Top 10 Project Management Tools For Education – Dec. 24

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9.8
  • Premium plan starts at $9 user/month
  • Collaborate on projects seamlessly across all teams
  • Customizable and flexible workflows with 200+ templates
  • Large community for knowledge sharing & feature voting

Winner of the Webby Award for Productivity

Based on 2,819 reviews
Plans & Price
Basic – 

 

$9 user/month (billed annually)
Best for: Teams that are just getting started with managing all tasks and work in one place.

Standard – 

$12 user/month (billed annually)
Best for: Teams that need to visualize their work in different ways and collaborate externally.

Pro – 

$19 user/month (billed annually)
Best for: Teams that need to manage complex workflows with more automations and integrations.

Enterprise – 

Personalized Pricing
Best for: Organizations that need enterprise-grade security, control and support.

Individual – 

Free plan

Best for: Individuals tracking personal tasks. Limited to 2 users.

Additional Features
  • Intuitive interface for easy management
  • Real-time updates and collaboration across teams
  • Automate tasks and integrate with 100+ apps
  • Supports Agile, Waterfall, and other methodologies
  • 24/7 responsive customer support
  • Regular feature updates and enhancements
  • Advanced analytics and customizable dashboards
  • Mobile app for task management on-the-go
  • Enterprise-grade security and compliance features
  • Scalable solution to grow with your organization
Popular Integrations
9.2
  • $25 user/month (min. 5 users)
  • Identifies project requests that maximize business value
  • Integrates with over 400 popular business applications
Plans & Price
Essential –  

 

$25 user/month (billed annually)

Professional –  

Most popular plan

$35 user/month (billed annually)

Business –  

Best value for money

$45 user/month (billed annually)

Enterprise –  

Contact Celoxis for pricing

Additional Features
  • Project Planning
  • Resource Management
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Accounting
  • Portfolio Management
  • Built-In Workflow Apps
  • 14 days Free Trial
  • Team & Client Collaboration
  • Time & Expense Tracker
Popular Integrations
9.5
  • Premium plan starts at $10 user/month
  • Manage tasks with simple boards, lists & cards
  • Integrates with over 100 popular applications
Based on 112 reviews
Plans & Price
Basic – 

 

Free plan

Best for: Individuals looking to organize a project

Standard – 

$5 user/month (billed annually)
Best for: Small teams that need to manage work and scale collaboration

Premium – 

$10 user/month (billed annually)
Best for: Teams that need to track and visualize multiple projects in several ways

Enterprise – 

Starts at $17.50 user/month (min 50 users)
Best for: Organizations that need to connect work across teams with more security and controls

Contact Trello for pricing (for 5000+ users)

Additional Features
  • Over 2000 integrations
  • Power-ups and add-ons
  • Pre-built templates
  • Advanced checklists
  • Calendar view
  • Map view
  • Timeline view
Popular Integrations
9.0
  • Premium from $10 user/month
  • In-depth status reports – make informed decisions in real-time
  • Integrates with popular software such as Salesforce, Zapier, and Jira
Based on 153 reviews
Plans & Price
Basic – 

 

Free plan

For individuals or small teams that want a basic work management tool.

Professional – 

$10 user/month (billed annually)
Full project planning & collaboration.

Business – 

$24.80 user/month (billed annually)
Robust work management with customization & exec reporting.

Enterprise – 

Contact Wrike for pricing.
Comprehensive solution with advanced security & controls.

Additional Features
  • Wrike for Professional Services
  • Wrike for Maketers
  • Pre-built templates
  • Gantt charts
  • Shareable dashboards
  • Collaborators
  • Calendars
  • Time tracking
Popular Integrations
8.7

Free trial
Starter- $50/month
Professional- $800/year

  •  Integrates with the rest of your HubSpot Marketing tools
  • A good pre-populated project template
Based on 88 reviews
Additional Features
  • Hubspot CRM
  • Email marketing
  • Forms
  • Team email
  • Live chat
Popular Integrations
8.5

Premium fr. $28 /month (additional users fr. $4 user/month)

  • Easy time tracking features
  • Progress reports and email alerts
Based on 2 reviews
Plans & Price
Basic –  

 

Free plan

Online time and project tracking. Max 3 users, 2 projects.

Classic –  

First user: $28 /month, additional users: $4 user/month
Flexible, real time reporting and interactive charts.

Premier –  

First user: $40 /month, additional users: $8 user/month
Advanced project management.

In-House –  

First user: $120 /month, additional users: $16 user/month
Superior reporting,
online project request forms and file sharing.

Additional Features
  • Dedicated account representative
  • Online back-up and up and running in minutes
  • 30-days money-back guarantee
  • Spun from an advertising and design firm – specified for needs of creative professionals
Popular Integrations
8.2
  • Premium plan starts at $10.99 user/month
  • Simple & automated workflows
  • User-friendly portfolio
Based on 81 reviews
Plans & Price
Basic – 

 

Free plan

Best for: Individuals or teams just getting started with project management.

Premium – 

$10.99 user/month (billed yearly)
Best for: Teams that need to create concrete project plans.

Business – 

$24.99 user/month (billed yearly)
Best for: Teams and companies that also need to manage extrenal collaborations.

Enterprise – 

Contact Asana for pricing
Best for: Organizations that need additional security, control, and support.

Additional Features
  • Boards & Timelines
  • Universal reporting
  • CSV importer & integrations
  • Custom fields & templates
  • Task dependencies & automations
Popular Integrations
8.0

Free Plan; Premium plans start at $20.00 user/month

  • 1,000+ integration options-access content with robust API
  • Easy to use app- edit, comment, and collaborate in real-time
Based on 96 reviews
Plans & Price
Basic – 

 

Free plan

For individuals or very small teams just getting started with Airtable

Plus plan –  

$20.00 user/month (billed annually)
For teams building apps to collaborate on shared workflows

Pro plan – 

$45.00 user/month (billed annually)
For teams and departments who need advanced features and basic administration

 

Enterprise –  

Contact Airtable for pricing
For organizations looking to build scalable, flexible apps with powerful governance and administration

Additional Features
  • Unlimited bases
  • Rich field types
  • Blocks
  • Email support
Popular Integrations
7.8

Premium plan $99/month (unlimited users)

  • Well-known project management tool 
  • Very good for individuals
Based on 2 reviews
Plans & Price
Basecamp Business –  

 

$99 /month

Includes all features, unlimited projects and unlimited users.

Additional Features
  • Work management split into projects
  • Each project include message boards, to-dos, schedules, docs, file storage, real-time group chat, and automatic check-in questions
  • Track due-dates, employees, tasks, schedules
  • Basecamp’s unique Hill Charts
Popular Integrations
7.6

Free Account
Standard- $5/month/user

  • Extensive coverage with full service in over 40 countries
  • Cloud phone system- flexible, mobile, and powerful cloud phone system
Based on 113 reviews
Additional Features
  • Video conferencing
  • Analytics portal
  • Team collaborations
Popular Integrations
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Customer Feedback

Monday.com is a one-stop solution for us when it comes to project management. We are still learning how to use Monday.com but whenever we find something new on Monday.com that seems like the answer to our problems, the feeling is eclectic!!
Sameer Ranjan on Trustpilot
Monday has proven to be, hands down, the best application I’ve had the pleasure of using, but more than that, the best experience I’ve had onboarding disperate departments using all manner of 3rd party software.
Troy Hewitt on Trustpilot
monday.com serves as a handshake between departments. The transparency that it creates saves insane amounts of time on meetings, phone calls, emails, and miscommunication.
Avishai Abrahami, CEO at WIX
If a colleague’s got a great campaign running, I can easily align with it and even leverage off it because now I finally have full visibility.
David Hayward, GM at Datacom

Editor’s Notes

  • Great 24/7 support; average response time is < 1 hour
  • Extremely customizable
  • 200+ ready-made templates
  • 30+ customizable column types
  • Strict security measures: ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified and HIPAA and GDPR compliant
  • Ongoing improvements and upgrades according to research and customer feedback
  • Basic plan is limited and max 2 seats
I have yet to find a requirement they have not met.
Stacie Manzano on Trustpilot
Celoxis has been the first movers in several areas, such as free client portals and customizable dashboards.
Forbes India
Celoxis is a strong contender among online project management platforms. It is easy to learn, cleanly designed and offers a wide range of features for tracking tasks, financial resources, and time.
PC Magazine
Celoxis is a project management software built for the future with solid reliability, intuitive usability and superior performance of the application.
Huffington Post

Editor’s Notes

  • Easy to use
  • Continues to make improvements
  • Custom Apps
  • Highly customizable dashboard
  • Impressive scheduling functions such as automated scheduling
  • No proofing tools
  • No billing or invoicing features
  • No free plan