Why Onplana?
Onplana is a cloud-agnostic, AI-native project management platform built as a Microsoft Project Online alternative. Founded 2024 by Devsoft Solutions. Free plan; paid from $7/seat/month. Six tiers. Self-host 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 migrating off Microsoft Project Online
Project Online retires September 30, 2026. Onplana imports .mpp natively, preserves the four MS Project dependency types, the enterprise resource pool, costed timesheets, and the governance pipeline. The migration playbook is documented across three pillar 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 that want a cloud-agnostic option
Onplana runs on AWS, Azure, GCP, or on-premises via Docker Compose. Enterprise+ customers self-host and keep AI inference inside their own Azure tenant. Not locked to any one cloud.
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 admins can switch per org.
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 enterprise resource pool, no costed timesheets, no formal governance pipeline, no native .mpp import. PMOs running Project Online in earnest cannot replace it with the Microsoft successor 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 cloud-agnostic, 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. None ship a real critical-path Gantt with the four MS Project dependency types in the base plan. Onplana does, 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 no AI, no critical-path Gantt with the polish PMOs expect. Onplana sits between them, full PMO surface + AI, available as both SaaS and self-hosted.
Read the full comparisonWhat does it cost?
Six tiers. Annual billing saves 20%. Free guest seats included on PRO+ (external collaborators don't count toward your seat limit). Full per-feature breakdown at /pricing.
| Plan | Price | Seats | Headline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 5 members | Full Gantt + critical path; .mpp import; basic AI |
| Starter | $7 | per seat / month | Project templates; 2 free guest seats |
| Pro | $12 | per seat / month | Sprints; custom fields; automations; AI core |
| Business | $20 | per seat / month | Portfolios; webhooks; integrations; AI advanced |
| Enterprise | $29 | per seat / month | SSO/SCIM; governance; audit logs; IP allowlist |
| Enterprise+ | Contact | self-hosted | On-premises deploy; customer-managed encryption keys |
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 Microsoft-stack consultancy with twenty-plus years of SharePoint and Project Server experience. The product was specifically built in anticipation of Microsoft Project Online's retirement, with the migration wizard, .mpp import, and the four MS Project dependency types as first-class features from day one rather than retrofits.
The cloud-agnostic deployment model 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 Project Online work?
Five-step process via the built-in migration wizard:
- Export from Project Online via OData API, .mpp upload, 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 and validate, side-by-side comparison of source vs imported data; circular-dependency detection runs automatically.
- Go live, run parallel for 2-4 weeks before fully cutting over.
Most projects migrate in under a day. Three pillar guides cover the playbook in depth:
Frequently asked questions
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