Blog
Notes on Gantt charts, real-time project management, and small-team planning.
Announcements
Product news, new features, and offers from EverGantt.
- Announcements
Jun 6, 2026
EverGantt Pro is now free for nonprofits
EverGantt Pro is now free for registered nonprofits: the complete tool, free. Here's why, and how a shared, real-time plan keeps programs on track through volunteer turnover.
- Announcements
Jun 6, 2026
EverGantt Pro is now free for students
EverGantt Pro, cloud save, real-time team editing, the full planning suite, is now free for enrolled students. Here's why, plus how student teams and project-management courses use it.
Comparisons
Head-to-head matchups, alternatives, and honest tool roundups.
- Comparisons
Jun 2, 2026
What's a simple alternative to Jira for a small team? (2026)
Jira is built for big software orgs, and small teams feel it. An honest look at when to switch, what a simple Jira alternative needs, and where Jira still wins.
- Comparisons
May 26, 2026
The best free Gantt chart software for small teams (2026)
An honest roundup of free Gantt chart tools, GanttProject, Instagantt, Notion, and EverGantt, with the real trade-offs of each, so you can pick the right free option for a small team.
- Comparisons
May 18, 2026
EverGantt vs TeamGantt: a cheaper real-time Gantt chart alternative
An honest comparison of EverGantt and TeamGantt. Both are real-time, browser-based Gantt tools, TeamGantt has deeper Gantt features, EverGantt wins on price and simplicity with no per-manager pricing.
- Comparisons
May 14, 2026
EverGantt vs monday.com: a cheaper alternative, no minimums
An honest comparison of EverGantt and monday.com. monday is a flexible, colorful Work OS; EverGantt is a focused Gantt-and-capacity tool with no seat minimums and a lower per-seat price.
- Comparisons
May 9, 2026
EverGantt vs Asana: which is the better Gantt chart?
An honest comparison of EverGantt and Asana. Asana is a broad work-management platform with deep integrations; EverGantt is a focused, cheaper Gantt-and-capacity tool where the timeline isn't locked behind a higher tier.
- Comparisons
May 5, 2026
EverGantt vs Microsoft Project: the simpler, cheaper alternative
An honest comparison of EverGantt and Microsoft Project. Project is the enterprise standard; EverGantt is a cheaper, browser-based real-time option for small teams that don't need heavy portfolio tooling.
Buyer's Guides
Which tool fits a small team, by need, platform, and price.
- Buyer's Guides
Jun 10, 2026
A simple task tracker for personal projects
You don't need a project management suite to renovate a kitchen or ship a side project. A flat table with four fields covers it. Here's the setup.
- Buyer's Guides
Jun 3, 2026
Project management software with a calendar view (2026)
A calendar view lays your tasks across a real month, what's due, who's busy, and when. Here's when to use one for task tracking, and how EverGantt's works.
- Buyer's Guides
Jun 3, 2026
Project management software without AI (2026)
Almost every major project management tool added AI by 2026. Here's where the popular ones land, and why EverGantt is deliberately AI-free.
- Buyer's Guides
Jun 2, 2026
What's the easiest project management software to use? (2026)
The easiest project management software is the one your team still uses in week three. Here's what 'easy' really means, plus a 10-minute test before you commit.
- Buyer's Guides
Jun 2, 2026
Project management software with nothing to download (2026)
Online project management software with no download runs in any browser, on any OS, with no installs or updates. Here's how to pick one you won't outgrow.
- Buyer's Guides
Apr 30, 2026
The cheap, no-nonsense Gantt chart for Mac (and Windows)
EverGantt is $3.99/user/month with a free tier to build and export, instead of the $15–30/seat SaaS and $200+ desktop suites. A walkthrough of what fair, no-nonsense Gantt pricing looks like in practice.
Guides
How-tos and plain-English explainers for planning real work.
- Guides
Jun 10, 2026
How a Kanban board works (and how to use one for your project)
A plain-English tour of a Kanban board: what the columns and cards mean, how work moves across it, and a five-step setup you can finish this afternoon.
- Guides
Jun 10, 2026
What is a sprint, and why can't we just use a Kanban board?
A sprint is a fixed time box with a committed batch of work. Here's what it buys you over a plain Kanban board, and the honest cases where it buys nothing.
- Guides
May 28, 2026
How to plan a project in your browser in 10 minutes
A practical, no-fluff walkthrough: go from a blank page to a real, shareable project plan, timeline, tasks, and team, in about ten minutes, entirely in your browser.
- Guides
May 24, 2026
The Kanban pull system, explained simply (WIP limits & signals)
A plain-English guide to how a Kanban pull system works, demand-driven flow, visual signals, and work-in-progress limits, and how to run one without overthinking it.
- Guides
May 12, 2026
What a Gantt chart is actually for (and when you don't need one)
A plain-English guide to what a Gantt chart does, the one thing it's genuinely great at, and the projects where a simple list will serve you better.
- Guides
Apr 30, 2026
Team capacity planning for small studios: the 5-person rule
Why team-capacity planning at a 5-person studio fails the way it does, and a simple rule for fixing it without buying a $200/month resource-planning suite.
Perspectives
Opinions and strategy on how small teams actually get work done.
- Perspectives
Jun 11, 2026
AI doesn't need to be in everything
Every project management tool now ships an AI assistant, and most of it is noise. On AI fatigue, the buyers quietly opting out, and the case for quieter software.
- Perspectives
May 20, 2026
The 80% case: the project features small teams actually use
Enterprise PM suites sell a hundred features. Small teams use about five. Here's the short list that covers the 80% case, and why everything past it is bloat for most teams.
- Perspectives
May 16, 2026
Real-time vs. status-report project management
Weekly status reports are a reconciliation ritual that's stale the moment it's done. Here's why a plan that reflects reality in real time beats a report every time.
- Perspectives
May 7, 2026
Why your team keeps falling back to the spreadsheet
Shadow spreadsheets and side chats aren't laziness, they're a signal your project tool is too slow to update. Here's how to read that signal and fix it.
- Perspectives
May 2, 2026
You're not short a tool, you're short a single source of truth
Adding another app rarely fixes a messy project. The real problem is that no single place is trusted enough to be the truth. Here's how to fix that without buying more software.
- Perspectives
Apr 30, 2026
Why planning software costs too much (and what to do about it)
Desktop Gantt suites cost hundreds upfront; most SaaS is $15+/user/month. EverGantt is a fair third option, $3.99/user/month, free to build and export.