10 Best Gantt Chart Software of 2026

GanttPRO ranks first because it is built around the Gantt chart rather than adding one to a task board, and it prices that focus fairly. Core costs $7 per user a month billed annually and already includes Gantt charts, a project calendar, auto scheduling and virtual resources, so a planner can link tasks, shift a date and watch the downstream work move. Advanced at $10 adds custom fields, filters, calendar exceptions and reusable project templates, which matter once a team runs the same kind of project repeatedly. Business at $17 brings workload management, portfolios, reports, budget planning and time tracking, the point where GanttPRO starts to compete with full project suites. The trade-offs are clear: there is no free plan beyond the 14-day trial, capacity views sit on the third tier, and enterprise controls such as SAML SSO and custom roles need the Enterprise plan for five or more users on annual billing.

TeamGantt is second because it is the easiest tool here to put in front of a whole team and still schedule properly. Base costs $59 a month flat, or 20% less billed yearly, and covers one manager and ten collaborators across five projects with critical path scheduling and live share links. Collaborators can update progress, comment, share files and track time, but cannot change dates, which keeps the plan under the manager's control. Business starts at $120 a month for five projects, adds $24 per extra project and removes the manager and collaborator caps, with workload management, portfolios, advanced dependencies and actual versus estimated timelines among the documented features. A Builder Edition adds lookahead schedules, material lead times and a Procore sync for construction. The main limits are project and task caps on the lower plans and a trial that needs a credit card. A free Personal plan covers one user, one project and 40 tasks with dependencies.

Instagantt takes third place on value and ease of use. Its Individual plan costs $10 a month billed as $120 a year, or $12 monthly, and gives one planner unlimited projects, finish-to-start and start-to-start dependencies, milestones, baselines, critical path analysis, a workload view, custom fields and PDF or image export. The vendor states that every account, including the free tier, runs the same Gantt engine, so critical path and baselines are not upsells. Teams at $20 a month includes three collaborators and adds team workload, resource allocation, availability, folders and a portfolio view, with each extra collaborator at $8 a month. Asana users get a free plan that connects up to three Asana projects with two-way sync. The limits matter for complex schedules: only two dependency types are listed, and lag and lead options sit on paid plans. For a single planner or an Asana team, it is the cheapest proper Gantt view on this list.

ClickUp ranks fourth because it pairs a usable Gantt chart with a low price and a full workspace around it. The Free Forever plan includes unlimited tasks, unlimited members, kanban boards, a calendar view, sprint management and time tracking, but Gantt charts on that plan are listed as a trial. Core at $9 per user a month billed yearly, or $12 monthly, unlocks unlimited Gantt charts along with custom fields, unlimited storage, forms, goals and 1K automations a month. Relationships and dependencies are included on every plan, and Gantt chart PDF export plus advanced dashboards start on Business at $17 per user billed yearly. The appeal for a project manager is that the timeline, the task details, the docs and the sprint backlog live in one place. The cost is complexity: ClickUp has far more settings than a dedicated Gantt tool, and teams that only need a schedule may find it heavier than they want.

Smartsheet sits fifth. Its Gantt view is one of four views on every plan, alongside table, board and calendar, and it works on top of a grid with rich formulas, which makes it a natural move for project managers who already plan in spreadsheets. Pro costs $9 per member a month billed yearly, or $12 monthly, for one to ten members with unlimited free contributors, unlimited sheets, forms and reports and 250 automations a month. Business at $19 billed yearly needs at least three members and adds unlimited free guests, a timeline view, workload tracking, admin capabilities and unlimited automations. Enterprise brings scenario planning, portfolios and SAML SSO at custom prices. The free contributor model is the strongest value point: a planner can pay for a few editors and invite the rest of the team at no cost. The weaknesses are the lack of a free plan and a grid-first interface that takes more setup than a drag-and-drop Gantt tool.

Wrike lands sixth. Its Team plan costs $10 per user a month, billed on an annual per-user basis, and adds interactive Gantt charts, shareable dashboards and AI Essentials to the free plan's board and table views, for teams of 2 to 15 users. Business at $25 per user supports 5 to 200 users and adds templates and a starter pack of AI Elite actions. The features that make Wrike interesting for larger project offices sit on Pinnacle, which is priced on request: advanced resource and capacity planning, role management, time tracking, project and portfolio budgets based on bill and cost rates, and advanced reporting with BI and forecasting. That makes Wrike a solid choice for a department that expects to grow from simple timelines into resource and budget control within one platform. For a team that just needs a dependable Gantt chart, the dedicated tools above are simpler and cheaper.

Microsoft Planner and Project rank eighth overall but score highest on features. Planner Plan 1 costs $10 per user a month paid yearly and adds premium plans with sub-tasks, backlogs and sprints, finish-to-start dependencies, milestones, custom fields and a Calendar, Timeline (Gantt) and People view to the basic Planner in Microsoft 365. Planner and Project Plan 3 at $30 per user a month is the plan a scheduling professional will want: it adds task history, an assignments view, portfolios, baselines, critical path and advanced dependencies with lead and lag, plus the Project desktop app for advanced planning. Everything runs inside Microsoft Teams and the web, which helps organizations already standardized on Microsoft 365. The lower ease-of-use and value scores reflect the gap between plans: the affordable Plan 1 is a lighter planner, and the full scheduling engine costs three times as much and takes more training than the drag-and-drop tools ranked above it.

monday.com is seventh. Its strength is ease of use: work lives on colorful boards where each row is an item, and the Timeline and Gantt views turn those items into a schedule so teams can check that they are meeting deadlines. Those views start on the Standard plan, together with a calendar view, guest access and 250 automation and integration actions a month. The Free plan covers up to two seats and three boards, and Basic adds unlimited items and more column types, but neither includes the Gantt view. Pro raises automation limits and adds an AI workflow builder. Seats are chosen by team size, so the bill depends on the bundle you pick. The page we fetched showed prices in euros, so we have not quoted a US dollar price. For a project manager who needs critical path or baselines, the dedicated Gantt tools above document more scheduling depth.

ProjectManager ranks ninth. It is a traditional project management tool with the Gantt chart at its center and documented critical path management and WBS planning, and the Team plan plans and runs work in Gantt, list, sheet, board and calendar views with real-time updates. Team has no user minimum, allows up to 10 users and 20 projects, and gives unlimited free guest licenses with read-only access to plans, status, milestones and dashboards. Business removes the user limit, allows up to 100 projects and adds resource management, workload planning, time tracking and timesheets, expenses and budgeting, a QuickBooks Online sync, portfolio dashboards and a portfolio roadmap in Gantt format. That makes it a fit for project managers who track cost and hours against the schedule. The pricing page did not render a dollar figure when we fetched it, so the price is pending, and the most useful controls sit on Business.

OmniPlan closes the list. It is the most analytical scheduler here after Microsoft Project, and the only one that runs as a native app. OmniPlan 4 highlights the critical path, keeps multiple baselines to compare progress with the original plan, runs Monte Carlo simulation across hundreds of possible outcomes and applies earned value analysis formulas to budget and value. It flags scheduling violations so resources are not double booked, pulls in team calendars to avoid conflicts and offers multi-project dashboards. Buyers can pay $199.99 a year for a subscription that always includes the latest Pro version, or buy a perpetual Standard license at $199.99 or Pro at $399.99, each covering Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro and all 4.x updates. The ranking reflects its narrow fit: it needs Apple devices, and it is built for a planner who owns the schedule rather than a team editing it together in a browser.