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out of 5"OpenProject is open source and free to use. Great tool if you are intermediate for project management."
"Very easy to get up and running, and the interfaces are very intuitive."
"Open Project is very easy to navigate, with little-to-no training needed prior. It is easy to help organize project teams and help triage/direct issues found."
"Lacking gantt chart drag and drop. Work packages interface cluttered."
"One of the disadvantages that I observe is that it is not very intuitive and that it requires more study of the documentation."
"Budgeting is OK, but again awkward as the plugin appears to apply to all projects when within a single project. There is no baseline feature and no way to compare performance verses the baseline."
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Jacob Ira
Verified reviewer
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Events Services
Time used: 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.
March 2022
Planning events made easy
Pros
It is free. While there are some paid features we might consider in the future, the core product does what we need it to do. As the head of the event, I need to keep an eye on all the moving parts and know who is doing what and what still needs to get done.
Cons
With a name open, I'd have hoped that it would be one of those where you pay for support or implementation. However, some features are locked behind a monthly/yearly fee. If it was a one-time fee for non-profits, I'd consider it.
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
It wasn't designed for what we were using it for.
Matthew
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Wireless
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
August 2019
Great Project Software for Teams
I thoroughly enjoy OpenProject and hope it continues to grow. Others in my organization find it frustrating for scheduling and viewing overall status, but we are finding ways to work around issues with other tools. We don't need another Jira! OP is my MS Project alternative, and adds the benefit of integrating teams into project tracking. Keep up the good work!
Pros
OpenProject is a pleasure to use for projects from proposal/concept to closing. Creating a WBS and timeline with generic resources is a great way to generate documentation needed for proposals. Copying that proposal project to an active project is then a great way to jumpstart project planning with team awareness of timelines and requirements. Teams can interact with the project plan, adding their own features and tasks to complete deliverables. Creating custom WBS queries assists in focusing team members on items they are required to complete. And creating custom queries to the master Work Package list provides a way for executive members to view the active phases and status of milestones. Meetings can be logged in their own section, and wiki notes can be captured for reference. Very pleased with the community version of OpenProject.
Cons
Scheduling and resource management is a bit burdensome with OpenProject. There is so much value in scheduling with blocked-out weekends, holidays, and resource calendars. Resource loading reports have to be manually created in other tools (spreadsheets) to show whether resources are available or overbooked. The planned project overview page and executive/portfolio views can't come soon enough. Value is often communicated upwards, and there isn't much for executive management to view; these views and reports are still custom creations in other tools. Printing wiki pages, meetings, etc. are awkward. Budgeting is OK, but again awkward as the plugin appears to apply to all projects when within a single project. There is no baseline feature and no way to compare performance verses the baseline. For these reasons, users are still required to use more advanced resource management, project management and budgeting, and scheduling tools alongside OpenProject. It is great software, just not a complete replacement for other project management toolsets. At times, it would be good to have more condensed views, but reducing the screen rendering/size to less than 100% suffices for now.
Reasons for choosing OpenProject
Free and timeline/work package views. Almost a complete PMIS.
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
Integrate project management and team collaboration with timelines and scheduling. A great PMIS, that is better than most, and will be best with resource management and executive/portfolio reporting!

Response from OpenProject
Thank you very much for your feedback. The good news is that we are working on a completely new resource management and scheduling module for OpenProject. If you are interested in sharing your expectations, just get in touch with us on support@openproject.com.
Replied September 2019
Indika
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: 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.
March 2020
Very good project managment tool
It help lot to manage number of scrum team for a single project and we could be able to manage over 100 staff on this product.
Pros
i was able to use this product over 4 years on my previouse company. It was a very good selection for those who looking for a free agile based project management software
Cons
less flexibility and hard to configure/install is major issue i realized with this tool. It too so long to fix certian slowness issue of the application.
Akshat
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Medical Devices
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
February 2022
Good, solid tool to initiate project & task management in SMEs
Day-to-day project and task management, creation and maintenance of broader and long-term roadmaps.
Pros
Transparency, easy-to-set and manage work item types, roles and responsibilities, the possibility to branch and link projects.
Cons
Certain discrepancies regarding recording and maintaining efforts needed for individual tasks. Gantt Charts not possible to be exported for reporting purposes (yet).
Reasons for choosing OpenProject
Easy-to-use and train the employees in, affordable corporate solutions, possibility to integrate other products, customer service.
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
Financial reasons, ease-of-use.
Anonymous
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
October 2020
Open project - customise it all.
Open project has the flexibility for you to customise your projects to work just how you need them to work. If you take the time to set it up, it will fulfill your needs.
Pros
- Customisable - Project, subprojects, sub sub projects - Tasks, subtasks, - many customisable work package types - Cost that feels right - Not loaded with extra features that you are paying for buy never use.
Cons
- needs basic refinement - can be buggy - steep learning curve
Reasons for choosing OpenProject
Cost was more reasonable, customisation was better.
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
Too simplistic
Jander
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Industry: Education Management
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
August 2019
Great Tool
It has helped me a lot in project management. Task management and monitoring. I would like a brief overview of the project portfolio.
Pros
Open source software, API, web based. Constant feature and security updates. Agile tools; Gantt chart.
Cons
The integration of agile module with gantt chart does not work correctly. There is currently a need for manual updates to the Agile module and Gantt. It would be great if the Gantt chart showed the progress of Versions, User Stories, and Tasks automatically. Currently I have to create a Gantt Phase and link to the Version of the same name.
Reasons for choosing OpenProject
Open source, many features and constant updates.

Response from OpenProject
Thanks you very much for your feedback. The integration of the Agile module with the Gantt chart is a known challenge which we will evaluate and improve. For now, the new Boards module gives a first improvement so that all work packages are at first displayed in the Gantt chart.
Replied September 2019

Muhammad Ashhar
Verified reviewer
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: 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.
January 2021
Better than trello
Just for task management purposes it's good, but if you want other functionalities there are other better options.
Pros
Following are its top features: - Gantt chart - Task dependency creation - Easy task assignment - Costing
Cons
- Collaboration could be improved like trello in big teams it can cause problems - No kanban view - Task searching, it's detail and it's activity is better in trello.
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
Because trello didn't have option to assign a task to any user.
Alessio
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
May 2021
OpenProject is a valid and complete Management Software
Pros
Easy to organize tasks among the members of the team, overview of the working hours. The complete and at the same time simple customization of the information available in boards and gants. A product, on my opinion total complete vs more other similar products on the market. The price is also affordable and is a plus for this product. What makes it perfect for us is the possibility to have it installed on personal servers. The free version cover the 80% of the entire functionality.
Cons
On Task Activity view it would help to have an preview of the images uploaded. The product could be improved by adding more functionalities to the web document creation tool.

Response from OpenProject
Many thanks for the great review, glad you enjoy working with OpenProject. Also glad to hear about what we can improve. I included your feature request for the activity module to our OpenProject project: https://community.openproject.org/projects/openproject/work_packages/36975/activity We would be happy to hear from you regarding more details on the improvements for the web document creation tool so that we can see what we can do. Please feel free to reach out to us via email (support@openproject.com). Kind regards, your OpenProject team
Replied May 2021

Ely
Verified reviewer
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Government Administration
Time used: 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.
May 2019
Free but great for project management
I used this platform to manage a project from the office on restoration of public art monuments, involved a lot of staff located in different parts, we had very little time, we managed to complete the project coordinating all activities and tasks with this platform, so it was much easier for me to receive reports from managers and area coordinators, I could detect where there were delays and who were the most efficient in fulfilling their tasks, it is amazing the information you can get from a platform like this
Pros
One of its most emblematic features, is a free platform and open source, you can use it from any operating system, gives you the tools to have control and make the necessary follow-up until the end of the project.
Cons
It should take more advantage of its open-source feature and incorporate more tools and functions.
Ronald
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
October 2020
Ease of access in a MS365 world
Pros
Let's you be free of microsoft while still being able to have all of the bells and whistles.
Cons
A little clunky at first but once you get used to it its fine.
Thameera
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: Food Production
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
August 2019
Great Product for Proffesionals
I'm the admin for our company and it's really easy to install the software. Configuring is little bit confusing but you get great support from community. I use for my own project management. All users are really happy to use the software.
Pros
OpenProject is open source and free to use. Great tool if you are intermediate for project management. Web based and can use on modern browsers.
Cons
Need more customization on functionalities. For example it's better to have a customizable landing page.
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
Needed the open source web base solution.

Response from OpenProject
Thank you very much for your great feedback. Please let us know if you have any more comments or feature requests.
Replied September 2019

Stefano
Verified reviewer
Company size: 1,001-5,000 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
September 2019
A great alternative to MS Project for collaboration
It's perfect to assign tasks and keep track of their progress. Many other free tools can do this but OpenProject adds customizable workflows and detailed dependencies between tasks - and even a Gantt view. I use it for small and medium projects where live feedback from team members (progress, comments, etc.) is vital. Achieving the same result with MS Project Server would cost exorbitantly more.
Pros
I like the ease of use (I never had to explain how to use it to team members, only to project admins), the clean interface, the granularity of the configuration (most of all the possibility of activating only the needed modules for each project), the customization possibilities for categories/statuses/fact that workflows, the flexibility and ease of query design, the availability of a Gantt view I appreciated also very much that most of the essential features can be used for free without limitations (other tools like Asana limit the number of projects, tasks or team members). Setup was extremely easy (but I'm a skilled technician and tinkerer with over 10 years of sysadmin experience, so your mileage may vary).
Cons
It lacks some important features for project resources management like resource allocation (to spot overloads), resource leveling, resource calendars and resource availability percentage. It also feels a bit skewed towards sw development teams and Agile methodology, so creating a classic waterfall WBS is not as easy as it should be and requires mental discipline; among other things, it does not allow for an easy reordering of tasks after their creation. It does not allow for an easy nor complete import/export from/to MS Project (which IS arguably the industry standard). The reports are not customizable and can only include task list and details (not the Gantt view).
Reasons for choosing OpenProject
Cost and ease of setup and use.
Jaylon
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
August 2019
Very User Friendly!
This product has helped to organize and streamline the user acceptance testing process!
Pros
Open Project is very easy to navigate, with little-to-no training needed prior. It is easy to help organize project teams and help triage/direct issues found!
Cons
It would help if the amount/types of statuses for each defect were customizable at the project-level. Each project is organized differently, so this would be a huge win!

Response from OpenProject
Thank you very much for your great feedback. At a workaround to have different status on a project level, you can create different types with corresponding status and activate those in different projects according to the projects' needs. We will evaluate the other option as well. Please let us know if you have any more comments or feature requests.
Replied September 2019
Carlos
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Computer Games
Time used: 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.
February 2020
Very robust tool to manage projects of all types
Lightweight tool widely used in the market for project management.
Pros
It is open source. It has a free version to be installed on its own server. It has paid version with hosting and support. It has functionality for all stages of completing a project. Visual of the graphical interface is easy and intuitive.
Cons
technical knowledge is required to install. If you use it as a team (online) you will need to pay for a server where it will be installed.

Jared
Verified reviewer
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Government Administration
Time used: 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.
February 2019
Solid Tool for Project Management
Overall this is a go-to program for my occasional project management needs. Very happy with the program in general.
Pros
The biggest draw for me was the price tag - free. I don't know who spent the time to design this program, but it has been an excellent resource for me during the few projects a year when I need a true project management tool. It has a wide variety of features available, and after a few minutes of trial and error, it was easy to pick up the basics. The GANTT chart feature is especially useful and is the component that I use the most.
Cons
Finding some features of the program can be tricky and aren't as user friendly as they could be. Export options seem a little limited.
Thyago
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: Less than 12 months
Review Source: Capterra
August 2019
Great for managing my projects!
I am very easy to use the platform, I follow all the news by the community. All my company activity today is in OpenProjetc
Pros
OpenProject is highly configurable for the processes of each department. I have complete control of everything being done.
Cons
I wish he had an area to manage each person's workloads.

Response from OpenProject
Thank you very much for your great feedback. We will evaluate the requirement of managing the private workload. Soon we are implementing a better resource management and scheduling module. Also, private Board views will be developed in the future to manage private activities. Please let us know if you have any more comments or feature requests.
Replied September 2019
Marcelo
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: E-Learning
Time used: 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.
July 2020
Excelent project management software
It is an efficient free project management software
Pros
It is open source. The software is used by a large community of developers. It has the support of large free software companies. Another positive point is that it comes very close to the paid products in relation to features.
Cons
I don't see any problems. This software serves me in everything I need. Sometimes, some limitations in the software are not a disadvantage. At OpenProject, we can do everything we need, because good project management is not software, it is the competence of project management professionals.
Arjen
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
August 2019
Great Project Planning has a name: OpenProject
We are going to move completely to OpenProject for our Project Planning needs.
Pros
Fantastic GANTT implementation. Great ways to group / sort data while maintaining the GANTT view.
Cons
At first it was unclear how to make edits, until you discover you have to select rows first.
Reasons for choosing OpenProject
Great overall Performance!
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
Not so great GANTT implementation.

Response from OpenProject
Thank you very much for your great feedback. Please let us know if you have any more comments or feature requests.
Replied September 2019
Andrew
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
March 2017
Full featured reasonably priced Project Management & Wiki platform
When we were looking for a Project Management and Wiki platform, there were a ton of good choices. However our organization has just over 10 people and so none of the free trials would work for us. Also, not very many platforms support Project Management and Wiki functionality, so for most platforms, we'd need a two-headed solution which would cost just under $$$/month. Instead, we found OpenProject, which is perfect. It doesn't look quite as slick as some of the other offerings, but after testing we found it to be just as functional and still pretty easy to use. Best of all, we can keep our organization's Wiki documentation and project tracking in one place. We're using Open Project's could hosting, which costs less... a much better price than anything else on the market that we were able to find. If you already have your own server and don't mind applying a few platform upgrades per year, then you can even get it for free since it's an opensource platform.
Pros
Good user interface, great feature set, better prices.
Cons
User interface doesn't look as slick as Asana's.
Rene
Company size: 2-10 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
November 2017
Though only working with this tool for a month, it has helped me a lot with project-planning.
Pros
The interface is really good, inline editing makes the creation and editing of tasks and other data really fast. The roles of different kinds of users are easily customizable. Most features I need for project-management are available in OpenProject. I really like the fact I can host OpenProject on my own server, so I have my data in my own hands.
Cons
OpenProject misses a few features that I think should be available. For instance, it is now possible to export Cost Reports (for instance, Time Sheet logs). This is something I need a lot, to inform customers of the progress of a project. They seem to be working on this feature though. I would like to link the tasks I planned to an external calendar. Maybe a CalDav interface would be a possibility.

Luisana
Verified reviewer
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Internet
Time used: 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.
March 2018
I support myself in openProject
The benefits of using OpenProject is that you can perform accurate project planning and resource utilization.
Pros
I really like OpenProject because it is a program that can be easily used to plan projects, load resources and define the dates of activities. Besides, it is a free license.
Cons
What I would like the program to do is to join several projects in one and be able to verify if time or resources that are already being used in another project overlap, to prevent this.
Dave
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: 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.
April 2019
Great Free Project Management Software
Pros
Very easy to get up and running, and the interfaces are very intuitive. Nice way to get a snapshot of current project state. Multiple user accounts allows for associating tasks with users (who get notified via email when updates are pushed)
Cons
A 'server' (always on machine, running a web server and database) is required... would be nice if future iterations were remote browser based.
Kim
Company size: 1 employee
Industry: Construction
Review Source: Capterra
August 2019
Open it is not
A 'free trial' failed to provide (a) sufficient time to understand the product (b) sufficient guidance on the product before demanding I commit to signing up
Pros
This product looked to be a useful alternative to MS Project
Cons
Inadequate help.
Switched From
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
Looking for better priced product

Response from OpenProject
Dear Kim, thank you for your review. Indeed, the help is quite weak at this point. We are currently developing a new help center with documentation and videos directly embedded in the system. Also, we offer to prolong the trial for another 10 days to give users a change to test the system thoroughly before signing up. We also offer to give a personal demo. We are happy to prolong your trial if needed. Kind regards Birthe (OpenProject)
Replied August 2019
raChelle
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Industry: Government Administration
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
August 2019
Great Product for Managing Projects
Pros
I love the ease of use of OpenProject and better than MS Project. Tracking tasks is simple and efficient.
Cons
I haven't found anything I dislike about OpenProject. In fact, I'm trying to talk more people into utilizing the software.
Reasons for switching to OpenProject
a few years ago

Response from OpenProject
Thank you very much for your great feedback. Please let us know if you have any more comments or feature requests.
Replied September 2019

Gustavo
Verified reviewer
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Computer Software
Time used: 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.
January 2019
Tool that helps the fulfillment of activities.
My experience with this tool is to follow up on the implementations that the company in which I work.
Pros
One of the benefits is that this tool can be used On-Premise or Cloud.
Cons
One of the disadvantages that I observe is that it is not very intuitive and that it requires more study of the documentation.
