Hive vs. Redmine

At a glance

Best for

Best for delivery teams that want tasks, proofing, notes and billable hours in one workspace instead of four subscriptions.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Redmine

Best for

Best for software and engineering teams that want a free, self-hosted tracker tied to their own repositories.

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion	Hive	Redmine
Starting price	Free; Starter from $5 / user / month Teams is $12 per user and month, Enterprise on request. The pricing page offers a yearly billing option advertised as saving 33 percent. Add-ons such as timesheets, resourcing, proofing, advanced dashboards, SSO and external users are charged separately.	Free (open source, self-hosted)
Free trial	Free plan for up to 10 workspace members, no card required	Not stated
API	Yes, Hive publishes API documentation and lists an Enterprise API on the top plan, alongside more than 1,000 integrations	Yes, a REST API in XML and JSON
Languages	Not stated	49
Hosting	Cloud (SaaS)	Self-hosted; no vendor-hosted edition
Task planning	Yes, projects and tasks with Gantt, Kanban and calendar views, saved tabs, templates, custom fields, labels and a portfolio grid	Yes, issue tracking with customizable statuses, types and workflows, plus Gantt charts and calendars generated from issue dates
Resource planning	Yes, assign teammates to projects and see availability across the project lifecycle; allocation by the hour with placeholders is a paid add-on	No capacity or workload planning in the core: issues are assigned per person and Gantt charts are drawn from issue dates, and anything beyond that comes from third-party plugins
Time tracking	Yes, tracked on the action card from the Teams plan, with billable time; timesheets and the finance module that turns hours into invoices are paid add-ons	Yes, part of the core, with time entered at project or issue level and reporting by user, type, category or activity
Reporting and controlling	Yes, custom dashboards and client portals, goal and live reporting, and time and cost reporting; advanced dashboards are a paid add-on	Yes, time entry reports by user, type, category or activity, plus issue filtering on custom fields
Integrations and API	Yes, documented API plus more than 1,000 integrations, including native Google Drive, Google Calendar, Slack, Zoom, Gmail and Outlook	Yes, a REST API in XML and JSON, plus repository integration with Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar and Git
AI features	stated Yes	No
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Browser-based, On-premise
Support	Email helpdesk	Community forum
Onboarding	more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	Not stated
Integrations	Google Drive, Google Calendar, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Zoom	Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, LDAP

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Hive Free; Starter from $5 / user / month Redmine Free (open source, self-hosted)
Deployment Hive Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Redmine Browser-based, On-premise
Hosting Hive Cloud (SaaS) Redmine Self-hosted; no vendor-hosted edition
Support Hive Email helpdesk Redmine Community forum
AI features Hive Yes Redmine No

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Hive

Strengths

Free plan with unlimited tasks and notes for up to ten members
Tasks, chat, notes, email and proofing in one workspace
Time tracking that carries through to timesheets, billable hours and invoicing
Buzz AI drafts replies, builds projects and workflows and assembles dashboards

Limitations

Timesheets, resourcing, proofing, advanced dashboards, SSO and external users cost extra on top of the seat price
Free and Starter cap the workspace at ten members and Starter at ten projects
The Enterprise plan is the one that lists API access, SSO and enhanced permission controls

Redmine

Strengths

Free and open source under the GNU General Public License v2, with no per-user cost
Self-hosted, so project data stays on your own infrastructure
Repository integration with Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar and Git
REST API in XML and JSON covering issues, projects, users and time entries
Available in forty-nine languages and runs on MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite

Limitations

No vendor-hosted edition, so you run, secure and upgrade the installation yourself
No resource or capacity planning in the core application
Requires a Ruby on Rails stack and a database to operate

Plans

Pricing

Hive

Free $0 Up to 10 workspace members, unlimited tasks and notes, 200MB storage, 1,000 AI credits per month.
Starter $5 Per user and month. Up to 10 members and 10 projects, unlimited storage, Gantt view, in-app calendar, AI assistant, 3,000 AI credits.
Teams $12 Per user and month. Unlimited members, time tracking, portfolios, forms, custom fields, 5,000 AI credits, add-ons available.
Enterprise Not stated On request. Add-ons included, enhanced security and permissions, unlimited onboarding, dedicated customer success manager, Enterprise API.

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Redmine

Open source Free Released under the GNU General Public License v2. Self-hosted, so you provide and run the server.

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Hive

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Redmine

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Where this comes from

Hive https://hive.com · no check date recorded yet

Redmine https://www.redmine.org · checked against the official source on 2026-09-07

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.