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It's a Plan vs Plane
Short answer: Pick It's a Plan if you want issue tracking with AI agents; pick Plane if you want unified PM, wiki and AI agents in one workspace. It's a Plan has a free plan, paid from $24/month; Plane has a free plan, paid from $6/month per user.
It's a PlanThe open source, self-hosted alternative to Linear and Jira.
PlaneOpen-source project management, a Jira and Linear alternativeWhich to pick
Pick It's a Plan if you want…
- Issue tracking with AI agents
- Integrations with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor (on It's a Plan's list, not Plane's)
Pick Plane if you want…
- Unified PM, wiki and AI agents in one workspace
- Open-source project management
- Integrations with GitHub Enterprise, GitLab Enterprise or Slack (on Plane's list, not It's a Plan's)
Side by side
- What it is
- It's a Plan:An open-source issue tracker you host yourself. Assign an issue to an AI agent the way you would to a teammate.
- Plane:Plane is an open-source project and knowledge-management platform with AI-powered workflows, available cloud, self-hosted or air-gapped.
- Best for
- It's a Plan:Issue tracking with AI agents
- Plane:Unified PM, wiki and AI agents in one workspace
- Who it’s for
- It's a Plan:Software teams, solo founders, agencies and support desks
- Plane:Product, engineering and ops teams that need integrated project, docs and AI automation.
- Pricing
- It's a Plan:Freemium
- Plane:Freemium
- Starting price
- It's a Plan:$24/month (Pro monthly)
- Plane:$6/month per user (Pro)
- Free plan or trial
- It's a Plan:Free plan (Community)
- Plane:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Plans
- It's a Plan:Community $0 forever · Pro yearly $240 per year · Pro monthly $24 per month
- Plane:Free $0 per seat per month · Pro $6 per seat per month per month · Business $13 per seat per month per month
- Open source
- It's a Plan:Yes, 2,293 GitHub stars
- Plane:Yes, 60,370 GitHub stars
- Works with
- It's a Plan:Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
- Plane:GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, GitLab Enterprise, Slack, Sentry, Jira, Linear
It's a Plan features
- Give issues to AI agents. Delegate an issue to an agent like you would to a teammate. It comments, moves the issue and hands it back for review.
- Board, table, timeline, calendar. Save any layout and filters as a view, for yourself or the whole team.
- Agents on a schedule. Run an agent every morning, every Friday, or when an issue changes state.
- Any model or your own CLI. Hosted agents use your API key. Local ones run Claude Code or Codex on your machine.
- Dashboards. 11 widgets, from burnup to agent health. The numbers update by themselves.
- Roles per project. Build a role by ticking what it can read, create, edit and delete.
- API, MCP and Git. REST API, an MCP server with 200+ tools, and pull requests from GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket.
- Runs on your server. One click on Railway, or docker compose up -d on your own server. Coolify and Kubernetes work too. With Pro, Fast Deploy sets up a server on your Hetzner, Vultr or DigitalOcean acc
Plane features
- Projects & Work Items. Create projects, epics, cycles and custom work items with properties and templates.
- Built-in Wiki. Rich documentation lives alongside work items, with real-time collaboration and versioning.
- Plane AI Agents. AI agents can triage requests, assign owners, summarize status and act on workspace context.
- Multiple Views & Dashboards. Board, List, Spreadsheet, Gantt and real-time dashboards with automatic metrics.
- Self-hosted Deployments. Docker, Kubernetes, CLI and Helm charts let you run Plane on-premise, air-gapped or in your cloud.
- Integrations & Marketplace. Sync with GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Sentry and import from Jira, Linear, Asana, ClickUp, Monday, etc.
- Security & Compliance. SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, SSO/SAML/LDAP and audit logs for enterprise control.
- Automation & Workflows. Triggers, actions, approvals and time-tracking automate repetitive processes.
It's a Plan vs Plane FAQ
What is the difference between It's a Plan and Plane?+
Both are open source and self-hosted. Plane Pro charges per seat; It's a Plan has one flat price and AI agents built in.
Should I use It's a Plan or Plane?+
Pick It's a Plan if you want issue tracking with AI agents or integrations with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor (on It's a Plan's list, not Plane's). Pick Plane if you want unified PM, wiki and AI agents in one workspace, open-source project management or integrations with GitHub Enterprise, GitLab Enterprise or Slack (on Plane's list, not It's a Plan's).
Is It's a Plan or Plane free?+
It's a Plan has a free plan (Community); paid plans start at $24/month (Pro monthly). Plane has a free plan; paid plans start at $6/month per user (Pro).
Which is cheaper, It's a Plan or Plane?+
It's a Plan starts at $24/month (Pro monthly) and Plane starts at $6/month per user (Pro); the plans are billed differently, so compare what's included.
Is It's a Plan or Plane open source?+
Yes, both are open source: It's a Plan (croffasia/itsaplan on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license) and Plane (makeplane/plane on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license).
Do It's a Plan and Plane integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list GitHub and GitLab. It's a Plan also lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Bitbucket; Plane also lists GitHub Enterprise, GitLab Enterprise, Slack, Sentry and 6 more.
On DevHunt
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