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ProofHub vs Steampipe

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ProofHub

Project Management

All-in-one project management and team collaboration

From
$45/month
Free plan
No
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Steampipe

Developer Tools

Query cloud APIs, SaaS tools and code with SQL, with no extract or load step

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
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The short version

  • ProofHub is an all-in-one project management and team collaboration software.
  • Steampipe has a free plan, then $49/mo; ProofHub starts at $45/mo.
  • Only ProofHub lists time tracking; only Steampipe lists SQL over live APIs.
  • Where ProofHub falls short: the Ultimate Control plan advertises $89 a month for the first 3 months and then charges $135, so the headline is an introductory rate.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ProofHub and Steampipe actually diverge.

Attributes where ProofHub and Steampipe differ
AttributeProofHubSteampipe
Starting price$45/monthFree
Pricing modelSubscriptionOpen source, with paid hosting through Turbot Pipes
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidmacOS, Linux, Windows, Self-hosted, Web
CategoryProject ManagementDeveloper Tools

Not yet recorded: founded for Steampipe.

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 ProofHub

  • Tasks
  • Discussions
  • Proofing
  • Time tracking
  • Gantt charts
  • Slack
  • Google Drive
  • Dropbox

Only in Steampipe

  • SQL over live APIs
  • Wide plugin set
  • Embedded Postgres
  • Compliance benchmarks
  • Joins across providers
  • Hosted option

What people use each for

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

ProofHub

  • Project management for teamsnot Steampipe
  • Resource planning and reportingnot Steampipe
  • Collaborative workflow managementnot Steampipe

Steampipe

  • Security teams answering posture questions against live cloud accounts rather than a nightly exportnot ProofHub
  • Compliance evidence gathering where the answer must reflect the account at the moment it is askednot ProofHub
  • Inventory and drift questions spanning several cloud providers in one querynot ProofHub
  • Engineers who would rather write SQL than learn each provider command line toolnot ProofHub

Where each one falls short

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

ProofHub

  • The Ultimate Control plan advertises $89 a month for the first 3 months and then charges $135, so the headline is an introductory rate
  • The Essential plan caps projects at 40 and storage at 15 GB
  • Storage is 100 GB even on the higher plan, which is low for a tool holding project files
  • There is no free tier, and the entry price is a flat $45 a month billed annually

Steampipe

  • AGPL-3.0 across all four engines is a procurement blocker at organisations that ban the licence outright, and the network clause reaches any internal portal or service that puts a web interface in front of it
  • Dashboards, benchmarks and mods were removed from Steampipe entirely at version 1.0 in October 2024 and now live in a separate product, so pre-2024 documentation and tutorials describe commands that no longer exist
  • Live querying is bound by cloud provider API rate limits and keeps no persistent store by default, which is why a separate DuckDB-backed product exists for log volumes and why large accounts return slowly
  • The company is fifteen people and bootstrapped, maintaining four command line tools plus a hosted service plus two further products, and the newer tools have thin community traction relative to that surface area
  • Hosted tiers include only three users regardless of tier, with additional Enterprise users charged separately, so a team of thirty costs an order of magnitude more than the headline figure before compute and storage are counted

Pricing, plan by plan

ProofHub

$45/month
  • Essential$45/mo
    • 40 projects
    • Unlimited users
    • 15GB storage
  • Ultimate Control$89/mo
    • Unlimited projects
    • Unlimited users
    • 100GB storage

Steampipe

Free
  • Steampipe CLIFree
    • AGPL-3.0
    • All plugins
    • No user or query limits
  • Pipes DeveloperFree
    • One user
    • 400 compute minutes
    • 3GB storage
  • Pipes Team$49/mo
    • Three users
    • 2,000 compute minutes
    • 20GB storage
  • Pipes Enterprise$249/mo
    • Three users
    • 10,000 compute minutes
    • 100GB storage

Which should you pick?

Choose ProofHub if

  • You need tasks.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want discussions.
ProofHub review

Choose Steampipe if

  • You need sql over live apis.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on macOS, Linux, Windows, Self-hosted, Web.
  • You also want wide plugin set.
Steampipe review

Questions people ask

Is ProofHub or Steampipe better?
Neither clearly leads. ProofHub starts at $45/month and Steampipe at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, ProofHub or Steampipe?
Steampipe has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $45/month for ProofHub and Free for Steampipe.
Does ProofHub or Steampipe run on more platforms?
ProofHub runs on Web, iOS, Android. Steampipe runs on macOS, Linux, Windows, Self-hosted, Web.
Can I use Steampipe for free?
Yes. Steampipe has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. ProofHub starts at $45/month.
What is ProofHub best used for?
ProofHub is most often used for project management for teams, resource planning and reporting, collaborative workflow management. Of those, project management for teams and resource planning and reporting are not what Steampipe is typically brought in for.
What can ProofHub do that Steampipe cannot?
ProofHub covers Tasks, Discussions, Proofing, Time tracking. Steampipe covers SQL over live APIs, Wide plugin set, Embedded Postgres, Compliance benchmarks.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

ProofHub: How much does ProofHub cost?

ProofHub offers two plans: Essential at $45/month (annual) or $50/month (monthly), and Ultimate Control at $89/month (first 3 months) or $135/month thereafter (annual billing).

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Steampipe: When did Steampipe become AGPL?

May 2021, about four months after the project went public. It is a settled licence rather than a recent change, and predates the Business Source Licence wave it is often confused with.

ProofHub: Are per-user fees required with ProofHub?

No. ProofHub includes unlimited users in both Essential and Ultimate Control plans. There are no per-user fees regardless of team size.

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Steampipe: Where did the dashboards and benchmarks go?

Into Powerpipe. They were deprecated in March 2024 and removed from Steampipe at version 1.0 in October 2024, so the check, dashboard, mod and variable commands are gone.

ProofHub: Does ProofHub offer a free trial?

Yes, ProofHub provides a 14-day free trial with no credit card required. You can explore all features before committing.

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Steampipe: Is it fast on a large cloud estate?

Not always. Queries call provider APIs at request time, so rate limits rather than query planning set the pace, and there is no persistent store by default.

ProofHub: Can I cancel ProofHub anytime?

Yes. ProofHub has no long-term contracts. You can cancel anytime and switch billing between annual and monthly plans.

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Steampipe: Does the AGPL affect internal use?

Running it internally for your own analysis is fine. Putting a web interface in front of it that other people use is where the network clause becomes a question for your legal team.

Steampipe: Is a bootstrapped vendor a risk?

It cuts both ways. There is no investor pressure toward a licence change or an exit, and there are also fifteen people supporting a large product surface.

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