Quick answer
Teamwork.com - Teamwork.com wins for most small builders because its free tier is truly no-card and perpetual, while Teamcamp is more generous on seats and storage but has tighter task limits and no confirmed card-free signup.
How the free tiers compare
These two free tiers optimize for different shapes of small teams. Teamcamp gives you more room on users and projects right away, plus task tracking, invoicing, files, whiteboards, and GitHub/GitLab sync, so it feels broader for an agency that wants one workspace. Teamwork.com is stricter on the free tier with only 5 users and 5 projects, but it is explicitly free forever with no credit card required and includes time logging, client organization, multiple views, and 100 automations. The split matters when you outgrow free: Teamcamp’s first paid step is still per-seat, while Teamwork.com scales through more expensive per-seat tiers with much larger project and automation ceilings, then moves to contact-sales plans. For very tiny teams, Teamwork.com is safer to try; for teams that need more headroom before paying, Teamcamp is roomier.
Teamcamp vs Teamwork.com free tier, side by side
| TeamcampFTV 43 | Teamwork.comFTV 49 | |
|---|---|---|
| usersTeamcamp allows twice as many users on free. | up to 10 | up to 5 |
| projectsTeamcamp is much looser on project count in the free tier. | unlimited | up to 5 |
| tasksTeamwork.com does not list a free-task cap in the provided input. | 250 | not stated |
| storageTeamwork.com free storage quota was not provided. | 1 GB | not stated |
| automationsTeamwork.com includes automations on free; Teamcamp does not list them in the provided input. | not stated | 100 |
| credit card requiredOnly Teamwork.com explicitly says no card is required. | not stated | no |
After you outgrow the free tier
Both products start with per-seat paid plans, but they diverge fast. Teamcamp’s first paid plan is Plus at $6 per user/month billed annually, then a flat Pro Unlimited tier at $99/month billed annually. Teamwork.com starts higher at Basics for $9.99/user/month billed yearly, then Accelerate at $24.99/user/month billed yearly, and later moves to contact-sales Optimize and Enterprise. For small teams, Teamcamp is cheaper per seat; Teamwork.com becomes more expensive sooner but offers much higher project and automation limits. No usage-based pricing or worked usage rates were provided, so scenario estimates would not be reliable.
When to pick each one
Pick Teamcamp when…
- You need up to 10 users on the free plan and want to avoid paying as long as possible.
- Your team cares more about task volume, invoicing, files, and whiteboards than automation depth.
- You want unlimited projects in free, even if tasks are capped at 250.
- You are a small agency or studio that wants GitHub/GitLab-linked task status updates.
- You want the free tier to include support, time tracking, and invoicing in one place.
Pick Teamwork.com when…
- You want a free plan that is explicitly no credit card required.
- You only need a very small team, up to 5 users and 5 projects.
- You value automations, project views, and client organization over broad workspace breadth.
- You want a forever-free plan for lightweight delivery and time logging.
- You expect to move into a structured per-seat ladder with larger automation and project limits later.
Bottom line
For the most common builder use case, Teamwork.com is the safer free-tier choice because you know you can try it without a card and keep it indefinitely, but Teamcamp is the better free tier if your immediate constraint is headcount and project room. If you are a tiny team testing a workflow, Teamwork.com is less risky. If you are an agency or studio that needs more users and unlimited projects before paying, Teamcamp gives you more breathing room.
Read the full listings: Teamcamp and Teamwork.com. Scores use the FTV methodology at /ftv. Browse more head-to-heads on /compare, or see the top-ranked free tiers on /top.