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Gantt chart software, compared

Choose a dedicated Gantt app if the timeline is the thing you build and share, a project suite if your team already works in one every day, a spreadsheet for a short plan that won’t change much, and a slide tool if the plan only needs presenting. In most suites the Gantt view needs a paid plan, typically $7 to $10.99 per user per month, and critical path usually sits a tier higher.

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Last verified 29 September 2026

A note on bias: NeoGantt is our product, and it’s a dedicated Gantt tool. Facts about other products come from their own websites and help centres, listed at the bottom of this page. Prices and plans change, so check before you buy.

Replacing Microsoft Project

Project for the web is now part of Planner, and Project Online was retired on 30 September 2026. Start with the options, then see how the Planner plans compare with NeoGantt.

7 tools, sorted by need

Microsoft Project alternatives

GanttPRO and the free GanttProject for critical path and .mpp files, Smartsheet, Wrike and Asana as team platforms, and two tools for presenting plans.

Plan 1, Plan 3 and Project desktop

NeoGantt vs Microsoft Project and Planner

What the new names mean, what each plan costs for 5 and 15 people, and why sharing with clients works differently.

Four kinds of Gantt chart software

Most “best Gantt software” lists mix these together, though they solve different problems.

TeamGantt, GanttPRO, Instagantt, NeoGantt

Dedicated Gantt tools

The Gantt chart is the product. At one end sit full schedulers with dependencies, critical path and baselines (TeamGantt, GanttPRO, Instagantt); at the other, tools for drawing a timeline and sharing it. Choose by how much scheduling logic you need.

monday.com, Asana, ClickUp, Smartsheet, Wrike, Planner

Project suites with a Gantt view

Tasks, boards, forms and reporting, with Gantt as one view of the same data. Worth it when the whole team works in the tool every day. Expect to pay per seat for the tier that has the Gantt view.

Excel, Google Sheets

Spreadsheets

Free if you already have them and fine for a short plan that won’t change much. The chart is coloured cells or a stacked bar chart, so every change means editing dates by hand.

Lucen Timeline (formerly Office Timeline), Preceden

Timeline and slide tools

For presenting a schedule to executives or clients. Output is slides or images, and the scheduling happens somewhere else.

Which plan includes the Gantt view in each suite

If you’re choosing a suite for its Gantt chart, check the tier as well as the price. US list prices per user per month, billed annually.

Which plan of each project management suite includes the Gantt view, critical path and baselines, and how outside viewers are handled
Suite	Free plan	Cheapest plan with Gantt	Critical path and baselines	Viewers and guests
monday.com	Up to 2 seats; no Gantt	Standard (US price not confirmed); 3-seat minimum	Both on Pro or Enterprise	Unlimited free viewers on Basic and above
Asana	Personal, 2 users; no Gantt	Starter, $10.99	Critical path on Advanced ($24.99); baselines not listed	Unlimited free guests on Starter and above
ClickUp	Free Forever; limited Gantt uses	Unlimited, $7	Critical path limited below Business, unlimited on Business ($12); baselines not checked	Guest seats scale with paid seats
Smartsheet	None listed; 30-day trial	Pro, $9 per member	Critical path in Gantt view, plan not confirmed; baselines on Business ($19)	Unlimited free contributors; publishing on Business
Wrike	Yes; Gantt from Team	Team, $10 (2–15 users)	Critical path on Business ($25); baselines, plan not confirmed	Viewers can be added free
Microsoft Planner	Basic Planner in Microsoft 365; no Gantt	Plan 1, $10	Both on Plan 3 ($30)	Guests join a Microsoft 365 group; no public link documented

“Not confirmed” means the vendor’s own pages didn’t tell us on the day we checked. monday.com showed us prices in Australian dollars, so we haven’t quoted a US figure.

Where NeoGantt fits

NeoGantt is simple Gantt chart software, a dedicated Gantt tool at the light end. It has no dependencies, critical path, baselines, resources or integrations, so if you need a scheduler, the comparisons on this page point you to tools that are.

What it does is build a timeline fast (drag on the timeline to draw a task) and put it in front of people outside your team: a live share link that viewers open without signing up, your logo on shares and one-page PDFs, and a history of what changed between agreed plans. Durations count working days and skip your holidays. Teams pay a flat $99 a year for up to 5 people, and the free plan covers one person and five charts.

monday.com pricingmonday.com/pricing
monday.com support: Gantt baselinesupport.monday.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020978159-The-Gantt-Baseline
monday.com support: Critical pathsupport.monday.com/hc/en-us/articles/4420037448850-Critical-Path-for-the-Gantt-Chart
Asana pricingasana.com/pricing
ClickUp pricingclickup.com/pricing
ClickUp help: Critical Path and Slack Timehelp.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/6310440099479-Critical-Path-and-Slack-Time
Smartsheet pricingwww.smartsheet.com/pricing
Wrike pricingwww.wrike.com/price/
Wrike help: Critical Pathhelp.wrike.com/hc/en-us/articles/209604189-Critical-Path
Microsoft Planner plans and pricingwww.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/planner/microsoft-planner-plans-and-pricing

Checked 29 September 2026.

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