MagicTask vs Plane

Plane is an open-source Jira/Linear alternative without gamified progress

Which to pick

What it is: MagicTask:MagicTask is a gamified task and project management platform that turns work into quests with points, leaderboards, and rewards.; Plane:Plane is an open-source project and knowledge-management platform with AI-powered workflows, available cloud, self-hosted or air-gapped.
Best for: MagicTask:Gamified task management; Plane:Unified PM, wiki and AI agents in one workspace
Who it’s for: MagicTask:Teams, freelancers, remote workers, students, and gamers who want a fun way to stay productive.; Plane:Product, engineering and ops teams that need integrated project, docs and AI automation.
Pricing: MagicTask:Paid; Plane:Freemium
Plans: MagicTask:Monthly $10 per user per month · Yearly $100 per user per year; 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: MagicTask:—; Plane:Yes, 60,370 GitHub stars
Works with: MagicTask:—; Plane:GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, GitLab Enterprise, Slack, Sentry, Jira, Linear

Real-Time Leaderboards. Shows a live ranking of team members based on completed tasks and earned points.
Points & Rewards System. Earn points, tokens, skins, pets, and badges as you complete tasks and clear dungeons.
Task Prioritization & Batching. Group tasks and focus on urgent items to boost efficiency.
Realms & Dungeons. Personalized workspaces (Realms) and progressive challenges (Dungeons) that unlock rewards.
Unlimited Tasks & Projects. Create unlimited tasks, subtasks, and projects with board or list views.
Shared Workspaces. Collaborate in a single workspace while each member retains a personal Realm.

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.

Is MagicTask or Plane free?+

MagicTask is paid, from $10/month per user (Monthly), with a free trial. Plane has a free plan; paid plans start at $6/month per user (Pro).

Which is cheaper, MagicTask or Plane?+

Plane is cheaper to start with: Plane's Pro plan ($6/month per user) against MagicTask's Monthly plan ($10/month per user).

Is MagicTask or Plane open source?+

Plane is open source (makeplane/plane on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for MagicTask.

MagicTask

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Plane

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