Alternatives to MeisterTask
A hosted task and project management platform for teams built around shared visual project boards. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
MeisterTask
A hosted task and project management platform for teams built around shared visual project boards.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as MeisterTask.
Trello
A web-based Kanban board app for organizing tasks and projects alone or in teams.
Trello offers simple hosted Kanban boards with templates and an inbox capturing items from email and Slack, with a free plan limited to 10 boards.
Asana
A hosted work and project management app for planning tasks, projects and team workflows.
Asana is a hosted task and project manager with no-code automations and a desktop app, with data kept on Asana's servers rather than in the EU.
ClickUp
A web-based work management app combining tasks, docs, chat, whiteboards and AI features.
ClickUp adds docs, chat, whiteboards and Gantt views to its boards, with built-in time tracking, at the cost of a larger feature set to learn.
monday.com
A hosted work management platform for projects, tasks, CRM and team workflows with AI agents.
monday.com is a hosted work management platform covering projects, CRM and service desks, with automations, dashboards and a heavy focus on AI features.
Wrike
A hosted work and project management platform for planning, assigning and tracking team work.
Wrike is a hosted project platform built for structured work across many teams, aimed at enterprises and heavier than MeisterTask's boards.
Wekan
An open-source Kanban board built with Meteor that you host on your own server.
Wekan is an open-source Trello-style Kanban board you host yourself with no telemetry, though community support is limited.
PLANKA
A self-hosted Kanban board for teams, with real-time collaboration and paid Pro editions.
PLANKA is a source-available Kanban board you can self-host with Docker or use as managed cloud, with SSO and reporting in paid editions.
Kanboard
A minimal self-hosted Kanban board for managing projects with drag-and-drop tasks.
Kanboard is a minimal, free and open-source Kanban board you host yourself, with work-in-progress limits but a deliberately limited feature set.
Also worth comparing
These listings name MeisterTask as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Microsoft Planner
A task and plan management app for Microsoft 365 that brings to-do lists, plans and projects together.
MeisterTask provides hosted Kanban project boards with time tracking and a knowledge base, hosted in Germany with GDPR compliance.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Jira
Atlassian's issue and project tracking tool for planning, assigning and tracking team work.
Basecamp
A web-based project management and team communication app with to-dos, schedules and message boards.
Todoist
A to-do list and task manager with natural-language task entry, projects, labels and filters.
TeamGantt
Web-based Gantt chart software for scheduling projects, tracking dependencies and sharing timelines with teams.
Nozbe
A task and project manager for organizing personal and small-team work into projects, tasks and comments.
