Trello for a board everyone understands on day one; Asana for several projects with owners, ClickUp for tasks with docs, Linear for engineers.

Trello is free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace and Standard is $5 a user a month billed yearly; stay on a free plan until a limit stops you. Zoho Projects is free for up to 5 users and fits a team already on Zoho. To track hours, Clockify is free for unlimited time, and Harvest bills clients from the hours you track.

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Trello
A small team that wants a board everyone understands

Free; Standard $5 and Premium $10 per user a month billed annually ($6 and $12.50 monthly); Enterprise $17.50 billed annually Read from trello.com on 10 November 2026 Free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, up to 10 boards
2
Asana
Work spans several projects with owners and deadlines

Personal $0; Starter $10.99 and Advanced $24.99 per user a month billed annually ($13.49 and $30.49 monthly); Enterprise on request Read from asana.com on 10 November 2026 Free: Personal plan free forever for up to 2 users
3
ClickUp
Tasks, docs and goals in one tool

Free Forever $0; Core $9 and Business $17 per user a month billed yearly; Max $100 per user a month; Enterprise custom Read from clickup.com on 10 November 2026 Free Forever plan with unlimited tasks and free members, no credit card
4
Linear
Most of the team writes code

Free $0; Basic $10 per user a month; Business $16 per user a month, billed yearly; Enterprise on request Read from linear.app on 10 November 2026 Free for everyone: unlimited members, 2 teams and 250 issues
5
Zoho Projects
Your team already runs on Zoho

Free for 5 users; Premium ₹280, Enterprise ₹630 a user a month billed yearly (₹350 and ₹700 monthly) Read from zoho.com on 10 November 2026 Free for 5 users

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