Teamhood vs Kanera

Choose Teamhood for capacity planning and personal timesheets. Choose Kanera for shared board structure, a limited free cloud plan, and self-hosting without a Kanera per-seat fee.

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The decision

Start with what your team needs

TeamhoodChoose when you need

  • Capacity allocation, time tracking, and personal timesheets.
  • Gantt with critical paths, baselines, and automatic dependency rescheduling.
  • Enterprise offers SSO and SCIM.

KaneraChoose when you need

  • A focused Home plus modern boards with shared workspace structure
  • Gantt Timeline, critical paths, Table reporting, Global Work, Work Done, and nested notes
  • REST API, managed webhooks, native MCP, and self-hosting with full feature parity
Best fit

Choose by the work

When Teamhood fits better

Keep Teamhood on your shortlist if capacity allocation, personal timesheets, formula fields, or dependencies that reschedule are essential. Kanera does not offer those capabilities.

Shared project structure

Kanera boards in a workspace share lists and custom fields. Use Team Cards to review accessible projects together and Table to group work and total numeric fields.

Kanera pricing

A simple starting point

Try the complete Pro product for 30 days, then choose Free or one full-featured hosted plan.

Free
$0 for up to 4 members
Pro monthly
$5 per user
Pro annual
$49 per user
Feature comparison

Teamhood vs Kanera at a glance

This comparison covers verified capabilities. Unlisted features have not been scored.

  • Included
  • Partial or plan-gated
  • Not available
Feature
Teamhood
Planning and capacity
Kanera
Connected project system
Views & Planning
Timeline, Gantt, and dependencies
Included. Gantt with critical paths, baselines, and automatic dependency rescheduling.
Included. Timeline draws Gantt bars from planned start to due date on boards, My Cards, and Team Cards. Drag or resize bars, draw blocking links, and inspect working-day slack, critical paths, and scheduling conflicts. Dependencies adds Map, due-week Timeline, and Steps layouts for blocking chains across boards in the same workspace.
Board view
Included. Columns, swimlanes, and nested boards.
Included. Kanban boards with drag-and-drop cards, collapsible lists, per-list sorting, list icons and colors, and card covers.
Table view
Included. Configurable list views.
Included. An editable table on boards and across Global Work, with filtering, grouping, custom columns, Sum and Avg calculations, second-dimension breakdowns, saved setup, and Excel or JSON export.
Overview, health, and cross-project visibility
Included. Portfolio views across projects.
Included. Home covers daily focus. Every board adds automatic overdue, unassigned, inactive, due-soon, and per-list signals with card drill-downs. Global Work adds My Cards, Team Cards, Timeline, and Work Done across accessible boards.
Cards & Work
Custom fields
Included. Custom fields, formulas, and rollups.
Included. Text, number, checkbox, date, URL, select, and user fields, with multi-value select and user fields, owned by one board or shared across a workspace.
Structure & Workflow
Automation
Included. Automation rules are included.
Included. Card triggers, including Card blocked and Card unblocked, drive ordered actions across labels, assignees, checklist templates, due dates, custom field writes, moves, and completion, at board or workspace level.
Reporting
Included. Charts, flow metrics, budgets, and timesheets.
Included. Table calculations and breakdowns, Work Done reports, Work Done history, saved Global Work views, and Excel or JSON export cover operational reporting.
Collaboration & Access
Collaboration
Included. Comments, mentions, and item history.
Included. Comments with mentions, quote replies, and thumbs-up acknowledgement, plus attachments, realtime updates, presence, and an attributed activity history beside the work.
External access
Partial or plan-gated. Active members and open invitations require licenses, including guests.
Partial or plan-gated. Pro keeps guests board-scoped: the first board is free, while a second or later board uses one purchased seat in total. Hosted Free has no guests, and self-hosted has no seat gate.
Notes and context
Included. Document mode for wiki content.
Included. Scratchpad keeps autosaved work in progress private to one person. Personal and shared Notes add nested trees, attachments, search, and card backlinks for durable context.
Notifications
Included. An inbox for mentions and relevant updates.
Included. An in-app drawer plus per-type delivery to email, browser push, ntfy, Gotify, or your own signed webhook, with per-workspace pause and scoping rules, card and board watching, mentions, assignments, and due dates. The drawer, email, push, and rules are on every plan; ntfy, Gotify, and personal webhooks need Pro or self-hosted.
Data & Migration
API and webhooks
Included. REST API and webhooks.
Included. Scoped API keys, a REST API, event-selective webhooks, and built-in Slack, Discord, Telegram, and Zulip chat destinations, all with delivery history, retries, pausing, and secret rotation. Personal API keys work on every plan; workspace keys, webhooks, and chat destinations need Pro or self-hosted.
AI integration
Included. MCP access for compatible AI assistants.
Partial or plan-gated. A native MCP server with OAuth gives compatible AI clients scoped access to live Kanera context and documentation search on every plan, Free included; AI is not built into the app.
Deployment
Partial or plan-gated. Enterprise offers dedicated, hybrid, and on-premise hosting.
Included. Hosted plans, or a source-available Docker Compose deployment under Elastic License 2.0 with full feature parity and no Kanera per-seat self-hosting fee.
Import and export
Included. CSV and MS Project import; API export.
Partial or plan-gated. Reviewable Trello JSON, CSV, and Kanera archive import; Excel and JSON export; plus APIs for custom migrations.
Where each tool draws the line
Time tracking and workload
Included. Capacity allocation, time tracking, and personal timesheets.
Partial or plan-gated. Time in progress automatically tracks working hours while cards are in In progress lists. Admins can correct totals; Table sums, averages, and exports them. Numeric custom fields hold separate estimates or billable hours. No personal timers, timesheets, or capacity planning.
Sign-in and provisioning
Partial or plan-gated. Enterprise offers SSO and SCIM.
Partial or plan-gated. Email and password sign-in with organization, workspace, and board roles. No SAML, OIDC, or SCIM for user accounts yet; AI clients authenticate to MCP with OAuth.
Apps and offline use
Partial or plan-gated. Browser-based; no mobile app is listed.
Partial or plan-gated. Installable PWA on desktop, iOS, and Android with offline board browsing, push notifications, and share-to-card. No native app-store builds.

Competitor details checked 5 November 2026. Teamhood pricing, Teamhood capabilities. Features and packaging can change.

Where Kanera
takes a different path

Review progress without building dashboards

Work Done shows a 60-day daily history of created, moved, and completed cards plus finished checklist items.

See work at every level

Use Home for today, Board Overview for card counts, My Cards and Team Cards for execution, and Work Done Report for delivery and current risks.

Move from signal to action quickly

Open one keyboard palette to create a card, navigate, change theme, or search cards, notes, comments, and attachment names.

Keep context at the right level

Use Scratchpad for private work in progress, then move durable material into personal or team Notes.

Choose independent or shared boards

Keep boards fully independent, or reuse lists, labels, fields, checklist templates, and automations across a workspace.

Mirror client work one way

Map source lists into another board so an internal team gets working copies, with local assignees and dates and no custom API bridge.

Connect the stack and keep control

Use scoped API keys, managed webhooks, and MCP, and export reports to Excel or JSON. Self-host the same product when deployment control matters.

Bring a real project into the evaluation

There is no native Teamhood importer. If your export can be represented as CSV rows, map a sample into Kanera and check fields, dates, and assignments. Do not assume attachments, history, or dependencies transfer.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Teamhood have a free plan?

Teamhood offers a free first month, followed by a paid plan with at least three users. Its pricing page says there is no free plan. Classic customers keep their existing plan, price, and workspace.

Can I import Teamhood projects?

There is no native Teamhood importer. If your export can be represented as CSV rows, map a sample into Kanera and check fields, dates, and assignments. Do not assume attachments, history, or dependencies transfer.

See whether Kanera
fits your team

Try the full product for 30 days. No card required.

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