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Overview

Redmine

4.1

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Pricing

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About Redmine

Redmine is an open-source cloud-based project management solution based on the Ruby on Rails programming framework. It is a cross-platform and cross-database solution and allows users to manage multiple projects within the system. Administrators can allocate each user to have different roles on each project. The issue management system allows users to define the status of each issue and they can set the priority on a need basis.

Users can set workflow transitions for each issue type and role. It has a document management system, which allows users to share files on the system. Users can collaborate with each other through its messaging platforms. Other features include Gantt charts, a calendar, time tracking functionality, feeds and email notifications and self-registration support.

Redmine supports multiple databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite. The solution has multiple LDAP authentication support. Customer Support is provided via forums and chat.

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Redmine Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $25.00

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$25.00

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Redmine Features

Popular features found in IT Project Management
Drag & Drop
Issue Management
Prioritization
Project Planning
Requirements Management
Resource Management
Status Tracking
Task Management
Time & Expense Tracking
Workflow Management
More features of Redmine
Billable & Non-Billable Hours
Collaboration Tools
Customizable Fields
Document Management
For IT Project Management
Gantt/Timeline View
Issue Tracking
Kanban Board
Milestone Tracking
Multiple Projects
Online Time Tracking
Percent-Complete Tracking
Portfolio Management
Product Roadmapping
Projections
Project Tracking
Reporting/Project Tracking
Reporting & Statistics
Supports Scrum
Tagging
Task Progress Tracking
Testing/QA Management

Redmine User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.1

Ratings Breakdown

36%

44%

16%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.8

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

3.4

Functionality

4.0

Dmitrijs M.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

Was our companion-tool of choice for many projects

Redmine is a powerful and versatile project management tool. However, its outdated user interface may be a turnoff for some users. We used it because it was highly configurable and could run on our hardware or in totally in Intranet in some sensitive projects. We used it since 2006 or so for many years.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Redmine is a feature-rich project management tool with everything you need to manage projects of all sizes. It is easy to use with a clean and intuitive interface. It can be integrated with a variety of other tools and self-hosted, giving you more control over your data and security.

Cons:

The interface of Redmine always looked dated for every version.

Anjum T.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

Handy for Attendance and Leaves management

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

Attendance module integration is really cool.

Cons:

The user interface could be improved. For me it is very basic.

Reasons for switching to Redmine

My previous employer used this software, in my new employment i used it.

Emily M.

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

Great tool for project management

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Pros:

Our company uses this tool to manage projects. It's very helpful for us because we have multiple offices in different states and teams are often working together virtually. Redmine allows us to easily upload documents needed for our projects, assign projects to different people, and see priorities levels and ETA on completion. I would absolutely recommend this to others.

Jander S.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

5001-10000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

Use Redmine for yours daily tasks

We use Redmine to record everyday task tasks. We would like more resources for project management and agile methodologies. This is generally a good tool, but it depends on your goals.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Pros:

Redmine is a great tool for daily tasks. It is opensource and has several plugins that offer more features. Its API allows for easy integration with other software.

Cons:

Project management features are lacking. It is very confusing and the presentation is not good. You need reports too, although new ones can be created using the API. Features for agile methodologies are very important. There is a plugin, but it does not offer a good backlog presentation.

Reasons for choosing Redmine

Opensource, plugins and for being widely used by the community.

Steve M.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Electronics

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2021

Even if you use another tool, you have Redmine to thank

Our marketing teams felt overwhelmed by the complexity if Jira. We just couldn't make it work. Redmine, however, with a set of agile plugins, allowed us to have a true kanban board and implement really robust scrum workflows using Redmine. It was a tremendous experience and really helps us tackle our weekly tasks.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Being an open source project, Redmine has driven out the excess costs from project management and issue tracking software. Almost every other enterprise software project has to keep in mind that their customers can always choose a free and highly customizable read mine installation as an alternative, so Redmine makes the entire ecosystem more robust. What I really like the most is the low overhead for the server so that you can run a very large installation for hundreds or thousands of users on a low cost EC2 instance with extremely good performance. Checkout AWS LightSail if you want AWS specifically. If you're on a tight budget and want something implemented quickly, Redmine is the way to go. There are even hosted solutions out there like Plan.io that take away all the technical requirements for you.

Cons:

Out of the box, you will need to get a better skin and probably customize a lot of the UI to make it look more visually appealing. The overall design a Redmine feels a little dated now, so you will need to download other themes or probably purchase a paid one to make it feel more modern and usable.

Reasons for switching to Redmine

Jira was too complex for our marketing team.

Aaron D.

Verified reviewer

Internet

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Been using Redmine for over 10 years - tried lots of PM tools but keep with Redmine

We manage all our web development projects through Redmine, over 2000 now in total. I've tried several other PM tools but none had as much power or as good of a price as this!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

So I run a small web development team, working with medium to large projects for all sorts of clients. We've been using Redmine for over a decade now and have tried several other project management tools that look nicer, load faster, and are easier to set up. However, Redmine is a solid product that allows you to fully describe project tasks, assign to team members, and keep up with project progress. Once you have it set up, it's easy to use and free except for the hosting. We go with the self hosting option but there is a Redmine hosting service I've seen. Definitely recommend.

Cons:

Redmine is clunky, lacks good design, and out of the box, each action requires a new page load. If you do the self-hosted option, you have to install and configure this Ruby on Rails application which is a serious pain in the butt. We hired a guy to set it up for us (3 hours) and the hosting (over 2000 projects now) is costing $22/mo. So even though it's clunky, it does the job well. We are planning on installing some add-ons soon to make it load via Ajax and look nicer.

Reasons for choosing Redmine

Lower price and power.

Matthew P.

Verified reviewer

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2018

Best Project Tracker/Management/Team Tool bar none

Excellent project/tracker management - faster execution of projects

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

You can get the bare bones redmine up and running in minutes using a bitnami stack. Out of the box it's built for speed and simplicity, but if you are prepared to put some minimal effort in to add plugins, you can add many features, all free, that take it to the next level.

Cons:

The barebones version leads many (reviewers on this site included) to think that's all there is. It's built to be modular and extensible, so if you don't like the UI, you can simply add themes, if you want it to do additional stuff like tight email integration, agile (yes there are multiple free versions), helpdesk, Work Breakdown Structures, Charts, fully customized menu bar, repositories, Vault, Excellent Wiki, integrations to Slack and other ticket systems etc - you can do all of that. But because people see versions of Jira or Service Now running with more features (both of which require much more knowledge and effort), they think that redmine is underpowered. So imho that would be my main issue - it's reputation regarding functionality and security - both unfounded.

Nguyen H.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Good Opensource software

Many plugins but sometimes the plugins may contain some security bugs. Be aware of it. Becasue you might have some sensitive information on Redmine

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

ya, it's free. And we can optimize it as our own way. Becasue sometime you need to make it suitable for your organization. But for the Commercial software, you can only request them and wait for them. With Redmine, you can do everything you want to make it fit to your people.

Cons:

End-user always complain me about the software is hard to use. For me, a tech, I fell it's OK. But End-user they might need something pretty, beautiful and more visualization.

Reasons for switching to Redmine

it's free and be able to customize

Prakash C.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Manage planning and time tracking of project with redmine

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Ease of use

Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Basically its good tool to use for small projects organization. Having nice features and very customisable which is very nice things. And having almost all things which need to manage any small projects.

Cons:

Having very limited features for managing large team and project. App integration are not there need to download limited plugins.

Alson K.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

One of the best free self-hosted PM tools in the market

Redmine has become our daily driver in terms of project management and we cannot do without it nowadays.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Redmine is easy to use and great for onboarding clients and staff. It is able to prioritize our work and helps clients to see the project roadmap and development cycle at a glance.

Cons:

It was a little difficult to get it up and running, but once you do, you don't have to ever touch it again.

Reasons for switching to Redmine

Redmine seems to look more professional and has a lot more features as a project management app.

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