Our verdict
Plane and Taiga are both agile-issue-tracker tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, Plane scores 4.5/5 versus 4.3/5 for Taiga. Choose Plane if you're Engineering teams wanting a Linear/Jira-style tracker they fully control or Startups that want a modern UI without per-seat SaaS lock-in; choose Taiga if you're Agile dev teams that want Scrum and Kanban with minimal clutter or Small-to-mid teams prioritizing usability over enterprise breadth.
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | Plane | Taiga |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.5/5 | 4.3/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted Community Edition, AGPL-3.0) | Free (self-hosted, no user limits) |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 6 · GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket (Cloud and Data Center)… | 6 · GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket… |
| Best for | Engineering teams wanting a Linear/Jira-style tracker they fully control, Startups that want a modern UI without per-seat SaaS lock-in, Teams that may later need paid tiers (Pro/Business) on the same self-hosted install | Agile dev teams that want Scrum and Kanban with minimal clutter, Small-to-mid teams prioritizing usability over enterprise breadth, Privacy-first teams self-hosting an agile tracker with no user limits |
| Category | agile-issue-tracker | agile-issue-tracker |
| Founded | 2022 | 2014 |
| HQ | San Francisco, California, USA | Madrid, Spain |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
Plane
- Most-starred open-source PM tool on GitHub
- Modern, fast UI rivaling Jira/Linear
- Self-hosted Community Edition plus clearly priced Commercial self-hosted tiers
- Very active development: monthly feature drops through 2026
- Self-hosting expects Docker or Kubernetes know-how
- Younger project than Redmine/OpenProject; some features still maturing
- Newer capabilities (Automations, advanced dashboards) land in paid tiers first
Taiga
- Clean, usability-focused UI built specifically for agile teams
- Free self-hosted edition with no user limits
- Strong Scrum + Kanban support with story points and burndown
- Maintained by an established company since 2014
- Agile-only; no native classic Gantt or cost/budget management
- Core releases have slowed (latest stable 6.9.0, October 2025)
- Self-hosting involves separate front-end and back-end services
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