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LiquidPlanner vs OpsLevel

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LiquidPlanner

Project Management

Predictive project management

From
On request
Free plan
No
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OpsLevel

Developer Tools

Internal developer portal that scores service ownership and production readiness

From
On request
Free plan
No
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The short version

  • LiquidPlanner is a predictive project management solution.
  • LiquidPlanner starts at $15/mo; OpsLevel prices on request.
  • Only LiquidPlanner lists predictive scheduling; only OpsLevel lists service catalogue.
  • Where LiquidPlanner falls short: rebranded to Tempo Portfolio Manager; the pricing page shows no published figures, only an early access sign-up.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which LiquidPlanner and OpsLevel actually diverge.

Attributes where LiquidPlanner and OpsLevel differ
AttributeLiquidPlannerOpsLevel
Pricing modelSubscriptionQuote
CategoryProject ManagementDeveloper Tools

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web).

Not yet recorded: founded for OpsLevel.

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 LiquidPlanner

  • Predictive scheduling
  • Resource management
  • Time tracking
  • Analytics
  • Workload management
  • Jira
  • Salesforce
  • Slack

Only in OpsLevel

  • Service catalogue
  • Scorecards and rubric
  • Checks
  • Campaigns
  • Self-service actions
  • Slack and Teams integration
  • Catalogue auto-enrichment
  • Deployment on request

What people use each for

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

LiquidPlanner

  • Productivitynot OpsLevel
  • Collaborationnot OpsLevel
  • Task managementnot OpsLevel
  • Organizationnot OpsLevel

OpsLevel

  • A platform team that needs to prove every production service has a named owner and an on-call rota before an auditnot LiquidPlanner
  • Driving a fleet-wide migration such as a runtime upgrade across 400 services with a deadline and visible progressnot LiquidPlanner
  • Giving developers a paved road to create a new service from a template without waiting on the platform teamnot LiquidPlanner
  • An organisation where an incident took an hour to route because nobody could identify the owning teamnot LiquidPlanner

Where each one falls short

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

LiquidPlanner

  • Rebranded to Tempo Portfolio Manager; the pricing page shows no published figures, only an early access sign-up

OpsLevel

  • OpsLevel does not publish prices at all, not even a starting figure, so you cannot size a budget or compare against Backstage's zero licence cost without entering a sales cycle
  • The Standard plan caps at 50 users, which is below the size at which service ownership becomes a real problem, so most genuine buyers land on Enterprise and its unpublished pricing
  • Scores are only as honest as the metadata teams maintain; where ownership records go stale the rubric produces confident numbers about a catalogue that no longer reflects reality, and leadership acts on them
  • It reports on quality rather than producing it, so it can generate friction between platform teams who set the rubric and product teams who see it as a scoreboard imposed on them without extra headcount to fix the findings
  • As a hosted product it needs read access to source control, cloud accounts and observability tooling, which is a meaningful vendor review in regulated environments; on-premises exists but only on the Enterprise tier

Pricing, plan by plan

LiquidPlanner

On request
  • Essentials$15/mo
    • Project management
    • Basic scheduling
  • Professional$25/mo
    • Predictive scheduling
    • Resource management
    • Analytics

OpsLevel

On request
  • StandardOn request
    • Up to 50 users
    • Unlimited catalogued components
    • Scorecards, campaigns and the global rubric
  • EnterpriseOn request
    • Unlimited users
    • Custom integrations
    • Customisable dashboards

Which should you pick?

Choose LiquidPlanner if

  • You need predictive scheduling.
  • You also want resource management.
LiquidPlanner review

Choose OpsLevel if

  • You need service catalogue.
  • You also want scorecards and rubric.
OpsLevel review

Questions people ask

Is LiquidPlanner or OpsLevel better?
Neither clearly leads. LiquidPlanner starts at On request and OpsLevel at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, LiquidPlanner or OpsLevel?
LiquidPlanner starts at On request and OpsLevel at On request.
Does LiquidPlanner or OpsLevel run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is LiquidPlanner best used for?
LiquidPlanner is most often used for productivity, collaboration, task management, organization. Of those, productivity and collaboration are not what OpsLevel is typically brought in for.
What can LiquidPlanner do that OpsLevel cannot?
LiquidPlanner covers Predictive scheduling, Resource management, Time tracking, Analytics. OpsLevel covers Service catalogue, Scorecards and rubric, Checks, Campaigns.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

LiquidPlanner: How is Tempo timesheets pricing calculated for my organization?

Pricing is per-user per month and scales based on organization size. For 1-10 users: $1.00/user; 11-100 users: $5.21/user; 101-250 users: $3.66/user; scaling down to $0.25-$0.39/user for organizations with 5,000+ users.

Source
OpsLevel: How much does OpsLevel cost?

It does not publish pricing. Billing is per developer using the portal, with volume discounts, and a quote requires a sales conversation.

LiquidPlanner: What license matching requirement exists for Tempo?

Your Tempo license size must match your Jira license size, with a user defined as anyone who can log into Jira.

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OpsLevel: How does it compare with Backstage?

Backstage has no licence fee but you staff a team to build and run it. OpsLevel is hosted with checks, campaigns and scorecards out of the box, and you pay per developer instead.

LiquidPlanner: Is there a free trial for Tempo timesheets?

Yes, Tempo offers a free trial available through the Atlassian Marketplace.

Source
OpsLevel: Does it require writing catalogue YAML by hand?

No. It auto-discovers and enriches entries from connected systems, though teams still curate ownership and metadata.

LiquidPlanner: What deployment options are available for Tempo?

Both Cloud and Data Center deployment options are offered, with annual billing available.

Source
OpsLevel: Can it run on premises?

Yes, but only on the Enterprise plan.

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