# Page 3 | OpenProject Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is OpenProject the right Project Management solution for you? Explore 188 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/152761/OpenProject/reviews --- OpenProject 4.6 (188) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/152761/OpenProject/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of OpenProject ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 188 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use FP Franklin P. Strategic Advisor Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "OpenProject Empowering Collaboration and Growth" June 3, 2024 5.0 I haved had an overwhelming experience on this platform. Pros OpenProject is a versatile project management and collaboration platform that stands out for its open-source approach and user-friendly features. It empowers teams to streamline workflows, track progress, and achieve success with customizable tools and seamless integrations. It's not just a project management tool; it's a catalyst for collaboration and growth. Cons There aren't any rough times on this platform. Review Source Response from OpenProject June 10, 2024 Thank you for your review, Franklin! We are happy that OpenProject is part of your collaboration toolbox. Aadhya K. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Comprehensive and G/B.I.E.M Cloud Project Management IT Enterprise Product" August 27, 2023 4.0 OpenProject is an excellent and exceptional WYSIWYG cloud project management tool which best prioritise urgent project/tasks, edition and updating, adding assignees dues, online proofing, team and tasks scheduling, Irc-style featured BIM to enhance productivity maximising, project budgeting and many more services it leads. Pros Its feaure-rich platform with all-in-one and centralised complete set of module relevant and adaptive to advanced cloud project, task, and team management. It has an excellent user friendly interface to facilitate it's performance and capabilities under one single unit. Availability across all internet enabled devices hence support a remarkable remote work control. Cons So far so good with OpenProject Incredibility. Nothing to fault or complain since it has it all as expected. Review Source Response from OpenProject September 4, 2023 Thank you for your feedback, Aadhya. We are happy to hear that OpenProject enables you to work remotely. BW Bennett W. Director of Operations Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Robust PPM Program of this Era" August 4, 2023 5.0 I relish a lot from OpenProject: time tracking on projects, task creation and assignment issuing. Pros OpenProject help track time, issue and expense upon project completion which reduce losses by paying for exact work done. Cons For the entire 2+ years that I have been using OpenProject, all I count are benefits each day I launch it. Review Source Response from OpenProject August 11, 2023 Thank you for your feedback, Bennett. We are happy to hear that OpenProject helps you in your work. Stay tuned as we are about to release OpenProject 13.0. el mahdi M. office asistent Information Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Inexpensive quick services" July 9, 2022 4.0 Overall, the OpenProject experience was excellent. I would recommend it to everyone who does not have a large budget. He has made many of my projects a success. Pros This program is characterized by several features, for example: - Ease of use - Meetings can be logged in their own section - All services are free Cons resource management is a bit burdensome with OpenProject, No resource status notifications (we don't know if they are reserved or available), Alternatives considered [ClickUp](https://www.capterra.com/p/158833/ClickUp/) Reason for choosing OpenProject All services in OpenProject are free Review Source Response from OpenProject December 16, 2022 Thank you for sharing your thoughts on OpenProject. We appreciate your feedback and work on improving OpenProject every day. You can find all the latest features in our release notes (https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/). YR Yaman R. Former Co-founder & CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "5 years of OpenProject usage" April 16, 2023 4.0 In my team I had to change our workflow several times, I was so relieved that OpenProject was able to adapt perfectly. Pros \- Self hosted - Very fast, and wasn’t affected by projects or users number getting larger. - Super configurable, literally everything is customisable. Cons \- No mobile app- No real RTL support, I was forced to design a Chrome extension for my team to modify Open Project’s UI to fully support RTL on browsers. - Sometimes I had to try several minor versions (0.x.x or 0.x) in order to find the most stable one. The latest version is not always the most stable one unfortunately. Alternatives considered [Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/)[ClickUp](https://www.capterra.com/p/158833/ClickUp/) Reason for choosing OpenProject Mainly data sovereignty, customisations, and the Restful API. Switched from [Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/)[Trello](https://www.capterra.com/p/211559/Trello/)[Google Sheets](https://www.capterra.com/p/169718/Google-Sheets/) Trello was too basic. Google Sheets was effective for small projects and small team but not a real tool.Jira was hard to use, didn’t have much customisations, and blocked by Atlassian (my team had to use VPN to access it). Review Source Response from OpenProject April 24, 2023 Thank you for your feedback, Yaman. We value your opinions and glad that even in the absence of a mobile app OpenProject was nonetheless a good fit for your changing needs. MF Matthew F. Project Manager and Software Engineer Wireless Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Project Software for Teams" August 28, 2019 4.0 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. Alternatives considered [Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/)[Microsoft Teams](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/) Reason for choosing OpenProject Free and timeline/work package views. Almost a complete PMIS. Switched from [Bugzilla](https://www.capterra.com/p/119057/Bugzilla/) 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! Review Source Response from OpenProject September 4, 2019 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. SW Stefan W. IT Projektmanager Internet Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "80 % der Features zu 20 % des Preises" July 27, 2023 4.0 OpenProject verfolgt das Pareto Prinzip in Perfektion. 80 % der Features sind da und reichen tatsächlich auch für den Betrieb aus. Vieles der letzten 20 % existiert bereits in der Community als Feature Request und muss "nur noch" implementiert werden. Dabei handelt es sich oftmals um sehr kleine Details, die technisch schon für anderes Feldtypen vorhanden sind, aber nicht konsistent für alle. Pros Die faire und gut skalierende Preisgestaltung.Die Flexibilität und Einfachheit der Anpassung und Wartung.Der freundliche und persönliche Support.Open Source und eine offene Community für Feedback und Featurerequests.Self-hosted mit Lizenzplänen, welche nur minimalen Support aber dafür einen guten Preis bieten.Gut dokumentierte und offene API.Hervorragende, öffentliche Dokumentation in Deutsch und Englisch. Cons Im Kanbanboard fehlen Swimlanes.Benutzerbenachrichtigungen für benutzerdefinierte Benutzerfelder fehlen.Spalten für die Darstellung der Unteraufgabenbeziehung fehlen.Automatisierte Workflows fehlen.Die Filter sind bei weitem nicht so flexibel und mächtig wie die JQL bei Jira. Alternatives considered [Redmine](https://www.capterra.com/p/212445/Redmine/)[Jira](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/)[GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[YouTrack](https://www.capterra.com/p/123548/YouTrack/)[monday.com](https://www.capterra.com/p/147657/monday-com/) Reason for choosing OpenProject Self-hosted on-premise, Open Source, günstiger Preis pro Nutzer, gut skalierendes Lizenzmodell, gute Abdeckung unserer Anforderungen Review Source Response from OpenProject August 4, 2023 Thank you for your review of OpenProject, Stefan. We are always happy to hear thoughts on how we can improve OpenProject. MJ Martin J. Cloud Project Manager | Strategic Planner Hospitality Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Agile, Sophisticated and Tremendous Projects and Strategic Planning Tool " July 28, 2023 5.0 Providence of incredible, real-time cloud projects, tasks and team management services under single roof. Tremendous strategic planning capabilities,team collaboration via mass BIM support. Multi-managing projects and tasks. Maximised team productivity. Pros Ease of deployment and availability across all devices.Prioritisation of urgent projects and tasks.Team collaboration via thread messaging (BIM)Adding due dates to tasks.Scheduling of tasks to respective teams. Cons No single drawback to register since it has it all. Review Source Response from OpenProject August 4, 2023 Thank you for sharing your experience with OpenProject, Martin. PN Peter N. Student Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### ""MY PROJECT MANAGER SOFTWARE"" June 10, 2024 4.0 Openproject is user friendly, navigations arranged nicely making it easy to access them, I can only say that my experience with openproject has been amazing and very helpful in my coursework soo far. Pros The fact that I can manage multiple class projects and team projects all in one platform, this makes it fun and easy to complete task and projects on time Team work enhancement, this software promotes team work, me and my fellow students from other courses can freely share knowledge and idea and at the end of the day we finish the work. Cons I haven't encountered any bad thing with openproject for all I know,I has made me a better student soo far Review Source Response from OpenProject July 2, 2024 Thank you for sharing your experience with OpenProject, Peter. Stefano M. Project Manager / Service Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great alternative to MS Project for collaboration" September 3, 2019 4.0 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). Alternatives considered [MindManager](https://www.capterra.com/p/31776/MindManager/) Reason for choosing OpenProject Cost and ease of setup and use. Review Source Response from OpenProject December 16, 2022 Thank you for sharing your thoughts on OpenProject. We appreciate your feedback and work on improving OpenProject every day. You can find all the latest feature in our release notes (https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/). Santosh V. Senior Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Project Planning and Scheduling is made easy by OpenProject." July 5, 2023 5.0 My overall experience has been absolutely great. OpenProject has been cost effective tool that has enabled us to finalize on most of our clients projects effectively efficiently without wasting much time. Pros Currently i am working on with a small team of 10 members and we are working on multiple major projects for our clients. It's eminent we complete the projects on time and give it all we can. Using OpenProject as our main project management tool has brought a huge boost on how we are handling and managing the projects efficiently. OpenProject has the best robust and reliable features which are making everything fall into place and we are almost being done with some of the projects. It's been easy to track the team performance in real-time and able to know what's going on pretty well and and what not. It's a flexible tool that we use it on any operating system and have the controls tools which enables us to take full control of our clients projects effectively. Cons The support team has been very exceptional and responsive at times but at times due to high number of clients who needs assistance they are a bit slow. Nevertheless everything else is super dope. Review Source Response from OpenProject July 7, 2023 Thank you for sharing your thoughts on OpenProject, Santosh. WM Wachira M. Consultant Obstetrician Gynecologist and Infertility Specialist Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Why I Prefer OpenProject for TM & PM" June 25, 2024 5.0 Task and workload management. Real-time collaboration. Pros I use on a daily basis to plan, track and manage projects and tasks. With OpenProject, I achieve my daily goals through visually tracking the progress of projects in real-time. Cons OpenProject has not yet failed me in any way - kudos to the vendor for such a marvelous platform. Review Source Response from OpenProject July 2, 2024 Thank you for your review of OpenProject, Wachira! It will surely help other fellow users form an informed opinion when looking for project management software. EM Edwin M. Head of Contact Center Operations Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My Review for OpenProject" August 10, 2023 4.0 I relish a lot with OP; project portfolio management, issue tracking and collaboration on projects. Pros Ever since I implemented OpenProject, it has never been daunting to manage projects and tasks since it reduced manual workload replacing it with automations. Cons OpenProject doesn’t offer freemium version, but it is quite affordable. Review Source Response from OpenProject August 18, 2023 Thank you for your review of OpenProject, Edwin. Stay tuned as we are about to release OpenProject 13.0 next week with a lot of new great features. AC Alessio C. Founder Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "OpenProject is a valid and complete Management Software" May 4, 2021 5.0 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. Review Source Response from OpenProject May 19, 2021 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 VR Verified Reviewer Creative Director Furniture Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Open project - customise it all." October 15, 2020 4.0 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 Alternatives considered [Wrike](https://www.capterra.com/p/76113/Wrike/) Reason for choosing OpenProject Cost was more reasonable, customisation was better. Switched from [Asana](https://www.capterra.com/p/184581/Asana-PM/) Too simplistic Review Source Response from OpenProject December 16, 2022 Thank you for sharing your thoughts on OpenProject. We appreciate your feedback and work on improving OpenProject every day. You can find all the latest feature in our release notes (https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/). OO Olanike O. Personal Assistant to Head of School Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Open Source for TM and PM: OpenProject" June 11, 2024 4.0 Managing projects, appointments scheduling and team collaboration are the key benefits. Pros I not only like OpenProject for seamlessly planning projects but also for allocating resources at ease. Cons OpenProject has poor backend integration capability compared to alternative PPM tools. Review Source Response from OpenProject July 2, 2024 Thank you for your feedback, Olanike. We are constantly working on expanding OpenProject integrations, though our focus indeed is on the core of OpenProject. Please take a look at our documentation on integrations for a better overview of all available integrations -> https://www.openproject.org/docs/system-admin-guide/integrations/ Rahma B. Fund Accountant Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Terrific and inexpensive project management solution." June 27, 2023 5.0 Great user experience. It's been easy to customize this tool to fully suite our specific needs. It's also easy to use and inexpensive. Pros What I really like about OpenProject is that is an open source project management solution that streamlines our projects management process with features like time and cost reporting and issue tracking which allows us to ideate on multiple projects and track time and cost spent on each project. I also like how this tool allows us to run custom reports that provides useful insights on our project performance and resource allocation and it's great for making data-driven decisions. Cons I love it's an open source project management tool that is easy to use with any operating system. Nevertheless requires user to go through the learning curve which is not a dislike. Review Source Response from OpenProject July 3, 2023 Thank you for feedback, Rahma. Follow our blog to stay up to date on all the latest features (https://www.openproject.org/blog/). KS Kristin S. Head of HR & Admin Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Why Open Projects with OpenProject" August 7, 2023 4.0 Time and expense tracking.Team management. Pros I like that OpenProject help track time and expense on projects without involving manual processes. Cons OpenProject accomplishes all my desires at workstation apart from lack of offline access like Daptiv. Review Source Response from OpenProject August 11, 2023 Thank you for your review, Kristin. We appreciate your feedback on how we can improve OpenProject. KC Kelsey C. Creative Lead - Digital Marketing Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Marketing Project Manager: OP" August 6, 2023 5.0 Task and project management. Pros OpenProject streamline business processes by getting rid of manual processes when tracking and managing projects and tasks. Cons Even though I rarely use OpenProject on a daily basis, the few times I use, I barely record any error. Review Source Response from OpenProject August 11, 2023 Thank you for sharing your experience with OpenProject, Kelsey. ED Erik D. Ass. Prof. Research Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Project management at the tip of your fingers" August 31, 2023 5.0 We tried OpenProject to track the progress of our research projects, which are distributed in nature as they are composed of different partners in different institutions. OpenProject is a solid solution for that, easy to use and with a rich set of features. Pros It was super fast to insert and organize the tasks/milestones for our project. The interface is so intuitive that we didn't even need to take the introductory tutorial. This lowers the adoption effort for all members of a team and therefore makes it more likely for them to be consistent users, rather than stopping updating the project after a while. The board feature is complete and useful to have. Cons The only thing we didn't find so intuitive was how to export the graphical representation of the GANTT chart, which we might want to have to put in presentations & co. Minor issue though. Review Source Response from OpenProject September 4, 2023 Thank you for your feedback on OpenProject, Erik. As an alternative to exporting a GANTT chart, it may be helpful to use the new PDF export feature (https://www.openproject.org/blog/news-product-team-pdf-export/). John M. Construction Project Manager Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A pulchritudinous and extremely marvellous Project Management Tool." August 1, 2023 5.0 OpenProject streamlines projects and workflows hence increasing productivity. Pros I'm delighted to use OpenProject because it enables me to plan and schedule projects easily.I like that I can seamlessly collaborate with my team on project assignments.It is simple to track cost and time used on running projects. Cons I haven't faced any major setbacks when using OpenProject as it meets all our Project Management need. Review Source Response from OpenProject August 4, 2023 Thank you for sharing your experience with OpenProject, John. We are glad to hear that you OpenProject helped increase productivity for you and your team. Muhammad Ashhar H. Software Development Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Better than trello" January 9, 2021 4.0 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. Switched from [Trello](https://www.capterra.com/p/211559/Trello/) Because trello didn't have option to assign a task to any user. Review Source Response from OpenProject December 16, 2022 Thank you for sharing your thoughts on OpenProject. We appreciate your feedback and work on improving OpenProject every day. We have greatly improved the search function, you can read more about it here https://www.openproject.org/docs/user-guide/search/. You can find all the latest features in our release notes (https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/). Zoban B. Project Manager Utilities Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reliable and Convenient Tool for Project Management." August 2, 2023 5.0 OpenProject enhance seamless team collaboration. Pros I'm impressed to use OpenProject to plan and manage projects and schedules.Tracking project progress with OpenProject is simple.It's simple to customize OpenProject according to my needs. Cons Getting started with OpenProject is simple and fast hence I don't have any constraints to highlight. Review Source CN Cliff N. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "An Open-Source Project Management Tool for Teams of All Sizes." July 17, 2023 5.0 Positive experience so far so good. Pros OpenProject is an open-source project management software that provides a collaborative platform for managing projects, tasks and workflows. I like it's designed for teams of all sizes, from small teams to large enterprises. It's all-in-one tool that we use including software development, marketing campaigns, construction projects and IT projects.I love how this tool provides suite of project planning tools including Gannt charts, work breakdown structures and agile boards to help teams plan and manage their projects effectively and efficiently.It's easy to create and assign tasks, set deadlines, and track progress on tasks using this tool.I love it also provides Collaboration features including team and client portals, document management and real-time communication tools. Cons I have no dislike in my mind. Everything has been working smoothly and efficiently. Review Source Response from OpenProject July 21, 2023 Thank you for your feedback, Cliff. It is wonderful to hear about your positive experience with OpenProject. Winston O. Territory Manager Oil & Energy Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Stunning,resourceful and Da Bomb! Task and Project Management Software. " February 2, 2023 5.0 Pros I like how OpenProject allows teams to work and collaborate together more effectively on project schedules.It's easy and fast to keep track of multiple projects progress simultaneously with help of OpenProject.It's easy to organize,plan,create,assign and execute project and task schedules with this tool.OpenProject is a better tool for time and budget tracking hence making it easy and quick to track time and costs spent on projects.It's also to customize this tool dashboard so as to meet all our needs.It's a very secure tool for task and project management. Cons I have nothing to do with dislikes as OpenProject works perfectly to meet all our requirements. Review Source Response from OpenProject February 20, 2023 Thank you for your feedback, Winston, we really appreciate it. Take a look at our release notes (https://www.openproject.org/docs/release-notes/) to stay informed on our newest features. 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