Review · Business · Project Management
Hive Review: A focused team workspace with unusually competitive entry pricing
Best Value
Hive delivers the core views, collaboration, notes, chat, time tracking, forms, and portfolios most delivery teams need at a lower published price than the larger platforms. Advanced dashboards and several specialist workflows are add-ons.
Last reviewed August 17, 2026
- Price: from $5/user/mo — Starter plan, billed yearly
- Planning views: 8 project views
- Reporting: Portfolios; add-ons
- Best fit: Agencies + SMB teams
The evidence
How Hive scored on our scorecard
Full scorecard, testing notes & sources
Planning depth (25%)85
Team adoption (20%)91
Automation (20%)83
Reporting (20%)81
Price & value (15%)95
Scored on our scorecard, the same one every product in this category gets — see the full methodology on the category hub. Unverified scores are not published.
The trade-offs
Strengths & weaknesses
Best for: Small teams and agencies that want strong project views without enterprise pricing
Strengths
- Starter and Teams pricing is aggressive
- Flexible views including Kanban, Gantt, timeline, table, and portfolio
- Native notes, chat, email, and calendar support collaboration
- Teams plan adds time tracking, portfolios, forms, and custom fields
Weaknesses
- Several advanced capabilities are paid add-ons
- Smaller ecosystem than monday.com or ClickUp
- Complex enterprise reporting requires a closer add-on review
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