Planitude vs monday.com: Gantt and critical path, free
monday.com is a flexible platform for organizing any workflow. Planitude specializes in planning projects with dependencies and a critical path, free of charge.
In this article
monday.com is a highly flexible work platform: customizable boards, automations and different views for each team. Planitude is more specialized: it was built to plan projects with the same logic as Microsoft Project, in which dates derive from dependencies, calendars and constraints.
The comparison below is based on monday.com’s official pricing page.
Who monday.com and Planitude are for
monday.com is designed for teams that want to build their own workflows on shared boards; from the Basic plan it includes unlimited viewers[1].
Planitude is designed for those who plan projects with a binding finish date:
- project managers who need to monitor the critical path;
- technical, construction, events and product teams with many dependencies;
- people who receive or deliver Microsoft Project files.
Comparison at a glance
| Feature | Planitude | monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Opening .mpp files | Available.mpp/ | Not statedNot stated |
| Export | AvailableMicrosoft Project XML, CSV, print/ | Not statedNot stated |
| Dependencies (4 types, with lag) | AvailableFS, SS, FF and SF, with lag | Availabledynamic dependencies (Pro plan) |
| Critical path | Availableon demand, with total float | Not statedNot stated |
| Baselines | Availablesaved automatically at first progress; slippage in days | Not statedNot stated |
| Calendars and holidays | Availableworking calendars with exceptions | AvailableStandard plan |
| Date constraints | Availableconstraint dates and deadlines | Not statedNot stated |
| Resources and over-allocation | Availableproject members assigned to tasks, daily workload, over-allocation warnings | Availableresource management (Enterprise plan) |
| Costs and budget | Partialfixed and baseline costs from imported files; no budget view | Not statedNot stated |
| Earned Value Management (EVM) | Not availableNot available | Not statedNot stated |
| Automatic resource levelling | Not availableapplies the leveling delay from .mpp files; does not calculate it | Not statedNot stated |
| Views | AvailableSummary, Gantt, list, board, calendar, workload | Availableboard, calendar; timeline and Gantt from the Standard plan |
| Collaboration | Availableowner, editor and viewer roles; comments with @mentions | Availableunlimited viewers from the Basic plan |
| Public sharing | Availableread-only public link | Not statedNot stated |
| Interface languages | Available10 | Not statedNot stated |
| Self-hosting | Not availablemanaged service, EU servers (Germany) | Not statedNot stated |
| Entry price | Availablefree, ad-supported | Not available€9 per seat/ |
| Free plan | Availableall features, no seat limit | Available2 seats, 3 boards, no Gantt |
The data is the same as in our full comparison. “Not stated” means that monday.com does not list the feature on its pricing page, not that the feature is missing.
Scheduling
In monday.com, timeline and Gantt views are available from the Standard plan and dynamic dependencies from the Pro plan[1]. Planitude makes its entire scheduling engine available to every user:
- FS, SS, FF and SF dependencies with lead and lag;
- date constraints and deadlines;
- calendars with holidays and exceptions;
- an automatic critical path;
- baselines with the variance of each task;
- multi-level subtasks created with Tab, as in MS Project.
The Summary, Gantt, List, Board, Calendar and Workload views work on the same plan, and the version history makes it possible to restore earlier states.
Example: an office renovation
A renovation involves building services, flooring, painting and handover to the client. In Planitude, flooring is linked to the completion of the building services with a finish-to-start dependency, painting starts two days after flooring to allow for drying, and the handover has a deadline. If the building services slip by three days, the engine moves all subsequent tasks in cascade, the critical path is highlighted and the missed deadline is flagged immediately. With the baseline saved at the start, you can see how many days each task has moved compared with the original plan, while the version history lets you compare the current plan with the previous week’s. This is an analysis that a manually drawn Gantt chart cannot provide.
Import, export and migration
Planitude reads .mpp, Microsoft Project XML and Primavera .xer files, with an import report, and exports to Microsoft Project XML, CSV for Excel and print/PDF. monday.com’s pricing page does not list .mpp import[1].
Collaboration
monday.com offers unlimited viewers from the Basic plan[1]. Planitude offers link invitations with roles (owner, editor, viewer) at no cost to any user, comments with mentions, unique task keys, a change history and a read-only public link.
Pricing
monday.com Basic costs €9 per seat per month billed annually; Gantt is available from €12[1]. Resource management is included in the Enterprise plan[1]. Planitude is free, supported by advertising, with no limit on the number of users and with the Workload view included.
Languages, data and AI assistant
Planitude is available in 10 languages and hosts data on servers in the European Union, in Germany. The AI assistant reads the plan, provides estimates and proposes changes for you to confirm, and generates a first version of a plan from a description. API keys and the MCP server enable integration with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor and VS Code.
How to move from monday.com to Planitude
- Export the board from monday.com to a spreadsheet format, according to the options on your plan.
- Create a free Planitude account and a new project.
- Paste the rows from Excel into the Planitude grid: names, durations and indentation become tasks and subtasks.
- Add the dependencies: dates and the critical path are calculated automatically.
- Save a baseline and invite your team by link.
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Create a free accountConclusion
monday.com is an excellent cross-functional tool for organizing work. Planitude focuses on a single area, scheduling, and approaches it with the depth of MS Project. When the goal is to meet a finish date with dozens of interdependent tasks, Planitude provides the right tools free of charge.
Frequently asked questions
Does monday.com’s free plan include a Gantt chart?
No. The free plan includes 2 seats and 3 boards, without Gantt[1].
Does Planitude offer automations like monday.com?
No. Planitude is not a workflow automation platform: it specializes in scheduling with dependencies and a critical path.
Can a Microsoft Project file be imported into Planitude?
Yes: .mpp and Microsoft Project XML files, with tasks, dependencies, calendars and baselines; assigned resources are listed in the task notes.
How much does Planitude cost for 15 people?
Nothing: Planitude is free and has no per-user licenses.
Sources
Every fact about the products mentioned comes from these official pages, checked in September 2026. Prices are list prices, in the currency and billing period shown by the vendor, and may change.
- Pricingmonday.com
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