FogBugz review
A mature planning and tracking suite for teams that need workflows, scheduling, and time records.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
FogBugz is issue-tracking and project-management software for software development teams. It organizes bugs, features, inquiries, tasks, projects, milestones, backlogs, and sprints in one system. Teams can configure categories, statuses, and workflows, then manage work through Kanban boards, time tracking, timesheets, and Evidence-Based Scheduling. FogBugz is available as a cloud-hosted service and as an on-premises deployment, with API access for custom integrations. It is aimed at mature development teams that need more planning structure than a basic issue list provides.
Pricing is paid and includes a 14-day free trial, with each listed plan covering all FogBugz features and 5 users. The Monthly plan costs $75 per month with monthly billing. The 1 Year plan costs $68 per month with annual billing, the 2 Years plan costs $64 per month with annual billing, and the 3 Years plan costs $62 per month with annual billing. The longer commitments reduce the monthly amount, while the feature and user highlights remain the same across the published plans. There is no free plan, so teams should assess the commitment level against their expected use.
Its ecosystem supports GitHub, Slack, Google Drive, Twitter, Trello, Git, and Mercurial, while the API provides a path for custom integrations. That combination fits teams working across source control, communication, and project tools. The main trade-off is scope: cases, workflows, milestones, backlogs, sprints, scheduling, and time records create a broad operating model that may be more than a small team needs for straightforward issue tracking. FogBugz suits established software teams that value planning and time visibility; teams seeking a free plan or a narrower tracker should look elsewhere.
FogBugz pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Covers cases, backlogs, sprints, Kanban, milestones, and workflows
- Includes time tracking, timesheets, and Evidence-Based Scheduling
- Supports web, API, cloud-hosted, and self-hosted deployment
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan; the 14-day trial is the only free access period
- Lowest listed term is $62 per month for 5 users
- Its broad planning feature set may exceed simple tracking needs
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