PLANTA Project The European alternative to Microsoft Project / Jira

PLANTA Project is enterprise project management software from PLANTA Projektmanagement-Systeme GmbH in Karlsruhe. The suite includes PLANTA Project for classic multi-project management, PLANTA Portfolio for strategic portfolio management, and PLANTA pulse for agile teams. Features include time and resource planning, cost calculation, risk management, idea management, and quality gates. Over 600 companies with more than 60,000 users in total use PLANTA.

PLANTA Projektmanagement-Systeme GmbH is based in Karlsruhe (Germany) (HRB 103150 Mannheim) and is subject to German and European law. The software is offered as a cloud service or on-premise variant; the on-premise variant can be operated on any infrastructure. Which cloud provider is used for the SaaS variant is not detailed on the public pages.

PLANTA Project focuses on multi-project and portfolio management with deep functions for resource and cost planning. Microsoft Project is primarily a single-project tool and heavily integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft Project belongs to Microsoft (USA) and is subject to the CLOUD Act, while PLANTA is German and GDPR-compliant. PLANTA offers a 30-day trial with personalized demo, Microsoft Project is part of the Microsoft 365 family.