SimpleGantt vs Wrike

SimpleGantt is a focused Gantt chart tool, free from day one, built for teams that want a plan running immediately. Wrike is a broad work-management platform where the Gantt chart — and most planning features — sit behind paid, per-user tiers, alongside a growing set of AI add-ons.

Quick summary

FeatureSimpleGanttWrike
Best forSmall teams that want a plan and a Gantt chart from the free planLarger orgs that want AI-driven workflow automation across departments
Interactive Gantt chart on the free plan✅❌ Gated behind the $10/user/mo Team tier
Free plan that never expires✅ 1 project, 10 users, 50 tasks✅ Unlimited users, but no Gantt chart
Automatic On Track / At Risk / Delayed status✅Not confirmed
Per-user pricing❌ Flat monthly rate✅ $10–$25/user/mo, custom above that
Add a teammate before you know their email✅ Name onlyNot confirmed
AI features❌✅ AI Essentials + AI Elite action packs (paid add-on)
Paste tasks from Excel✅Not confirmed
Advanced resource planning, budgeting, reporting❌ Deliberately out of scope✅ Pinnacle and Apex tiers
Export (CSV / PDF / PNG)❌ Not built yetNot confirmed

SimpleGantt data current as of this page's publish date. Wrike pricing pulled from its public pricing page. Anything not independently tested is marked “not confirmed” rather than assumed.

SimpleGantt at a glance

A project is created for you the moment you sign up. Lay out tasks, connect dependencies, lock a deadline, and every task and the project itself show automatically as On Track, At Risk or Delayed — free, from the first plan you build. No manual status updates, no tier to unlock the chart itself.

Wrike at a glance

Wrike is a large work-management platform: task management, shareable dashboards, AI-assisted workflows, and — starting at the $10/user/month Team tier — an interactive Gantt chart. Its free plan covers basic task management but not the Gantt view itself. Every tier above Free leads with AI, and its newest addition, Wrike Whiteboard, expands into freeform collaboration territory closer to Miro than to project scheduling.

The biggest difference

Wrike's Gantt chart — the one thing both tools are being compared on — isn't in its free plan. You pay per user, starting at $10/month each, before you can build a schedule at all, and that cost climbs with every teammate you add. SimpleGantt's Gantt chart, dependencies, deadlines and automatic status are in the free plan from the start, and Premium is one flat $8/month regardless of how many people join.

The second difference is what each product is actually optimizing for. Wrike's recent releases point toward broad workflow automation across many departments. SimpleGantt stays on one job: plan a project, lock a deadline, and always know if you're still going to hit it.

Pricing

SimpleGantt

  • ✓Free plan that never expires (1 project, 10 users, 50 tasks, no credit card)
  • ✓Premium: $8/month flat — unlimited users, unlimited tasks, 20 projects
  • ✓Enterprise: $75/month flat — unlimited projects, users and tasks
  • ✓No per-user pricing on any tier

Wrike

  • •Free: $0/user/month, unlimited users, but no interactive Gantt chart
  • •Team: $10/user/month (2–15 users) — adds the Gantt chart
  • •Business: $25/user/month (5–200 users) — adds AI Elite starter pack
  • •Pinnacle and Apex are custom-priced

Which tool should you choose?

Choose SimpleGantt if you want:

  • ✅A Gantt chart, dependencies and automatic status in the free plan — no paid tier required
  • ✅Flat pricing that doesn't grow every time you add a teammate
  • ✅A plan running the moment you sign up, with no configuration first
  • ✅To know a deadline is at risk before it's missed, without checking manually

Choose Wrike if you want:

  • ✅AI-assisted workflow automation across multiple departments
  • ✅Advanced resource planning and budgeting at scale
  • ✅A freeform whiteboard alongside task and project views
  • ✅You're planning for a larger organization where per-user cost is already budgeted for

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SimpleGantt an alternative to Wrike?

Yes, if what you need is a Gantt chart with automatic status and dependencies. Wrike's Gantt chart is locked behind a paid, per-user tier; SimpleGantt's is free from the start.

Do I need to pay to get a Gantt chart on Wrike?

Yes — Wrike's free plan covers basic task management only. The interactive Gantt chart starts at the $10/user/month Team tier. SimpleGantt includes its Gantt chart, dependencies and automatic status on the free plan.

Is SimpleGantt good for a small team?

Yes — the free plan supports up to 10 users and 50 tasks with no time limit, full Gantt chart included. Wrike's free plan has unlimited users but no Gantt chart to plan with.

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