This article introduces the pricing standards and methods of project management software, lists the charging standards of five mainstream software, and compares their prices and characteristics. ZohoProjects is competitively priced, but there are many factors to consider when choosing a product, services, and more.
1. How much is the mainstream project management software?
The pricing standards of each project management software technology provider are different, and the types are also different, we have sorted out the mainstream project management software on the market, these products are representative, the product capabilities are strong, and the number of users is also very large.
1.Zoho Projects
Zoho Projects is divided into 3 payment models, which are Free, Premium, and Enterprise.
Premium
Pay monthly: ¥35/user/month; Pay annually: ¥336/user/year
Enterprise Edition: ¥70/user/month; Pay annually: ¥756/user/year
*Data from the project management price page of the Zoho Projects official website.
2. Microsoft Project
Planner Plan 1
Annual subscription: ¥77.00 user/month - auto-renewal
Project Plan 3
Annual subscription: ¥232.00 user/month
Project Plan 5
Annual subscription: ¥426.00 user/month
*Data from Microsoft Project official website
3.Jira
Paid monthly:
Free, free forever for 10 users
Standard, $7.16 per user per month
Premium, $12.48 per user per month
Billed annually:
Standard $21,500/year
Applicable users: 201 - 300
Premium, $37,500/year
Applicable users: 201 - 300
Enterprise provides customized quotations for more than 800 users
*The data is from the official website of Jira, please note that the price is in USD.
4.Wrike
Free
For teams starting out
Team
$9.80/user/month for growing teams
Business（商业版）
$24.80/user/month for all teams in your organization and any team that needs a custom platform
The Enterprise and Pinnacle editions meet the needs of large enterprises and highly complex customisation teams, respectively, who need to contact the platform to request a quote.
*Data from Wrike's official website, please note that prices are in USD.
5.Asana
Personal（个人版）
$0 for individuals and small teams looking to manage tasks.
Starter (Starter Edition)
$10.99/user/month (billed annually)
$13.49/user/month (billed monthly)
For growing teams that need to track project progress and meet deadlines.
Advanced（高级版）
$24.99/user/month (billed annually)
$30.49/user/month (billed monthly)
It is suitable for enterprises that need to manage across departments.
*Data from Asana's official website, please note that prices are in USD.
2. Charging standards/methods of project management software
1. SaaS model/cloud/online
As we've covered above, several of the mainstream project management software include a SaaS model. The cost calculation method is relatively easy, and the standardized fees are open and transparent, generally on a monthly/yearly/per-user basis, and generally include consulting fees and implementation fees, and some technology providers also have fees related to renting servers.
2. On-premise
Large enterprises or enterprises with sufficient technical strength will choose on-premise deployment, which is very different from the cloud in that the data is on-premise (company server), and here I would add that there are also customers who will choose hybrid cloud, which is different from on-premise deployment in that they rent servers and the data is on a third-party platform, such as Alibaba Cloud.
In addition to consulting fees and implementation fees, on-premise deployment fees include infrastructure maintenance costs, server costs, and labor costs. The difference with the SaaS model is that the one-time investment cost of on-premise deployment is high, the threshold is high, and there is no need to pay software-related fees later, while the SaaS model is continuous payment, and the threshold for the system is very low.
3. Open source software
Open source software is an open-source product, and the biggest benefit of this type of product is that the software cost is zero. The disadvantage is that there is no cost, which means that there is no technical service, all problems need to be solved by themselves, and the products must be customized and developed to meet the company's own business model.
3. Which project management software is more reasonably priced?
Looking at the price comparison of the top 5 mainstream project management software, it is clear that the first Zoho Projects is more competitive and far ahead. Of course, whether the cost performance and price are reasonable should be based on many aspects such as functions, services, technology investment and industry solutions. If you need more detailed comparison documents and industry solutions, you can move to the Zoho Projects project management whitepaper, and we will also publish a series of articles comparing products in the future, so stay tuned.