Plane

Plane

Open source project management with extensibility

Overview

Plane is an open source project and product management tool that starts as a simple task tracker and can be extended to support Agile and Waterfall. It works by offering a basic task tracking foundation that users can grow with through frameworks, integrations, and customization to fit software development, IT services, or other industries. Plane differentiates itself through its open source, extensible, framework-agnostic approach and by building a community around contributions, while monetizing through premium features, support, and enterprise integrations. The goal is to provide a scalable, customizable PM tool that accommodates diverse workflows and encourages community-driven development.

About Plane

Simplify's Rating
Why Plane is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Consumer Software

Enterprise Software

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$4M

Headquarters

Hyderabad, India

Founded

2022

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What believers are saying

  • Plane released its new identity and Plane Intelligence beta on February 12, 2026.
  • The July 8, 2026 Evermuse partnership adds customer voice and transcript-driven prioritization.
  • Plane now touts intake, roadmaps, PRDs, dashboards, and GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Sentry integrations.

What critics are saying

  • Jira, Linear, Asana, and ClickUp still dominate enterprise procurement and switching decisions.
  • Plane Intelligence remains beta for Business and Enterprise, limiting monetization until stable launch.
  • If enterprise conversion lags, AGPL forks and incumbents compress Plane into a free hobby project.

What makes Plane unique

  • Plane bundles projects, wiki, and AI across cloud, self-hosted, and air-gapped deployments.
  • Plane’s native MCP and Evermuse integration connect customer transcripts directly to work items.
  • Plane's AGPL model and self-hosted editions attract developers rejecting vendor lock-in.

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Funding

Total Funding

$4M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$3.3M
$2M
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$2.3M
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$3M
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$4M
Plane

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Remote Work Options

Home Office Stipend

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

31%
Plane
Jul 8th, 2026
Plane partners with Evermuse as our newest MCP integration.

Plane partners with Evermuse as its newest MCP integration. Plane announces its partnership with Evermuse, bringing customer transcripts into Plane for a faster path from signal to action. 8 Jul, 2026 TABLE OF CONTENT Plane is excited to announce its partnership with Evermuse, bringing real customer signals directly into your workspace. The Evermuse MCP is now available to Plane customers through its marketplace. What this means for Plane users. Plane users can query Evermuse call transcripts, and bring customer insights directly in Plane and turn them into actionable work items without leaving their workflow. What the integration does. The partnership runs both directions. From Evermuse into Plane, any suggestion generated from a call, whether it is a feature request, a bug repro, or a follow-up action, can be pushed as a work item into the right Plane project. It arrives with the full context attached: source call, timestamped quote, customer name, and account. "At Plane, we believe great products come from great collaboration. Evermuse has built a system that actually preserves the customer's voice all the way from the first call to the shipping of the feature. Bringing that into Plane feels less like an integration and more like the missing piece. We're delighted to finally have it, and even more delighted to make it available to every Plane customer." - Gaurav Chanchal, VP Product, Plane From Plane into Evermuse, Plane AI queries the Evermuse MCP directly. You can ask questions like "what have Enterprise customers said about SSO in the last 60 days" or "which accounts mentioned our reporting workflow this quarter" and get answers grounded in real call data, inside the same workspace where you plan and ship. Built on a shared belief. "Plane is where the work happens, and Evermuse makes sure the customer is in the room when it does. Together, we've connected the two things that should never have been separate: the voice of the customer and the work itself. Every quote, every pain point, every pattern, now lives where your team plans and builds. That's what this partnership is about." - Zack Drew, Co-Founder & Head of Growth, Evermuse Get started. The Evermuse MCP is available today in the Plane marketplace. Existing Evermuse customers can connect their workspace in a few minutes. Every team, every use case, the right momentum. Hundreds of Jira, Linear, Asana, and ClickUp customers have rediscovered the joy of work. Plane'd love to help you do that, too.

VARINDIA
Aug 12th, 2025
Plane unveils new logo and AI-driven suite to revolutionize modern work

Plane unveils new logo and AI-driven suite to revolutionize modern work.

Entrackr
May 28th, 2025
Plane Acquires Sort, Expands in US

Plane, an open-source project management startup, has acquired US-based Sort, an engineering team specializing in AI-native enterprise workflows. This acquisition marks Plane's expansion into the North American market, 18 months after raising $4M in seed funding. The Sort team enhances Plane's enterprise software and AI capabilities, strengthening its product offering and accelerating its go-to-market efforts. Plane aims to become a category-defining Work OS with its advanced features and experienced team.

VIE Stories
Apr 24th, 2024
Plane Raises $4M Seed Funding

Plane, an open-source project planning tool co-founded by Vamsi Kurama and Vihar Kurama, secured $4M in seed funding from OSS Capital. The funding will help build its community and enhance its offerings, including the release of Plane One, a unique open-source pricing strategy for expanding businesses.

Zee Business
Apr 24th, 2024
Tech startup Plane secures $4 million seed funding from VC firm OSS Capital

Tech startup Plane secures $4 million seed funding from VC firm OSS Capital.

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