Our verdict
Taiga and ZenTao are both agile-issue-tracker tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, Taiga scores 4.3/5 versus 3.8/5 for ZenTao. 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; choose ZenTao if you're Software R&D teams wanting integrated product, test, and bug management or Teams practicing Scrum and/or Waterfall that need both.
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | Taiga | ZenTao |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.3/5 | 3.8/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted, no user limits) | Free (self-hosted Community edition; ZPL/AGPL) |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 6 · GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket… | 5 · GitLab, Jenkins (CI), Git/SVN… |
| Best for | 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 | Software R&D teams wanting integrated product, test, and bug management, Teams practicing Scrum and/or Waterfall that need both, Organizations wanting QA/test management built into PM |
| Category | agile-issue-tracker | agile-issue-tracker |
| Founded | 2014 | 2009 |
| HQ | Madrid, Spain | China |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
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
- Self-hosting involves separate front-end and back-end services
- Smaller integration catalog than enterprise suites
ZenTao
- Integrated product, test/QA, and bug management in one tool
- Supports Scrum, Waterfall, and Kanban methodologies
- Free, self-hostable Community edition (ZPL/AGPL dual license)
- Strong fit for software development organizations
- UI is dense and feels dated
- Some documentation and community is Chinese-origin
- Advanced features reserved for Pro/Biz paid editions
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