Project Management · head to head
GanttPRO vs Tana
The short version
- Only Tana has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: GanttPRO workload management, portfolios, reports and budget planning all require the Business plan at $17 per user per month; Tana the free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries
- They diverge on capability: GanttPRO covers Gantt charts, Tana covers Outliner interface.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which GanttPRO and Tana actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
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 GanttPRO
- Gantt charts
- Resource management
- Time tracking
- Dependencies
- Export
- Jira
- Slack
- Google Drive
Only in Tana
- Outliner interface
- Supertags
- Live queries
- AI integration
- Graph views
- Email capture
- API
- Zapier
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
GanttPRO
- Building Gantt chart schedules with auto scheduling and dependenciesnot Tana
- Planning resources and budgets against a project timelinenot Tana
Tana
- Structured note taking with a graph based supertag data modelnot GanttPRO
- Automatic meeting capture with AI transcripts and summariesnot GanttPRO
- Turning notes into queryable structured databasesnot GanttPRO
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
Tana
- The free plan hosts only 5 meetings a month with AI transcripts and summaries
- The free plan connects only 1 calendar and allows 50 AI queries
- Pro is $30 per user per month at standard price, with $20 shown as an early bird rate
- Max is $120 per user per month at standard price, with $80 shown as an early bird rate
- Integrations and full MCP require the Pro plan
- Dedicated support and onboarding, and unlimited agents, skills and types, require the Max plan
- The Business plan is custom priced, billed yearly and has no published rate
- The free trial runs 30 days
Pricing, plan by plan
GanttPRO
On request- Basic$7.99/month
- 1 project
- Gantt charts
- Dependencies
- Pro$12.99/month
- Unlimited projects
- Resource management
- Time tracking
Tana
Free- FreeFree
- Core features
- Supertags
- Searches
- Pro$10/month
- Advanced AI
- Priority support
- Extended history
Which should you pick?
Choose Tana if
- You need outliner interface.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Desktop.
- You also want supertags.
Questions people ask
- Is GanttPRO or Tana better?
- Neither clearly leads. GanttPRO starts at On request and Tana at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, GanttPRO or Tana?
- Tana has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for GanttPRO and Free for Tana.
- Does GanttPRO or Tana run on more platforms?
- GanttPRO runs on Web. Tana runs on Web, Desktop.
- Can I use Tana for free?
- Yes. Tana has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. GanttPRO starts at On request.
- What is GanttPRO best used for?
- GanttPRO is most often used for building gantt chart schedules with auto scheduling and dependencies, planning resources and budgets against a project timeline. Of those, building gantt chart schedules with auto scheduling and dependencies and planning resources and budgets against a project timeline are not what Tana is typically brought in for.
- What can GanttPRO do that Tana cannot?
- GanttPRO covers Gantt charts, Resource management, Time tracking, Dependencies. Tana covers Outliner interface, Supertags, Live queries, AI integration. Both handle Web support.
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