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Plane

Open-source project management and wiki with AI agents, on Plane's cloud or self-hosted, including air-gapped

Project managementFree plan · from $6/seat/mo

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What is Plane?

Plane is open-source project management with work items, cycles (sprints), modules, epics and initiatives, five layouts including Gantt, built-in pages and a wiki, and intake from forms and email. Plane AI answers questions across a workspace, and agents triage, assign and update work items using monthly AI credits per seat. It runs on Plane's cloud or self-hosted with Docker, Kubernetes or air-gapped, at the same per-seat prices. The free plan covers 12 users; Pro adds work item types, wiki, time tracking, dashboards and integrations; Business adds project templates, recurring work, workflows and intake email and forms.

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

Key features

  • Work items, cycles, modules, epics and initiatives
  • List, Board, Calendar, Gantt and Spreadsheet layouts with saved views
  • Built-in pages and a workspace wiki for documentation
  • Plane AI and agents that run on mentions, assignments, events and schedules, using monthly AI credits
  • Intake forms and email, recurring work items, and workflows with approvals on Business
  • Importers for Jira, Linear, Asana, ClickUp, Confluence and Notion
  • Integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Slack and Sentry
  • Open source under AGPL-3.0, self-hostable with Docker, Kubernetes or fully air-gapped

Limitations to know about

  • 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
  • Intake email and forms, project templates and workflow approvals need Business

Plane pricing

Plane is open source, and you can host it yourself without a licence fee. Pro and Business cost $6 and $13 per seat a month billed annually, or $8 and $15 billed monthly. Enterprise Grid is priced on request.

PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Up to 12 users, work items, cycles, modules, layouts, intake, pages
Pro$6/seat/mo billed yearly, or $8 billed monthly500 AI credits per seat/month, work item types, workspace wiki, time tracking, templates, dashboards, initiatives, teamspaces, integrations, unlimited users
Business$13/seat/mo billed yearly, or $15 billed monthly1,000 AI credits per seat/month, project templates, recurring work items, intake email and forms, nested pages, single workflow with approvals, customers, advanced dashboards
Enterprise GridQuote on requestFlexible AI credits, private and managed deployments, granular access control, multiple workflows and approvals, LDAP, audit logs, migration services

Free plan limits: Up to 12 users; projects and work items, cycles and modules, five layouts, intake, estimates and project pages; available on cloud or self-hosted

What a team pays: For a team of five on Pro: $30 a month billed annually ($360 a year), or $40 billed monthly.

Prices in US dollars as published on Plane's pricing page on 21 October 2026. Vendors change prices often; check theirs before you buy. Current prices

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Frequently asked questions

Is Plane free?

Plane is open source and can be self-hosted without a licence fee. Its hosted cloud plans start at $6/seat/mo billed annually.

How much does Plane cost?

Pro and Business cost $6 and $13 per seat a month billed annually, or $8 and $15 billed monthly. Enterprise Grid is priced on request. There is also a free plan. On Pro: $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. Prices as published on Plane's pricing page on 21 October 2026.

Can I self-host Plane?

Yes. Plane is open source and can be self-hosted with Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm or fully air-gapped. Paid features on a self-hosted instance are unlocked with a licence key, at the same per-seat prices as the cloud.

What is Plane used for?

Plane is open-source project management with work items, cycles (sprints), modules, epics and initiatives, five layouts including Gantt, built-in pages and a wiki, and intake from forms and email. People use it for teams moving off Jira that want an open-source or self-hosted option, software teams running sprints with docs next to the work and regulated organisations that need on-premises or air-gapped deployment.

What are the alternatives to Plane?

Tools that do a similar job include Jira, Linear, OpenProject, ClickUp and Asana. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.

Who makes Plane?

Plane is made by Plane Software, Inc.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from the pages below, read on the dates shown: Plane Software, Inc.'s own pages first, and a named public reference where they are silent.

  1. plane.so/pricing (plan prices (yearly and monthly toggle, cloud and self-hosted), user limits, AI credits per seat, plan features, trial, FAQ on self-hosting) read 21 October 2026
  2. plane.so/ (product description, Plane AI and agents, layouts, 50+ integrations, 14-day Business trial) read 21 October 2026
  3. plane.so/self-hosted (self-hosting: deployment methods, licence activation, air-gapped edition) read 21 October 2026
  4. plane.so/about (company: open-source debut in 2023) read 21 October 2026
  5. plane.so/legals/terms-and-conditions (company legal name (Plane Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation)) read 21 October 2026
  6. github.com/makeplane/plane (open-source repository and AGPL-3.0 licence) read 21 October 2026

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