Our verdict
OpenProject and ProjeQtOr are both full-suite tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, OpenProject scores 4.7/5 versus 3.7/5 for ProjeQtOr. Choose OpenProject if you're Teams needing classic + agile PM (Gantt and boards) on their own servers or Mid-market and enterprise orgs with data-sovereignty or compliance needs; choose ProjeQtOr if you're PMOs wanting risks, budgets, and quality management alongside tasks at no cost or Organizations on classic PHP/LAMP infrastructure.
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | OpenProject | ProjeQtOr |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.7/5 | 3.7/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted Community Edition, unlimited users) | Free (self-hosted, open source) |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 7 · GitHub, GitLab, Nextcloud… | 0 |
| Best for | Teams needing classic + agile PM (Gantt and boards) on their own servers, Mid-market and enterprise orgs with data-sovereignty or compliance needs, Organizations replacing Jira/MS Project with an unlimited-user open-source suite | PMOs wanting risks, budgets, and quality management alongside tasks at no cost, Organizations on classic PHP/LAMP infrastructure, Teams mixing traditional (Gantt/baseline) and agile methods in one tool |
| Category | full-suite | full-suite |
| Founded | 2012 | 2009 |
| HQ | Berlin, Germany | — |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
OpenProject
- Free self-hosted Community Edition with unlimited users and projects
- Covers both classic (Gantt/cost) and agile (Scrum/Kanban) methodologies
- Actively developed by a funded German company (17.x releases through 2026)
- Strong data-sovereignty story with on-premises Enterprise option
- Initial install and administration require Linux/Docker comfort
- Some enterprise/security features (e.g. SSO, baseline comparison) require paid Enterprise
- Paid Enterprise plans carry 25–100 user minimums
ProjeQtOr
- Exceptional breadth free of charge: planning, risks, budgets, quality, tickets
- Very active releases (12.x through early 2026, V13.0 announced)
- Runs on an ordinary PHP + MySQL/PostgreSQL stack
- Optional paid hosting, support, and training available from the vendor
- Dense, dated interface with a real learning curve
- Smaller community and ecosystem than OpenProject or Redmine
- Documentation and forums skew French-language
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