PLANKA review
A focused open-source Kanban tool with multiple views, time tracking, and self-hosting.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
PLANKA is a project-management application centered on self-hosted Kanban workflows. Teams can organize projects with boards, lists, cards, custom fields, templates, recurring cards, and drag-and-drop task management. It also supports real-time updates, search, guest and worker roles, calendar, timeline, and list views. The product fits teams that want to keep project data on their own infrastructure while retaining structured collaboration features. A hosted edition is available for teams that prefer a vendor-managed environment.
Pricing is divided into three plans. Community is free for ongoing self-hosted use under a Fair Use License. Pro Self-Hosted costs €7.20 per user per month with annual billing, requires a minimum of one user, and adds guest roles, calendar and map views, time tracking, the REST API, and webhooks. Pro Hosted costs €8.50 per user per month with annual billing, requires at least five users, and provides a dedicated instance, isolated database, hosting in Germany, guest roles, and calendar and map views. Pro also includes OIDC single sign-on, while the product description lists mobile support, reporting-oriented features, and commercial support among its additions.
PLANKA’s strongest technical fit is for teams that value control and a focused work-management model. Its REST API and 50-plus webhook events provide an extension path, and Trello board import can help teams move an existing workflow. Time tracking, recurring cards, scoped roles, and several task views give the Kanban model useful depth without changing its central focus. The trade-off is a narrower ecosystem: native integrations are limited, and teams seeking configurable workflow automation or a broad integration catalog should consider an alternative. Choose PLANKA for self-hosted Kanban with practical planning views and API access; look elsewhere if automation breadth is the primary requirement.
PLANKA pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free self-hosted Community core
- Board, list, timeline, and calendar views
- REST API, webhooks, and Trello import
- Where it doesn't
- Native integrations are limited
- Configurable workflow automation is not a core strength
- Hosted Pro requires a five-user minimum
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