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Plane vs Wrike

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 21 October 2026.

Compared on
Plane

Free plan · from $6/seat/mo

Wrike

Free plan · from $10/user/mo

What it isOpen-source project management and wiki with AI agents, on Plane's cloud or self-hosted, including air-gappedWork management with request forms, proofing and AI agents, billed annually per user from $10
Free planUp to 12 users; projects and work items, cycles and modules, five layouts, intake, estimates and project pages; available on cloud or self-hostedFree plan: project and task management, board and table views, web, desktop and mobile apps, 2 GB storage per account; no automations, dashboards or Gantt chart
Cheapest paid plan$6/seat/mo billed annually (Pro)Plane pricing$10/user/mo billed annually (Team)Wrike pricing
What it covers$6 per seat a month billed yearly or $8 billed monthly, on cloud or self-hosted. Includes 500 AI credits per seat a month (reset monthly, no rollover) and 5 guests per paid member.$10 per user a month, billed annually. For 2 to 15 users. Includes AI Essentials, dashboards, Gantt charts, 2 GB storage per user and 50 automation actions per seat a month. Seats are sold in groups of 5 up to 30 seats.
Free trialTwo-week free trial of Pro or Business14-day free trial, no credit card required
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, AndroidWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)50+ tools, including Slack, GitHub and Figma400+ integrations
Open sourceYes, self-hostableNo
Good for
  • Teams moving off Jira that want an open-source or self-hosted option
  • Software teams running sprints with docs next to the work
  • Regulated organisations that need on-premises or air-gapped deployment
  • Marketing and creative teams running request intake, proofing and approvals
  • PMOs managing portfolios, resources and budgets
  • Larger organisations that want AI agents inside governed workflows
Watch out for
  • The free plan is limited to 12 users
  • Paid features on a self-hosted instance need a licence key bought from Plane's Prime portal
  • AI credits are per seat, reset monthly and do not roll over
  • Team is limited to 2 to 15 users and Business to 5 to 200 users
  • Prices are billed annually, and Business and above are only sold as annual subscriptions
  • The free plan has 2 GB of storage per account and no automations, dashboards or Gantt chart
Made byPlane Software, Inc.Wrike, Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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