Why Onplana?
Onplana is an AI-native project management platform built as a Microsoft Project alternative. Founded 2024 by Devsoft Solutions. Free plan; paid from $12/seat/month. Five tiers. A dedicated deployment in your own Azure subscription on Enterprise+.
Distinct from OnePlan (oneplan.ai), a separately-named older vendor. If you came here looking for OnePlan, their site is at oneplan.ai. If Onplana is what you wanted, the rest of this page is the short answer for evaluators.
Who is this for?
Four audiences Onplana was deliberately built for. If your team isn't one of them, a lighter-weight tool may fit better, Onplana ships PMO-grade scheduling, not team-task management.
PMOs moving off Microsoft Project
Onplana imports .mpp natively with all four MS Project dependency types and your resources, and gives the PMO each person's capacity across projects, costed timesheets and a governance pipeline on top. The migration playbook is documented in the guides linked below.
Regulated PMOs that need formal governance
12-stage proposal pipeline, multi-reviewer gates, Change Control Board, audit log retention. Built for finance, healthcare, energy, government PMOs that need stage-gate evidence, not just a Kanban board.
Teams whose data must stay in their own environment
On Enterprise+, Onplana sets up and runs a private copy of Onplana in your own Azure subscription, so your data and encryption keys stay in your environment. From USD 30,000 a year, 100 seats included.
Teams that want AI bundled with the platform
Risk detection, plan generation, status reports, NL parsing. AI is included in paid plans, not a per-seat add-on. Backed by Claude (Anthropic) + Azure OpenAI in a dual-provider architecture Onplana operates, with a standby provider.
“Enterprise-Grade Project Management with a Modern AI-Powered Collaborative Edge”
It combines enterprise-grade project management features like Gantt charts, dependencies, and portfolio management with a modern AI-powered and collaborative experience. It feels like a strong modern alternative for organizations moving away from Microsoft Project.
Waheed H.
Manager · Small Business (50 or fewer employees)
What does Onplana do better than the alternatives?
Honest framing per category. Onplana is not the right tool for every situation; here is the comparison vs the four most common alternatives, with deep-dive links.
vs Microsoft Planner Premium / Project for the Web
Microsoft's consolidated PM line is a team-task tool with project veneer. No view of a person's capacity across projects, no costed timesheets, no formal governance pipeline, no native .mpp import. PMOs that rely on those cannot switch to it without losing significant capability.
Read the full comparisonvs OnePlan (oneplan.ai)
OnePlan is a separate, older work-management vendor in the Microsoft ecosystem. Names are similar; products are different. Onplana is AI-native, with native .mpp import and bundled AI; OnePlan is Microsoft-anchored and follows a different product philosophy. If you wanted OnePlan, their site is at oneplan.ai.
Read the full comparisonvs Smartsheet / Monday.com / Asana
Strong work-management platforms but each makes a different set of trade-offs. Smartsheet is project-aware spreadsheet; Monday is flexible work-board; Asana is task-management with project features. Smartsheet has a critical-path Gantt with all four MS Project dependency types, but it imports Microsoft Project XML only, not .mpp, and has no free plan; Monday and Asana import no .mpp at all. Onplana imports .mpp directly and has the critical-path Gantt on the Free plan.
Read the full comparisonvs Plane.so / OpenProject (open source)
Plane is AI-native, software-dev focused, no .mpp / no PMO governance. OpenProject is mature self-hosted PMO but has no built-in AI assistant and no documented critical path. Onplana sits between them, full PMO surface + AI, as a hosted service or, on Enterprise+, a dedicated deployment in your own Azure subscription.
Read the full comparisonWhat does it cost?
Five tiers. Annual billing saves 17% to 21%, depending on the plan. Free guest seats on every paid plan (guests inside those free seats don't count toward your member limit). Full per-feature breakdown at /pricing.
| Plan | Price | Seats | Headline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 5 members | Full Gantt + critical path; .mpp import; AI assistant |
| Professional | $12 | per seat / month | Templates; sprints; custom fields; automations; 2 free guest seats |
| Business | $20 | per seat / month | Portfolios; webhooks; integrations; custom roles |
| Enterprise | $29 | per seat / month | SSO/SCIM; governance; audit logs; IP allowlist |
| Enterprise+ | From USD 30,000 a year | 100 seats included | Dedicated deployment in your own Azure subscription |
Prices in USD. Stripe Tax (where registered) added at checkout. Tier features change as the product ships; pricing page is the canonical source.
When did Onplana launch, and who built it?
Onplana was founded in by Devsoft Solutions, a US software company founded in 2013 that builds enterprise productivity and project management tools. The migration wizard, .mpp import, and the four MS Project dependency types were first-class features from day one rather than retrofits.
The open import and export paths and the dual-provider AI architecture (Claude + Azure OpenAI) reflect specific lessons from large-enterprise Project Server migrations: organisations that locked themselves to a single vendor's proprietary scheduling format spent years trying to leave. Onplana is built so the same mistake is not available to make. The same anti-lock-in principle drives the public MCP server: agentic clients like Claude Desktop, Gemini CLI, ChatGPT, and Cursor read and write Onplana data over the open Model Context Protocol, so the AI integration is open-standard, not locked to one vendor.
How does migration from Microsoft Project work?
Five-step process via the built-in migration wizard:
- Save from Microsoft Project as .mpp or MSPDI XML.
- Upload to Onplana's migration wizard.
- Map fields, auto-mapping covers all standard fields; Enterprise Custom Fields map to Onplana Custom Fields.
- Preview, see the tasks, dates and dependencies the file will create before anything is imported.
- Go live, run both systems in parallel until the two agree, then cut over.
Two guides cover the playbook in depth:
Taking Onplana through internal review?
The documents your IT, security, and finance reviewers will ask for, in one place. Forward this page as-is.
Frequently asked questions
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