Ranked by a stated rule · 7 price files
Free project management software, ranked
The short answer. Trello, ClickUp, monday.com, Teamwork.com, Notion, Wrike and Asana each list a free plan on their own pricing page. The free plans differ most in seats: Trello allows 10 collaborators per Workspace, Asana and monday.com 2. Ranked by the first paid step on 9 Oct 2026, Trello was cheapest at $5 per user per month billed annually.
Every tool below lists a free plan on its own pricing page, confirmed in a dated capture of that page. They are ranked by what it costs to outgrow the free plan, because a free plan is only as useful as its limits.
How this list is ranked
Free plans, ordered by the first paid step. Only tools whose own pricing page lists a free plan are included, and the free plan is confirmed in the captured copy of that page. They are ordered by the price of the cheapest paid plan, as a monthly figure (a yearly price is divided by 12), lowest first, because that is what the free plan costs to outgrow. Per-user and flat prices are different units; the Billed column says which. No placement is paid for. A tool joins this list when its price file is published and leaves it if the file is not re-checked within 45 days.
The ranking
| # | Tool | Cheapest paid plan | Billed | Free plan | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trello | $5/user/mo (Standard) | billed annually | Yes | |
| Free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, with up to 10 boards and 10MB per file. | |||||
| 2 | ClickUp | $7/user/mo (Unlimited) | billed yearly | Yes | |
| Unlimited members and tasks on Free, but storage is capped at 60MB. | |||||
| 3 | monday.com | $9/seat/mo (Basic) | billed annually | Yes | |
| Free is limited to 2 seats and up to 3 boards. | |||||
| 4 | Teamwork.com | $9.99/user/mo (Basics) | billed yearly | Yes | |
| Free allows up to 5 users and 5 projects, with 100MB of file storage. | |||||
| 5 | Notion | $10/member/mo (Plus) | billed annually | Yes | |
| Unlimited pages for one person; with 2 or more members the number of blocks is limited. | |||||
| 6 | Wrike | $10/user/mo (Team) | billed annually | Yes | |
| The page says active task limits apply on Free, without giving the number. | |||||
| 7 | Asana | $10.99/user/mo (Starter) | billed annually | Yes | |
| Personal is free for up to 2 users, with unlimited tasks and projects. | |||||
Reading the ranking
The order is the price of the cheapest paid plan, not the size of the free plan, because both cannot be one ranking. A small team should read the note under each row first: a free plan that allows 2 seats is not free for a team of 5, whatever its first paid price. Smartsheet is in the project management drawer but is not listed, because its pricing page lists no free plan.
Several of these files are compared side by side: Asana vs ClickUp, Asana vs Trello and ClickUp vs Notion.
Questions
- Which project management software is free for a team?
- On file, Trello's free plan allows up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, ClickUp allows unlimited members with 60MB of storage, and Teamwork.com allows up to 5 users. Asana and monday.com allow 2.
- What is the cheapest paid project management plan on file?
- Trello Standard at $5 per user per month billed annually, then ClickUp Unlimited at $7 per user per month billed yearly.
- How is this list ranked?
- By the price of each tool's cheapest paid plan as a monthly figure, lowest first. Only tools whose pricing page lists a free plan are included. No placement is paid for.
Every price above is read from the price files when this page loads, so the ranking moves when a vendor's price does. Prices change without notice; check before buying.