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Why are you overpaying for task managers and how to fix it?
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Why are you overpaying for task managers and how to fix it?

Task man­agers have become an inte­gral part of team work. Accord­ing to data from Cloud­wards, small busi­ness­es spend an aver­age of $8.9 per user per month on such ser­vices, while the aver­age is around $16.88. In real­i­ty, the fig­ures are even high­er: com­pa­nies often over­pay for more expen­sive plans for just one need­ed fea­ture or use sev­er­al dif­fer­ent plat­forms — for tasks, report­ing, file shar­ing, and messaging.

Work­sec­tion offers a dif­fer­ent approach. Here, all key tools for project man­age­ment are avail­able right away at an afford­able price — from $3.4 per user. Kan­ban, Gantt charts, report­ing, time track­ing, and task com­mu­ni­ca­tion are basic parts of every plan.

In this arti­cle, we will exam­ine what hid­den costs arise when work­ing with pop­u­lar task man­agers and why Work­sec­tion is a cost-effec­tive alter­na­tive for teams of any size.

Why com­pa­nies over­pay for task managers

1️⃣Ris­ing costs with the team

Many ser­vices seem afford­able until the team is small. But as soon as you start to scale, the cost ris­es sharply. For exam­ple, a $10 per user plan turns into $200 per month for a team of 20 peo­ple — and that’s just the basic pay­ment with­out addi­tion­al features.

2️⃣The need to buy more expen­sive plans for just one feature

In many ser­vices, key tools such as Gantt charts, time track­ing, or advanced report­ing are only avail­able in pre­mi­um pack­ages. Teams are forced to over­pay sev­er­al times for one need­ed capa­bil­i­ty, receiv­ing dozens of ​“extra” fea­tures that they don’t even use.

3️⃣Addi­tion­al plu­g­ins for basic functionalities

Some ser­vices offer basic fea­tures only through sep­a­rate mod­ules or inte­gra­tions: from access lim­i­ta­tions and email noti­fi­ca­tions to reports or even sim­ple time track­ing. This not only increas­es costs but also cre­ates chaos in work — it’s nec­es­sary to search for, con­nect, and pay for third-par­ty solutions.

4️⃣Lim­i­ta­tions of free versions

Free plans usu­al­ly have seri­ous lim­its: on the num­ber of users, inte­gra­tions, or the vol­ume of stored files. This might suit a start­up with a few peo­ple, but as soon as the team grows, they have to look for oth­er soft­ware or switch to expen­sive plans.

How Work­sec­tion address­es these challenges

In Work­sec­tion, you get the full set of nec­es­sary tools at once — with­out addi­tion­al plu­g­ins or more expen­sive plans. This allows teams of any size to effec­tive­ly man­age tasks and com­mu­ni­ca­tion at a trans­par­ent price.

Afford­able price and trans­par­ent pric­ing policy

There are no hid­den fees in Work­sec­tion: even in basic plans, you get a com­plete set of tools for task man­age­ment, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and report­ing — from Gantt charts to time track­ing. Prices start at $3.4 per user per month—with­out hid­den lim­i­ta­tions or the need for upgrades.
What this means for the team:
  • No need to buy more expen­sive pack­ages just for one feature;
  • Costs are pre­dictable and clear;
  • One sys­tem cov­ers plan­ning, report­ing, and communication.
Advan­tage: You get a pro­fes­sion­al task man­ag­er with full func­tion­al­i­ty with­out wast­ing the bud­get on unnec­es­sary expenses.

Com­plete fea­ture set with­out addi­tion­al charges

📊Inter­ac­tive dashboards

In Work­sec­tion, the start­ing page of each project is a dash­board that pro­vides access to all key met­rics:
  • progress of task com­ple­tion and dead­line adherence;
  • team work­load and task distribution;
  • finan­cial met­rics — bud­get usage, time expen­di­ture, com­plet­ed hours.
Dash­boards are avail­able to all project par­tic­i­pants and help the team see the big pic­ture, ana­lyze key met­rics, and make quick deci­sions. They can also be export­ed to PDF or PNG for pre­sen­ta­tions and reports.

The main advan­tage is that the dash­board in Work­sec­tion is inter­ac­tive: you can switch between blocks, cus­tomize the view and dis­play of data for your tasks. This turns the dash­board into a con­ve­nient real-time work­ing tool, not just sta­t­ic ana­lyt­ics. There­fore, there is no need for addi­tion­al BI ser­vices or com­plex extra modules.

📆Gantt Chart

The Gantt chart allows you to visu­al­ize all tasks on a shared time­line. This helps to see how dif­fer­ent stages are relat­ed, under­stand team load, and make well-con­sid­ered man­age­ment deci­sions quick­ly. In the Gantt chart you can:
  • set dead­lines and edit tasks direct­ly from the time­line in real-time;
  • spec­i­fy depen­den­cies between tasks;
  • cus­tomize fil­ters to dis­play only the need­ed information;
  • export charts for report­ing or presentations;
  • switch between view­ing a sin­gle project or all account activity.
In Work­sec­tion, the Gantt chart is includ­ed in all basic plans, so teams receive a pow­er­ful plan­ning tool with­out need­ing to switch to more expen­sive plans.
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🗂️Kan­ban​

​​Kan­ban is a sim­ple way to orga­nize tasks by sta­tus. Tasks are dis­played as cards that move between columns through Drag&Drop accord­ing to the workflow.

The Work­sec­tion Kan­ban eas­i­ly adapts to any project type, team work­flow style, or process­es. This allows for quick sta­tus con­trol of tasks, under­stand­ing work­load, and respond­ing to changes in real-time.

Work­sec­tion Kan­ban capabilities:
  • Project Kan­ban—dis­plays tasks with­in a sin­gle project.
  • Project boards—a con­ve­nient overview at the account lev­el, use­ful for agen­cies and com­pa­nies with mul­ti­ple clients (avail­able in Pre­mi­um plans and higher).
  • Peo­ple Kan­ban—group­ing tasks by respon­si­ble per­sons for load assessment.
  • Day Kan­ban—cal­en­dar view of tasks with deadlines.
  • Cus­tom sta­tus­es and labels—adap­ta­tion to team workflows.
  • Process automa­tion—rules for quick assign­ment of respon­si­bil­i­ties or deadlines.
  • Fil­ters—search for tasks by assignees, tags, or deadlines.
Most fea­tures are already includ­ed in the basic plan — only the project Kan­ban func­tion requires the Pre­mi­um plan or higher.


⏱️Time tracking

Time track­ing in Work­sec­tion allows teams to accu­rate­ly track time spent on tasks direct­ly in the sys­tem. Each par­tic­i­pant can start a timer, log work­ing time, and link it to spe­cif­ic tasks, help­ing to ana­lyze pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and plan resources.

Main fea­tures and advantages:
  • Built-in timer – log time with­out third-par­ty apps.
  • Plan/​fact com­par­i­son – eval­u­ate task exe­cu­tion efficiency.
  • Report­ing – gen­er­ate detailed reports on time spent for analy­sis and planning.
  • Trans­paren­cy – the team sees how much time is spent on each task, which increas­es open­ness and control.
This fea­ture is also avail­able in the basic Work­sec­tion plan, so users do not need to spend mon­ey on sep­a­rate track­ers or inte­gra­tions with third-par­ty services.

📈Reports with­out Excel and unnec­es­sary modules

In Work­sec­tion, reports are gen­er­at­ed auto­mat­i­cal­ly based on key met­rics: plan exe­cu­tion, par­tic­i­pant progress, time expen­di­ture, and finan­cial indi­ca­tors. This reduces rou­tine report­ing and allows focus­ing on strate­gic tasks.

Main tools:
  • Auto­mat­ic report gen­er­a­tion – with­out the need for man­u­al data collection.
  • Tem­plate cus­tomiza­tion – for dif­fer­ent roles: man­agers, teams, clients.
  • Export in con­ve­nient for­mats – for fur­ther analy­sis or presentations.
  • Per­son­al­iza­tion of noti­fi­ca­tions – receive only impor­tant information.
In the basic Work­sec­tion plan, you get a full set of reports and ana­lyt­ics with­out need­ing to buy addi­tion­al mod­ules or integrations.
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💬Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and files — in the con­text of tasks

In Work­sec­tion, all dis­cus­sions and doc­u­ments are stored direct­ly in tasks. This allows the team not to waste time search­ing for nec­es­sary emails or mes­sages in chats.

Main fea­tures and advantages:
  • Dis­cus­sions in tasks — all com­ments are linked to a spe­cif­ic task, reduc­ing confusion.
  • Files and doc­u­ments — upload and store files direct­ly in tasks, with­out the need for sep­a­rate shar­ing services.
  • Com­mu­ni­ca­tion his­to­ry — all work con­text is pre­served, and new par­tic­i­pants can quick­ly catch up on the project.
  • Trans­paren­cy for the team — every­one sees who is doing what, which increas­es trust and control.
Thus, there is no need for third-par­ty mes­sen­gers and numer­ous chats — and, accord­ing­ly, expens­es on them.
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🔔Per­son­al­ized notifications

Work­sec­tion has a noti­fi­ca­tion sys­tem that allows all project par­tic­i­pants to stay up to date — about changes in tasks, new com­ments, approach­ing or chang­ing dead­lines and sta­tus­es, assign­ments, etc. Noti­fi­ca­tions are set indi­vid­u­al­ly for each user. You can choose which events are tru­ly impor­tant, set pri­or­i­ties, and chan­nels of delivery.

Noti­fi­ca­tions can be received:
  • as email messages;
  • as push noti­fi­ca­tions in the brows­er or mobile app;
  • through inte­gra­tion with mes­sen­gers (via API).
This helps the team not to miss impor­tant updates and makes work more con­ve­nient — with­out addi­tion­al ser­vices and settings.
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🖥️A sin­gle plat­form for work

Work­sec­tion com­bines tasks, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, files, and reports in one envi­ron­ment. The team no longer needs to switch between sev­er­al ser­vices — every­thing need­ed for project man­age­ment is avail­able at once.

This pro­vides teams with:
  • Cen­tral­iza­tion of process­es—tasks, com­ments, files, and ana­lyt­ics in one interface.
  • Reduc­tion of chaos—the team works with one plat­form instead of 3 – 4 dif­fer­ent services.
  • Easy onboard­ing for new­com­ers—new employ­ees quick­ly get famil­iar with the work since they only need to learn one tool.
  • Time and bud­get sav­ings—one ser­vice instead of sev­er­al sub­scrip­tions and plugins.
Work­sec­tion allows the team to focus on work, not on switch­ing between dif­fer­ent tools.

🔗Inte­gra­tions and easy migra­tion from oth­er services

Work­sec­tion brings all nec­es­sary ser­vices into one envi­ron­ment. You can con­nect Google Dri­ve, Telegram, Slack, Email, and oth­er pop­u­lar ser­vices, as well as import data from oth­er systems.

Work­sec­tion sup­ports inte­gra­tions with:
  • Cal­en­dars (Google Cal­en­dar, Out­look) — to see dead­lines in per­son­al schedules;
  • Email clients—to cre­ate tasks direct­ly from emails;
  • CRM sys­tems—for syn­chro­niza­tion with sales processes;
  • Mes­sen­gers—to receive impor­tant updates also in Slack, Telegram, and others.
Import from Trel­lo, Asana, Base­camp, Jira, Google Sheets and oth­ers auto­mat­i­cal­ly transfers:
  • all projects and tasks with subtasks;
  • dead­lines and assignees;
  • com­ments and discussions;
  • attached files — they will remain in the cor­re­spond­ing tasks and orga­nized by projects.
Thanks to inte­gra­tions and easy migra­tion, Work­sec­tion allows teams to quick­ly orga­nize work in a uni­fied envi­ron­ment and replace sev­er­al indi­vid­ual ser­vices, sav­ing time and budget.​
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How Work­sec­tion saves team time and resources

  • Less chaos — more focus​
Instead of 3 – 4 dif­fer­ent plat­forms, the team works in a sin­gle sys­tem. This reduces the num­ber of errors, task dupli­ca­tions, and confusion.
  • Faster deci­sion-mak­ing​​
All dis­cus­sions, files, and dead­lines are linked to tasks. The team does not have to waste time search­ing for the nec­es­sary email or mes­sage in chat — deci­sions are made faster and more confidently.
  • Com­plete project picture​
Dash­boards and reports show team load, progress, and bot­tle­necks. This allows man­agers to respond to issues in time and avoid dead­line failures.
  • Bud­get savings​
One sub­scrip­tion replaces sev­er­al indi­vid­ual ser­vices: task man­ag­er, time track­er, report­ing sys­tem, and inter­nal com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The team gets full func­tion­al­i­ty with­out extra costs.
  • Quick onboard­ing for newcomers​
New employ­ees adapt quick­ly, as they only need to learn one tool — Worksection.

Com­par­i­son of Work­sec­tion’s capa­bil­i­ties with Asana, Mon​day​.com, and Trello

Para­me­terWork­sec­tionAsanaMon​day​.comTrel­lo
Price*From $3.4From $10.99From $8From $5
Kan­ban✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
Gantt Chart✔️
🔒In Pre­mi­um plan✔️
❌Inte­gra­tion required
Time Track­ing✔️
🔒In Pre­mi­um plan🔒In Pre­mi­um plan❌Inte­gra­tion required
Reports✔️
🔒In Pre­mi­um plan✔️
❌Lim­it­ed
Inte­gra­tions✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
User rat­ing
4.8 / 5 on G2
4.9 / 5 on Capterra
​
4.5 / 5 on G2
4.3 / 5 on Capterra​
​
4.7 / 5 on G2
4.6 / 5 on Capterra​
​
4.4 / 5 on G2
4.5 / 5 on Capterra​
​
*price per user/​month

Work­sec­tion has the low­est price among com­peti­tors while main­tain­ing full func­tion­al­i­ty for project man­age­ment and team collaboration.

Asana and Mon​day​.com offer extend­ed capa­bil­i­ties, but at a high­er price, which is not always jus­ti­fied for small and medi­um teams.

Trel­lo is a good tool for sim­ple projects, but for more com­plex tasks, you will need addi­tion­al inte­gra­tions and setups.​

Con­clu­sions

As the team grows, project man­age­ment becomes more com­plex, and soft­ware costs increase. Many ser­vices require addi­tion­al sub­scrip­tions, and to work ful­ly, one has to use sev­er­al plat­forms at once. This not only adds costs but also cre­ates chaos and takes time.

In Work­sec­tion, all key tools for task man­age­ment, time track­ing, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and report­ing are gath­ered in one ser­vice. Mean­while, the plat­form remains acces­si­ble for any teams—start­ing at $3.4 per user per month.

With Work­sec­tion, you get the max­i­mum func­tion­al­i­ty for the min­i­mum expense. Try Work­sec­tion for 14 days for free and see for your­self how easy it is to man­age projects in one service.
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