Introduction
I was looking for a project management tool and stumbled over plethora of tools available in the market. It's difficult to make a choice considering the growth of a project that can start with couple of people to a bigger team. This is not an exhaustive article comparing a lot of tools. I just wanted to keep it simple and share my reasoning in choosing a tool. I'll be sharing the reference links that can used to get more details. Let's get started.
Tool Requirements
Below are the requirements of a tool or parameters used to make the decision considering a startup project involving couple of developers.
- 🧠 Learning curve
- 🖇️ Flexibility
- 💰 Pricing
- 📈 Scaling to big teams
Tools Considered
Lets dive into each of the parameters.
🧠 Learning curve
- Asana : It's an advance tool with lot of features that cater to complex workflows. Steep learning curve.
- ClickUp : It's also advanced tool with lot of features and not everyone is aware about it. Steep learning curve
- Monday.com : A tool more than project management. Lots of features makes learning steep
- Github : Developer friendly tool, learning curve is not steep and easy to grasp.
My choice : Github as its developer friendly.
🖇️ Flexibility
- Asana : Advanced tool with lot of customization available. UI/UX is bit outdated
- ClickUp: Advanced tool with good amount of customization and advanced UI/UX.
- Monday.com: Advanced tool and highly customizable with easy to use UI/UX.
- Github : Evolving tool with good amount of flexibility in creating boards, custom columns. Multiple board views. Easy integration with repositories
My Choice: Github due to multiple board views and customizable columns.
💰 Pricing
- Asana : Free(15 members) and $10.99/month
- ClickUp : Free(Unlimited members) and $5/month
- Monday.com : Free(2 members) and $8/month
- Github : Free(Unlimited members) and $4/month
My Choice: Github due to unlimited members in free tier.
📈 Scaling
- Asana : Scaling to large teams is expensive as advanced features are available in premium and enterprise ($10.99/$24.99 per month)
- ClickUp: Scaling to large teams is decently priced with good features available ($9/$19 per month)
- Monday.com : Good for scaling having great features and pricing ($10/ $16 per month)
- Github : Highly scalable to large teams as seen with some of the large projects hosted and tracked through it with decent pricing ($21 per month)
My Choice: ClickUp due to pricing and great premium features
Conclusion
We saw a brief comparison among different tools based on different parameters. When you are starting out on a project, all tools looks great but as the team grows, factors such as learning curve, pricing need to be evaluated. With the analysis presented I have chosen Github for my project management activity. Github has a fairly easy learning curve and comes with lot of flexibility making a good choice for developers. Overall my choice would be in the order of preference: Github > ClickUp > Asana > Monday.com. Any comments/suggestions/correction are welcome.
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