Best Project Management Software in India (2026)

The case for

• The free plan carries up to 5 users and 3 projects with no time limit, which is enough for a two person agency to run real work.
• Zoho publishes rupee prices for India and bills through its Indian company under India specific terms, with GST invoices that support input tax credit.
• Unlimited projects, timesheets, project budgets and task blueprints all arrive at the Premium tier rather than being held back for Enterprise.

The catch

• Single sign-on, custom roles and a custom domain only come with Enterprise, which costs more than double the Premium seat, and the pricing page also lists two factor authentication as an Enterprise feature.
• View only stakeholders get expensive: Premium has no read only users at all, and Enterprise includes 10 before you buy more in paid packs of five.
• Paying month to month costs a quarter more per seat than annual billing on Premium, and the refund window after an automatic renewal is short.

The case for

• The free plan allows unlimited members and 100 automation actions a month, so a whole team can test it properly before paying
• Core, the cheapest paid plan, unlocks unlimited storage, Spaces, forms and Gantt charts for a whole team
• Every plan includes pooled AI credits, so light AI use needs no separate add-on

The catch

• Billed in US dollars on a card, and a GST-registered buyer must enter a GSTIN and self-account for GST under reverse charge rather than receive an Indian GST invoice
• Dashboards and timeline view are trial only on Free and Core, so many teams end up needing Business
• Guest seats are limited per paid user, and anyone from inside your organisation added as a guest is billed as a paid member

The case for

• Per-seat prices are published for every plan of all four monday products, so you can compare the work platform against the CRM edition before calling sales
• Pro includes 25,000 automation and 25,000 integration actions a month plus the AI workflow builder, which covers most operational workflows without an add-on
• Every paid plan bundles a monthly pool of AI credits for the assistant, notetaker and agents, so AI is not a separate subscription

The catch

• Seats are sold in buckets, a minimum of 3 and then multiples of 5, so a 7 person team pays for 10 seats
• Basic has no automations or integrations, and Standard caps both at 250 actions a month, which a busy team can use up quickly
• Billing is in US dollars by credit card or PayPal only, with no rupee option and debit cards excluded

The case for

• The Personal plan is free forever for up to two users with unlimited tasks and projects, so a pair can run real work before paying anything
• Starter, the cheapest paid plan, already includes timeline and Gantt views, dashboards, unlimited automations, forms and unlimited free guests
• Monthly and annual per seat rates are published side by side, and the Advanced trial needs no credit card

The catch

• Goals, unlimited portfolios, workload management and native time tracking need Advanced, which costs a little more than double Starter per seat
• Seats are sold in steps of 1, 5, 10, 25 or 50 depending on team size, so a growing team often pays for seats nobody uses yet
• Billed in US dollars by Asana, Inc., a US company, with no refunds, so Indian buyers should confirm how GST is handled on the invoice before paying

The case for

• Free plan with no card covers boards, Gantt view, one booking page and one public board link
• Paid plans bundle scheduling, time tracking with billable exports and project boards at a lower price than buying three tools, by the vendor's own comparison
• Pricing page lists limits per plan in detail and labels example scenarios as illustrative rather than testimonials

The catch

• No Google or Outlook calendar sync for booking pages, which the vendor states itself
• Web app only with no native mobile or desktop apps; the plan data marks mobile app and offline sync as not included
• Billed in US dollars through Stripe; non-Romanian checkouts may be sold through Stripe's Link as merchant of record and no GST invoice is mentioned

The case for

• The Free plan gives unlimited cards and up to 10 boards per Workspace, enough to run a small project at no cost
• Standard removes the board cap, adds Custom Fields, card mirroring and Planner, and raises automation to 1,000 command runs a month
• Prices for Free, Standard and Premium are published for both monthly and annual billing, and a 14 day Premium trial needs no card

The catch

• Free Workspaces are capped at 10 collaborators, so a team past ten people must pay whatever its usage
• Automation is metered by Workspace command runs, 250 a month on Free and 1,000 on Standard, and only Premium is unlimited
• Enterprise is only for 50 seats or more with a minimum annual spend, so a 20 person team that needs SSO must buy Atlassian Guard separately on top of Premium