Ganttic

Ganttic is a resource planner for coordinating project portfolios, tasks and the people or assets assigned to them. It is best suited to teams scheduling a mix of staff and physical resources; its resource-based pricing makes it especially attractive when many users share a relatively small pool of resources.

Overview

Rather than charging by seat, Ganttic prices plans by the number of resources being planned, while allowing unlimited users. That is a useful distinction for organizations that need broad access without buying a license for every colleague. The free plan’s 10-resource ceiling makes it a plausible fit for individual planning and small businesses, but larger resource pools require a paid plan.

Ganttic is designed for planning across industries and can represent people, rooms, machinery, vehicles and equipment. That breadth is valuable when schedules depend on shared assets as well as staff. It is less compelling for teams whose main concern is per-user licensing or API access at no cost: API access is excluded from the free plan.

Key features

The visual online Gantt planner has both resource and task perspectives, with drag-and-drop scheduling. Switching perspectives helps teams coordinate work around either the task sequence or the availability of people and assets. Time blocking, recurring tasks and workload planning add practical scheduling tools, while reports and Kanban boards provide other ways to review work.

Google Calendar and Outlook syncing, Zapier integrations and an API offer routes to connect planning with other workflows. The important limitation is that API access comes with paid plans, although trial users can request access to test it. Teams that rely on API-based processes should account for that paid-plan requirement before settling on the free tier.

Customizable Owner, Admin and User permissions give administrators a way to distinguish access levels, and an account History Log records activity. Ganttic says its cloud service runs on AWS servers in Frankfurt, Germany, and is GDPR compliant. Its stated security measures include AWS WAF protection, TLS 1.2 encryption, annual third-party penetration tests and backups four times daily. These are relevant safeguards for organizations assessing a cloud planner, though they do not replace a review of an organization’s own security requirements.

Ganttic offers email support, help materials and free unlimited personalized support demos. The demos can be useful for teams evaluating how to structure resource planning before committing to a paid plan.

Pricing

Ganttic has a free plan and a 14-day trial. The trial includes all features, unlimited resources and unlimited users, and does not require a credit card. That makes it a useful way to assess the full planner, including whether a paid feature such as API access fits a team’s workflow; trial users can request API access to test it.

The free options suit teams with no more than 10 resources and many users, but the API exclusion is a meaningful trade-off for integration-heavy operations. PRO 20 raises the resource cap to 20 and includes API access while retaining unlimited users and projects. The published price is $25 a month, billed monthly; teams planning more than 20 resources should confirm a suitable option before choosing Ganttic.

Platforms

Ganttic is available on the web and has mobile apps for Android and Apple devices. The API is a platform and integration option for paid plans, with trial access available by request. Calendar syncing and Zapier integrations extend its usefulness alongside existing scheduling tools.

Who it's for

Ganttic is a strong fit for small businesses and individual planners working within a 10-resource ceiling, particularly when unlimited users matter more than a large resource quota. Teams coordinating people alongside rooms, vehicles or equipment can use the same planner for those different resource types. Organizations with larger pools can consider a paid plan, while API-dependent teams should factor in that access begins with paid plans.

It is a weaker match for anyone who needs more than 20 resources but has no appropriate custom-priced plan, or for teams unwilling to pay to use the API. Its broad resource model is an advantage only when those varied allocations are part of the planning problem.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Unlimited users on the free plan make it practical to share plans widely when the resource count stays at 10 or fewer.
• Pro: People and physical assets can be planned together, supporting schedules where rooms, machinery, vehicles or equipment are constraints.
• Pro: The trial runs for 14 days with unlimited resources and users, includes all features and requires no credit card.
• Pro: Calendar sync, Zapier and paid-plan API access provide several integration routes.
• Con: The free tier caps planning at 10 resources and excludes API access, limiting it for growing or integration-dependent teams.
• Con: PRO 20 is capped at 20 resources, so teams with larger pools need to establish whether a suitable plan is available.

Alternatives

For a broader browse across comparable categories, start with Resource Management Software, Gantt Chart Software or Time Management Apps.

• Teamdeck is worth considering when platform breadth matters: it supports Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows, and its free Startup plan covers up to six team members.
• Tempo Portfolio Manager may fit teams looking for project and task quotas: its free plan covers 10 members, three projects and 300 tasks, while Essentials is priced at $15 a month for one user.
• Mosaic is another option for teams seeking portfolio management, time tracking and resource planning, with iOS and Android apps; its Starter plan includes three free projects.
• Napta is an alternative paid option.
• Retain suits buyers who prefer to request a quote or demo for its cloud plan.
• Tempus Portfolio may suit teams seeking pricing tailored to planning needs, team size and implementation goals; it has no free plan.
• LibrePlan is a fit for teams seeking a self-hosted, open-source community edition with no license fee, or a commercial hosted or on-premise enterprise edition.
• Pleasy is an option for those seeking a free, open-source web app.

Verdict

Choose Ganttic if your team needs to schedule people and physical resources together, and unlimited users are more valuable than a high resource cap. Its free tier is a useful starting point for up to 10 resources, and PRO 20 adds API access for $25 a month. Look elsewhere if the free plan must include API access or your resource pool exceeds the available caps.