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Mattermost vs Toggl Plan

Mattermost logo

Mattermost

Communication & Collaboration

Channel-centric collaboration for secure workflows

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Toggl Plan logo

Toggl Plan

Project Management

Beautiful team planning and project timelines

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Toggl Plan has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Mattermost no prices are published for any of the three paid tiers (Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise Advanced); all require contacting sales; Toggl Plan limited day-to-day task management features compared to full-featured alternatives

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Mattermost and Toggl Plan actually diverge.

Attributes where Mattermost and Toggl Plan differ
AttributeMattermostToggl Plan
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquoteUnknown
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryCommunication & CollaborationProject Management
FoundedUnknown2006

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 Mattermost

Nothing recorded that Toggl Plan does not also cover.

Only in Toggl Plan

  • Timeline planning
  • Team availability
  • Milestones
  • Drag-and-drop
  • Workload management
  • Google Calendar
  • Slack
  • GitHub

What people use each for

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

Mattermost

No use cases recorded yet. See the Mattermost review.

Toggl Plan

  • Schedulingnot Mattermost
  • Appointment bookingnot Mattermost
  • Time trackingnot Mattermost
  • Resource managementnot Mattermost
  • Team coordinationnot Mattermost

Where each one falls short

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

Mattermost

  • No prices are published for any of the three paid tiers (Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise Advanced); all require contacting sales
  • Professional is capped at a maximum of 250 users, forcing a move to Enterprise for larger teams
  • Licenses are sold only as prepaid annual subscriptions, and organizations that exceed their licensed seat count must purchase additional seats on a prorated quarterly basis

Toggl Plan

  • Limited day-to-day task management features compared to full-featured alternatives
  • Many teams run Toggl Plan alongside another tool for comprehensive project tracking
  • Starter plan limited to five users maximum

Pricing, plan by plan

Mattermost

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Mattermost review.

Toggl Plan

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Basic timeline view
  • Starter$10/month
    • Up to 5 users
    • Gantt charts
    • Integrations
  • Business$25/month
    • Unlimited users
    • Advanced features
    • Full integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Mattermost if

Nothing in the data separates Mattermost from Toggl Plan on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Mattermost review

Choose Toggl Plan if

  • You need timeline planning.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want team availability.
Toggl Plan review

Questions people ask

Is Mattermost or Toggl Plan better?
Neither clearly leads. Mattermost starts at On request and Toggl Plan at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Mattermost or Toggl Plan?
Toggl Plan has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Mattermost and Free for Toggl Plan.
Does Mattermost or Toggl Plan run on more platforms?
Mattermost runs on Web. Toggl Plan runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use Toggl Plan for free?
Yes. Toggl Plan has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Mattermost starts at On request.
What can Mattermost do that Toggl Plan cannot?
Toggl Plan covers Timeline planning, Team availability, Milestones, Drag-and-drop.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Toggl Plan: What are Toggl Plan's pricing tiers?

Toggl Plan has a free tier for individuals, Starter plan at $10 per user per month for up to five users, and Business plan at $25 per user per month with unlimited features.

Source
Toggl Plan: Does Toggl Plan include time tracking?

Toggl Plan integrates with Toggl Track for time tracking, allowing you to start timers directly from tasks, though time tracking is not natively built into Toggl Plan.

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Toggl Plan: What is Toggl Plan's main strength?

Toggl Plan excels at visual Gantt chart scheduling with drag-and-drop task management, timeline views, and workload visualization for teams.

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Toggl Plan: Can Toggl Plan handle day-to-day task management?

Toggl Plan has limited day-to-day task management compared to full project management suites, making teams often run it alongside other task management tools.

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