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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Redmine

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ARedmine is a project management web application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database, and free to download and use as an open source project available on the GNU 2.0 license.

    $0

    per month

    SpiraPlan

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    SpiraPlan is an enterprise agile project management solution. Some key features include: Requirements Management, Release Planning and Iteration/Sprint Planning. SpiraPlan helps users manage tasks, issues, code, and workflows. Additionally, SpiraPlan includes an enterprise risk management system that is fully integrated with the requirements and project management features.

    $219

    per month (3 concurrent users)

    Pricing
    RedmineSpiraPlan
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    RedmineSpiraPlan
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Billed monthly or annually, by concurrent users. Discount for annual billing. Annual billing only for downloaded version. Billed at a minimum 3 concurrent users.
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    Features
    RedmineSpiraPlan
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Redmine and SpiraPlan
    Feature
    Redmine
    8.2
    13 Ratings
    7% above category average
    SpiraPlan
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology6.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management10.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access5.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Redmine and SpiraPlan
    Feature
    Redmine
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SpiraPlan
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    RedmineSpiraPlan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    RedmineSpiraPlan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    Redmine is a perfect solution for businesses that are looking for a FREE and open source solution for project management. It is great for teams that are managing numerous tasks or projects at one time. Redmine is easy to set up and is fairly self-explanatory for anyone who is semi tech-savvy.
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    Inflectra Corporation
    We selected SpiraPlan because the workflow allows us to start simple without adopting an entire methodology. It suits small teams and single users really well.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Issue Tracker - Redmine allows in-depth issue tracking complete with workflows and customization.
    • Release Tracker - Redmine allows releases to be tracked by milestones, collecting relevant issues in each milestone.
    • Agile Management - With a few free or low-cost add-ons, Redmine becomes a great tool for Agile project management
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    Inflectra Corporation
    • Flexible requirements organisation structure. I'm able to group and sub-group requirements as I see fit.
    • Competitive product pricing. Paying by active use instead of registered user was the winning point.
    • UI is straightforward and easy to use.
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    Cons
    Open Source
    • The design and user-interface are a little outdated. It looks like a product that was designed ten years ago and doesn't have a polished look and feel like newer apps have.
    • It's not particularly designed to support agile-based project management methodologies such as Scrum.
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    Inflectra Corporation
    • Access from South East Asia is rather sluggish. Could be due to server location.
    • Complimentary phone app to do simple tasks (e.g. create tasks, create requirements, add comments) offline would be beneficial because access to the internet can be an issue at the customer's environment.
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    Usability
    Open Source
    Redmine is a great product to have in an organization. It's extremely flexible, costs much less to maintain than other alternatives, and as a tool, it is relatively fast to get experienced with. The primary advantages of working with Redmine are: flexible platform, API, open-source and highly configurable, stability.
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    Inflectra Corporation
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    Redmine is free, easy to use and it's everything you could want in a free project management program. The fact that it has wiki integration and that it can track on such a granular level is amazing. Assigning tasks to other users, such as our development team, is fantastic and ensures we are always up-to-date on where we are what - on what projects.
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    Inflectra Corporation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    Jira is a great project management tool for software product life cycle management for an agile environment based on agile methodologies. Jira is an intuitive and modernized user interface design compared with Redmine but Redmine is a lightweight and affordable project management and task tracking solution with its essential features and functionalities.
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    Inflectra Corporation
    Main differentiating factors: 1. Lightweight process 2. Plans based on active users instead of registered users.
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    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • Customers receive updates on all progress made for their issues -- this results in an informed customer who is being given transparency on all steps of our process.
    • Customers have responded well from being able to not have to track down emails and instead come to a central place for requests.
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    Inflectra Corporation
    • Allows us to manage simple IT requirements without major upfront costs. Allows us to expand our process complexity at our own pace.
    • Slow UI response from a South East Asia country can make data entry a drag.
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