100 Alternatives to Wrike for Project Management
Wrike sits in a broad project-management market, so the best alternative depends less on a brand comparison and more on the work a team needs to coordinate. A solo founder may value a simple shared workspace and clear ownership, while an agency may prioritize client-facing workflows, and a product team may need planning closely connected to development.
The 100 tools below are not all direct substitutes. Some are broad work-management platforms, others are purpose-built for software delivery, product planning, professional services, resource allocation, or personal task management. That distinction is useful: replacing a tool is often an opportunity to simplify a process rather than recreate it feature for feature.
How to compare Wrike alternatives
Start with the work that repeatedly gets stuck. It may be unclear ownership, scattered requests, changing priorities, client approvals, delivery schedules, or limited visibility into capacity. Then test a small set of candidates against real workflows rather than a generic demo checklist.
- Define the projects, recurring work, and requests that need a single source of truth.
- Decide which views matter most, such as lists, boards, calendars, timelines, or workload planning.
- Check how external collaborators, contractors, and clients should participate.
- Consider reporting, governance, and integrations only to the degree they support current operations.
- For teams using AI employees, clarify what information an AI teammate needs to understand priorities, owners, deadlines, and decisions.
General work-management platforms
These options are commonly evaluated by teams seeking flexible project spaces for cross-functional work. Their approaches differ, so the practical question is whether their structure fits the way work enters, moves, and gets reviewed.
- Asana
- monday.com
- ClickUp
- Smartsheet
- Trello
- Basecamp
- Notion
- Airtable
- Teamwork.com
- Microsoft Project
Workspaces and task-management tools
For smaller teams, a lighter system can be easier to maintain than a highly configured platform. These candidates span mainstream office ecosystems, collaborative workspaces, and task-focused products.
- Microsoft Planner
- Zoho Projects
- Zoho Sprints
- Bitrix24
- Podio
- Adobe Workfront
- LiquidPlanner
- ProjectManager
- ProofHub
- Nifty
Kanban and agile-oriented options
Teams that organize work in queues, sprints, or continuous flow may prefer tools with a stronger agile or board-based orientation. Confirm how each handles planning beyond the day-to-day board before standardizing on it.
- Hive
- MeisterTask
- Kanban Tool
- Businessmap
- Taiga
- OpenProject
- Redmine
- YouTrack
- Linear
- Shortcut
Software-delivery and engineering-adjacent tools
These products are particularly relevant when planning, issues, source code, releases, and technical collaboration need to remain closely connected. They can be a better fit than a general project tool for engineering-led teams.
- Plane
- Tuleap
- Backlog
- GitLab
- GitHub Projects
- Azure DevOps
- Height
- Productboard
- Aha!
- ProductPlan
Product-planning and collaborative database tools
Product organizations often need to connect customer inputs, prioritization, roadmaps, and delivery work. Flexible databases and documents can also suit founders who want to design a bespoke operating system before adopting a heavier platform.
- Craft.io
- airfocus
- Roadmunk
- Dragonboat
- Fibery
- Coda
- Quire
- nTask
- Paymo
- GanttPRO
Scheduling and project-planning tools
When sequence, dependencies, and schedules are central, planning-oriented software deserves close attention. A useful trial should include a real project with changes to dates and responsibilities, not just a static plan.
- TeamGantt
- Instagantt
- GanttProject
- RationalPlan
- ProjectLibre
- Oracle Primavera P6
- Oracle NetSuite OpenAir
- SAP Project and Portfolio Management
- Planview AdaptiveWork
- Planview Portfolios
Portfolio and professional-services systems
These alternatives are more likely to enter the conversation when an organization needs oversight across many projects, clients, programs, or delivery teams. They may be more structure than an early-stage company needs, but can suit established service operations.
- Broadcom Clarity
- Kantata
- Scoro
- Accelo
- FunctionFox
- WorkOtter
- Rocketlane
- Resource Guru
- Float
- Runn
Resource planning and agency operations
Capacity planning is a distinct problem from assigning tasks. These tools are worth reviewing where utilization, staffing, client delivery, or time-aware planning shapes business decisions.
- Mosaic
- Saviom
- ProWorkflow
- Avaza
- ActiveCollab
- Freedcamp
- GoodDay
- Ora
- Zenkit Projects
- Plaky
Additional project-management candidates
This group includes established general-purpose options and systems that may appeal to teams with particular preferences around deployment, process design, or professional-services administration.
- Easy Project
- Teamhood
- Taskworld
- Worksection
- Flowlu
- Intervals
- Productive
- Birdview PSA
- Celoxis
- Project Insight
Open-source, visual, and personal-work options
The final group is the broadest. Some choices support formal team projects, while others are useful for visual planning or personal task capture. They are alternatives only when their level of structure matches the job at hand.
- Easy Redmine
- OrangeScrum
- Wekan
- Leantime
- Miro
- Mural
- Todoist
- TickTick
- Any.do
- Remember The Milk
Make the shortlist operational
A long list is most useful when reduced to a short trial. Select a few candidates, recreate one active project, invite the people who will actually update the work, and observe whether the tool produces clearer decisions or merely adds another place to check. For a solo founder working with AI employees, clarity around goals, owners, status, and approval points is especially important: those details make delegation and review more reliable.
The strongest replacement is rarely the one with the longest feature list. It is the one a team can keep current while using it to make better decisions.