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Cortex vs GanttPRO

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Cortex

Developer Tools

Internal developer portal that scores service ownership and maturity rather than just cataloguing services

From
On request
Free plan
No
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GanttPRO

Project Management

Online Gantt chart software

From
$7/month
Free plan
No
Visit GanttPROFull review

The short version

  • GanttPRO starts at $7/mo; Cortex prices on request.
  • Only Cortex lists service catalogue; only GanttPRO lists gantt charts.
  • Where GanttPRO falls short: workload management, portfolios, reports and budget planning all require the Business plan at $17 per user per month.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cortex and GanttPRO actually diverge.

Attributes where Cortex and GanttPRO differ
AttributeCortexGanttPRO
Starting priceOn request$7/month
Pricing modelQuoteSubscription
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CategoryDeveloper ToolsProject Management

Identical on both: free tier (No).

Not yet recorded: founded for Cortex.

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Cortex

  • Service catalogue
  • Scorecards
  • Initiatives
  • Self-service templates
  • Query language
  • Eng intelligence
  • Integrations layer
  • On-call and ownership mapping

Only in GanttPRO

  • Gantt charts
  • Resource management
  • Time tracking
  • Dependencies
  • Export
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Google Drive

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Cortex

  • A platform team that needs to prove to leadership how far a Kubernetes or framework migration has actually progressed across hundreds of servicesnot GanttPRO
  • An organisation where ownership of production services is genuinely unknown after reorganisations or acquisitionsnot GanttPRO
  • Enforcing production readiness standards on new services at creation time rather than at incident reviewnot GanttPRO
  • Replacing a self-hosted Backstage that is consuming a full-time engineer or two just to stay upgradednot GanttPRO

GanttPRO

  • Building Gantt chart schedules with auto scheduling and dependenciesnot Cortex
  • Planning resources and budgets against a project timelinenot Cortex

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Cortex

  • Pricing is quote only, so a platform team cannot build a business case or compare against the true cost of self-hosted Backstage without entering a sales cycle first
  • The catalogue is only as accurate as the metadata you supply, so an organisation with inconsistent repository conventions spends its first quarter cleaning data before any scorecard means anything
  • Scorecards create political friction: publishing a per-team grade turns an engineering standard into a performance metric, and teams will game the rules rather than fix the underlying issue
  • It is closed source and hosted, so organisations with strict data residency or air-gap requirements have limited options compared with running Backstage themselves
  • Value scales with organisation size, so a company with fifty engineers and thirty services will find the catalogue tells them nothing they did not already know while still paying an enterprise contract

GanttPRO

  • Workload management, portfolios, reports and budget planning all require the Business plan at $17 per user per month
  • SAML SSO, custom roles and API access are Enterprise only at $25 per user per month
  • The Enterprise plan carries a 5 user minimum and requires an annual subscription
  • Custom fields and calendar view are excluded from the entry Core plan
  • Every published rate assumes annual billing, which the vendor prices 20% below monthly

Pricing, plan by plan

Cortex

On request
  • CortexOn request
    • Service catalogue and ownership mapping
    • Scorecards and initiatives
    • Self-service templates

GanttPRO

$7/month
  • Core$7/mo
    • Annual billing (20% discount vs monthly)
    • Gantt charts, project calendar, auto scheduling
    • Unlimited virtual resources
  • Advanced$10/mo
    • Annual billing
    • Overdue tasks, custom fields and filters
    • Calendar exceptions, custom project templates
  • Business$17/mo
    • Annual billing
    • Workload management, portfolios and reports
    • Budget planning, time tracking
  • Enterprise$25/mo
    • Annual billing (normally $35, 20% discount applied)
    • Minimum 5 users required
    • SAML SSO, custom roles and rights

Which should you pick?

Choose Cortex if

  • You need service catalogue.
  • You work on Web, API.
  • You also want scorecards.
Cortex review

Choose GanttPRO if

  • You need gantt charts.
  • You also want resource management.
GanttPRO review

Questions people ask

Is Cortex or GanttPRO better?
Neither clearly leads. Cortex starts at On request and GanttPRO at $7/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cortex or GanttPRO?
Cortex starts at On request and GanttPRO at $7/month.
Does Cortex or GanttPRO run on more platforms?
Cortex runs on Web, API. GanttPRO runs on Web.
What is Cortex best used for?
Cortex is most often used for a platform team that needs to prove to leadership how far a kubernetes or framework migration has actually progressed across hundreds of services, an organisation where ownership of production services is genuinely unknown after reorganisations or acquisitions, enforcing production readiness standards on new services at creation time rather than at incident review, replacing a self-hosted backstage that is consuming a full-time engineer or two just to stay upgraded. Of those, a platform team that needs to prove to leadership how far a kubernetes or framework migration has actually progressed across hundreds of services and an organisation where ownership of production services is genuinely unknown after reorganisations or acquisitions are not what GanttPRO is typically brought in for.
What can Cortex do that GanttPRO cannot?
Cortex covers Service catalogue, Scorecards, Initiatives, Self-service templates. GanttPRO covers Gantt charts, Resource management, Time tracking, Dependencies.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Cortex: How is Cortex different from Backstage?

Backstage is an open source framework you build and staff. Cortex is a hosted product with scorecards and initiatives out of the box and no platform team required to keep it running.

GanttPRO: What is GanttPRO's cheapest plan?

The Core plan starts at $7 per user per month with annual billing (20% discount vs monthly). It includes Gantt charts, project calendar, auto scheduling, and unlimited virtual resources.

Source
Cortex: Is pricing published?

No. Cortex requires a sales conversation and prepares a custom proposal.

GanttPRO: Does GanttPRO offer a free trial?

Yes, GanttPRO offers a 14-day free trial with full featured access and no credit card required. Large teams (20+ members) qualify for additional discounts, and nonprofits, students, and educators receive a 50% discount.

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Cortex: Can it self-host?

It is offered as a hosted product; on-premise arrangements are handled through sales rather than published.

GanttPRO: What is included in GanttPRO's Enterprise plan?

The Enterprise plan ($25/user/month annual billing; minimum 5 users) includes SAML SSO, custom roles and rights, product training, resource conversion, unlimited storage, and all features from lower tiers. Monthly billing for Enterprise costs $35/user/month (regularly, before discount).

Source
Cortex: What is the main adoption risk?

Bad or missing service metadata. The catalogue and every scorecard on top of it inherit whatever quality your repositories already have.

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