# Plane privacy rating

Open source project management tool with issues, cycles, modules, pages and Kanban, list and Gantt views. Available as a hosted cloud service or a self-hosted Community Edition.

**Our pick.** Open-source project management with issues, cycles, modules, pages and Kanban, list and Gantt views, as a replacement for Jira and Linear. The AGPL-3.0 Community Edition can be self-hosted, and its telemetry is opt-in.

## Summary

Plane scores 45 out of 100 (grade D) on the task management criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It partly meets open source and independent audit. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

- Website: https://plane.so
- Source code: https://github.com/makeplane/plane
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Web, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
- Home page trackers: Google Tag Manager, Plausible (cookieless analytics), VWO
- Category: [Task management](https://privacyratings.com/task-management/)
- Grade: D (45/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Partial | The Community Edition is AGPL-3.0, but commercial editions add proprietary features that are not published. | https://github.com/makeplane/plane/blob/preview/LICENSE.txt |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The website uses Google Tag Manager and analytics cookies. Telemetry in self-hosted instances is opt-in. | https://plane.so/legals/privacy-policy |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by paid plans. The privacy policy says personal information is not sold or shared for cross-context behavioral advertising. | https://plane.so/legals/privacy-policy |
| Independent audit | Partial | States SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, but the reports are only available on request. | https://plane.so/security |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/task-management/plane/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/task-management/plane.md