Quick answer
Teamwork.com - Teamwork.com wins for most builders who need a general-purpose project management free tier, while Teamplify is better if your priority is team analytics and people ops features like standups, time off, and feedback.
How the free tiers compare
These two free tiers solve different problems even though both cap the same basic shape of team size. Teamwork.com is the stronger fit for project execution: it gives you project views, time logging, client organization, chat integrations, and a small but usable forever plan for up to 5 projects and 5 users. Teamplify is narrower but more people-centric, with team analytics, smart standups, automated time tracking, time off management, 360° feedback, SSO, and all integrations in the free cloud plan. The biggest practical difference is depth versus breadth. Teamwork’s free tier is more obviously a lightweight project hub. Teamplify’s free tier is a starter pack for developer management workflows, but it runs into a harder 30-day history cap. If you are choosing a free tier for a small team, the question is whether you need project delivery or team management insights.
Teamplify vs Teamwork.com free tier, side by side
| TeamplifyFTV 49 | Teamwork.comFTV 49 | |
|---|---|---|
| UsersBoth free tiers cap team size at 5 users. | Up to 5 | Up to 5 |
| ProjectsTeamwork.com exposes a project cap in free; Teamplify does not list one in the provided data. | Not stated | Up to 5 |
| Historical data analysisTeamplify is explicitly limited on history; Teamwork.com’s free-history limit is not provided. | 30 days | Not stated |
| AutomationsTeamwork.com includes 100 automations on free. | Not stated | 100 |
| SSOTeamplify free includes single sign-on. | Included | Not stated |
| Hosting regionTeamwork.com free includes US or EU hosting. | Not stated | US or EU data hosting |
After you outgrow the free tier
Both products use per-seat pricing for their first paid tier, so small teams will see costs scale mainly with headcount. Teamplify starts much lower at $2.50/user/month billed yearly on Team, then moves to $3/user/month on Business, with Enterprise as contact sales. Teamwork.com starts at $9.99/user/month billed yearly on Basics, then rises to $24.99/user/month on Accelerate, with higher tiers also contact sales. For typical small-team usage, Teamplify is cheaper by a wide margin. No usage-based rates were provided, so the only concrete cost driver we can state is seat count.
Cost at real usage
| Usage | Teamplify | Teamwork.com |
|---|---|---|
| 5 usersBoth prices are billed yearly in the provided plans; monthly equivalents here are simple seat math from the listed monthly price per user. | ~$12.50/mo | ~$49.95/mo |
| 10 usersAssumes the same per-seat rate continues at the first paid tier. | ~$25/mo | ~$99.90/mo |
| 20 usersTeamplify Business would be $3/user/mo billed yearly if you need the next tier; Teamwork.com’s next tier is Accelerate at $24.99/user/month billed yearly. | ~$50/mo | ~$199.80/mo |
Estimates, not quotes. Usage-based rates change - verify with the vendor's pricing page before committing.
When to pick each one
Pick Teamplify when…
- You want team analytics, smart standups, automated time tracking, or 360° feedback in the free plan.
- Your team is developer-heavy and needs integrations with tools like Jira, Linear, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, or Teams.
- You want SSO in a free cloud plan and can live with only 30 days of history.
- You are testing a people-ops workflow for a small team of up to 5 users before paying for more history or seats.
Pick Teamwork.com when…
- You need a free project management tool with task, list, board, table, and Gantt views.
- You want to manage client work and organize projects by client in the free tier.
- You need time logging plus a lightweight collaboration hub for up to 5 projects and 5 users.
- You care more about a simple perpetual free plan for project execution than about team analytics or feedback workflows.
Bottom line
For the most common builder use case, Teamwork.com is the safer free-tier pick if you want a straightforward project hub with views, clients, and time logging. Teamplify is the better choice when your team-management workflow matters more than project tracking, especially if you want standups, feedback, and analytics in one place. Once you pay, Teamplify stays far cheaper per seat, but Teamwork.com gives a broader project-management foundation out of the gate.
Read the full listings: Teamplify 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.