All Kanban Tool Reviews
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Marina
Construction, 11 - 50 employees
Used unspecified
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed April 2024
Kanban Tool Review: Kanban Tool is the bees knees
Isaiah
Verified reviewer
Telecommunications, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2022
Kanban Tool user of 5 years
My overall experience has been good, quick setup, customization, and the support group was very responsive to any challenges I experienced with the product.
PROSWhen I became a project manager, I originally discovered Kanban Tools and wanted a visual way of tracking small sub-projects with short life cycles. It was easy to set up and adjust to the project's demands.
CONSToday, I can't think of any cons, as most of them have been worked out. However, I will suggest more ideas to improve Kanban Tools with continued use.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Kanban Tools met my primary goal of visual tracking with the flexibility to adjust the tasks boxes and swim lanes.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Excel was just too rigid and non-visual. My engineering colleagues were using Excel to track tasks of a project that I despise.
Alex
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Excellent Light-to-Medium Weight Tool
I love this tool. It's exactly what I need, and customization is a breeze. If you're new to task boards and/or have a smaller, simpler team or workflows, start with this before you dive into the deep end with Atlassian or other products, especially if your focus is more on "seeing the big picture" than keeping a detailed log of work across a large number of team members
PROSIt does everything I need from a Kanban Board out of the box, does so intuitively, and does not get bogged down in optimizations/extra features. However, if you want them, they're easy to implement.
CONSIt feels more like it was designed and documented by engineers rather than sales staff, and its no-frills design is a big selling point for me, but others may disagree. It's "simple out of the box, opt-in to additional features" also means a little more upfront configuration, but I still think it's good design. A few minor nice-to-have features (colored tags, saving multiple filtered views) might be missing or paywalled, but I haven't explored all the possibilities in their documentation yet.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Free out of the box use of swimlanes, expand/collapse swimlanes and columns, easy filters, splitting columns into sub-columns, expanding width of columns to be more than 1-card wide, etc. A lot of the clever visualization ideas I've seen in books like "Making Work Visible" and "Personal Kanban" are possible here that would be impossible or a nightmare to configure in other products I've tried.
Soumalya
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2021
Kanban Board
Better than Leankit board or other project management tools on licensing and management perspective
PROSOrganized way of managing cards dedicated board and proper lanes More controlled way of Moving cards More scalability to add subtasks and metrics
CONSIts not very intuitive in designing Should be more user centric on access level
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
More robust and scalable
Michael
Education Management, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2022
Excellent Tool for the Size
So far having used Jira for almost two decades, this tool is refreshing in its lightness and simplicity. This is not sacrificed in feature or function just overhead and noise which is appreciated. I find it very helpful for my own personal use and management of family and work projects in parallel to at work tools that are exclusive to enterprise tasks and hard to privatize.
PROSI like that the interface is clean and fluid. The core features as compared with a much larger tool like Jira is there and functions equally well and, in some cases, better. The product is light, able to maintain a single interface without too many page changes taking you out of the element. It has potential for growth, but it doesn't try to replicate Jira which is a plus.
CONSThere isn't something that I don't like per se, just perhaps unable to test since I am on the free tier. The fact that they have a free tier is a plus. Some of the desired features lacking in free tier feel like they should be included. The function of some powerups are hard to understand as they are not explained. When you do activate them, it is not readily clear how they should work, better onboarding would be welcome. The right column where the calendar, recurring and postponed tasks are located are fixed in size and not fluid, so if you have more in one and less in others, you have a ton of wasted space.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
I like the best balance of feature and simplicity with the lightweight approach that fit my personal needs.
David
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2023
Supercharging my Job Search
My overall experience with Kanban has been excellent. I would definitely recommend.
PROSI love how simple and easy it is to set up and use. I think the AI integration is seamless and helpful. I also think it's wonderful how many of their features they don't hide behind a paywall and yet there is still great benefit to the paid version.
CONSThe visuals are a bit simplistic. I would love it to be a bit more streamlined.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
It really came down to the features per dollar spent. Much of what I needed is available in the free plan.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Much of what I wanted to do was hidden behind a paywall that didn't feel worth it to me.
Trineka
Primary/Secondary Education, 11-50 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2020
Excellent
I can't believe how user friendly Kanban Tool is. We have used the physical Kanban board in the past, but using it online is great when one of us is offsite, we can easily check or add to our boards.
PROSHaving completed the Agile Foundation Course a few years ago, the Kanban Tool was a real find. It is quick, effective and good use of both our time. We have a quick 'stand-up' every day to look at the board and what each of us have added. We love the fact it is easy to move tasks around, add check lists, due dates and new boards and assign tasks to each other.
CONSIt may just be a feature I haven't discovered, but I would like to make the actual board wider across the page.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
We had completed the Agile Foundation course a couple of years ago and have introduced Kanban throughout the school to other teams. So discovering this online version was a real find!
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Being a school, we were looking to cut costs and were very happy to find Kanban Tool.
Richard
Financial Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2022
Kanban Tool For Mortgage Brokerage
I have spent 6 months looking for a cost effective Kanban tool. I have tried multiple CRM systems and Kanban tools throughout all of which have appeared overly complex, daunting and off putting without ever really giving me what I need as a sole trader. Kanbans flexibility, affordable low monthly cost and system functionality is perfect for me as a mortgage broker. I would gladly (and have) recommended this to other colleagues in the industry.
PROSEasy to Use Quick to Set up Reminders linked to email and outlook calendar Personalisation features allow this to meet the needs of my business Multiple Boards available Future dated reminders for product renewals can be set.
CONSEmail task reminders take you direct to the clients card however sometimes for a client I can have multiple tasks so having the email specific to the task that is due that day would save time reviewing your clients card to establish which task is due on that given day.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Ease of use. Ability to personalise cards ABility to have multiple boards Cost
Ryan
Verified reviewer
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2023
Ease of use and functionality
Overall positive so far. It provides me with the fundamental pieces that I need to implement Agile practices into my business to stay on top of things.
PROSThe initial setup was easy as I was looking for a simple Kanban tool that I could integrate into my business quickly and with little cost.
CONSThe navigation was less intuitive than I expected at first, but learning the flow was not difficult.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
While I liked the Atlassian product line, at the time I was not using all the features and needed something slimmer and faster for just the Kanban board.
Mariano
Verified reviewer
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Flexible and intuitive tool
Use in combination with Todoist, combining it through Zapier. This way I have the best of both worlds and I manage the work using few resources.
PROSExecute well the metaphor of physical panel on the wall with all the power of online tools.
CONSIt is necessary to be organized not to overturn too much information and that the boards do not become unmanageable.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Because he lacks the tools to measure work.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Trello lacks the tools to measure the progress of the work.
Anonymous
201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
Kanban
I love this software because I can take control yo my projects without forgets any tasks
CONSAt this moment I can't find something I don't like. Good software for sure
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Collaboration and possibility to see in my phone
Luis
Computer & Network Security, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
Pure Kanban
We were using other systems to track our projects, we tried several and our associates didn't identify themselves with any of them, we try it all, time managers, other online tools, none worked until we found out Kanban Tool, since the beginning we fell in love with the tool, they are tracking their work better than ever before, now they don't feel pressured or intimidated by the tools is easy simple take them seconds to track their work and overall we are happy campers.
PROSThe clean and intuitive user interface, it's really easy to feed and get information from the system, the personalization is great to, having your own domain, simplifies integration with internal systems, for us security is very important because we manage sensitive projects for our customers and Kanban Tool complies with our requirements like SSO, 2FA and user roles. The customization features are great too, you can start working with the system out of the box and once you are immerse in the daily activities you can customize the system to fit your needs it has lots of options at your disposal.
CONSI think small business should have high quality options to start, it would be great that the free version had at least a 4 users for free, but well I understand is a business too
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
We tried it and it had all we were looking for, like easy creating of tasks, drag and drop, colors, customizations, reminders, we can check from our desktop computers or mobile devices, calendar dependencies, customizations, etc., etc.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
I wouldn't mention other brands because I think everyone is trying their best but for us Kanban Tool is exactly what we needed, easy, fast, neat, efficient.
Ibrahim
Verified reviewer
Business Supplies and Equipment, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2023
Kanban Tool Review
One of the most valuable aspects of Kanban Tool is the ability to have a consolidated view of everyone's tasks on a single board, which not only streamlines project management but also facilitates the efficient allocation of new tasks as needed. This centralized visibility promotes enhanced collaboration, enables better task prioritization, and simplifies the process of assigning new responsibilities to team members, ultimately contributing to improved productivity and project success.
CONSWhile it's effective for task management and project tracking, it can be costly, challenging to access support, and has a steep learning curve.
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2021
A great tool for taking the lessons from the software development world into other domains.
When working as software development manager with multiple teams juggling many priorities and interruptions, I found the Kanban methodology extraordinarily beneficial in helping to organize multiple complex work streams. This affordable Kanban tool provides the same benefits for managing my personal affairs and volunteer organization commitments, by helping me easily break down often daunting/unpleasant epics into manageable chunks and defining the custom workflow I need to most effectively actually progress/accomplish them.
CONSNo shortcomings yet for my use but will update if I uncover any.
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
I wanted the benefits of a visual board.
Ran
Verified reviewer
Insurance, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2018
Great tool to disseminate and monitor team tasks
great tool overall.
PROSKanban is used by many departments for tasks. We are able to track and disseminate tasks to team members and know were additional resources are needed. Very intuitive UI interface.
CONSunable to sort tickets visually, search tool can be improved much more to do quick and more in depth search.
Vendor Response
We highly recommend sorting cards by any chosen criteria, by right-clicking an empty space between cards in any column.
Replied November 2018
Anthony
Verified reviewer
Retail, 2-10 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2022
Immediate Visibility into my workflow
I was looking for a tool to create an actual view of my production environment and good flow metrics. In a very short period of time I have created a view that matches the flow of my work and is also able to adapt. The ability to create workstations for each phase of work and to subdivide those into working and waiting states has given me positive control of my orders. The ability to create swimlanes for expedited work and to visually highlight blockages makes it possible to better visualize the real state of our work.
PROSAbility to have multiple tiers within a column that allows me to build out a real view of my process. Clarity of the view on screen to improve visibility of the process Potential to present the board on a larger screen in the workspace to provide live visibility of the state of work Initial reporting that provides basic metrics
CONSI would like a little more reporting granularity so I can see and analyze times work spends sitting and show that in a graphical way. I would like a tighter restriction on WIP limits. It is present but not enforced.
Max
Management Consulting, 1 employee
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2022
A great tool to use as a freelance consultant
For me the best tool for simple use on a personal (or small team) basis.
PROSIts very minimalistic design style and intuitive handling. It's very quickly and easily set up and doesn't take long to get used to. Can really recommend when trying to organize multiple personal/business projects. Best of all, it's free!
CONSAdding and collaborating with other team members/customers on a board requires a premium subscription - but that's fair, i guess ;)
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
Usability. Design. Minimalism. Swimlanes.
Nathan
Civic & Social Organization, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2021
Kanban tool for keeping track of projects and developments
I use it to keep track of all my ongoing tasks. The flexibility of the cards and categories means that I can easily track requests that are ongoing, on pause, that require immediate action, etc.
PROSI love that I can really customize the cards. This is the only tool that allowed me to create flexible cards that fit my varied uses.
CONSI found that the android app was less polished than I would have liked, but I don't use it so it's not an issue for me.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
Ease of use and customization.
Charlotte
Hospital & Health Care, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2021
Excellent on-the-go tool for working from home and in the office
Like a lot of people, I’ve been working from home more often, sometimes going into the office once or twice a week. I was fed up with lugging my several notebooks around with me. I also felt uninspired when I saw my untidy rushed squiggles on a page. My colleague introduced me to Kanban tool, and I’ve been using it ever since. My favourite feature is the checklist when it is on display! I love the satisfaction of ticking it off my list, whilst still being able to see my achievements.
CONSI have the free version, which is great because it’s free. However a few things slightly annoy me. One being how different sized boxes don’t fit together seamlessly. Imagine a game of Tetris, each shape fits neatly against the other. This is the opposite unless all your boxes are the same size, and if you have varying sized checklists then this is impossible.
Jason
Verified reviewer
Internet, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
Elegant solution
One of the things I like about Kanban tool is it's default setup ,being minimalist. Any other features are added on so there's no automatic clutter.
CONSI would prefer there to be an open color palette when it comes to labeling columns.
Edgar
Verified reviewer
Museums and Institutions, 51-200 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
A great jump for Kanban boards online
Using the trial version lets you play around with all the features for 15 days, plus someone from Kanban Tool's team wrote to me to be by my side in case I needed some guidance. Multi-language support is also available and cross app implementation (including a mobile version for Android an iOS) makes it a very rich and powerful tool.
PROSImplementing Kanban boards on any industry not only helps improving time, resources and making life easier... If you know how to implement them. It's not that troublesome and thats what is great about this tool, finally a version online that is easily editable and adapted to your project needs is at your fingertips. No wonder why so many great companies are among their clients.
CONSIt's a little pricey for the small project manager but for bigger and more ambitious managers is this worth every penny.
Anonymous
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2018
A good tool to divide the work into parts, write each element on a card and put on the board
Division of labour Columns with names to illustrate where each element is in the workflow. Assigns well-defined limits to the amount of elements that may be in progress in every moment of work flow. It measures the delivery time and optimizes it to make delivery as short as possible. -Measure the delivery time and optimizes the process to make the delivery time as small and predictable as possible. -It has a panel dedicated to statistics, which is very suitable in the analysis of the work done over a period of time
CONSthe free version is limited to two users and two tables, if you want to add more users and tables you have to choose the paid option, in addition the free version is used to manage only simple projects with small teams
Cushla
Hospital & Health Care, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2023
Customise to Suit
We now have visibility and tracking on the process. KPIs are measurable. Steps and responsibilities are clear.
PROSKanban Tool has the flexibility to suit an incredibly wide range of uses. Can be used to track teamwork, process task management, or project developments, as best suits the user's needs.
CONSThe formatting and loading of initial information for our use, was straightforward but time consuming. It's now maintainable as part of the workflow.
Sasan
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2021
So good
So useful, user friendly and a lot of features that make my tasks sweet to handle
PROSI am using Kanban Tool for both my business and personal tasks. I have started a new startup and it's important to not forget tasks and track the time of every task. share my board to colleagues and ask them to use it. Kanban supports lot's of features which they are so useful. It is so user friendly and easy to use. A lot of things happen with a simple drag and drop.
CONSThere are different features which I don't need them.
Reason for choosing Kanban Tool
It was user friendly and simple, more features and more flexible
Reasons for switching to Kanban Tool
I needed a tool to handle my tasks more flexible.
Ganesh
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Best Kanban Tool
Helps me keep myself organized with my work on professional and personal front with multiple boards.
PROSEase of use, tracking on Mobile and multiple desktops with real time data sync
CONSThere should be a provision to get rid of the completed tasks while maintaining history.