Plan work in boards, lists, and timelines. Track the hours and budgets behind every task. Worklenz keeps planning and delivery in the same place, so you always know if a project is actually on track.
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Most project tools stop at tasks. Worklenz carries the same project through scheduling, time tracking, budgets, and client updates, so nothing has to be copied into a second system.
Break work into phases, tasks, and subtasks with clear owners and due dates. Switch between board, list, and timeline views without losing anything. Start new projects from templates instead of rebuilding the same structure every time.
Every task carries its logged hours and costs with it. Dashboards show which projects are moving, which are stuck, and where your team's capacity is going, so surprises show up in a chart before they show up in a client call.
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See what our customers have to say about their experience with Worklenz.
We are working with Trello until we have discovered Worklenz. The boards is better than Trello bzz you can view % of tasks completed and also the roadmap is more attractive than others. We are waiting the new features that make possible importer boards and projects from other platforms to migrate and centralize all project's information in one site.
Product Manager (EdTech) and Agile Coach at The Bridge
Amaizing product which is very simple and easy to use. Worklenz has revolutionized our workflow. With its user-friendly interface and powerful features, task management is a breeze. Time tracking, insightful analytics, and seamless integrations make it a must-have for any team serious about productivity. Highly recommended!
Founder & Leadership at Loons Lab
Worklenz has revolutionized our workflow. With its user-friendly interface and powerful features, task management is a breeze. Time tracking, insightful analytics, and seamless integrations make it a must-have for any team serious about productivity. Highly recommended!
Founder and CEO at LONGWApps (Pvt) Ltd
This is an excellent product. We practically experienced how productivity can increase after fully integrating this with our daily task schedule
Senior Lecturer at Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka
We are working with Trello until we have discovered Worklenz. The boards is better than Trello bzz you can view % of tasks completed and also the roadmap is more attractive than others. We are waiting the new features that make possible importer boards and projects from other platforms to migrate and centralize all project's information in one site.
Product Manager (EdTech) and Agile Coach at The Bridge
Amaizing product which is very simple and easy to use. Worklenz has revolutionized our workflow. With its user-friendly interface and powerful features, task management is a breeze. Time tracking, insightful analytics, and seamless integrations make it a must-have for any team serious about productivity. Highly recommended!
Founder & Leadership at Loons Lab
Worklenz has revolutionized our workflow. With its user-friendly interface and powerful features, task management is a breeze. Time tracking, insightful analytics, and seamless integrations make it a must-have for any team serious about productivity. Highly recommended!
Founder and CEO at LONGWApps (Pvt) Ltd
This is an excellent product. We practically experienced how productivity can increase after fully integrating this with our daily task schedule
Senior Lecturer at Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka
Time tracking, finance, resourcing, and reporting are built into Worklenz, not sold as add-ons.
Start a timer on any task or log hours manually. Time rolls up to the project automatically, so estimates, billing, and retrospectives all use the same numbers.
Set a budget per project and watch actuals accumulate as the team logs time. You can tell whether a project is profitable while it is running, not after it closes.
Assign work based on real availability. The scheduler shows who is overloaded and who has room, across every active project at once.
Progress, hours, and costs in one view per project or across the whole workspace. Export reports for stakeholders who want the summary, not a login.
Plan assignments weeks ahead with a clear view of everyone's capacity.
Turn tracked time and project data into invoices without exporting to another tool.
Attach files to tasks and projects so the latest version is where the work is.
Save any project structure as a template and reuse it for the next one.
Group tasks into phases so long projects read as a roadmap, not a wall of tasks.
A summary of what changed, delivered when you want it, instead of constant pings.
Project management software is a tool for planning work, assigning it to people, and tracking it to completion. At minimum that means tasks, due dates, and some way to see status at a glance. In practice, teams also need the layers around the tasks: how long work takes, what it costs, who has capacity, and what to tell the client or stakeholder who is paying for it.
That second layer is where tools differ most. Task-only tools like Trello handle the board and stop there. Suites like monday.com, ClickUp, and Asana add views and automation but charge per user, and features like time tracking or workload views usually sit in their higher tiers. Capterra's buyer research puts typical budgets at $20 to $40 per user per month, which adds up quickly for a 15-person team.
Worklenz takes a different position: the full stack of project delivery, including time tracking, budgets, resource scheduling, and invoicing, in one open-source platform with a free plan for unlimited users.
Start with the work you bill or budget for. If projects have deadlines but no financial dimension, most task tools will do. If hours translate to money, pick a tool where time tracking is native, because bolting on a separate time tracker means reconciling two systems forever.
Then check the limits behind the pricing page. Free plans commonly cap users, hide Gantt or timeline views, or exclude reporting. Worklenz's free cloud plan includes unlimited users with up to 3 active projects, and the open-source Community edition removes the project cap entirely when you self-host.
Finally, consider where your data lives. Worklenz is licensed under AGPL-3.0 with the source on GitHub, so teams with strict data requirements can run it on their own infrastructure with Docker instead of trusting another vendor's cloud.
Worklenz was built for teams that deliver projects to clients: agencies, consultancies, software teams, and engineering firms. That focus shows in the defaults. Every task can carry billable time. Every project has a budget view. Clients get a portal with real progress instead of a weekly status email.
The platform is a React and TypeScript application backed by PostgreSQL, actively developed in the open at github.com/Worklenz/worklenz. You can start on the free cloud plan today and move to self-hosted later, or the other way around, because it is the same product either way.
A quick comparison against the pattern you see in mainstream per-user tools such as monday.com, Asana, and ClickUp.
| Worklenz | Typical per-seat tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free plan, unlimited users; Pro from $69/mo flat for 15 users | $9-$25+ per user per month |
| Time tracking | Built in on every plan | Higher tiers or third-party add-on |
| Project budgets & profitability | Built in | Rare; usually needs integrations |
| Invoicing | Built in | Not included |
| Client portal | Built in | Guest seats, often paid |
| Open source / self-host | AGPL-3.0, Docker self-hosting | Proprietary, cloud only |
Competitor details reflect published pricing pages as of mid-2026 and vary by plan.
Common questions about Worklenz as project management software
Yes. The free cloud plan includes unlimited users and up to 3 active projects, with no credit card required. Paid cloud plans start at $9.99 per user per month for small teams, or $69 per month flat for up to 15 users. The self-hosted Community edition is free with unlimited users and no project cap.
Board (Kanban), list, timeline (Gantt-style), and calendar views, with subtasks, dependencies, priorities, labels, and custom statuses available in each. You can switch views without reorganising the work.
Yes, both are native features. Start and stop timers on tasks or log time manually, then generate invoices from tracked time and project data without exporting to a separate billing tool.
For most teams, yes. Worklenz covers the same core planning features (boards, timelines, templates, automated workflows) and adds budgets, invoicing, and a client portal that those tools do not include. Teams that rely on a specific integration should verify it first, since the Worklenz integration catalogue is still growing.
Yes. Worklenz is licensed under AGPL-3.0 with the full source code on GitHub. You can self-host it with Docker; the Community edition is free with unlimited users, and paid self-hosted plans add support, SSO, and advanced reporting.
Teams that deliver projects to clients and care about the hours and money behind the work: agencies, consultancies, software and IT teams, and architecture or engineering firms. If you only need a personal to-do list, it is more than you need.
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