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Alternatives to Wrike
19 marketing tools sit alongside Wrike in this directory. Below is what separates each from Wrike on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- 5
- Wrike starts at
- Free, then $10/month
Why people look past Wrike
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Wrike entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Wrike publishes 5 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Wrike pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
A platform built for a new way of working
- Starts $1 a month cheaper, at $9/month.
Manage your team's work, projects, & tasks online
- Starts $0.9900000000000002 a month dearer, at $10.99/month.
One app to replace them all
- Starts $3 a user/month (annual) cheaper, at $7/user/month (annual).
Keep projects organized and on track
- No free tier, where Wrike has one.
- 3 tiers to Wrike's 5.
The platform for dynamic work
- No free tier, where Wrike has one.
- Starts $1 a month cheaper, at $9/month.
- 2 tiers to Wrike's 5.
Build your audience organically on social media
- Starts $5 a month cheaper, at $5/month.
- 3 tiers to Wrike's 5.
Every Wrike alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrike (this page) | Free, then $10/month | - | 5 | |
| Monday.comProject management platform with visual boards and workflow automation | Free, then $9/month | - | - | vs Wrike |
| AsanaWork management platform with similar collaboration and automation features | Free, then $10.99/month | - | - | vs Wrike |
| ClickUpAll-in-one project management with customizable views and task management | Free, then $7/user/month (annual) | - | 5 | vs Wrike |
| Microsoft ProjectEnterprise project management integrated with Microsoft ecosystem | $10/month | - | 3 | vs Wrike |
| SmartsheetSpreadsheet-like project management with Gantt charts and automation | $9/month | - | 2 | vs Wrike |
| Buffer | Free, then $5/month | - | 3 | vs Wrike |
| Instapage | Free, then $99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Wrike |
| Leadpages | Free, then $10/month | Subscription | 6 | vs Wrike |
| Moz | Free, then $39/month | - | 2 | vs Wrike |
| Postmark | Free | Freemium | - | vs Wrike |
| Typeform | Free, then $28/month | - | - | vs Wrike |
| Unbounce | Free, then $29/month | Subscription | 6 | vs Wrike |
| Vimeo | Free, then $7/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Wrike |
| Ahrefs | $29/month | - | 5 | vs Wrike |
| Customer.io | On request | Subscription | - | vs Wrike |
| Hootsuite | $99/year | - | - | vs Wrike |
| Iterable | On request | Quote | - | vs Wrike |
| Mailgun | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Wrike |
| MoEngage | On request | Quote | - | vs Wrike |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Wrike badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Wrike (5)
Entry price under Wrike's $10/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Monday.com , Free, then $9/month
- ClickUp , Free, then $7/user/month (annual)
- Smartsheet , $9/month
- Buffer , Free, then $5/month
- Vimeo , Free, then $7/month
What you would be giving up
Wrike is most often brought in for marketing campaigns, creative projects, product development, professional services, event management. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Wrike is broadly right and the question is cost, the Wrike pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Marketing category lists everything the directory holds, and best marketing tools ranks them.
Wrike runs on web, ios, android, windows, macos, linux. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Wrike alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Wrike?
- 19 other marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by Monday.com, Asana, ClickUp, Microsoft Project. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Wrike?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Monday.com, Asana, ClickUp, Buffer, Instapage.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Wrike?
- Yes. 5 of the alternatives below start under Wrike's $10/month: Monday.com at Free, then $9/month, ClickUp at Free, then $7/user/month (annual), Smartsheet at $9/month, Buffer at Free, then $5/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Wrike?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Wrike?
- Wrike is most often brought in for marketing campaigns, creative projects, product development, professional services, event management. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Wrike?
- None of the marketing tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Wrike alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Marketing, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Wrike against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Wrike covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every marketing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Marketing category, 19 tools beside Wrike. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.