Plane

Ranked #4 in Product management software for startups.

Plane is a software at San Francisco, US.

Plane is an open-source project planning and issue tracking tool designed to help software teams manage issues effectively.

Official website

At a glance

Address	San Francisco, US
Price from	Free
Best for	Teams looking for open-source alternatives

From Plane's own website.

Company facts

Founded	2022
Headquarters	San Francisco, US
Social profiles	LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Crunchbase

Facilities and features

Its website also mentions:

Published pricing
Self-serve sign-up
API
Integrations
Single sign-on
SOC 2
GDPR

What stands out

The product features AI agents that understand full workspace context.

“Plane was not retrofitted for AI, it was built around it. Plane AI reads across every project, cycle, doc, and thread in your workspace.”Plane, own website

The product supports self-hosting in air-gapped environments without compromise.

“Self-host without compromise, on-prem and air-gapped The only modern project management platform built for environments where you control every layer.”Plane, own website

Worth knowing

Smaller ecosystem of integrations compared to Jira

How it ranks

Plane is ranked 4th of 10 in Product management software for startups (Lister Score 94.0).

#4 in Product management software for startups · Lister Score 94.0

Plane is an AI-native project management platform that unifies work and knowledge. It enables teams to plan, execute, and stay aligned within a single workspace.

Features AI agents that understand full workspace context.

How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 18; buying information on its own site 16.

“Project management and knowledge management for teams and agents Plane brings projects, docs, and AI-powered workflows into one unified workspace so teams and agents can plan,”Plane, own website