Redmine vs. Whimsical

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Redmine
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Redmine 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
Whimsical
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Whimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.
$12
per month per editor
Pricing
RedmineWhimsical
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Pro
$12
per month per editor
Business
$18
per month per editor
Enterprise
$240
per year per editor
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
RedmineWhimsical
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details17% discount for annual billing on Pro and Business plans.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
RedmineWhimsical
Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Redmine
8.2
13 Ratings
6% above category average
Whimsical
8.0
2 Ratings
3% above category average
Task Management10.013 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Resource Management7.012 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Gantt Charts9.012 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Scheduling7.011 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Workflow Automation10.09 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Team Collaboration10.012 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology6.910 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology8.010 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Document Management10.011 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Email integration8.010 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Mobile Access5.59 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking9.011 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Change request and Case Management7.012 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.011 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Redmine
8.0
8 Ratings
4% above category average
Whimsical
8.3
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Quotes/estimates7.33 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Invoicing7.82 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Project & financial reporting9.06 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Integration with accounting software7.92 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
RedmineWhimsical
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(13 ratings)
9.5
(10 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
6.5
(3 ratings)
5.7
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
RedmineWhimsical
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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Whimsical
It's extremely well-suited for rapid wire-framing of concepts, as product teams can quickly collaborate on any idea and create a visual blueprint of it. Whimsical could provide more intuitive feature prioritization templates. The current templates lack the necessary detail and could be further enhanced from a UI/UX standpoint.
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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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Whimsical
  • Simple to use
  • Tons of uses
  • Can be customized with themeing
  • Can organize all your boards pretty much however you want
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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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Whimsical
  • It can be a little frustrating trying to line things up exactly right but that's probably more user error than anything
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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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Whimsical
It's fairly intuitive, I rarely have any problems using the app. The layout is pretty user-friendly and easy to adapt to. There's a lot of tooltips to help with the various features and functions, so it's very easy to get self-help for the most part. Overally, I'm pretty happy and satisfied with the usage of Whimsical for mind-mapping.
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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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Whimsical
I reached out to support, as I was interested in possibly investing in the organization, and they quickly and happily informed me they are a bootstrap organization and do not take on investors at this time. The swift response and information readily available for my consumption was extremely helpful and shows how solid the team behind it is.
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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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Whimsical
Whimsical is so much easier and has a better interface, so I think it's more suited to our workflow if compared to other tools like Google Charts. I really love this tool and I'm looking to learn and use it even more, as it helps us optimize our time, planning, and delivering more efficiently.
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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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Whimsical
  • No hard numbers I can quote. Other than the free plan has been adequate for my needs.
  • It's my go to mind mapping tool.
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