from small businesses to enterprises.
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. Jira
Atlassian's work and issue-tracking platform for planning, tracking, and shipping projects, with scrum and kanban boards built mainly for software and technical teams.
- 2. 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.
- 3. SmartSuite
SmartSuite is a no-code work management platform that teams use to build project, process and operations solutions with views, automations and AI agents.
- 4. YouTrack
JetBrains' issue tracker and project management tool for software and business teams, with agile boards, Gantt charts, a knowledge base, and a helpdesk.
- 5. Zoho Projects
Cloud project management software with tasks, Gantt charts, timesheets, issue tracking and automation, built for small and mid-sized teams using the Zoho suite.
- 6. Azure DevOps
Microsoft's cloud suite for software teams, combining Azure Boards agile planning with Git repos, CI/CD pipelines, test plans, artifacts and wikis.
- 7. 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.
- 8. Everhour
Everhour is a time tracking tool for teams and agencies that adds timers, budgets, resource planning and invoicing to existing project management apps.
- 9. Notion
Connected workspace combining docs, wikis, relational databases and AI agents that teams use for knowledge management and lightweight project tracking.
- 10. Slack
Slack is a channel-based messaging platform from Salesforce, with Lists, canvases, huddles and Workflow Builder for team coordination and light task tracking.
- 11. GoodDay
GoodDay is a cloud work management platform that combines projects, tasks, time tracking, Gantt planning and analytics for teams from small businesses to enterprises.
- 12. 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.
- 13. Mural
Mural is a visual collaboration whiteboard for teams that run workshops, brainstorms, agile planning and retrospectives, with facilitation tools and enterprise security controls.
- 14. OnePlan
OnePlan is a strategic portfolio and work management platform built on the Microsoft cloud for PMOs and enterprises that manage projects, resources, and budgets.
- 15. Trello
Atlassian's Kanban-board work management app, where teams of all sizes organize tasks as cards on boards, with extra views and automation on paid plans.
- 16. Asana
Work management platform for teams to plan projects, assign tasks, automate workflows, and track goals and portfolios, with AI agents on paid plans.
- 17. Baserow
Open-source no-code database and application builder that teams use to manage projects, data, and workflows, available in the cloud or self-hosted.
- 18. GitHub
GitHub is a code hosting and collaboration platform that also offers issue tracking and GitHub Projects boards, tables and roadmaps for software teams.
- 19. Kanban Zone
Kanban Zone is a web-based Kanban platform that lets teams and organizations design flexible boards, manage flow with WIP limits and metrics, and use AI agents.
- 20. 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.
- 21. Businessmap
Businessmap, formerly Kanbanize, is a Kanban-based platform that connects strategy, OKRs, portfolio planning and team workflows for mid-size and enterprise organisations.
- 22. Coda
Coda, now sold as Superhuman Docs, is a doc-plus-database workspace where teams build project trackers, wikis and internal tools with tables, formulas and automations.
- 23. DeskTime
DeskTime is an automatic time tracking and productivity monitoring tool for office, remote and hybrid teams, with project time costing and shift scheduling.
- 24. Fibery
Fibery is a configurable work and knowledge management platform where startups and product teams build linked databases, docs, whiteboards, and project views.
- 25. FigJam
FigJam is Figma's online whiteboard for team brainstorming, diagramming, workshops and lightweight project planning, sold through Figma seats.
- 26. GitLab
GitLab is a DevSecOps platform that combines source code, CI/CD, security, and agile planning with issues, boards, and epics for software teams.
- 27. Grist
Grist is an open-source relational spreadsheet-database with Python formulas, available as a cloud service or self-hosted, for teams building custom trackers and lightweight apps.
- 28. Klient PSA
Klient PSA is a professional services automation app built natively on Salesforce. It covers projects, resources, time, billing and revenue recognition for services firms.
- 29. Linear
Linear is an issue tracking and project planning tool built for software product and engineering teams, with cycles, roadmaps, triage and AI agents.
- 30. 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.
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
Project management tools help teams plan work, assign tasks, track progress and deadlines, and keep project information in one place.
Consider how your team prefers to work, such as boards, lists, or timelines, along with team size, reporting needs, integrations, and per-user cost.
They make ownership and deadlines visible, reduce status meetings, and help managers spot delays and workload problems early.

