{"id":40483,"date":"2020-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/project-management-tools\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T04:36:55","slug":"project-management-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/project-management-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"11 free (and 3 affordable) project management software to try"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated April 2024<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re still managing projects with calendar invites, spreadsheets, and weekly meetings, this post is definitely for you.<\/p>\n

You know how life is in a small business: everyone wears multiple hats. Your customer service folks might moonlight as salespeople in a pinch, and vice versa. And while you\u2019re in charge of new business, you might also sit at the reception desk on Fridays when Pat is picking up office supplies, or maybe you\u2019re the office\u2019s #1 photocopier-paper-jam-fixer.<\/p>\n

How about all three?<\/p>\n

As a growing small business, there\u2019s one thing you can count on: the number of tasks on everyone\u2019s to-do lists isn\u2019t going to shrink. The more people juggle, the more likely it is that tasks will get pushed to the back burner…or fall behind the stove altogether.<\/p>\n

Luckily, this is the age of apps, and there are lots of wonderful project management software available. Some are affordable, and others…are less affordable. We know that your budget is tight, and every penny counts. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve done the legwork and found some high-quality, free options in project management software.<\/p>\n

When we say free<\/i>, we mean free forever<\/i>. No free trials or demos, or plans with incredibly limited features. We\u2019ve scoured the Internet for big names in project management that have well-appointed free options for small teams.<\/p>\n

These tools have some features that come standard to most project management software. In this post, we\u2019ll focus on what sets each product apart from the others<\/b>: what it\u2019s best for, what excites us about it, and what you\u2019ll get for free.<\/p>\n

Of course, all of these project management tools have the option to upgrade to paid plans: for more storage, more users, more security, and an expanded set of features. Those next tiers are pretty reasonably priced, mostly falling between $2 and $10 per user per month. But the free versions are a risk-free way to get your feet wet on project management software without adjusting your budget, especially as a smaller team.<\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019ll cover:<\/p>\n