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Pricing
We do not reprint prices. They change too often for that to be honest, and a number on our page with no date is worse than sending you to the source.
How we rated it
What it is
Issue tracking and project planning for software teams: fast keyboard-driven interface, cycles, roadmaps, and tight links to GitHub and Slack.
Who it is for
Product and engineering teams that find Jira heavy and a task list too light.
Where it is strongest
Keeping a development team's work visible without the tool becoming a job of its own. Its speed is the feature — people actually update it.
Where it falls short
Opinionated: it fits how it thinks you should work, and bends badly if you disagree. Little use outside software. Per-user pricing adds up.
Our verdict
Recommended for software teams. For anything else it is the wrong shape, however pleasant it is to use.
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