Worklenz
Worklenz is an open-source agency management platform for projects, time tracking, profitability, and client communication.
What Worklenz is
Worklenz is an open-source agency management platform for projects, time tracking, profitability, and client communication. Teams can use board, list, timeline, and calendar views with custom statuses, priorities, labels, subtasks, and dependencies. Time and finance tools include manual or one-click tracking, invoicing, budgets, burn-rate monitoring, and estimated-versus-actual cost comparisons. Resource views show capacity and workloads, while a scheduler supports advance assignments. The client portal exposes project status, tasks, and milestones without internal discussions or other clients’ data. Mobile apps for iOS and Android provide project management, tracking, notifications, and web synchronization, but omit several advanced desktop features. Worklenz supports self-hosting with Docker under AGPL-3.0. The free cloud plan allows unlimited users and three active projects. Pro Small Teams costs $9.99 a month for up to five users; Business Small Teams costs $14.99 a month for up to five users. A 14-day trial is available, and integrations include Slack, Teams, GitHub, Drive, and calendars.
Good
- Open-source self-hosting option
- Board, list, timeline, and calendar views
- Time, invoicing, and budget tools
- Client portal protects internal discussions
- Free cloud plan for unlimited users
Watch out
- Free cloud plan limited to three active projects
- Mobile apps omit advanced desktop features
- GitHub integration is not yet available
- Some integrations require higher plans
Who it suits
Worklenz suits agencies and teams needing project, time, budget, resource, and client-portal tools. Self-hosting supports organizations that want to run the open-source platform on their own infrastructure.
Verdict
Worklenz combines project delivery, time and financial tracking, resource planning, and client visibility across cloud and self-hosted options. Check project limits, mobile omissions, and integration plan requirements before choosing a deployment.
Plans and prices
From Worklenz's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free (Cloud) | Free | Unlimited users · Up to 3 active projects · Core features · Community support · billed yearly |
| Pro Small Teams | $9.99 a month | Up to 5 users |
| Business Small Teams | $14.99 a month | Up to 5 users |
| Pro | $69 a month | 15 users included · Up to 50 users maximum · $5.99 per extra user per month · Unlimited projects · Billed yearly |
| Business | $99 a month | 25 users included · Up to 100 users maximum · $5.99 per extra user per month · Unlimited projects · Billed yearly |
| Enterprise (Self-hosted) | $499 a month | Unlimited users · Billed yearly |
| Community (Self-Hosted) | Free | Unlimited users · Core task management · Community support · Basic plugins · Self-deployment · Source code access · billed yearly |
| Free (Cloud, regular team size) | Free | Unlimited users · Up to 3 active projects · Core features · Community support · billed yearly |
| Pro Small Teams (Cloud) | $9.99 a month | Up to 5 users · Unlimited projects · Priority support · Basic reporting · per user/month |
| Business Small Teams (Cloud) | $14.99 a month | Up to 5 users · Unlimited projects · Advanced reporting · Time tracking · Custom workflows · Dedicated support · per user/month |
| Pro (Cloud, regular team size) | $69 a month | 15 users included · Up to 50 users max · $5.99/extra user/month · Unlimited projects · Priority support · billed yearly |
| Business (Self-Hosted) | $99 a month | Unlimited users · Priority email support · Advanced reporting · Custom branding · SSO integration · Backup & restore · billed yearly |
| Business (Cloud, regular team size) | $99 a month | 25 users included · Up to 100 users max · $5.99/extra user/month · Unlimited projects · Dedicated support · billed yearly |
| Enterprise (Cloud, regular team size) | Priced on request | Custom user seats · Custom integrations · Custom SLAs · Dedicated account manager · Onboarding support · Custom /month (billed yearly) |
| Enterprise (Cloud) | Priced on request | Custom user seats · Custom integrations · Custom SLAs · Dedicated account manager · Onboarding support · Custom /month (billed yearly) |
The facts
Each one read from Worklenz's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Client portal
- The client portal provides clients a view of project status, tasks, and milestones without exposing internal discussions or other clients’ data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- GitHub integration status
- The GitHub integration page labels the integration “Coming Soon” and says it is not yet available.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Guest access
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation lists Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Microsoft Calendar integrations, and says integrations are available on Business, Enterprise, or Self-Hosted plans.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile limitations
- The mobile app currently omits advanced reporting, workload management, project templates, and detailed finance configurations available on desktop.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 9.99checked 24 Sep 2026
- Product
- Worklenz describes itself as a free, open-source agency management platform for tracking time, managing projects, monitoring profitability, and keeping clients informed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Worklenz says it supports HTTPS/TLS, hashes passwords, restricts production system access, and uses regular automated backups for cloud production data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security certification
- The security page says CeyDigital maintains an ISO 9001:2015 quality-management certification and clarifies that it is not an information-security certification.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Worklenz is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license and can be self-hosted on an organization’s infrastructure using Docker.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Slack integration
- The Slack integration supports task and project notifications, project-to-channel links, and task creation with a slash command; the documentation marks it as requiring a Business plan.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists community support for Free, priority support for Pro, dedicated support for Business Small Teams, and dedicated account management and onboarding support for Enterprise.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Task and project views
- It supports board (Kanban), list, timeline, and calendar views, with custom statuses, priorities, labels, subtasks, and dependencies.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Time and finance
- Features include one-click or manual time tracking, invoicing, project budgets, burn-rate monitoring, and estimated-versus-actual cost comparisons.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Time tracking
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2022checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Sri Lankachecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Resource planning
- The resource planning view shows team capacity and workloads, and the resource scheduler lets managers plan assignments ahead.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Worklenz says its iOS and Android apps support project and team management, time tracking, notifications, and real-time sync with the web app.checked 11 Oct 2026
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