DPlan is a Project Value Intelligence system — not another planner. It computes a live Value Score across Schedule, Cost, Quality and Output. It tracks Business Objectives, Goals, Risks, Issues, and Decisions in real time. It detects shadow dependencies, forecasts task pace with rate-ratio analysis, and lets you simulate what-if scenarios with live system-wide impact. 17 unique features no other tool has. Free, offline, no account required.

Is DPlan really free?

Yes. DPlan is completely free with no limits, no ads, no account required, and no paid tiers. All features including EVM, risk register, reports, and all 6 themes are included.

What features does DPlan have that other tools don't?

DPlan has 17 unique features including: Shadow Dependency Inference, 7-Layer Decision Panel, Project Value Score, Auto Risk Triggers (14 types), Drift Score, Blocker-to-Issue Linking, Client-Facing Export, Project Journal Export, WBS Tree View, Morning Brief Board, Due-Date Countdown Badges, plus the Project Physics Layer: Forecast Engine with Consequence Card, What-If Simulator, Position×Momentum health model, Ghost Bars, Drift Halos, Micro-Friction haptic drag, and Project Pulse Strip.

Does DPlan work offline?

Yes. DPlan works 100% offline, even from a file:// URL. All data stays in your browser's local storage and never leaves your device. No internet, no server, no telemetry.

How does DPlan compare to MS Project?

DPlan matches MS Project on core planning (Gantt, WBS, dependencies, critical path, EVM, baselines, resource types) and exceeds it on intelligence features (Shadow Dependencies, Decision Panel, Value Score, Risk Triggers). DPlan is free and browser-based; MS Project costs $10-55/user/month.

What is Shadow Dependency Inference?

Shadow Dependency Inference is DPlan's unique engine that detects hidden relationships between tasks by analysing progress patterns. It uses 5 detectors (gate-release, opportunity-gap, correlation, stall-cascade, resource-contention) with confidence scoring and time decay to reveal dependencies that exist in practice but aren't drawn on the Gantt chart.

Why DPlan?

DPlan is a Project Value Intelligence system. Not another planner. Not another Gantt renderer. An intelligence layer that sits on top of your plan and continuously answers one question: is this project actually succeeding?

It computes a live Value Score across Schedule, Cost, Quality and Output. It tracks your Business Objectives, Goals, Risks, Issues, and Decisions — all in one place, assessed in real time against actual project performance. It detects the shadow dependencies your team forgot to draw. It fires consequence-aware alerts that don’t just say “something is wrong” — they tell you which tasks triggered it, what it’s costing you, and what happens in 3 or 7 days if you ignore it. It scores every milestone for decision-readiness — and tells you exactly where your plan stopped matching reality.

No other system connects business outcomes to execution data in real time like this. And all of it runs offline, in your browser, with your data never leaving your device. No account, no cost, no catch.

Here's what Project Value Intelligence looks like in practice.

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★ What Project Value Intelligence Actually Means

These aren't features bolted on — they're the intelligence layer that turns a plan into a living diagnostic. 19 capabilities no other tool offers, free or paid.

Forecast Engine & Consequence Card

Rate-ratio pace analysis per task. Click the forecast badge → full impact card: pace bars, milestone shifts with dates, cost cascade, resource lock-up, recovery scenarios, velocity sparkline

What-If Simulator

Drag progress or duration slider → live system-wide impact in <25ms: milestone dates shift, costs change, SPI moves, downstream task forecasts ripple

Position × Momentum Health

Two independent observables — where the task IS vs where it’s HEADING. Catches “looks fine but stalling” and “at risk but recovering” — invisible to single-dimension tools

Ghost Bars & Drift Halos

Gantt bars show projected slip as translucent extensions. Drift halos glow amber/red when pace decelerates — before any deadline is missed

Micro-Friction (Haptic Drag)

Dragging a critical-path task rightward feels physically heavier proportional to downstream blast radius. Your hand learns the project topology

Project Pulse Strip

Always-visible bar: delay cost burning, tasks at risk, SPI, hidden divergence signals. One-click Critical Signal Mode filters to only problem tasks

Shadow Dependency Inference

Detects hidden task relationships from progress patterns — 5 detectors, confidence scoring, time decay

7-Layer Decision Panel

Milestone risk scoring with CPM, delay/impact/tier classification, trajectory hysteresis, recovery advisor

Project Value Score

Multi-domain performance (schedule/cost/quality/output) with industry presets and RAG status

#10

Consequence-Aware Alerts (14 conditions × 4 scopes)

Every fired alert tells a story, not a notification. Drill-down to the exact tasks that triggered it with English reasons (“Overdue by 7 days”, “Blocked by: DB migration”, “On hold”). Connected to the physics engine — reads forecast, critical path, cost and milestone state without recomputing

#11

Drift Score

Quantifies the gap between your planned dependencies and actual execution flow as a single percentage

#12

Blocker → Issue Linking

Comments flagged as blockers auto-surface in the issue tracker with pulsing badge on task rows

#13

Client-Facing Export

One-click clean export that hides costs, notes, and comments — perfect for stakeholder presentations

#14

Project Journal Export

Diary-style HTML with phase chapters, dated note entries, and project stats bar

#15

WBS Tree View

Visual work breakdown tree with pan/zoom, overlay modes, and SVG connectors

#16

Morning Brief Board

Risk-aware kanban with enriched task variance detection and urgency scoring

#17

Due-Date Countdown Badges

Color-coded urgency badges on every task row for instant visual priority

#18

Alert “Why this matters” Lens

When an alert fires, six dimensions render as English narrative cards: critical-path membership (“All 5 sit on the critical path”), downstream reach (“12 tasks depend on these”), schedule slip (“~11 days cumulative”), milestone impact (“Touches Beta launch — at-risk”), cost leakage (“₹4.2L leaking from delay”), resource overload (“Alice on 4, 130%”). Each lens is a settings toggle

#19

Alert “If we don’t act” Timeline

Three-column scenario panel: NOW → +3 days → +7 days. Shows projected slip and cost deltas in red chips (“+3 days”, “+₹1.8L”). Linear extrapolation from forecast.ratio — honest math, never invents data. Snooze 24h shows the same price-tag in the confirmation prompt: “Snoozing this for a day costs about ₹60k and slides Beta milestone by 2 days. Snooze anyway?”

★ Open-Source Libraries from DPlan

Two foundational libraries that came out of DPlan's engineering work, extracted and open-sourced under MIT for the community to build amazing software with. Both are zero-dependency, vanilla JavaScript, and ship to npm. We use them in DPlan production every day — you get the same code, free, forever.

DProject v1.0.6

Read & write MS Project (MSPDI XML) files in JavaScript and TypeScript. Browser + Node, zero dependencies. The reason DPlan can import your existing .xml exports from MS Project, ProjectLibre and Smartsheet without a server.

Full MSPDI parser — tasks, resources, assignments, dependencies (FS/SS/FF/SF), calendars, baselines, costs
Three-point estimate aware (PERT optimistic / pessimistic)
Round-trip safe: parse, modify, write back to spec-compliant XML
Tested across 14 real-world MSPDI samples from MS Project, ProjectLibre, Smartsheet
TypeScript declarations included; runs in Node ≥ 14

npm install dproject

GitHub → npm Docs

DScroll v1.2.0

Slim, fast, vanilla virtual-scroll library for fixed-height row lists with real DOM-node recycling. The reason DPlan's task panel scrolls smoothly through many-thousand-task plans without breaking a sweat.

Real DOM-node pool — recycles nodes instead of destroy-and-recreate
Direction-biased buffer with velocity-aware scaling and inertia projection (no blank-row jank on iOS momentum)
Plugin architecture — ships with a flash plugin; scrollRestore, keyboardNav, sticky-groups planned
Zero allocations per scroll event in steady state; ~605 LOC core
301 tests; head-to-head bench against TanStack Virtual + virtua included

npm install dscroll

GitHub → npm Docs

Why this matters for DPlan users: the engineering rigour you see in DPlan — bench-driven performance, honest documentation, zero-dependency policy, fixed contracts — comes from the same author who maintains these libraries. Why this matters for developers: you can use the exact same building blocks DPlan uses, MIT-licensed, in your own projects. No paywall, no telemetry, no lock-in.

01 Core Planning

The foundation — Gantt charts, WBS, dependencies, milestones, and task management.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
Gantt Chart	⚡	✅	✅	✅	✅	💰	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	🔶	🔶
WBS Hierarchy	✅	✅	✅	🔶	✅	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	🔶	❌
WBS Tree View (visual)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Dependencies (FS/SS/FF/SF)	✅	✅	✅	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	🔶
Dependency Lag/Lead	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	🔶	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Milestones	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	🔶
Summary/Parent Tasks	✅	✅	✅	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Task Tags/Labels	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Inline Task Editing	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Drag-and-Drop Gantt Bars	✅	✅	✅	✅	🔶	🔶	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
Drag-to-Connect Dependencies on Gantt	✅	✅	🔶	❌	✅	❌	🔶	✅	✅	✅	🔶	✅	❌	❌
Inline Dep Editor (no modal — click arrow → type/lag/delete)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	🔶	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Live Cycle Prevention During Drag (red ghost)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Plain-English Dep Type Labels (FS · "right after")	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Template Library (16, SVG previews)	⚡	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	🔶

02 Scheduling Engine

Auto-scheduling, critical path, dependency cascading, calendar awareness, and zoom control.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
Auto-Schedule (Forward Pass)	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	🔶	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Critical Path Analysis	✅	✅	✅	❌	💰	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Smart Dependency Cascade	⚡	✅	✅	🔶	✅	❌	❌	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Baselines (Planned vs Actual)	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Due-Date Countdown Badges	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Per-Resource Work Calendars	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Holiday / Team Events	✅	✅	🔶	🔶	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	🔶	✅	✅	❌	❌
Zoom (Day/Week/Month/Qtr/Fit)	⚡	✅	✅	🔶	🔶	🔶	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Recurring Tasks	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
Dependencies Column (Inline MS-Project Syntax — `5FS+2d`)	⚡	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	🔶	✅	✅	🔶	❌	❌
Auto-Snap Successor to Earliest (ASAP)	✅	✅	✅	❌	🔶	❌	❌	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌

03 Resources

People, equipment, and material management with workload tracking and cost rates.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
3 Resource Types (Person/Equipment/Material)	⚡	✅	🔶	🔶	🔶	🔶	🔶	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Allocation % per Assignment	✅	✅	🔶	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Resource Histogram	✅	✅	💰	💰	💰	💰	💰	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
Over-Allocation Detection	✅	✅	💰	❌	💰	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
Material Quantity Tracking	⚡	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Equipment Utilisation Report	⚡	🔶	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	🔶	❌	❌	❌	❌

04 Cost & Earned Value Management

Budget tracking, earned value metrics (PV/EV/AC, CPI/SPI), and the S-Curve chart.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
Task-Level Cost Tracking	✅	✅	✅	💰	💰	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
Cost by Resource Type	⚡	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	🔶	✅	❌	🔶	❌	❌
Earned Value (PV/EV/AC)	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
CPI / SPI Metrics	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	🔶	❌	❌
S-Curve Chart (PV vs EV)	⚡	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

05 Risk, Alerts & Issues

DPlan's risk register goes far beyond simple risk lists — probability × impact scoring, response strategies, and visual badges on the Gantt. The alert engine is in a category of its own: 14 condition types × 4 scopes (project / phase / task / resource), each fired alert opens to a master/detail story that drills down to triggering tasks, narrates the consequence, projects what happens if you ignore it, and lets you snooze with a price tag attached.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
Risk Register	⚡	🔶	🔶	🔶	💰	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
Consequence-Aware Alerts (14 conditions × 4 scopes)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Alert drill-down to triggering tasks (English reasons)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Alert "Why this matters" lens (6 dimensions, plain English)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Alert "If we don't act" timeline (NOW → +3d → +7d)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Snooze with price-tag preview (cost of waiting)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Alert master/detail Outlook UI + edit modal	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Issue Tracker	✅	❌	🔶	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	🔶	🔶
Blocker Comments → Issues	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Risk Badges on Gantt Bars	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Risk Response Strategy	✅	❌	❌	❌	💰	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌

06 Intelligence & Decision Support

This is where DPlan is in a category of its own. No other tool — free or paid — offers these intelligence features.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
Shadow Dependency Inference	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Decision Panel (7-layer)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Project Value Score	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	💰	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Drift Score (Plan vs Reality)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Morning Brief / Risk Board	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
"What's Blocking Me" Panel	⚡	❌	🔶	🔶	🔶	🔶	🔶	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Slippage Report	✅	✅	🔶	❌	🔶	❌	❌	❌	🔶	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌
Forecast Engine (rate-ratio pace)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Consequence Card (click → impact)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
What-If Simulator (live slider)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Position × Momentum Health	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Ghost Bars (projected slip on Gantt)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Drift Halo (deceleration glow)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Micro-Friction (topology drag)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Delay Cost Ticker + Pulse Strip	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Critical Signal Mode (filter)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Causal Echo (hover → upstream root cause line)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Decision Pins — capture & rehydrate moments	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Reality Gap (pin colour-coded by outcome)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Pin Snapshot Extras (descoped, risks, issues, cost saved deltas)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Graveyard — descoped task archive with restore	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Today's Insight Tip (project-state aware feature discovery)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Decide Page Signal Legend (5 observation types explained)	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

07 Views

Multiple ways to see your project — Gantt, Board, Calendar, WBS Tree, Reports, and Dashboard.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
Gantt View	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	💰	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	🔶	🔶
Board / Kanban	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Calendar (Day/Week/Month)	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
WBS Tree View	⚡	🔶	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	🔶	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Reports (8 built-in)	✅	✅	💰	💰	💰	💰	💰	❌	🔶	🔶	❌	✅	❌	❌
Dashboard (EVM, S-Curve)	✅	✅	💰	✅	💰	💰	✅	❌	🔶	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
Premium Themes (6 themes)	⚡	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌

08 Collaboration

Comments, mentions, activity logging, and sharing capabilities.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
Task Comments	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
@Mentions	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	🔶	❌	❌	✅	✅	🔶
Blocker Flag on Comments	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Timestamped Activity Log	⚡	❌	🔶	🔶	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	🔶	❌
Real-Time Multi-User	🔶	💰	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅

09 Import & Export

Interoperability with MS Project, Jira, Excel, Google Calendar, and more.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
MS Project XML Export (MSPDI)	⚡	✅	✅	🔶	💰	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Jira CSV Export	⚡	❌	🔶	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Excel/XLS Task Import	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌
iCal/ICS Export	✅	❌	❌	❌	🔶	🔶	🔶	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
PDF / Print	✅	✅	✅	💰	✅	💰	💰	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
One-click Dashboard PDF (KPIs + charts + tip + EVM)	⚡	🔶	🔶	🔶	🔶	❌	❌	❌	🔶	❌	❌	🔶	❌	❌
Client-Facing Export	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Project Journal Export	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

10 Platform & Privacy

Where your data lives, how you access the tool, and what it costs you.

Feature	DPlan	MS Proj	Smart sheet	Mon day	Wrike	Asana	Click Up	Team Gantt	Gantt PRO	Project Libre	Gantt Project	Open Project	Not ion	Free camp
100% Offline (no internet)	⚡	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
PWA (installable)	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Works from file://	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Zero Account Required	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
Data Never Leaves Device	⚡	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	🔶	❌	❌
Cross-Platform (any browser)	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

11 Pricing

What it costs to get the features above.

Tool	Free Tier	Paid Starting At	Notes
DPlan	⚡ Completely free, forever	—	No limits, no ads, no account
MS Project	❌	$10–$55/user/mo	Desktop $679 one-time
Smartsheet	14-day trial	$9/user/mo	Gantt on Pro+
Monday.com	2 seats, limited	$9/seat/mo	Gantt on Standard+
Wrike	Basic, no Gantt	$9.80/user/mo	Gantt on Professional+
Asana	Basic, no timeline	$10.99/user/mo	Timeline on Premium+
ClickUp	100MB storage	$7/user/mo	Most free but limited
TeamGantt	1 project, 3 users	$19/user/mo	Resources on Pro+
GanttPRO	1 project trial	$7.99/user/mo	Baselines on Pro+
ProjectLibre	✅ Desktop free	$15/user/mo (cloud)	Java-based desktop
GanttProject	✅ Desktop free	$5/user/mo (cloud)	Cloud is paid
OpenProject	Community (self-host)	$7.25/user/mo	Self-hosted free
Notion	Personal only	$8/user/mo	No native Gantt
Freedcamp	Basic	$2.49/user/mo	Gantt is paid add-on

12 Where DPlan Fits

If you're considering…	What Project Value Intelligence adds
Enterprise tools (MS Project)	You get matching core planning plus an intelligence layer MS Project doesn't have — Shadow Dependencies, Value Score, and consequence-aware alerts that drill down to triggering tasks, narrate the impact, and project what happens if you ignore them. Free, browser-based, any OS.
SaaS platforms (Smartsheet, Monday, Wrike)	No per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in. Every intelligence feature included — nothing gated behind tiers. Your data stays on your device.
Free desktop tools (ProjectLibre, GanttProject)	Modern browser UI with a real intelligence engine underneath — not just a Gantt renderer. 6 premium themes, PWA, zero install.
General tools (Notion, Freedcamp)	A project intelligence system, not a task list. Earned value, critical path, risk register, shadow dependencies — all computed live from your plan.

A note on this comparison
We built this page to show what Project Value Intelligence means in practice. Every tool here is well-made and serves its users well — they each solve different problems for different teams. Our goal is transparency about what DPlan uniquely offers, not comparison for its own sake. Feature data is based on publicly available documentation as of April 2026. If anything is inaccurate, we'd genuinely appreciate a note so we can correct it.