--- description: Review of GanttProject Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: GanttProject | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Gantt Chart Software](/directory/3449/gantt-chart/software) > [GanttProject](/software/203692/ganttproject) # GanttProject Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/203692/ganttproject Page: 1 / 8\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/203692/ganttproject?page=2) > GanttProject is a project management software designed to help businesses create schedules, assign tasks and resources, view project status reports and more. The platform enables managers to create project plans, assign tasks to team members, track progress and stay on top of deadlines. GanttProject offers a variety of templates for creating different types of projects, including event planning, construction management and more. Additionally, it offers time tracking capabilities that allow administrators to monitor the time taken to complete each task and generate reports based on this data. > > Verdict: Rated **4.2/5** by 175 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.2/5** | 175 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: GanttProject - **Founded**: 2003 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Free and open-sourced - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Dutch, French, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Czechia ## Features - Bar Chart - Budget Management - Collaboration Tools - Colour Codes/Icons - Customisable Templates - Dependency Tracking - Drag & Drop - Gantt/Timeline View - Milestone Tracking - Prioritisation - Progress Tracking - Project Planning - Project Planning/Scheduling - Project Scheduling - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Project Tracking - Resource Management - Task Management - Templates ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum ## Category - [Gantt Chart Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/3449/gantt-chart/software) ## Related Categories - [Gantt Chart Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/3449/gantt-chart/software) - [Project Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4430/project-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Trello](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/430585/trello) — 4.5/5 (23555 reviews) ## Reviews ### "One of the best project managers in local applications" — 4.0/5 > **Sofia** | *28 March 2018* | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: GanttProject is one of the best local tools for project management, it allows you to visualize your projects in a graphic way, being more pleasant for introductions to your team or clients, opting for a simple image of a complex system, helping your presentation and understanding, showing in graphical ranges how much it takes to develop each task, group that participates and more, all this of its more known tool the gantt diagram, is a very unique way to organize the projects and facilitate their understanding and progression. > > **Cons**: One of the most important disadvantages is that the bars do not indicate the amount of work but only the time invested, this does not allow to see how many resources will participate in the task, the case can be presented where a shorter bar actually takes much more work and personnel involved which brings confusion or detracts from the diagram. > > Have a tool that allows me to organize my projects in a visual way, easier to present to clients or users outside the area, with which they can better understand the times each task takes. ----- ### "Very Powerful Open Source Project Management and Schedule Software" — 4.0/5 > **Brennan** | *11 May 2022* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: compatible across multiple platforms and softwares, user interface and > > **Cons**: We are using desktop versions and editing common files in cloud storage so there is the risk of overwriting files and losing work. ----- ### "GanttProject a basic alternative to manage a project" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *14 May 2018* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: If you want to create or manipulate a Gantt chart without having to pay for the license of a commercial program, this open source program is a good option because it is easily manipulated, the menu bars are very similar to other programs aimed at managing of projects and instinctively you get what you're looking to develop. It is universal since it allows you to import and export files made in MSProject and CSV, with the software you can perform the PERT without problems, although the graphic representation is very generic and unattractive, the performance of the program in projects of academic or small scale is outstanding. You can install in Windows, Mac and Linux, It has good compatibility. It is free download, although the developers appreciate some donation, very suitable for students, universities, companies that handle small projects and little staff. Does not consume many computer resources, the software weighs only 14MB. > > **Cons**: It allows you to allocate the human resource and time, but does not perform complex analysis of those components, you can not easily identify who is overloading tasks, where is the critical path? What processes are the bottlenecks? The design is very primitive, lacks development, but it is like that small car that allows you to reach the goal at a moderate speed The printing of the diagrams is cumbersome, you must work with care in the design of the printing area, the software is associated more with the visualization than with the printing of reports. GanttChart is not compatible with the spring XER format, it must be passed through MSproject > > I have done five small projects with the tool, it has been useful and excellent at the level of expressing the goals of those involved, the participants, the time of development of each task, activity, types of associated deliverables and the participants of each of the activities , level of responsibility and hours of dedication, really that is very useful in terms of the general visualization of the goal. Unfortunately I can not automatically define in this software the levels of resource overload, the critical path of the processes and the possible bottlenecks of the process. In general, the software is good and practical at your level. I can define and design a project for free and manage the main structure of the project, share it with the people involved and they can deploy it by installing the tool in any existing operating system ----- ### "Great visio alternative" — 4.0/5 > **Kristian** | *11 June 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: simple to use, does all the basics well easy onboarding > > **Cons**: some of the form behaviour is a bit different from visio but a small learning curve. It might struggle within very large enterprise projects with hundreds of contributors - i havent tested > > great choice for most projects. Simple and quick to get up and running and users dont necessarily need a depth of knowledge on PM tooling. ----- ### "Very good alternative to MS Project" — 5.0/5 > **Michael** | *14 September 2020* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: - The simplicity of the software. Fast and easy to setup. Also non-PMs understand it. - Resource Management with conflict checks - Sequencing of Tasks/WBS > > **Cons**: - Printout of GANNT chart very hard and complicated. Hard to get the scaling to work > > I managed 8-12 inhouse as well as external consultant on 6 ERP-rollouts in 6 different countries. My objective was to plan the tasks in the WBS, sequence, ressources Vs. Capacity, Deadlines. We worked a lot with the GANNT in the meetings analysing the progress together which worked very well. What is somewhat missing is a cost evaluation tool with ETC etc. I did not need it in that extent but I can assume that other would like that. Eitherway, for an almost free software it is incredibly good and more than enough for most projects. ----- Page: 1 / 8\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/203692/ganttproject?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/203692/ganttproject) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data