CapabilitiesKanera, feature by feature
Kanera, feature by feature
Free, Pro, and self-hosted
Every capability with a straight answer for each way to run Kanera, including the things it does not do. Each row links to the guide that explains it.
- Free
- $0 Up to 4 members and 3 boards, hosted by Kanera
- Pro
- $5 per user per month Or $49 per user per year, hosted by Kanera
- Self-hosted
- No Kanera seat fee The Pro feature set on a server you run
Boards, cards, and views
| Capability | Free | Pro | Self-hosted | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanban boards with workflow lists you name, order, and color | Lists | |||
| Active boards | 3 across the organization | Unlimited | Unlimited | Boards |
| Workspaces: boards that share lists, labels, custom fields, checklist templates, automations, and members | Workspaces | |||
| Standalone boards with their own lists, fields, labels, and automations | Standalone boards | |||
| Table view: edit cards inline, group them, and sum or average number fields | Views | |||
| Calendar view by month or week | Views | |||
| Cards with a description, assignees, start and due dates, labels, files, and comments | Cards | |||
| Checklist items with their own owner, due date, and sub-checklist | Checklists | |||
| Reusable checklist templates | Checklist templates | |||
| Workspace templates to start a team from | Board templates | |||
| Custom fields: Text, Number, Checkbox, Select, Date, URL, and User | Custom fields | |||
| Board syncing: show one board’s cards on another, kept up to date one way | No | Board syncing | ||
| Attachment storage | 250 MiB shared | 200 GiB shared | Your disk or S3 | Storage |
| Archived cards can be restored for 30 days | Archived cards | |||
| Undo supported archive, delete, and access changes for ten seconds | Undo | |||
| Trash for deleted boardsDeleting a board is permanent. Export it to JSON first if you may need it again. | Not in Kanera | Boards | ||
| Swimlanes across a Kanban boardTimeline can group rows by list, assignee, or label. | Not in Kanera | |||
| Work-in-progress (WIP) limits on lists | Not in Kanera | |||
| Recurring cards | Not in Kanera | |||
| Card and board templatesDuplicate a card, or start from a workspace template and apply checklist templates. | Not in Kanera | Checklist templates | ||
| Parent and child cardsChecklist items can each have an owner, a due date, and a sub-checklist. | Not in Kanera | Checklists | ||
| Formula and roll-up fieldsTable can sum or average number fields for each group. | Not in Kanera | Views | ||
Timeline and dependencies
| Capability | Free | Pro | Self-hosted | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timeline: Gantt bars on a board, My Cards, or Team Cards | Timeline | |||
| Drag bars to move a card’s dates or change its length | Timeline | |||
| Blocked by, Blocks, and Relates to links, including between boards | Dependencies | |||
| Critical path, working-day slack, and scheduling conflicts | Timeline | |||
| Dependencies view: trace chains as a map, a timeline, or steps | Dependencies view | |||
| Start-to-start, finish-to-finish, and lag on dependenciesA dependency means the prerequisite finishes before the dependent card starts. | Not in Kanera | Dependencies | ||
| Milestones and baselines | Not in Kanera | |||
| Export the Timeline to PDF or an image | Not in Kanera | |||
| Capacity, workload hours, and time-off planningTeam overview shows what each person is carrying and what is next. | Not in Kanera | Global Work | ||
| Dependent cards move automatically when a prerequisite slipsKanera flags the conflict and you choose the new dates. | Not in Kanera | Timeline | ||
Your work across boards
| Capability | Free | Pro | Self-hosted | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home: your Up next queue, overdue and upcoming work, recent boards, and progress | Home | |||
| My Cards and Team Cards across every board, workspace, and organization you can open | Global Work | |||
| Up next: one ranked work order per person across all their boards | Up next | |||
| Team overview: what each person is working on and what they will pick up next | Global Work | |||
| Saved My Cards and Team Cards views, private or shared | Global Work | |||
| Work Done: a timeline of what was created, moved, completed, and checked off | Reporting | |||
| Time in progress: working hours tracked while a card sits in an In progress list | Time in progress | |||
| Export a Table report, or a whole board, to Excel or JSON | Reporting | |||
| Per-person time entries and timesheetsRecord hours manually in numeric custom fields. Time in progress tracks card workflow time automatically. | Not in Kanera | Time in progress | ||
| Burndown and cumulative flow chartsWork Done shows the work completed and moved each day. | Not in Kanera | Reporting | ||
Notes, search, and devices
| Capability | Free | Pro | Self-hosted | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes: nested team pages kept beside a workspace or board | Notes | |||
| Scratchpad: private pages only you can open | Scratchpad | |||
| Search across cards, notes, comments, and attachments | Search | |||
| Keyboard shortcuts and quick actions | Keyboard shortcuts | |||
| 11 language options for the app, emails, and notifications | Profile and Security | |||
| Install as an app on phones, tablets, and desktops | Install Kanera | |||
| Native iOS or Android appKanera installs from the browser as a Progressive Web App (PWA) on iOS, Android, and desktop. | Not in Kanera | Install Kanera | ||
| Calendar feed (iCal) for other calendar apps | Not in Kanera | |||
| Create cards by email | Not in Kanera | |||
Automation and notifications
| Capability | Free | Pro | Self-hosted | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automations: when a card changes list, date, checklist, blocker, field, or Timeline slip, do one or more actions | 3 active | Unlimited | Unlimited | Automations |
| Automation runs | 100 per month | No monthly cap | No monthly cap | Automations |
| In-app, email, and browser push notifications | Notifications | |||
| Watch a card or board without being assigned | Watchers | |||
| Private reminders on any card, up to eight weeks ahead | Reminders | |||
| Notification rules for each workspace or board | Workspace rules | |||
| Personal delivery to ntfy, Gotify, or your own webhook | No | Notification channels | ||
| Post card activity to Slack, Discord, Telegram, or Zulip | No | Chat destinations |
People, access, and security
| Capability | Free | Pro | Self-hosted | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organization members | Up to 4 | Unlimited paid seats | Unlimited | Managing users |
| Roles for the organization, each workspace, and each board, including read-only Observers | User roles | |||
| Limit someone to the cards assigned to them | User roles | |||
| Board guests from outside the organization | No | Single-board guests free; multi-board guests use one paid seat | Guests | |
| One account across several organizations | Organizations | |||
| Two-factor sign-in with an authenticator app and recovery codes | Profile and Security | |||
| Require two-factor sign-in for the whole organization | Profile and Security | |||
| Comments with mentions, and an activity history on every card | Comments | |||
| Single sign-on (SSO) with Google, Microsoft, OIDC, or SAMLPeople sign in with email and password, plus an authenticator when required. | Not in Kanera | Profile and Security | ||
| SCIM user provisioning | Not in Kanera | |||
| Public read-only links to a boardInvite an Observer or a guest for read-only access. | Not in Kanera | Guests | ||
| Organization audit logEvery card and board keeps its own activity history. | Not in Kanera | Comments | ||
Hosting, data, and price
| Capability | Free | Pro | Self-hosted | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PriceSelf-hosted, you pay for your own servers. | $0 | $5/user/mo · $49/user/yr annually | No Kanera fee | Pricing |
| Run it on your own server with Docker Compose | No | No | Self-hosting | |
| Source code published on GitHub | Self-hosted Kanera | |||
| Import Trello boards, including their attachments | Trello import | |||
| Import cards from CSV, including Jira CSV exports | CSV import | |||
| Restore a board from a Kanera JSON export, on Kanera Cloud or your own server | Boards | |||
| Direct importers for Jira, Asana, or Microsoft ProjectExport to CSV and map the columns instead. | Not in Kanera | CSV import | ||
API, MCP, and AI agents
| Capability | Free | Pro | Self-hosted | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REST API with personal API keys | API | |||
| Workspace API keys and unattended agent connections | No | Agent connections | ||
| Signed outbound webhooks | No | Webhooks | ||
| MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, and Gemini CLI | Connect an agent | |||
| Agent and API request limits | Fair use | Higher | You set them | API |
| Read-only credentials for agents that only need to look | Agent security | |||
| Organization switch for AI agents: off, read only, or read and writeA Kanera Cloud setting. Self-hosted, you decide whether to expose the MCP server at all. | No | Agent security | ||
| Agent runs: live progress from an agent on the card it is working on | Agent runs | |||
| kanera CLI and TypeScript SDK | CLI | |||
| A built-in AI assistantKanera has no AI model of its own. Connect the agent you already use. | Not in Kanera | Agent security | ||
What an AI agent can do in Kanera
An agent connects through the MCP server, the CLI, or the API. It works as the person who connected it, with that person's organization, workspace, and board roles, so an Observer's agent cannot change anything.
Agents archive cards rather than delete them, and they cannot manage billing, organization settings, or roles. Changes made through an OAuth connection carry your name and the agent's, and you are notified about them. Kanera has no AI model of its own and never runs your agent.
How AI agents work in Kanera- Find, read, create, update, move, duplicate, complete, and archive cards
- Set assignees, labels, dates, dependencies, custom fields, and attachments
- Read, post, and edit comments, and work through checklists
- Read and reorder a person’s Up next queue
- Read and write notes and the connected person’s Scratchpad
- Report progress on a card with agent runs
- Read activity, Work Done history, and Timeline schedules
- Create boards and manage a workspace’s automations, with the matching admin role
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