The 8 best free project management tools in 2026 — honest comparison of what you actually get, user limits, storage limits, and which tool wins for teams of every size.
The cards price the cheapest plan that fits. Set your team size, projects, and which tools to include underneath.
Best free plan overall
Cheapest fit · Free
$0
per month for 15 users, 15 projects, 3 GB
Free plan, no card needed
Free plan vs your team
Best for visual Kanban teams
Cheapest fit · Standard
$75
per month for 15 users, 15 boards, 3 GB
$5 per user / month
Free plan vs your team
Free plan is for one or two people
Cheapest fit · Starter
€164.85
per month for 15 users, 15 projects, 3 GB
€10.99 per user / month
Free plan vs your team
Most features on free, with a storage catch
Cheapest fit · Unlimited
$105
per month for 15 users, 15 Spaces, 3 GB
$7 per user / month
Free plan vs your team
Competitors · 4 of 8 shown
Plan to compare
Each tool on the cheapest plan that fits 15 users, 15 projects and 3 GB.
Monthly totals, billed annually where the vendor offers it. Asana, Notion and Monday.com list prices in EUR. Basecamp is a flat price per account. Start Freedcamp free
69 features from each vendor's own pricing page, checked on the free plan of every tool you selected.
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Eight tools, in the order of how usable the free plan stays as a team grows.
1. Best free plan overall
$1.49/user/month
2. Best for visual Kanban teams
$5/user/month
3. Free forever for 10 users, with timeline included
$7.91/user/month
4. Free plan is for one or two people
€10.99/user/month
5. Most features on free, with a storage catch
$7/user/month
6. Free plan is built for one person
€9.50/member/month
7. Free forever, and it stops at 2 seats
€9/seat/month
8. One free project for personal use
$25/month flat
Pick from the constraint you actually have: team size, Kanban, files, or the price you will pay later.
Freedcamp has no user cap on the free tier. ClickUp also allows unlimited members, with 60 MB of storage and 5 Spaces. Trello and Jira both stop at 10 people. Asana and Monday.com both stop at 2 free users. Notion limits collaborative blocks once a second member joins. Basecamp's free plan is 5 users and one project.
Freedcamp includes Kanban boards on every plan, with no cap on users or projects. Trello's free plan is also simple, but it stops at 10 collaborators and 10 boards.
Freedcamp. It has the most features included on the free plan in the comparison above, with unlimited users, projects, and files. ClickUp comes next, but its free storage is 60 MB for the whole workspace, work stops at 5 Spaces, and Gantt, goals, dashboards, and native time tracking are trials.
Freedcamp's free plan has unlimited users and no pressure to upgrade until you need reports or Gantt charts. Nonprofits, teachers, and students can apply for special pricing.
Freedcamp's paid plans start at $1.49/user/month on the annual plan, or $2.49 billed monthly — the lowest on this list by a wide margin. Switching from free to paid costs almost nothing.
No credit card, no user limit, and no project limit. Create your first project, invite your team, and move to Business only when you need Gantt, CRM, or invoicing.
