Best for
Best for client-facing teams that want projects, docs and conversation in one place without paying per guest.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Project Management Comparison
Nifty vs. Planisware
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for PMOs and portfolio offices that need to decide which projects to fund and staff across a large organization.
- Enterprise
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Nifty | Planisware |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan; Pro from $63 / month Pro billed annually, $79 billed monthly, for a bundle of 10 members. Business $99 ($124 monthly) for 30 members, Unlimited $319 ($399 monthly) for unlimited members. Teams under 7 people can instead pay $10 per member/month on Pro or $16 on Business. | Not stated |
| Free trial | Free plan for unlimited members with 2 active projects, plus a 14-day trial of the paid plans with no credit card required | Not stated |
| Users | Seats are bundled: 10 members on Pro, 30 on Business, unlimited on Unlimited, with unlimited guests and clients on paid plans | 800,000 users across 600+ organizations |
| API | Yes, an open API on Business and above, plus an official MCP server | Not stated |
| Hosting | Cloud (SaaS) | Planisware's own cloud, single-tenant servers in 12 data centers |
| Task planning | Yes, tasks in Kanban, list, timeline, calendar and swimlane views, with milestones, Gantt roadmaps, task and milestone dependencies, recurring tasks and custom fields | Yes, a Gantt engine with PERT diagrams and work breakdown structures, Earned Value and Stage-Gate, list, kanban and timeline views, and agile teams, sprints and SAFe trains |
| Resource planning | Team workload views from the Business plan, with automatic check-ins for asynchronous status | Yes, supply, demand and bottleneck views across the portfolio, what-if simulations and skill-based capacity planning, with resource demand estimated from templates, by analogy or with AI |
| Time tracking | Yes, built-in time tracking and reporting from the Pro plan, alongside budget tracking | Yes, task-level effort tracking on mobile and desktop with configurable approvals, feeding actuals back into projects and portfolios |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, live cross-project reporting dashboards, goals with automatic progress rollup, budget tracking and portfolios grouping projects by team or client | Yes, real-time dashboards and ad-hoc reporting with drill-down, standardized portfolio status reports and export to PowerPoint, PDF and Excel |
| Integrations and API | Yes, an open API on Business and above and an official MCP server, with native integrations for GitHub, Slack, Zoom, Webex, Harvest, Miro, Typeform, Google and Microsoft, plus over 2,000 apps through Zapier | Yes, an open REST API and connections to ERP, accounting, PLM, DevOps, agile and ITSM tools; the vendor cites integration with 100+ enterprise applications |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| MCP-ready | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Not stated | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding, Personal consulting |
| Company size | more entries Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Integrations | GitHub, Slack, Zoom, Webex, Harvest, Miro, Typeform, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Microsoft OneDrive, Office 365, Outlook Calendar, Zapier | more entries Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, SAP, Oracle Fusion Cloud, Oracle NetSuite, Anaplan, Jira, Azure DevOps, Broadcom Rally, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik, Workday, Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, ServiceNow, Okta, SharePoint, Box, DocuSign, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera, OnePager, Tray.io, Apache Kafka |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Company size Nifty Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Planisware Enterprise
- Hosting Nifty Cloud (SaaS) Planisware Planisware's own cloud, single-tenant servers in 12 data centers
- MCP-ready Nifty Yes Planisware No
- Users Nifty Seats are bundled: 10 members on Pro, 30 on Business, unlimited on Unlimited, with unlimited guests and clients on paid plans Planisware 800,000 users across 600+ organizations
- Task planning Nifty Yes, tasks in Kanban, list, timeline, calendar and swimlane views, with milestones, Gantt roadmaps, task and milestone dependencies, recurring tasks and custom fields Planisware Yes, a Gantt engine with PERT diagrams and work breakdown structures, Earned Value and Stage-Gate, list, kanban and timeline views, and agile teams, sprints and SAFe trains
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Nifty
Strengths
- Tasks, milestones, docs, forms and team chat in one workspace
- Paid plans bundle seats at a flat price, with unlimited guests and clients
- Official MCP server and an open API
- Importers from Asana, Jira, ClickUp, Trello, Basecamp and Wrike
- Free plan with unlimited team members
Limitations
- The free plan is capped at 2 active projects and 100 MB of storage
- Time tracking, custom fields and automations start on Pro; workloads, open API and custom roles on Business
- Bundled seats are wasteful for a team that does not fill the tier, and the per-member option only covers teams under 7 people
Planisware
Strengths
- Strategy, portfolio, resources, finance and delivery in one platform
- Editions preconfigured for PMOs, IT, R&D and capital projects
- Single-tenant cloud with control over where data is stored
Limitations
- Aimed at portfolio offices rather than the day-to-day work of a small team
- Five editions to choose between before a purchase
Plans
Pricing
Nifty
- Free $0 Unlimited team members, 2 active projects, 100 MB storage. Tasks, milestones, discussions, docs, files, team chat and portfolios.
- Pro $63 Per month billed annually, $79 billed monthly. 10 members, 100 active projects, 500 GB storage. Adds time tracking, custom fields, budget tracking, automations and file proofing. Teams under 7 can pay $10 per member/month instead.
- Business $99 Per month billed annually, $124 billed monthly. 30 members, unlimited projects, 1 TB storage. Adds goals, team workloads, custom roles, automatic check-ins, Microsoft SSO, open API and a custom domain. Teams under 7 can pay $16 per member/month instead.
- Unlimited $319 Per month billed annually, $399 billed monthly. Unlimited members, projects and storage. Adds native forms, custom SAML, white labeling, IP restriction and a dedicated success manager.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom pricing, for compliance review, procurement, SLA terms, security requirements or custom capacity.
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Nifty https://niftypm.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-22
Planisware https://planisware.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-26
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