Fibery
Plane
| Feature | Fibery | Plane |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $10/mo | Free / from $7/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.3 / 5 | 4.2 / 5 |
| Best For | product-teams, startups, strategy-teams, researchers | developers, open-source-advocates, startups, engineering-teams |
| Founded | 2018 | 2022 |
| Custom Entities | ✓ | ✗ |
| Views | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automations | ✓ | ✗ |
| Reports | ✓ | ✗ |
| Integrations | ✓ | ✗ |
| Whiteboards | ✓ | ✗ |
| Cycles | ✗ | ✓ |
| Modules | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pages | ✗ | ✓ |
| Self Hostable | ✗ | ✓ |
| Analytics | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Fibery Pros
- Highly connected
- Custom entities
- Good for product teams
- Bi-directional links
✗ Fibery Cons
- Complex setup
- Steep learning curve
- Small community
✓ Plane Pros
- Open source and self-hostable
- Modern clean interface
- Jira-like power without complexity
- Active community
✗ Plane Cons
- Relatively new
- Smaller integration ecosystem
- Documentation still maturing
The Verdict
Fibery is built for product teams and startups, with a focus on custom-entities and views. Plane targets developers and open source advocates and leads with cycles and modules.
Pricing is close: Plane starts at $7/mo versus $10/mo for Fibery — not a deciding factor on its own.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
Both tools are a solid fit for startups — in those cases, the decision often comes down to workflow style and how your team prefers to organize work.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.