PLANKA
by Planka · Self-hosted Kanban board with real-time collaboration
47.7 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
PLANKA is a self-hosted Kanban board for project management, with real-time synchronisation, unlimited boards and cards, and 35+ interface languages. It can run on your own server or on PLANKA's managed cloud, where each customer gets a dedicated instance and isolated database. A free Community Edition and a paid Pro Edition are offered, with an upgrade path between them.
- Best for
- Teams that want a self-hosted Kanban board and full control over where their project data lives.
- Pricing
- Community Edition is free to self-host; hosted Community is €2.90 per user/month (€2.60 billed yearly, minimum 5 users), Pro self-hosted €7.90 per user/month (€7.20 yearly), Pro hosted €9.40 per user/month (€8.50 yearly, minimum 5 users), with Enterprise quoted for 1,000+ users.
- Runs on
- Self-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Community Edition is free to self-host under a Fair Use License
- Real-time sync, unlimited boards and cards, 35+ languages
- Pro adds calendar and map views, guest roles and custom branding
- Upgrade from Community to Pro without data loss
Trade-offs
- Community lacks calendar/map views, recurring cards and custom branding
- Community Fair Use License does not permit cross-company use
- Free tier support is the GitHub community only; paid packages are 'soon'
- The hosted Community plan is stated not to scale well for many users
Pricing
Published plans from PLANKA’s own pricing page, in EUR. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community (Self-Hosted) | Freeper user/month | Free |
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| Community (Hosted) | €2.9per user/month, minimum 5 users | €2.6 |
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| Pro (Self-Hosted) | €7.9per user/month, minimum 1 user | €7.2 |
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| Pro (Hosted) | €9.4per user/month, minimum 5 users | €8.5 |
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| Enterprise | Contact sales | — |
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How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 20 out of 100
- Documentation
- 70 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 70 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 100 out of 100
- Changelog
- 55 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 70 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 25 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 55 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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