Hive

RATING:

4.5

(197)

About Hive

We help teams move faster. Hive is the world's first democratic project management platform. That means that our product is built by users, for users, via feedback on our Forum. With flexible project layouts, native email, resourcing, group messaging, and file sharing, Hive connects all aspects of your work. Join thousands of companies moving faster with Hive’s powerful project and process management software.

Awards and Recognition

FrontRunner 2021
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Hive Pricing

14-day free trial of Hive Teams, no credit card required. Hive Free: Free forever for teams up to 10 people. Hive Starter: $5/user/month when paid annually (or $7 /user/month when paid monthly) Hive Teams: $12/user/month when paid annually (or $16/user/month when paid monthly) with add-ons available. Hive Enterprise: Custom pricing plans available upon request. A discount is provided to nonprofits.

Starting price: 

$5.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

Hive Kanban project view. Hive lets you view projects in flexible layouts, including Kanban, Gantt, Calendar, Table, Label and List views. Toggle between these views with just one click.

Hive Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Hive

1 - 5 of 196 Reviews

User Profile

Frank X.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2019

Truly Insightful Project Management for Agencies

PROS

The multiple team and dashboard views are a difference maker for our team, as well as the agency view which helps us anticipate and overcome potential bottlenecks.

CONS

The mobile app is not nearly as robust as the desktop version.

Reason for choosing Hive

User-experience, flexibility, & customer service.

Reasons for switching to Hive

Kept Workamajig for finance, switched to Hive for for PM.

User Profile

Stephen Brent

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed March 2020

The project management product we were looking for

PROS

We looked at and tested several project management options and had used several in the past. Hive was never on our radar and unfortunately isn't as well known, but we discovered it through the WeWork employee portal and gave it a try. The set up was simple, it offered flexibility in terms of how you view and sort projects. It also allowed us to add external users without paying for a seat. This was extremely important because we want our clients to have access to our project boards, but we don't need full functionality for them. While it wasn't available when we first started using it, the addition of time tracking was a huge bonus for us as an agency, and Hive continues to impress us by adding additional features and functionality. When it comes to support, they are extremely responsive and in the rare times we have had to utilize support, issues have been resolved to satusfaction.

CONS

I wish there was a native integration with HubSpot, but we're able to get around that with Zapier.

Reason for choosing Hive

Part of the reason was that they offered a discount to companies that worked at a WeWork location, but it was also easy to set up and use during the trial period.

Reasons for switching to Hive

Asana did not offer pricing for less than 5 users and at the time, we only needed 2-3. We needed the additional functionality that came with the paid version but couldn't justify paying for seats that were going to go unused for an undetermined amount of time.

Michell

Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed March 2020

Hive Review - Fight CRC

PROS

The email integration and being able to create templates that can be re-​used - helpful when adding sponsorship details.

CONS

At times it runs a little slow with loading IM's and documents. At times, editing options are not av when you are proofing/editing a docum​ent in the proof section of a card.

Reasons for switching to Hive

We were looking for a better platform that fit the needs of the organization. As a virtual team, we needed a platform that provided better communication with our programs.

Francesca

Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed January 2024

Brilliant project management tool with enhanced collaboration

Really useful tools at a very reasonable price. Enhances collaboration and comms across the organisation.

PROS

Love the way this is set up with varied views. Teams view is the most useful for me - I love that you can track actions as they pass between teams. Bonus is that the Gantt does allow a great overview.

CONS

Not great for time tracking and then getting an overview of your time for the day or week over all projects.

Morgan

Management Consulting, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2023

Good for Small, Remote Teams

Overall, Hive has been a good system for our team to work effectively. It gets the job done, although not always as simply as other tools.

PROS

The native time-tracking feature was one of the biggest reasons our team chose Hive as its primary project management tool. With a team as spread out as ours geographically, Hive has made it easier to collaborate and execute projects. Hive is always looking to improve, and we appreciate that they ask for feedback and implement it.

CONS

Hive has limitations in terms of its reporting and integrations. We would love to be able to build our CRM right in Hive to simplify our sales cycle work and time tracking, but we must still use a third-party at this point. Additionally, automations in Zapier and integrations with third-party apps are still not as robust as with other popular project management systems such as Asana.

Reason for choosing Hive

Time tracking.

Reasons for switching to Hive

Trello did not have a time-tracking feature.