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Alternatives to Zoho Projects
22 project management tools sit alongside Zoho Projects in this directory. Below is what separates each from Zoho Projects on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 17
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Zoho Projects starts at
- Free
Why people look past Zoho Projects
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Zoho Projects has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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.
Project management & team collaboration software
- Publishes an entry price of $25/month, where Zoho Projects does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 5 tiers to Zoho Projects's 2.
Intelligent calendar management for teams
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Zoho Projects does not.
Smart scheduling for busy teams
- 4 tiers to Zoho Projects's 2.
Organize anything, together
- Publishes an entry price of $5/user/month, where Zoho Projects does not.
- 4 tiers to Zoho Projects's 2.
Unified platform for feature flags, A/B testing, and product analytics
- Publishes an entry price of $150/month, where Zoho Projects does not.
- 3 tiers to Zoho Projects's 2.
Open-source all-in-one project management and collaboration platform
- Publishes an entry price of $19.99/month, where Zoho Projects does not.
- 4 tiers to Zoho Projects's 2.
Every Zoho Projects 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoho Projects (this page) | Free | Freemium | 2 | |
| BasecampProject management & team collaboration software | Free, then $25/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Zoho Projects |
| ClockwiseIntelligent calendar management for teams | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Reclaim.aiSmart scheduling for busy teams | Free | - | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| TrelloOrganize anything, together | Free, then $5/user/month | - | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Statsig | Free, then $150/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Huly | Free, then $19.99/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Teamgantt | Free, then $24/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Zoho Projects |
| MeisterTask | Free, then $12.5/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Teamhood | Free, then €9/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Paymo | Free, then $5.9/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Pipefy | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Roadmunk | Free, then $19/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Taskade | Free, then $6/month | - | 3 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Freedcamp | Free, then $1.49/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Hive | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Podio | Free, then $11.2/per user/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Nifty | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Tempo Timesheets | $1/month | Subscription | 7 | vs Zoho Projects |
| Sunsama | $17/month | - | 2 | vs Zoho Projects |
| GanttPRO | $7/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Zoho Projects |
| LiquidPlanner | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Zoho Projects |
| ProofHub | $45/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Zoho Projects |
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 Zoho Projects badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (17)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Basecamp , Free, then $25/month
- Clockwise , Free
- Reclaim.ai , Free
- Trello , Free, then $5/user/month
- Statsig , Free, then $150/month
- Huly , Free, then $19.99/month
- Teamgantt , Free, then $24/month
- MeisterTask , Free, then $12.5/month
What you would be giving up
Zoho Projects is most often brought in for project planning, task tracking and time logging for teams, running projects alongside other zoho business applications. 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 Zoho Projects is broadly right and the question is cost, the Zoho Projects pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Project Management category lists everything the directory holds, and best project management tools ranks them.
Zoho Projects runs on web, ios, android. 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 Zoho Projects alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Zoho Projects?
- 22 other project management tools are listed in this directory, led by Basecamp, Clockwise, Reclaim.ai, Trello. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Zoho Projects?
- 17 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Basecamp, Clockwise, Reclaim.ai, Trello, Statsig.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Zoho Projects?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Zoho Projects has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Zoho Projects?
- Zoho Projects is most often brought in for project planning, task tracking and time logging for teams, running projects alongside other zoho business applications. 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 Zoho Projects?
- None of the project management 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 Zoho Projects alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Project Management, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Zoho Projects against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Zoho Projects 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 project management tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Project Management category, 22 tools beside Zoho Projects. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.