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Planitude compared with the tools you already know, feature by feature and with official sources, together with practical guides to planning and to migrating from Project Online without losing data.
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A 5-day task that starts on 30 December finishes on 7 January. How the project calendar does that arithmetic, where holidays and supplier closures belong, and what one missing calendar does to a print job in August.
A plan with two parallel 10-day branches looks like a 10-day plan. Simulated with honest ranges, it meets that date about one time in six.
Teams call the Gantt chart the plan, then find out on the day a change request arrives that nobody wrote down the scope or who may approve it.
A schedule can respect every link and still ask one tester for two full-time tasks on the same days. How to measure the overload, and what each fix costs in days.
A milestone typed in with a date and no predecessor stays on time while the work behind it slips. How to set milestones that move when the plan moves.
A plan that forgets the redirects or the training is late before it starts. How to build a WBS that catches the missing work, then carry it into tasks, links and dates.
A task that sits at 80% for three weeks is usually a task that should have been split. How to recognise it, how far to break it down and when a checklist is the better choice.
The critical path is the chain of tasks that sets your finish date. How to calculate it by hand, read the float of every task and decide where a delay really matters.
Most schedules slip at the estimating stage, long before work starts. Four techniques, a three-point example calculated step by step, a checklist and the mistakes that make plans optimistic.
Most schedules use finish-to-start for everything and wonder why the plan is too long. How the four dependency types behave, how to use lag and lead, a worked example and the linking mistakes to avoid.
A practical method for late projects: diagnose the delay against the critical path and float, then compare fast-tracking, crashing, scope reduction and a new deadline on a worked example.
The baseline is the approved plan you measure against. Learn when to save it, how to read start, finish and duration variance in working days, and when a new baseline is legitimate.
A project plan is only useful while it matches the real work. An overview of Planitude integrations, from Jira to Teams and Slack channels and AI assistants, with criteria for choosing the ones your team needs.
The plan says when you will finish, Jira says where the work stands. Planitude’s two-way sync keeps both together with clear rules for every field, with no automatic deletions and no duplicates.
A Slack or Teams channel can tell the team when a critical task slips, before the weekly meeting. What Planitude posts, how it avoids noise and how to set it up, including after the end of Office 365 connectors.
With the Model Context Protocol, an AI assistant can read a real schedule, with dependencies and a critical path, and propose changes that the Planitude engine recalculates. What it does, how to connect ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini and how your data stays protected.
Microsoft set the retirement of Project Online for September 30, 2026. How to retrieve your projects with Project desktop, which options Microsoft recommends and how to import your plans into Planitude while making sure nothing is lost.
The complete comparison of Microsoft Project alternatives: which tools open .mpp files, which calculate the critical path and which are free. With a summary table, official sources and links to every detailed comparison.
Microsoft set the retirement of Project Online for September 30, 2026. Where Planitude reproduces the MS Project way of working, where Microsoft remains more complete and how to move your plans without losing data.
Planner with Project Plan 3 is Microsoft’s offering for organizations leaving Project Online. A comparison with Planitude on scheduling, file formats, licensing and costs, based on official sources.
GanttPRO is a well-designed online Gantt tool with a 14-day trial and paid per-user plans. Planitude offers MS Project-style dependencies, .mpp import and XML export free of charge for the whole team.
ProjectLibre is a very complete open-source desktop application. Planitude brings the same MS Project logic to the browser, with free collaboration for the whole team. When each one is the better fit.
Smartsheet is a grid-based work platform with Gantt views and free collaborators. Planitude is a scheduling engine modeled on MS Project, free and compatible with .mpp files. The differences that matter.
Asana is a work management platform with timeline and Gantt views on its paid plans. Planitude is a scheduling engine modeled on MS Project, free and with the critical path for everyone. A comparison based on official sources.
monday.com offers boards, timeline and Gantt views on its paid plans. Planitude offers a complete scheduling engine modeled on MS Project, free and compatible with .mpp files. The differences, with sources.
Wrike is a work management platform for structured organizations, with Gantt charts from the Team plan. Planitude offers Gantt charts, critical path, .mpp import and Microsoft Project XML export free of charge. A comparison based on official sources.
ClickUp is a very broad work platform, with Gantt charts from the Unlimited plan and the critical path from the Business plan. Planitude offers Gantt charts, the critical path and .mpp import free of charge to everyone. A comparison based on official sources.
Jira is the reference platform for software teams, with timeline and dependencies in its plans. Planitude is a scheduling engine modeled on MS Project, with critical path and .mpp import, free. When to use one, the other or both.
TeamGantt is an intuitive online Gantt tool, with a free plan for 1 user and 1 project and bundle-based plans from the Basic plan upward. Planitude is free for the whole team, with critical path and baselines included, and imports and exports Microsoft Project files. A comparison based on official sources.
Oracle’s Primavera P6 is designed for complex project portfolios, with CPM, baselines and resource optimization. Planitude imports .xer files, calculates the critical path and is free. When to use it alongside P6, or instead of it.
Zoho Projects offers a free plan for 5 users and 3 projects, and paid plans with budgets, EVM and the critical path. Planitude includes the critical path and baselines for everyone, free, and opens MS Project files. A comparison based on official sources.
OpenProject offers an open-source Community edition to install on your own servers and cloud plans with a minimum number of users. Planitude is a free service hosted in Germany, with four dependency types, critical path and .mpp import. A comparison based on official sources.
GanttProject is a free desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux that reads and exports MS Project files. Planitude is free and online, with collaboration, critical path and import of the same XML format. How to move from one to the other.
Merlin Project by ProjectWizards is a native Apple application that also works offline, with Gantt, kanban, mind maps and a 30-day trial. Planitude is free, in the browser, with critical path and .mpp import. When to choose one or the other.
Notion is a flexible workspace with tables, boards, calendars and a timeline. Planitude is a scheduling engine modeled on MS Project, with dependencies, critical path and .mpp import, free. How to use them together or choose between them.
Trello offers simple, shareable kanban boards, with the timeline view on the Premium plan. Planitude offers a board and a Gantt chart on the same plan, with dependencies, critical path and .mpp import, free of charge. A comparison based on official sources.
Basecamp by 37signals organizes team communication with message boards, to-dos, the Card Table and a calendar, at a flat price with no per-user cost. Planitude adds what is needed for scheduling: dependencies, critical path and baselines, free of charge.
Everything you need to read and build a Gantt chart: the four dependency types, the critical path, float and baselines. With a renovation example calculated step by step.
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