Project Management Software reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 505 Reddit reviews across 44 subreddits and 92 posts to rank the best Project Management Software brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/projectmanagement, r/ProductManagement, r/SaaS, r/marketing, r/agency. Top-rated brands include JIRA (3.1/5), Asana (4.0/5), Trello (4.2/5).

Stats

Reviews505

Subreddits44

Posts92

Brands84

Products25

Top communities

r/projectmanagement107 r/ProductManagement67 r/SaaS51 r/marketing36 r/agency25

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JIRA

3.1

(60)

"No real shortcomings in my experience."

"Jira or Azure DevOps would be a way to go."

"Jira or Azure Dev Ops are the the standard for dev teams basically globally."

"Jira is free for 10."

"I absolutely love JIRA , their support is lacking but mannnn the customization available is top notch."

"Honestly, Jira gets a of hate but I actually love it. It does just take some time to get things configured but once its set up its actually great for tracking releases and feature experiments"

"Jira is great, I use it with a team of 8, however the biggest issue is it looks dated."

"Notion is simple at first but it will drain your soul sooner. Just go with Jira and thank me later"

"Jira is as complicated as you need it to be. It can be super simple if you just use a team managed project and limit the screens and features to those you need."

"Jira is industry standard tool for a reason. Don’t over complicate things, just use Jira."

Asana

4.0

(44)

"Out of the project management tools you've listed, Asana is probably the best one."

"Asana is highly recommended."

"Excellent for team collaboration."

"We really like Asana. We've used it for years for projects large and small."

"Asana offers excellent features for team collaboration."

"It’s free for 15 users."

"Asana is capable of managing a master task board that delegates tasks to teammates."

"Asana has native Gantt schedules which I prefer."

"What you need is called Asana. There are tons of tools similar to Asana but I like its portfolio management feature."

"Asana"

Trello

4.2

(36)

"Trello. It’s the easiest to ramp up and use imo."

"I had been using trello for last 1 year and I can tell trello is good."

"Trello is great if you’re more visual. I’ve tried a lot of PM tools, but I keep coming back to Trello because it’s so simple to set up and use."

"Personally, I prefer using Trello, it's the most efficient one in all the project management tools I've ever tested."

"Trello integrates seamlessly with Google Workspace, enhancing productivity."

"Trello is a great project management tool for small teams."

"Trello. Microsoft copied the basic features of Trello to make MS Planner."

"Here are my few preffered Agile project management tools: * ProofHub * Jira * Trello * Asana * Microsoft Azure DevOps * VersionOne * Rally (Broadcom Rally) "

"We use Trello to manage all design projects and a team of 7 designers."

"I've used a few free versions and paid including Trello and Asana. I'd second the few folks in here and go with Trello for a 1-man, free tool."

Clickup

4.1

(37)

"Personally I feel Clickup is the best, it has everything you need, also much more that you don't."

"ClickUp."

"Its versatility and integrations make it super efficient."

"It’s super customizable and can integrate with other tools seamlessly."

"I personally think Click up is better."

"ClickUp is very effective."

"ClickUp is the most complete tool I've used over the years."

"ClickUp does everything we're looking for, including customer ticket submissions and native time tracking."

"We use ClickUp and it just keeps getting better. So much functionality and yet simple and almost infinitely configurable for client work, internal projects, operations, and business development."

"Check out: ClickUp.com, Height.app, UpBase.io, TickTick.com, GoodDay.work. All differ in approach, power and features. But imo these are the best todo/pjm apps available."

monday.com

4.3

(27)

"For architects, I’d recommend monday.com. It’s highly visual, which works well for timelines, deliverables, and coordination."

"It's super scalable for large and small type projects and has a bunch of automation built in."

"Google's potential acquisition of Monday.com could enhance its project management tools."

"I would recommend Monday.com."

"It's perfect for small and medium-sized teams. It's the most customizable tool on the market and also the most easy-on-the-eyes."

"It's perfect for your describing. It's the most customizable tool on the market and also the most easy-on-the-eyes."

"HUGE fan of Monday.com. It's unique with a steep learning curve but has robust online tools and videos."

"Monday.com sounds like it ticks all your boxes - progress tracking, internal notes, and user-friendly interface!"

"Monday.com provides a user-friendly interface and great pricing."

"Monday.com is an excellent project management tool."

Jira

3.8

(28)

"I highly recommend Jira Product Discovery for this. “Ideas” are the main object and you can move them across the full PDLC."

"We cut our costs by 60% and the product team greatly prefers the simplicity, direct Jira integration and user experience of JPD over Aha."

"Highly recommend pairing Jira Product Discovery with Jira."

"We just started using JPD and I am not an Atlassian stan previously and I’m very pleasantly surprised."

"Jira product discovery is amazing. We use it for everything from feedback collection to prioritisation and roadmapping."

"+1 for JPD, we use it for literally everything."

"Honestly, Jira Product Discovery has been an amazing tool that I picked up in the past 2 years."

"Try using Jira Product Discovery (JPD), it's great for capturing ideas, user-feedback etc and then mapping to JIRA software for the engineers to develop against."

"Basically, it's the same old Jira just oriented for discovery. Quite flexible so you can define your own fields, states, etc."

"We got rid of it because of its exorbitant price and switched to Product Discovery. This worked well for us because we use Jira and confluence for ticketing and documentation"

Atlassian

3.4

(30)

"I've found Jira to be a highly flexible, very useful tool. It goes far beyond software development."

"I've tried a lot of them but Jira was the most serious one."

"HUGE fan of Trello. It's unique with a steep learning curve but has robust online tools and videos."

"Jira is free for up to 10 users."

"I agree. I love Jira and Confluence."

"Jira is amazing at very specific things - in my firm we have over 40 Jira projects and a ton of automation and integrations with Figma/Miro and Confluence obviously"

"Highly customizable to fit the needs of just about any team"

"I love it because it's a awesomely customizable tool that works well for requirements and executing on a product."

"I like it, and I am glad my team finally has plans to move off our current system into it."

"If you focus on what’s important than jira can be great."

SmartSheet

4.0

(20)

"Smartsheet is by far the best PM software out there."

"I love Smartsheet! You can do your project plan, RAID logs, dashboards, etc."

"Smartsheet is fantastic with its Proofing feature, Adobe Integration, and possible add-on with the DAM."

"Smartsheet’s great for all the things you listed. Possibly too expensive depending on what your budget is, though. I love Smartsheet. It’s kind of like Excel on steroids."

"I use Smartsheet, one project at a time for me, but you can do reports across multiples. It's pretty accessible and inexpensive."

"I like smartsheet a lot because it has a lot of different views. Like you can have a Gantt chart, cards, etc."

"Smartsheet can do a lot of that."

"If it were up to me, it would be SmartSheet."

"Happiest with smartsheet."

"Great options for project portfolio management."

Notion

4.1

(17)

"I would go for notion. Unlimited databases, kanban views and a ton of options... It's fully customizable and easy to automate things on top of it. It's also free."

"I like Notion."

"It's the most flexible option I've found."

"We adopted Notion, and we were able to build an integrated backlog across the entire business."

"Notion or Trello could be great free options."

"Really enjoying Notion for design docs and task management."

"Notion can be very simple or very complex."

"Notion is pretty cool if you want something super flexible."

"Notion for collaborative work with the team."

"Easy to use, and they also have a free version."

#10

Monday

4.1

(15)

"Monday has been great for us and has really fantastic customer service."

"Best bet is something customizable like Monday."

"I suggest you check out monday. It's a great CRM that's highly scalable and flexible."

"[Monday.com] works really well for me, especially for work projects."

"Monday and click up are also very good option of course."

"Have you tried Monday.com?"

"Monday all the way"

"Does it for me"

"The ones I use and like are r/Mondaydotcom and r/ClickUp."

"I use r/mondaydotcom and r/ClickUp. They are helpful and they have free personal plans."

#11

Teamflect

4.2

(14)

"Our company is pretty happy with Teamflect"

"We use Teamflect inside Microsoft Teams, and it enhances our collaboration."

"You can try Teamflect."

"I'd recommend looking into Teamflect."

"I can recommend Teamflect"

"If you're using Microsoft tools I would highly recommend looking into Teamflect"

"Teamflect is integrated into Outlook and works pretty well"

"We're pretty happy with it."

"We've been pretty happy with it honestly."

"This one is designed with teams in mind like most other performance management tools maybe you can give it a go it's called Teamflect."

#12

BaseCamp

4.2

(11)

"Basecamp is my go to."

"Basecamp"

"I like Basecamp"

"Basecamp is an excellent project management tool that enhances team collaboration."

"Basecamp and taskworld work fantastic can’t go wrong with either."

"Basecamp, Asana or Teamwork.com - there’s a huge amount out there to fit all budgets."

"Basecamp is a solid project management tool."

"Basecamp is great for organizing files and communication."

"It is 100% customizable to your projects work flow."

"Trello, Asana, Monday, and Basecamp are the leading project management software and I've used them all but not in a legal setting."

#13

Wrike

3.8

(12)

"Wrike is great and very scalable"

"My team uses Wrike. 100% recommended."

"Wrike, Productive and Clickup seem decent."

"Wrike"

"Wrike and ProjectManager are solid options for general project management"

"Wrike’s been a simple option for me. It’s structured but still easy to use for smaller projects."

"Wrike is heavier but can be built out in a very advanced way."

"Wrike is a great project management software."

"Wrike can do most of this with some customisation."

"My team is a big fan of Wrike."

#14

Microsoft

4.0

(10)

"Teamflect has been a great tool for us since we needed something inside Microsoft Teams."

"If you use Microsoft already I'd highly recommend Teamflect."

"MS Project works well with other Microsoft software, enhancing its functionality."

"The Microsoft 365 stack is pretty good after some build out, offering most things you would need and they all work together."

"The planner app is included with a general Microsoft subscription and is perfect for running projects in a small business."

"Excel has several Gantt templates that could be the simplest option for project management."

"Worthwhile to check Project Online or Project from the Web from Microsoft. It needs a bit of customizing to start up with but the barrier to entry is rather low."

"I connected our planner to Power Bi (using Power Automate) to get visuals and metrics on plan performance."

"Microsoft Planner is pretty good and it’s typically included in your Office 365 subscription."

"MS Project was pretty good too, so Microsoft has pretty much killed it."

#15

Linear

4.1

(8)

"Take a look at Linear, I Love it"

"Try Linear, it's one of the best for the modern world of dev work (simplicity, and usefulness)"

"If the team's relatively small - say, under 2 dozen devs - then I'd go with Linear. Otherwise, Jira's probably the most robust and is more scalable to larger teams than Linear."

"Linear has Kanban boards for every view, and progress charts for initiatives, cycles and projects."

"Likes: the syntax search, linking issues, Kanban board, customization options, automations, tags, GitHub integration, Slack integration, ability to write in markdown"

"Linear.app is great for speed and simplicity, but it has some limitations like no Kanban board (only list and timeline views) and no Gantt chart for detailed project planning."

"Check these ...."

"Linear has a nice UI but some UX issues, like showing recent comments at the bottom."

#16

Todoist

4.6

(5)

"I've been using Todoist for the last 2 years to manage my projects."

"I have tried literally everything. Do yourself a favor and just use Todoist."

"Todoist could really work ! It even has some templates for content creation."

"I found the free version good for when I was doing work."

"Great for personal task management."

#17

Zoho Projects

4.2

(5)

"Have a look at Zoho Projects. Low cost, feature rich, easy to use."

"Zoho projects is pretty powerful. It meets our needs pretty well, as we needed something that uses a classic waterfall view, rather than a task board."

"Mmm Kanban View is standard within Zoho Projects. Look into Zoho One if you are willing to invest a small amount of $."

"Look at Zoho Projects - https://www.zoho.com/projects/zohoprojects-pricing.html"

"Zoho Projects is a reliable tool."

#18

Airtable

4.0

(5)

"The flexibility of airtable is just amazing."

"Airtable is very versatile."

"Airtable is worth a try. We pull data out of Jira to Airtable to compare against baselines, link risks, create reports etc."

"Airtable! It looks and feels a lot like a spreadsheet."

"Airtable is not good for task management and lacks Slack integration for comments."

#19

Abtrac

4.5

(4)

"Check out Abtrac. You can basically get a snapshot of where your projects are at, using the reports feature."

"Give Abtrac a try. Abtrac offers a seamless migration process and is highly regarded for its ease of use."

"Abtrac offers a dependable solution for time tracking, work scheduling, managing tasks, invoicing, or generating detailed reports."

"Give Abtrac.com a try. It is an all in one place project management software."

#20

Teamhood

4.5

(4)

"For an affordable tool while scaling your company, my choice would be Teamhood. Out of all the tools I tried, it was the only one offering a mix of Kanban and Gantt views."

"Teamhood combines the best features of Trello and MS Project, making it a versatile tool for project management."

"Teamhood can be a nice option as well. You can assign specific roles to the contractors that limit them to only managing their tasks."

"I'd recommend checking out Teamhood's guide."

#21

Youtrack

4.3

(4)

"We use YouTrack and love it. Up to 10 users for free"

"Youtrack is a good one"

"We use YouTrack for tasks / subtasks of the items you mentioned. ... it’s pretty decent."

"Right now, my shortlist is Asana, Trello, and YouTrack, but I’m still unsure which one fits best."

#22

Buildern

4.3

(4)

"Buildern. We never had any problems with it."

"Buildern, which offers project tracking, resource management, and scheduling in a budget-friendly package."

"You can switch to a more advanced and professional tool called Buildern."

"Buildern provides functionality comparable to Procore but with greater practicality and ongoing enhancements."

#23

OpenProject

4.0

3.3

(3)

"A combination of Microsoft Project or, even better, Primavera P6."

"One of the best management software out there is Microsoft Project."

"It's highly capable but really unintuitive, outdated, and difficult to use."

#34

KanbanFlow

5.0

(2)

"There's a free version of KanBanFlow that is surprisingly robust. I use it for both waterfall and agile project management techniques."

"It's free and can be used for both agile and waterfall project management styles."

#35

Taskade

5.0

(2)

"Taskade is an excellent tool for task management and collaboration."

#36

SmartSuite

5.0

(2)

"SmartSuite can literally handle a whole entire business and its various functions."

"SmartSuite can do this."

#37

2.5

4.0

(1)

"Check these ...."

#74

4.0

(1)

"Hello Ivy is great looking and simple to work with project management tool."

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