# RationalPlan Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 RationalPlan Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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RationalPlan

## What is RationalPlan?

RationalPlan is a powerful project management software designed to help both teams and project managers to create consistent project plans, allocate resources and analyze workload, track work progress, estimate project costs and manage budgets.

## What is RationalPlan used for?

[Project Management](https://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/)[Collaboration](https://www.capterra.com/collaboration-software/)[Scheduling](https://www.capterra.com/scheduling-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 99 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

92%

Neutral

8%

Negative

0%

Starting price

$4

Per User, Per Month

Free trial  
available

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Per User, Per Month

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Access Controls/Permissions

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Activity Tracking

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Agile Methodologies

Iterative project Management approach that involves technologies such as Kanban, Scrum, XP, APF, XPM and more

Alerts/Notifications

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Automated Scheduling

Automatically create schedules based on business needs or employee availability and qualifications

Budgeting/Forecasting

Create budgets based on historical data and future projections

RationalPlan 53 features

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Iterative project Management approach that involves technologies such as Kanban, Scrum, XP, APF, XPM and more

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Automatically create schedules based on business needs or employee availability and qualifications

Forecast, allocate funds, organize financial resources and report & analyze project's income and expenditure

Create budgets based on historical data and future projections

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Private online space that lets businesses securely share documents and provide information access to clients

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Manage, organize, and store contact information

Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Estimate expected cost based on various factors before a project begins

Public or private sharing of digital files such as documents, audio/video, images, and more

Visual representation of project's schedule, sequence and duration of tasks, benchmarks and dependencies

Identify and respond to unexpected problems or failures (ie. "negative events")

Visualization tool to organize and optimize tasks and track their status at every stage of workflow

Monitor task progress and planned accomplishments to better manage project status

Ability to handle several projects simultaneously

Level of completion within a task

Overview of all programs that help compare initiatives, align projects with strategic goals and identify risk

Manage and track financials on a project-to-project basis

Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments

Organize and schedule projects

Defining the project's scope, deliverables, schedules, resources, budget, critical path, dependencies and constraints

Monitor the progress of projects from start to finish

Create, manage, or update project workflows.

Estimate or forecast of a future scenario based on the study of present trends

Preview and make real-time changes in the web content

Set the frequency of a task's occurrence

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Track task progress, milestones, delays, or other key information and generate reports on them for evaluation

Assign available resources (human and/or non-human) to various projects and tasks

Process of planning, scheduling and executing the optimal and effective use of human capital across projects

Process of identifying, evaluating, mitigating, addressing and reporting on potential risks or uncertainties

UI looks like a spreadsheet

Split and manage tasks into individual components

UI looks like task board

Edit task information and all related elements

Create, manage and track all task activities and progression

Track the status and progress of tasks

Track and manage the scheduling of tasks

Log and record hours worked and costs spent to assist in billing and invoicing

Measure and track time including hours worked and paid time off (PTO)

Track the amount of time spent on a job or task

A digital list of items that need to be completed

Sequential approach (i.e. Waterfall) in which users break down and plan an entire project before the launch

Track revisions and updates made to files and navigate between different versions

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

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Features

4.3 (73)

4.3

Based on 73 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.7 (72)

Free Trial

Free Version

[View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/74048/RationalPlan/pricing/)

Free

$0.00

It includes:

-   2 projects
-   100 tasks
-   5 MB storage
-   2 users

Beginner - Cloud

$4.00

Per User,Per Month

It includes:

-   20 projects
-   700 tasks
-   7 GB storage

Master - Cloud

$12.00

Per User,Per Month

It includes:

-   50 projects
-   2000 tasks
-   15 GB storage

Single - On Premise

$145.00

Per User,One Time

It includes:

-   Assumptions and Constraints
-   Availability
-   Etc
-   Fixed Costs
-   Google Drive Integration
-   Leveling
-   Onedrive Integration
-   Recurring Tasks
-   Risks
-   Task Types
-   Working Calendars
-   Milestones
-   Baselines
-   Human resources
-   Standard/Overtime rates

Multi - On Premise

$288.00

Per User,One Time

It includes:

-   Budgets
-   Contacts
-   Inter-Projects Dependencies
-   Main Contact
-   Project's Client
-   Milestones
-   Baselines
-   Human resources
-   Standard/Overtime rates
-   Inter-projects dependencies

Value for money

4.7 (72)

4.7

Based on 72 reviews

## Integrations

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.5 (90)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.5 (90)

4.5

Based on 90 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.4

Based on 99 reviews

Filter by rating

5(50)

4(41)

3(8)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

TY

Tugce Y.

Assistant Revenue and Reservation Manager

Hospitality

### "Project management done absolutely in right way"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

November 18, 2022

Pros

RationalPlan makes it possible for us to manage the projects that we run inside the company in the most optimal way.

Cons

RationalPlan is so successful so far and I do not have anything negative that worth to write here.

Switched from

[Engageware](https://www.capterra.com/p/45552/Engageware/)

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Sales Associate

Apparel & Fashion

### "Great for Multiprojects"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

April 23, 2019

Pros

the collaboration on this software is bar-none. We just finished our free trial and we will definitely be purchasing. Cannot wait to learn more and get access to all of the features.

Cons

I have no cons about RationalPlan at this time.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Business Analyst

Insurance

### "Simple tool for project planning and management"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

November 21, 2018

If you're looking for ease-of-use project planning and management tool, this can be it! You can manage multiple projects at the same time, be able to estimate the project durations and costs, and assure that you can stay track on your targets.

Pros

We're looking for a software for project planning and we ended up using this application. I find this simple and straightforward for our projects. It allows me to create project timelines, build roadmaps (Gantt chart) and other basic functionalities for project planning and management.

Cons

Couldn't think of any. It fulfilled the needs of our small projects.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JB

Jennifer B.

COO

Non-Profit Organization Management

### "Special Events"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

November 20, 2018

It has been a great addition for our special events and maintenance projects.

Pros

User-Friendly and easy to navigate. With little instruction, our special events director was able to set up the events with mininal assistance.

Cons

Nothing so far. Customer service has been very helpful.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Full Professor

Higher Education

### "Solid Project Management Tool"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

November 20, 2018

Students who use a macbook and cannot load MS Project need to rely on a solid management tool to perform their scheduling and cost management. It is a lifesaver for those students who rely on a macbook.

Pros

The software follows along the same principles of MS Project that helps my students learn the tool quicker. The compatibility to work along side MS Project likewise helps students that work with Macbooks where they cannot load MS Project to their system.

Cons

The reporting function is not as robust as MS Project.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Bill B.

Principal, VP/COO

Construction

### "Great project management software. "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

November 20, 2018

My partner and I build large custom homes. By using RationalPlan, we can queue the subs and make the entire process go more quickly. It is a great tool, but like any tool, you have to use it. It is not magic.

Pros

Intuitive. Easy to learn. Many features (some I have not explored yet).

Cons

I have not figured out how to have a couple of projects open at the same time. Also have not figured out how to sort entries.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

TH

Telemabo H.

Civil Engineering Technologist

Civil Engineering

### "Easy to use"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

November 17, 2018

I use it to develop work schedule for my company.

Pros

It is very easy to use, even as a novice. You can also add your company logo in the heading of the printout.

Cons

I don't have any contrary opinion, for now

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

HJ

Hernan J.

Program Manager

Automotive

### "Good management tool"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

November 16, 2018

Good management plan, easy to convert to other platforms.

Pros

Very easy to set up, and start building up Gantt timings.

Cons

Needs a "facelift", needs to be refreshed, make it more "interactive" (drag and drop functionality).

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Commissioning Manager

Environmental Services

### "Review"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

November 16, 2018

Pros

The software is very easy to pick up. I use this software for smaller project that require professional looking gantt chart but not the bells and whistles of more powerful software like P6. I can very quickly develop a project schedule without issue using this software.

Cons

The software doesn't have the same level of user created support compared to other more popular software like MS project. If I have a problem with MS project I can usually just google the problem and find something on a forum.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AD

Arun D.

Physician

Hospital & Health Care

### "Great Product!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

November 10, 2018

Pros

Easy to use, very user friendly and excellent for project planning purposes.

Cons

Honestly, I cannot think of anything that I would change about it.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

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