Best for
Best for agencies and service teams that want strong project management, time tracking and resource planning with EU/German hosting, without built-in invoicing.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Resource Planning Comparison
awork vs. Runn
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for firms that need 6-month capacity forecasting and what-if scenario planning.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | awork | Runn |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From €5 / user / month Billed annually. | Lite from $7 / resource seat / month Standard $11 per seat and month, Advanced on request. Seats count resources in the planner, not users with a login. Volume discounts start at 100+ seats. |
| Free trial | 14 days | 30-day trial of the Standard plan, no card required |
| Languages | German, English | Not stated |
| Hosting | EU (Germany, Frankfurt), ISO/IEC 27001 certified, GDPR-compliant | Not stated |
| Made in | Germany (Hamburg) | New Zealand |
| Resource planning | Yes, resource and capacity planning | Yes, real-time capacity planning with saved what-if scenarios, placeholders, skills and tags |
| Task planning | Yes, kanban, lists and timeline/Gantt | Yes, project timelines with estimates, phases and milestones |
| Time tracking | Yes, in the app and from calendar appointments | Yes, timesheets from the Standard plan |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, dashboards, reporting and analytics | Yes, utilization, capacity, performance, workforce and bench reporting, with planned versus actuals against project budgets |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone | Email helpdesk, Chat |
| Onboarding | Guided onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Slack, Salesforce, Google Sheets, MOCO, sevdesk, Lexware Office, easybill, bexio, Xero, API | Jira, Harvest, Clockify, BambooHR, HiBob, Gusto, Workday, Sage HR, Zapier, n8n |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price awork From €5 / user / month Runn Lite from $7 / resource seat / month
- Free trial awork 14 days Runn 30-day trial of the Standard plan, no card required
- Company size awork Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Runn Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Support awork Email helpdesk, Chat, Phone Runn Email helpdesk, Chat
- Made in awork Germany (Hamburg) Runn New Zealand
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
awork
Strengths
- Purpose-built for agency workflows
- Easy, enjoyable UI
- German hosting, ISO 27001 and GDPR
- Free external collaboration
Limitations
- No built-in invoicing/accounting (needs integrations)
- Less suited to enterprise-wide or complex long-term planning
Runn
Strengths
- Saved scenarios let an alternative plan be modelled without touching the live one
- Rate cards and budgets tie staffing decisions to cost, revenue and margin
- Wide integration list across HR systems, time trackers and automation tools
- Clean interface
Limitations
- Forecast-first, day-to-day scheduling feels secondary
- No free plan; billing is per resource seat, so people who are planned but never log in still cost a seat
- Timesheets, integrations and the API need the Standard plan or higher
- Custom dashboards, workstreams, SAML SSO and SmartMatch AI are Advanced only, and Advanced is quote-only
Plans
Pricing
awork
- Basic €5 Per user and month, billed annually. €8 billed monthly.
- Standard €12 Per user and month, billed annually. €16 billed monthly.
Runn
- Lite $7 Per resource seat and month. Scheduling, tentative projects, capacity and utilization charts, skills and tags, project financials.
- Standard $11 Per resource seat and month. Adds timesheets, five custom fields, out-of-the-box integrations, the API and a 30-day audit log.
- Advanced Not stated On request. Adds unlimited custom fields and reports, workstreams, custom dashboards, SAML SSO, SmartMatch AI and optional implementation and support.
What users say
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awork
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Runn
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- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
awork https://www.awork.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-14
Runn https://www.runn.io · no check date recorded yet
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