Smartsheet
Spreadsheet-style work management for projects, programs and processes
Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners completed their acquisition of Smartsheet on January 22, 2025, in a deal valued at about $8.4 billion; the company is now privately held and no longer listed on the NYSE.
What is Smartsheet?
Smartsheet is a work management platform that uses a spreadsheet-style grid, along with Gantt, board and calendar views, to plan and track projects, programs and processes. It includes forms, reports, dashboards, automations and conversational AI features. Pricing is per member, while contributors and viewers are free; larger organisations can add portfolio and resource management tools.
Good for
- Planning a project on a Gantt timeline shared with clients as contributors
- Collecting requests through forms into a tracked sheet
- Reporting on several projects in dashboards
Key features
- Gantt, table, board and calendar views
- Unlimited sheets, forms and reports
- Conversational AI features, including Smart Assist, Smart Columns and AI-powered dashboards
- Automations (250 per month on Pro, unlimited on Business)
- MCP-enabled integrations to connect external AI tools (Business)
- Add-ons such as Resource Management, Dynamic View, Data Shuttle and Brandfolder
Limitations to know about
- No free plan; a 30-day free trial only
- Pro is limited to 10 members and 250 automations per month
- SAML SSO, portfolios and scenario planning require Enterprise
Smartsheet pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | $12 per member/month billed monthly, or $9 billed yearly | 1-10 members, unlimited contributors, Gantt, table, board and calendar views, 250 automations per month |
| Business | $24 per member/month billed monthly, or $19 billed yearly | 3+ members, unlimited guests, timeline view, workload tracking, unlimited automations, 1 TB attachment storage |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | 10+ members, SAML SSO, portfolios, scenario planning, unlimited attachment storage |
| Advanced Work Management | Custom pricing | Control Center, Dynamic View, Data Shuttle, connectors, premium support |
Smartsheet alternatives
Airtable
Spreadsheet-style database for building team apps, with AI built in
ClickUp
Work management app combining tasks, docs, chat and AI in one workspace
Notion
Workspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects with built-in AI
Superhuman Docs
Docs that combine pages, tables, formulas and automations, now Superhuman Docs
Julius AI
AI workspace for analysing data and turning it into charts, reports and slides
Glide
Builds internal business apps from spreadsheets, prompts or files
Head to head: Smartsheet vs Airtable
Frequently asked questions
Is Smartsheet free?
No, Smartsheet does not have a free plan. It offers a 30-day free trial. Paid plans start at $9/user/mo billed annually.
How much does Smartsheet cost?
Smartsheet's cheapest paid plan, Pro, costs $12 a month billed monthly and $9 a month billed annually. 1 to 10 members with unlimited free contributors; 250 automations per month. There is also an enterprise plan priced on request. Prices as published on Smartsheet's pricing page on 23 September 2026.
What is Smartsheet used for?
Smartsheet is a work management platform that uses a spreadsheet-style grid, along with Gantt, board and calendar views, to plan and track projects, programs and processes. People use it for planning a project on a Gantt timeline shared with clients as contributors, collecting requests through forms into a tracked sheet and reporting on several projects in dashboards.
What are the alternatives to Smartsheet?
Tools that do a similar job include Airtable, ClickUp, Notion, Superhuman Docs and Julius AI. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.
Who makes Smartsheet?
Smartsheet is made by Smartsheet Inc., based in Bellevue, Washington, US. The company was founded in 2005. Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners completed their acquisition of Smartsheet on January 22, 2025, in a deal valued at about $8.4 billion; the company is now privately held and no longer listed on the NYSE.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Smartsheet Inc.'s own pages, read on the dates shown.
- smartsheet.com/pricing (prices (monthly and yearly toggle read in a browser), plan features and limits, add-ons, trial) read 23 September 2026
- smartsheet.com/content/smartsheet-faqs (cross-check of annual prices, free viewer access) read 23 September 2026
- smartsheet.com/pro-plan (30-day free trial) read 23 September 2026
- smartsheet.com/content-center/news/blackstone-and-vista-equity-partners-complete-acquisition-smartsheet (acquisition status, HQ dateline) read 23 September 2026
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartsheet (company founded and HQ) read 23 September 2026