Introduction

I was looking for a project management tool and stumbled over plethora of tools available in the market. It's difficult to make a choice considering the growth of a project that can start with couple of people to a bigger team. This is not an exhaustive article comparing a lot of tools. I just wanted to keep it simple and share my reasoning in choosing a tool. I'll be sharing the reference links that can used to get more details. Let's get started.

Tool Requirements

Below are the requirements of a tool or parameters used to make the decision considering a startup project involving couple of developers.

• 🧠 Learning curve
• 🖇️ Flexibility
• 💰 Pricing
• 📈 Scaling to big teams

Tools Considered

• Asana
• ClickUp
• Monday.com
• Github

Lets dive into each of the parameters.

🧠 Learning curve

• Asana : It's an advance tool with lot of features that cater to complex workflows. Steep learning curve.
• ClickUp : It's also advanced tool with lot of features and not everyone is aware about it. Steep learning curve
• Monday.com : A tool more than project management. Lots of features makes learning steep
• Github : Developer friendly tool, learning curve is not steep and easy to grasp.

My choice : Github as its developer friendly.

🖇️ Flexibility

• Asana : Advanced tool with lot of customization available. UI/UX is bit outdated
• ClickUp: Advanced tool with good amount of customization and advanced UI/UX.
• Monday.com: Advanced tool and highly customizable with easy to use UI/UX.
• Github : Evolving tool with good amount of flexibility in creating boards, custom columns. Multiple board views. Easy integration with repositories

My Choice: Github due to multiple board views and customizable columns.

💰 Pricing

• Asana : Free(15 members) and $10.99/month
• ClickUp : Free(Unlimited members) and $5/month
• Monday.com : Free(2 members) and $8/month
• Github : Free(Unlimited members) and $4/month

My Choice: Github due to unlimited members in free tier.

📈 Scaling

• Asana : Scaling to large teams is expensive as advanced features are available in premium and enterprise ($10.99/$24.99 per month)
• ClickUp: Scaling to large teams is decently priced with good features available ($9/$19 per month)
• Monday.com : Good for scaling having great features and pricing ($10/ $16 per month)
• Github : Highly scalable to large teams as seen with some of the large projects hosted and tracked through it with decent pricing ($21 per month)

My Choice: ClickUp due to pricing and great premium features

Conclusion

We saw a brief comparison among different tools based on different parameters. When you are starting out on a project, all tools looks great but as the team grows, factors such as learning curve, pricing need to be evaluated. With the analysis presented I have chosen Github for my project management activity. Github has a fairly easy learning curve and comes with lot of flexibility making a good choice for developers. Overall my choice would be in the order of preference: Github > ClickUp > Asana > Monday.com. Any comments/suggestions/correction are welcome.

References

• ClickUp vs Asana: Which Is Best?
• Best FREE Project Management Software 2022 | Monday.com vs Clickup vs Asana