Independent · sourced · Updated June 2026
Best Project Management (2026)
The cheapest project management is Airtable at $0/mo. 8 offer a free tier (Airtable, Asana, Basecamp). This page compares 8 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.
8 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Airtable at $0/mo (Free).
- Typical paid price: from $5/mo, median $9.75/mo, up to $20/mo — across 8 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Airtable, Asana, Basecamp, ClickUp, monday.com, Notion, Trello, Wrike.
- HIPAA-ready: Airtable, Asana, ClickUp, monday.com, Notion.
- Tracked: 8 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.
Comparison
| # | Project Management | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Airtable | $0/mo Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Product and ops teams building custom internal apps on relational data | airtable.com |
| 2 | Asana | $0/mo Personal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Marketing and cross-functional teams needing Gantt + portfolio views | asana.com |
| 3 | Basecamp | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Agencies and consultancies billing clients for projects with free guest access | basecamp.com |
| 4 | ClickUp | $0/mo Free Forever | Yes | Yes | Yes | Teams consolidating multiple tools (docs, chat, tasks) into one platform | clickup.com |
| 5 | monday.com | $0/mo Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Operations and marketing teams wanting low-code automation | monday.com |
| 6 | Notion | $0/mo Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Knowledge-management-heavy teams wanting wiki, docs, and projects unified | notion.com |
| 7 | Trello | $0/mo Free | Yes | No | Yes | Small teams and individuals wanting simple Kanban-style task tracking | trello.com |
| 8 | Wrike | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | Creative and marketing agencies needing proofing and approval workflows | wrike.com |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest project management?
Airtable has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-06-15.
How much does project management cost per month?
Across the 8 project management with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $9.75/mo, ranging from $5/mo to $20/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 8 also offer a free tier.
Which project management have a free plan?
Airtable, Asana, Basecamp, ClickUp, monday.com, Notion, Trello, Wrike offer a free tier.
Which project management support HIPAA?
Airtable, Asana, ClickUp, monday.com, Notion state HIPAA support (a BAA). Always confirm current scope with the vendor.
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How we compiled this
Published self-serve pricing for project-management / work-management software (Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp, Wrike, Trello, Notion, Airtable, Basecamp) was collected from each vendor's public pricing page on the accessedAt date and normalized to USD. Where a vendor prices per seat/user, monthlyUsd records the per-seat list price (billingModel per_seat) at the annual-billing rate, with the month-to-month rate noted in the plan notes; flat-priced tiers record the flat monthly fee (billingModel flat). Quote-only / contact-sales / Enterprise tiers carry a null price rather than an estimate. These are not telephony products, so minutesIncluded, callsIncluded, overagePerMin and overagePerCall are null on every plan, and HIPAA/BAA/bilingual are null unless a vendor states otherwise. Every figure is sourced to the vendor pricing page on the accessed date with an independent corroborating source attached where one confirmed the figure.
Last verified 2026-06-15. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.
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