Columns
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Columns, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Columns's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | — | Unlimited cards (Personal workspace) · 150 cards (Team workspace) · 4 team members · 8 shared boards · $0 user/mo |
| Professional | — | Unlimited cards for team workspace · 60 team members · Unlimited shared boards · Private boards · $0/user/mo if billed annually. |
The facts
Each one read from Columns's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account access
- The privacy policy says account access is limited to helping with a problem or fixing a software bug, and access is logged by IP address.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API
- Customers may access their service data through the API, and excessive API requests may lead to temporary or permanent suspension of API access.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The privacy policy says the site is operated in the United States and information provided from outside the United States will be transferred there.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deletion
- The privacy policy says deleted account data and data deleted from an active account are purged within 30 days.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Data is encrypted via SSL/TLS in transit and database backups are encrypted; the policy says live database data is not encrypted.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Personal workspace
- The Basic plan includes unlimited cards in a Personal workspace.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy rights
- Columns says it recognizes and will comply with GDPR rights, subject to applicable law.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Columns describes itself as a list manager organized in a linear, column-based structure.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Shared boards
- Basic includes 8 shared boards, while Professional includes unlimited shared boards and private boards.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- For help exercising privacy rights, the policy lists [email protected].checked 12 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The site presents lists for planning, tracking, noting, managing, and thinking, with examples including roadmaps, teamwork, recipes, and novel outlines.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- The site footer identifies the company as Columns, Inc.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Team workspace
- The Basic plan allows 150 cards and 4 team members in a Team workspace.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- web,apichecked 22 Sep 2026
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