Top 10 Hive Alternatives for 2025

Hive has long been a pow­er­ful work­space, yet even the most advanced plat­form can miss the mark for some teams. If you need a Hive alter­na­tive in 2025, start by defin­ing your goals: faster per­for­mance, low­er cost, clear­er report­ing or built-in AI. This guide cov­ers ten solu­tions that can replace Hive, with spe­cial focus on Work­sec­tion because the ser­vice bun­dles advanced fea­tures into every plan — some­thing users often miss in Hive’s paid upgrades. From visu­al Kan­ban boards and Gantt charts to a full time-track­er and tight per­mis­sion con­trol, Work­sec­tion deliv­ers every­thing ​“out of the box.” Still, the oth­er tools also shine: Click­Up offers unmatched flex­i­bil­i­ty, Asana push­es automa­tion, Wrike excels at ana­lyt­ics, while Trel­lo remains the cham­pi­on of sim­plic­i­ty. You’ll find a com­par­i­son table, hands-on advice and an FAQ to help you pick the per­fect Hive alter­na­tive for your team.

Hive’s ear­ly suc­cess came from its ​“every­thing in one tab” mantra, but by 2025 teams have raised a few red flags. First, the inter­face can feel over­loaded: once you cross dozens of projects, each board refresh costs pre­cious sec­onds and view switch­ing slows down even fast lap­tops. Sec­ond, pric­ing: enabling time reports or advanced roles forces an upgrade, and the bill can jump to $20 – 24 per user per month. New­com­ers find set­up tricky — too many menu items make it easy to pick the wrong view or tan­gle per­mis­sions. Enter­prise users also note scal­ing issues: with thou­sands of tasks Hive los­es its snap, and built-in automa­tion can’t always cov­er com­plex work­flows. These pain points push teams toward a Hive alter­na­tive that com­bines a friend­ly UI, high speed, fair pric­ing, and full func­tion­al­i­ty with­out hid­den fees.

To keep this list hon­est, we focused on six essen­tials:

Work­sec­tion stands out by ship­ping every core fea­ture — from Kan­ban and Gantt to a built-in timer — on the very first plan. Teams can switch between list, board or time­line views, while files, check­lists and com­ments live inside each task so noth­ing gets lost. Flex­i­ble per­mis­sions let you invite clients yet hide inter­nal dis­cus­sions. Detailed time-and-cost charts appeal to agen­cies, and at just $4.5 per user per month the plat­form nev­er asks you to ​“unlock” mod­ules the way Hive does. Opti­mised archi­tec­ture keeps boards snap­py even with thou­sands of tasks.

Click­Up fol­lows a ​“con­fig­ure every­thing your way” phi­los­o­phy. Users hop between board, list, cal­en­dar, mind-map and work­load wid­gets. Automa­tion is pow­er­ful: set a trig­ger and new tasks instant­ly pick up a dead­line and assignee. The free tier looks gen­er­ous, but full reports and the AI assis­tant cost $10 and $20, respec­tive­ly. Per­fect for IT teams that crave flex­i­bil­i­ty, though the abun­dance of options can slow onboarding.

Asana banks on a clean UI and ready-made tem­plates. Spin up a mar­ket­ing cal­en­dar or Scrum board in two clicks, while rules shave hours off repet­i­tive work. Seam­less inte­gra­tion with Google Work­space and Slack improves com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Yet advanced automa­tion and project port­fo­lios live only on the Busi­ness plan at $24.99 per user. Great for prod­uct and cre­ative depart­ments, but the price may sting.

Trel­lo remains the Kan­ban icon. Its min­i­mal­ist UI shows task sta­tus instant­ly, and Pow­er-Ups add time-track­ing, feed­back loops and e‑signatures. A free tier with unlim­it­ed boards draws free­lancers and star­tups. Draw­backs: no native Gantt chart, lim­it­ed report­ing — seri­ous ana­lyt­ics requires third-par­ty tools. Still, Trel­lo is ide­al when you need a sim­ple Hive alter­na­tive with­out heavy setup.

Mon​day​.com mar­kets itself as a Work OS that uni­fies cross-depart­ment work­flows. It offers deep view cus­tomi­sa­tion — from tables to world maps, handy for glob­al teams. No-code automa­tion uses a visu­al ​“if — then” builder. How­ev­er, full inte­gra­tion access and time-track­ing start at the Pro tier for $19/​user/​month, a stretch for small­er firms.

Wrike’s strength is ana­lyt­ics: work­load reports build auto­mat­i­cal­ly, and the Insights dash­board flags sched­ule risks. Enter­prise clients val­ue gran­u­lar roles, audit logs and ISO-cer­ti­fied secu­ri­ty. The learn­ing curve is steep, but for large teams with strict SLAs Wrike trumps Hive. The Pro­fes­sion­al tier is $9.80, yet time-track­ing, port­fo­lios and the BI engine demand the Busi­ness plan at $24.80.

Notion fus­es task track­ing and knowl­edge man­age­ment: tables, boards and wiki pages coex­ist in one space. Your team can keep guide­lines, specs and roadmaps next to Kan­ban columns. Tem­plates from the com­mu­ni­ty cut launch time. Down­sides: slow­er load on giant data­bas­es and lim­it­ed clas­sic report­ing. The price is friend­ly, though: full API access and unlim­it­ed guests cost $8 per user.

Base­camp sticks to min­i­mal­ism: to-do lists, chat, cal­en­dar and file stor­age — noth­ing extra. A flat fee of $15/​user/​month (Base­camp 4) sim­pli­fies bud­get­ing. Lack of Gantt charts and gran­u­lar roles may deter com­plex projects, yet small teams love the quick learn­ing curve and direct communication.

Plan­ner lives inside Microsoft 365, mak­ing it an obvi­ous pick for com­pa­nies already pay­ing for Office. Tasks tie into Teams, files rest in Share­Point — one login rules them all. The UI is dead-sim­ple, but report­ing stops at a basic progress chart. For deep­er ana­lyt­ics you’ll attach Pow­er BI. Since Plan­ner is includ­ed in Microsoft 365 Busi­ness Basic (from $6/​month), no extra spend is required.

Smartsheet charms spread­sheet fans: tasks appear in rows with for­mu­las, piv­ot reports and linked Gantt views. The plat­form offers auto­mat­ed reminders, proof reviews and time logs. Pric­ing starts at $9, but resource man­age­ment and port­fo­lios push you to Busi­ness (≈$32). The Excel-like UI needs accli­ma­ti­sa­tion, yet its ana­lyt­i­cal mus­cle is impressive.