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Project & work management.

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Project & work management · 35 tools to explore

Professional services automation Category leader

Accelo

Contact sales 2–500 people

PSA for client work, resourcing and project profitability

Key features

  • Project and task delivery
  • Time and expense tracking
  • Billing and invoicing
  • Utilization reporting
  • Project profitability
  • Retainer and fixed-fee billing

Project management Category leader

Asana

Free plan· Free for 2 users; paid from $10.99/user/mo billed annually 1–500+ people

Work management for tracking tasks, projects and goals

Key features

  • Gantt / timeline
  • Task dependencies
  • Board (Kanban) view
  • Project templates
  • Workload view
  • Custom fields

OKR & goal tracking Category leader

Betterworks

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Goals, OKRs, feedback and performance in one platform

Key features

  • OKR hierarchy
  • Progress tracking

Project portfolio management Category leader

Celoxis

$10/user/mo 51–500+ people

Projects, resources, budgets and risks in one execution platform

Key features

  • Portfolio dashboards
  • Prioritization scoring
  • Financial tracking
  • Scenario modeling
  • Risk and issue register

Professional services automation Category leader

Certinia

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Salesforce-native PSA for services revenue and delivery

Key features

  • Project and task delivery

Project portfolio management Category leader

Clarity by Broadcom

Contact sales 500+ people

Enterprise strategic portfolio management linking strategy, funding and execution

Key features

  • Financial tracking
  • Scenario modeling

Project management Category leader

ClickUp

Free plan· $9/user/mo 1–500+ people

Project management, docs, chat and AI in one workspace

Key features

  • Gantt / timeline
  • Task dependencies
  • Board (Kanban) view
  • Project templates
  • Workload view
  • Custom fields

Time tracking Category leader

Clockify

Free plan· $3.99/seat/mo 1–500+ people

Time tracker and timesheet app with a free plan

Key features

  • Timer and manual entry
  • Timesheet approval
  • Billable rates
  • Invoicing from time

Task management Rising

Fizzy

Free 1–50 people

Free kanban for bugs, issues, ideas and small projects

Key features

  • Kanban boards

Resource management Category leader

Float

$7/scheduled person/mo 2–500 people

Resource scheduling and capacity planning for delivery teams

Key features

  • Resource scheduling
  • Capacity view
  • Skills matching
  • Leave-aware planning

Time tracking Category leader

Harvest

Free plan 1–500 people

Time tracking and invoicing in one app

Key features

  • Timesheet approval
  • Billable rates
  • Invoicing from time

Professional services automation Category leader

Kantata

Contact sales 51–500+ people

PSA platform for delivery, resourcing and financials

Key features

  • Project and task delivery
  • Project profitability

Project management

Linear

Free plan· Free (up to 250 issues); paid from $10/user/mo billed annually 1–500 people

Issue tracking and project planning for product and engineering teams

Key features

  • Gantt / timeline
  • Board (Kanban) view
  • Project templates

Resource management Rising

Mosaic

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Project and resource planning for architecture and engineering firms

Key features

  • Resource scheduling
  • Capacity view
  • Skills matching
  • Demand forecasting

Resource management Rising

Operating

$15/person/mo 2–500 people

AI-native PSA with skills-based resourcing for consulting firms

Key features

  • Resource scheduling
  • Capacity view
  • Skills matching
  • Demand forecasting
  • Leave-aware planning

OKR & goal tracking Category leader

Perdoo

Free plan· €6.40/user/mo 2–500+ people

OKR and KPI strategy execution software with check-ins and AI coaching

Key features

  • OKR hierarchy
  • Check-ins
  • KPI data integration

Project management

Plane

Free plan· $8/user/month (Pro) 1–500 people

Open-source project management for issues, cycles and modules

Key features

  • Gantt / timeline
  • Task dependencies
  • Board (Kanban) view
  • Project templates
  • Custom fields

Project portfolio management Category leader

Planview Portfolios

Contact sales 500+ people

Translate strategy into results

Key features

  • Portfolio dashboards
  • Financial tracking
  • Scenario modeling

Professional services automation Rising

Productive

Paid 2–500 people

Agency and consultancy PSA with budgets, resourcing and invoicing

Key features

  • Project and task delivery
  • Time and expense tracking
  • Billing and invoicing
  • Project profitability

Resource management Category leader

Resource Guru

$5/person/mo 2–500 people

Booking-based scheduling for people, equipment and rooms

Key features

  • Resource scheduling
  • Capacity view
  • Over-allocation alerts
  • Leave-aware planning

Resource management Category leader

Resource Management by Smartsheet

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Capacity planning and staffing inside Smartsheet

Key features

  • Resource scheduling
  • Capacity view
  • Skills matching
  • Demand forecasting

OKR & goal tracking Rising

Rhythms

Contact sales 51–500+ people

AI that tracks goals, gathers updates and prepares business reviews

Time tracking Rising

Rize

$9.99/mo 1–50 people

Automatic time tracking for client and project work

Key features

  • Project and task tagging

Professional services automation Rising

Rocketlane

$49/user/mo 2–500 people

PSA for customer onboarding and implementation teams

Key features

  • Project and task delivery
  • Utilization reporting
  • Project profitability

Resource management Category leader

Runn

$7/resource seat/mo 2–500 people

Capacity planning and forecasting for project teams

Key features

  • Resource scheduling
  • Capacity view
  • Skills matching
  • Demand forecasting

Task management Rising

Superlist

Free plan· $5/mo 1–50 people

Lists, tasks and notes in one app for individuals and teams

Key features

  • Shared task lists
  • Reminders
  • Recurring tasks
  • Natural-language entry

OKR & goal tracking Rising

Tability

$6/user/mo 2–500 people

Goal and OKR platform for teams of people and AI agents

Key features

  • Check-ins
  • Goal dashboards

Resource management Category leader

Teamdeck

$2/member/mo 2–500 people

Resource scheduling, time tracking and leave in one tool

Key features

  • Resource scheduling
  • Capacity view
  • Over-allocation alerts
  • Leave-aware planning

Task management Category leader

TickTick

Free plan· $49.99/year 1–50 people

To-do list and calendar with reminders, kanban and habit tracking

Key features

  • Kanban boards
  • Shared task lists
  • Reminders
  • Recurring tasks
  • Natural-language entry

Task management Category leader

Todoist

Free plan· $7/mo 1–500 people

To-do list and task manager for individuals and teams

Key features

  • Kanban boards
  • Shared task lists
  • Reminders
  • Recurring tasks
  • Natural-language entry

Time tracking Category leader

Toggl Track

Free plan· $9/user/mo 1–500+ people

Time tracking with timers, calendar capture and reports

Key features

  • Timer and manual entry
  • Timesheet approval
  • Billable rates

Task management Category leader

Trello

Free plan· $5/user/mo 1–500+ people

Visual boards and cards for organizing team work

Key features

  • Calendar sync

OKR & goal tracking Category leader

WorkBoard

Contact sales 500+ people

Enterprise strategy execution and OKR platform with AI agents

Key features

  • OKR hierarchy

Project management Category leader

Wrike

Free plan· $10/user/mo 51–500+ people

Enterprise work management platform for teams and AI

Key features

  • Gantt / timeline
  • Task dependencies
  • Board (Kanban) view
  • Project templates
  • Workload view

Project management Category leader

monday.com

Free plan· $9/seat/mo 2–500+ people

Work management platform with boards, timelines, automations and AI

Key features

  • Gantt / timeline
  • Task dependencies
  • Board (Kanban) view
  • Project templates
  • Custom fields

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