Here it is
Microsoft
Monthly bill, paid yearly
- 2 × Planner Plan 1$20
- 18 × Microsoft 365 Business Basic$126
Total$146/mo
With Plan 3 for baselines: $186/mo
No time clock, jobsite camera or field reports on any plan. Copilot is $30 more per person.
Microsoft Planner and Project pricing · Updated
A Microsoft Planner and Project alternative for the whole crew.
Microsoft Planner, also known as Microsoft Project, Project for the web and Planner Premium, is priced per person, and the Gantt chart is a second license on top of Microsoft 365. Parli is one price for the company. The Gantt chart, the time clock and the crew's logins come with it.
Their price list
Microsoft Planner and Project pricing in 2026.
Microsoft publishes its prices. Every plan is priced per person, and each plan adds to the one before it.
| Plan | Formerly | Price | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planner in Microsoft 365 | Included, from $7/person/mo | Tasks, checklists, board and grid views. Can check off tasks on a premium plan. | |
| Planner Plan 1 | Project Plan 1 | $10/person/mo | Premium plans: the Timeline (Gantt) view, linked tasks, milestones, Calendar and People views, sprints. |
| Planner and Project Plan 3 | Project Plan 3 | $30/person/mo | Baselines, critical path, portfolios, lead and lag, and the Project desktop app. |
| Planner and Project Plan 5 | Project Plan 5 | Not listed | The top Planner and Project plan. Microsoft doesn't list its price. |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot | $30/person/mo | The AI add-on: task drafts, status reports, the Planner agent. | |
| Project Standard 2024 | Microsoft Project | $679.99 once | The desktop app for one person on one Windows PC: Gantt, baselines, critical path. |
| Project Professional 2024 | Microsoft Project | $1,129.99 once | Adds resource management and timesheets. |
- Billing: the monthly prices are paid yearly, on an annual subscription.
- Free plan: none. The paid Planner plans have a one-month trial, and it needs a card.
- Retired: Project for the web (August 2025) and Project Online (September 30, 2026).
- Parli, for the same work: Free $0, Small Business+ $49 and Corporation+ $199 a month, with crew logins free on every paid plan.
Who needs a license
Everyone. Twice, if they build the schedule.
On Microsoft, the crew needs Microsoft 365 just to see their tasks, and whoever builds the schedule needs Planner Plan 1 for the Gantt chart. On Parli, you pay for the office, and the field is free. Count your people and both bills update.
Build the scheduleOwner, office staff and foremen who plan the work
In the fieldOperators, laborers and drivers who check off their tasks
Jobs going at onceActive jobs on the schedule
Monthly bill
- Small Business+$49
- 18 crew logins × $0$0
Total$49/mo
Billed yearly: $40.83/mo
The Gantt chart, the time clock, jobsite photos and the assistant are included.
Same 20 people: Parli costs $97 less a month. That's $1,164 saved every year.
Microsoft prices are from microsoft.com on November 1, 2026, in US dollars, per person per month, paid yearly. Planner Plan 1 is the lowest plan with the Timeline (Gantt) view; Microsoft 365 Business Basic is the lowest plan that includes Planner, so the crew can see and check off their tasks. Parli is shown at its monthly price, which costs more than paying yearly.
The schedule in Parli
The Gantt chart is
on every plan that pays.
Real screens from Parli, on real jobs. Tap one to see it full size.
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The whole job, start to finishA job's whole schedule by month, with today marked.
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Rain coming? Push it two daysDrag a bar and its new dates show as it moves.
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Move one task. The rest follow.Arrows show which tasks wait on which.
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Keep the big dates in sightMilestones on their own row, with how far along each one is.
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The whole month, every jobEvery job in one month view.
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Who goes where, at a glanceEvery job's crew, machines and start times for the day.
Feature by feature
Microsoft Planner vs Parli, line by line.
On planning the work, the two are close, as long as you buy the right Microsoft plan. The day at the job is where Parli keeps going.
| Feature | Microsoft Planner | |
|---|---|---|
| Planning the work Both do · 13 | ||
| Tasks with checklists and filesAssigned to a person, with a due date. Microsoft: Planner in Microsoft 365. | ||
| Gantt chartEvery task on a timeline. Microsoft: the Timeline view, on Planner Plan 1 and up. | ||
| Linked tasksOne waits for another; move one and the rest follow. Microsoft: Plan 1 and up. | ||
| MilestonesThe dates that matter, marked on the chart. Microsoft: Plan 1 and up. | ||
| CalendarThe work by day, week or month. Microsoft: Plan 1 and up. | ||
| Who is on whatEach person's load at a glance. Microsoft: the People view, Plan 1 and up. | ||
| People and machines kept from double-bookingMicrosoft: resource leveling in Project desktop. Parli: a machine on a task is off-limits those days. | ||
| Job costsBudget and spent on each job. Microsoft: cost management in Project desktop. | ||
| Hours against the workMicrosoft: timesheets in Project Professional 2024, on a PC. Parli: the time clock on every phone. | ||
| Chat and video callsTalk about the task where it lives. Microsoft: task chat, and calls through Teams. | ||
| People outside the companySubs and partners on the plan. Parli: subs confirm their dates by email in one tap. | ||
| AI helpMicrosoft: Copilot, a $30-a-month add-on per person. Parli: the assistant, included. | ||
| Phone appsiPhone and Android, and the office in a browser. | ||
| The day at the job Only in Parli · 13 | ||
| Time clockOne tap at the job, even with no signal. | ||
| Clock in the whole crewThe foreman checks off who showed up. | ||
| Shop tablet time clockOne tablet on the wall, a PIN for each person. | ||
| Timesheets to QuickBooks or payrollApprove the hours, then send them to QuickBooks Online or export them for Paychex, Wagepoint or ADP. | ||
| Crew schedulingEvery job, person and machine on one board. Each person is sent only what changed. | ||
| Rain dayPick the day lost. The work moves back by your work days, and so do the next jobs waiting on those people and machines. | ||
| Out-sick cover in a tapMark someone out and see who can step in. | ||
| Jobsite photosFiled to the job with the time, the place and who took it. Draw on them, line up a before and after. | ||
| A live photo link for the clientThe homeowner or GC sees the progress you pick. | ||
| Daily field reportsThe day on record, with the photos in it. | ||
| Machine service, next to the jobService due shows beside the job it's on. | ||
| Crew logins freeEveryone in the field signs in free, on every paid plan. | ||
| A free planOne job, no card, for as long as you like. | ||
"Microsoft Planner" here means all of Microsoft's Planner and Project plans together, including the Project desktop apps. A check means at least one of them has it, and the note says which. Checked against Microsoft's price pages and Planner FAQ on November 1, 2026. Something changed? Email joey@parli.io and we'll fix it.
Away from the desk
Microsoft plans the project. The crew still has a day to get through.
Planner and Project are built for people at a computer. A dirt crew is out on the job with a phone, clocking in, taking photos and running the machines. That part of the day is in Parli too.
The hours, from the job The foreman clocks in the crew. No PC, no timesheet to fill in later. 
Someone called in sick Mark him out and see who can cover, before 7:00. 
The photos, filed Every shot goes to its job with the time and the place. 
The machines, booked Where each one is, what is free, and what is due for service. Which one you want
An office project tool, or the crew's whole day.
Microsoft's project tools are strong, and if your company already runs on Microsoft 365, Planner is right there.
Microsoft Planner fits you if
- Your company already pays for Microsoft 365 and Teams
- Project managers plan big projects at a desk
- You need baselines, critical path or portfolios
- You trade .mpp files with owners or engineers
Parli fits you if
- You move dirt: excavation, grading, site work, utilities
- Most of your people are in the field with a phone, not at a PC
- The schedule, the hours, the photos and the machines belong in one app
- You want one price for the company, not a license for each person
Questions
Common questions
What happened to Microsoft Project?
It's been folded into Microsoft Planner. Project Plan 1 became Planner Plan 1 in April 2024; Project Plan 3 and Plan 5 became Planner and Project Plan 3 and Plan 5 on September 18, 2024. Project for the web was retired in August 2025, and its projects now open in Planner as premium plans. Project Online was retired on September 30, 2026. The Project desktop apps for Windows are still sold: Project Standard 2024 at $679.99 and Project Professional 2024 at $1,129.99, each a one-time purchase for one person on one PC.
How much does Microsoft Planner cost?
Planner comes with Microsoft 365 business plans, which start at $7 a person a month (Business Basic, paid yearly). The Gantt chart (Microsoft calls it the Timeline view), linked tasks and milestones need Planner Plan 1, $10 a person a month. Baselines, critical path and the Project desktop app need Planner and Project Plan 3, $30 a person a month. Copilot is $30 a person a month on top. Those are Microsoft's prices on November 1, 2026, paid yearly.
What is Planner Premium?
It's what people call Planner with a paid license. Microsoft's own words are "premium plans": the plans that used to live in Project for the web. Opening one takes Planner Plan 1, Planner and Project Plan 3 or Planner and Project Plan 5. Anyone with Microsoft 365 can view a premium plan and check off their tasks, but the Timeline, People and Goals views need a paid license.
Is Microsoft Planner free?
Not on its own. It comes with a paid Microsoft 365 plan, from $7 a person a month, and the paid Planner plans have a one-month free trial that needs a card. Parli has a free plan with no time limit and no card.
Is there a free alternative to Microsoft Planner and Project?
Yes. Parli's Free plan has the schedule, tasks, jobsite photos and daily field reports for one job, one person in the office and one in the field, with no card and no time limit. Paid plans start at $49 a month, with the Gantt chart, the time clock, video calls, and every crew login free.
Does Microsoft Planner have a time clock?
No. None of Planner's plans list a time clock. Project Professional 2024 has timesheets, where people type in their time against tasks on a Windows PC. Parli's time clock is one tap on the phone at the job, even with no signal, and the foreman can clock in the whole crew.
What would the same crew pay on Parli?
Two people who build the schedule and eighteen in the field, on up to five jobs at once, is $49 a month on Small Business+. On Microsoft, the same twenty people with Planner Plan 1 for the two and Microsoft 365 Business Basic for the eighteen is $146 a month, paid yearly, and that still has no time clock.
What does Microsoft do that Parli doesn’t?
Baselines, critical path, portfolios across many plans, .mpp files from Project desktop, and Power Automate workflows. If your company plans large projects at a desk and already lives in Microsoft 365, those matter. Parli is built for dirt crews: the schedule, the hours, the machines and the photos, on the phone the crew already carries.
Put the whole crew on the schedule.
Start free on a real job and build tomorrow's schedule today. When you move up, the Gantt chart comes with it, and every crew login is free. No card to start.
Sources, checked November 1, 2026. Microsoft's Planner plans and pricing page (microsoft.com): Planner included in Microsoft 365; Planner Plan 1 $10 and Planner and Project Plan 3 $30 per user per month, paid yearly, with a one-month free trial that needs a card; Microsoft 365 Copilot $30 per user per month; and the feature table (Timeline (Gantt), Calendar and People views, dependencies, milestones and sprints on Plan 1; baselines, critical path, portfolios, lead and lag, and Project desktop on Plan 3; task chat; outside collaborators). Microsoft's Project plans and pricing page: Project Standard 2024 $679.99 and Project Professional 2024 $1,129.99, one-time, one user on one PC, with cost management, resource leveling, and timesheets on Professional. Microsoft's Microsoft 365 business plans page: Business Basic $7 per user per month, paid yearly, including Planner. The Planner FAQ on support.microsoft.com: Project Plan 1 renamed Planner Plan 1 in April 2024; Project Plan 3 and 5 renamed Planner and Project Plan 3 and 5 on September 18, 2024; Project for the web retired in August 2025, its plans now premium plans in Planner; Project Online retired September 30, 2026; Microsoft 365 users can view premium plans and check off tasks, while the Timeline, People and Goals views need Planner Plan 1. Planner and Project Plan 5 has no price on Microsoft's price pages. None of these list a time clock, a jobsite camera, field reports, or machines and their service. Parli's prices are per company, per month, in US dollars, from Parli's own price list.