Alternatives to Microsoft Planner
A task and plan management app for Microsoft 365 that brings to-do lists, plans and projects together. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Microsoft Planner
A task and plan management app for Microsoft 365 that brings to-do lists, plans and projects together.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Microsoft Planner.
Trello
A web-based Kanban board app for organizing tasks and projects alone or in teams.
Trello offers simple hosted Kanban boards that do not need a Microsoft 365 subscription, with a free plan limited to 10 boards and 10 collaborators.
Asana
A hosted work and project management app for planning tasks, projects and team workflows.
Asana is a hosted task and project tracker with no-code automations and a free plan for one or two people, independent of Microsoft 365.
ClickUp
A web-based work management app combining tasks, docs, chat, whiteboards and AI features.
ClickUp combines tasks with docs, chat and whiteboards and offers list, board and Gantt views plus time tracking, with a free tier available.
monday.com
A hosted work management platform for projects, tasks, CRM and team workflows with AI agents.
monday.com is a hosted work platform covering projects, CRM and service desks, with automations and dashboards and a strong focus on AI agents.
Wrike
A hosted work and project management platform for planning, assigning and tracking team work.
Wrike is a hosted project management platform aimed at enterprises coordinating work across many teams, heavier than Planner's task boards.
MeisterTask
A hosted task and project management platform for teams built around shared visual project boards.
MeisterTask provides hosted Kanban project boards with time tracking and a knowledge base, hosted in Germany with GDPR compliance.
Smartsheet
A spreadsheet-style work management platform for planning, tracking and reporting on projects and portfolios.
Smartsheet uses a spreadsheet-style interface with Gantt, Kanban and dashboard views and adds portfolio-level reporting, aimed at larger teams and PMOs.
Vikunja
Manage tasks through a self-hostable project workspace.
Vikunja is an open-source task workspace you can self-host under AGPL-3.0, with a hosted option and Pro features charged separately.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Microsoft To Do
A free to-do list and task management app from Microsoft that works with Outlook tasks and Planner.
Microsoft 365
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with cloud storage and collaboration.
Microsoft Loop
A collaborative workspace app from Microsoft with shared pages and live components across Microsoft 365.
Jira
Atlassian's issue and project tracking tool for planning, assigning and tracking team work.
TeamGantt
Web-based Gantt chart software for scheduling projects, tracking dependencies and sharing timelines with teams.
