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Visual Planning
What Visual Planning is
Visual Planning is a paid project planning and scheduling application for coordinating work across desktop, browser, and mobile devices. It supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Planning features include task dependencies, milestones, critical-path views, baseline tracking, resource management, and workload views. Separate products address different users: VP DESK is a rich client for main schedulers, VP PORTAL is a browser client for daily users, and VP GO is a mobile application for iOS and Android. US pricing starts at $15/user/mo with annual billing, and a 21-day trial is listed; there is no free plan. VP DESK SaaS costs $55 a month billed annually, while its annual subscription is $660 a year and lifetime licence is 1270.00 USD once. VP PORTAL costs $40 a month billed annually, $480 a year, or 790.00 USD once. VP GO costs $15 a month billed annually, $180 a year, or 290.00 USD once. Visual Planning was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Nanterre, France.
Who it suits
It suits organizations needing scheduling, dependencies, milestones, resource management, and workload visibility across office and mobile platforms. The separate DESK, PORTAL, and GO options fit main schedulers, daily users, and mobile users.
What it does well
- Supports task dependencies and milestones
- Includes critical-path and baseline tracking
- Offers resource and workload views
- Runs on five listed platforms
- Provides SaaS, subscription, and lifetime options
What to know first
- No free plan
- Pricing is billed annually for SaaS
- Lifetime licences require upfront payments
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| VP DESK SaaS (US) | Annual billing · Rich client for main schedulers · PC/Mac client | $55 a month |
| VP DESK Subscription (US) | Annual billing · Rich client for main schedulers · On-premise or corporate-cloud subscription | $660 a year |
| VP DESK Lifetime licence (US) | Perpetual license for main schedulers | $1,270, paid once |
| VP PORTAL SaaS (US) | Annual billing · Web client for daily users · Browser access | $40 a month |
| VP PORTAL Subscription (US) | Annual billing · Web client for daily users · On-premise or corporate-cloud subscription | $480 a year |
| VP PORTAL Lifetime licence (US) | Perpetual web-client license | $790, paid once |
| VP GO SaaS (US) | Annual billing · Mobile application · iOS and Android access | $15 a month |
| VP GO Subscription (US) | Annual billing · Mobile application · On-premise or corporate-cloud subscription | $180 a year |
The first 8 of 9 plans, as visual-planning.com lists them, read 24 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word. Every plan
Verdict
Visual Planning combines core project scheduling controls with dedicated desktop, browser, and mobile products. Its paid structure and multiple licence types require choosing the access model that matches each user group.
Facts from Visual Planning's own pages
- Founded
- 1996 · visual-planning.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Nanterre, France · visual-planning.com, 4 Oct 2026
Where Visual Planning stands on Freedom251
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