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Project Management Comparison

Redmine vs. Troi

At a glance

At a glance

Redmine

Best for

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

Troi

Best for

Best for project-based agencies and service providers that need budgets, time, resources and billing in one ERP.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

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

Full Comparison

Criterion Redmine Troi
Starting price Free (open source, self-hosted) From €19 / user / month Troi Teams licence. Licences are freely combinable.
Free trial Not stated 20 days, all features
Users Not stated 13,500+
API Yes, a REST API in XML and JSON Not stated
Languages 49 German, English
Hosting Self-hosted; no vendor-hosted edition EU (Austria), ISO/IEC 27001 certified, GDPR-compliant
Made in Not stated Munich
Task planning Yes, issue tracking with customizable statuses, types and workflows, plus Gantt charts and calendars generated from issue dates Yes
Resource planning 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 Yes
Time tracking Yes, part of the core, with time entered at project or issue level and reporting by user, type, category or activity Yes
Reporting and controlling Yes, time entry reports by user, type, category or activity, plus issue filtering on custom fields Yes, reporting and controlling
Integrations and API Yes, a REST API in XML and JSON, plus repository integration with Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar and Git Yes, integrations and API
AI features No stated Yes
Deployment Browser-based, On-premise Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Community forum more entries Email helpdesk, Phone
Onboarding Documentation and knowledge base more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Live online demos and webinars, Personal consulting
Company size Not stated Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, LDAP more entries Asana, Jira, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Exchange (Outlook), Microsoft Power BI, Personio, HubSpot, Memtime, Spendesk, DATEV, Bexio

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Redmine Free (open source, self-hosted) Troi From €19 / user / month
  • Deployment Redmine Browser-based, On-premise Troi Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
  • Hosting Redmine Self-hosted; no vendor-hosted edition Troi EU (Austria), ISO/IEC 27001 certified, GDPR-compliant
  • Languages Redmine 49 Troi German, English
  • Support Redmine Community forum Troi Email helpdesk, Phone

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

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

Troi

Strengths

  • Covers costing, time tracking, resource planning and accounting in one system
  • Hosted in the EU (Austria), ISO/IEC 27001 certified and GDPR-compliant
  • Trial covers all features for 20 days

Limitations

  • Interface is available in German and English only

Plans

Pricing

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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Troi

  • Troi Teams €19 Per user and month. For operational team members, including time tracking and editing project tasks.
  • Troi Professional €49 Per user and month. The full feature set for project leads, all in one.
  • Troi Enterprise On request For large-scale, complex project environments.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Redmine

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

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

Where this comes from

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

Troi https://troi.de · checked against the official source on 2026-08-14

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