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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 spend is about $16.88. In real­i­ty, the num­bers are even high­er: com­pa­nies often over­pay for more expen­sive plans for a sin­gle nec­es­sary fea­ture or use sev­er­al dif­fer­ent plat­forms — for tasks, report­ing, file shar­ing, and messaging.

Work­sec­tion offers a dif­fer­ent approach. Here, all the key tools for project man­age­ment are avail­able right away at an afford­able price — start­ing from $3.4 per user. Kan­ban, Gantt charts, report­ing, time track­ing, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion with­in tasks — this is part of every plan.

In this arti­cle, we will dis­cuss the hid­den costs that arise when work­ing with pop­u­lar task man­agers and why Work­sec­tion is a ben­e­fi­cial alter­na­tive for teams of any size.

Why com­pa­nies over­pay for task managers

1️⃣Ris­ing costs as the team grows

Many ser­vices seem afford­able while the team is small. But as soon as you start to scale, the cost increas­es sharply. For exam­ple, a $10 per user plan becomes $200 month­ly for a team of 20 peo­ple — and this is just the basic pay­ment with­out addi­tion­al features.

2️⃣The neces­si­ty to pur­chase more expen­sive plans for a sin­gle feature

In many ser­vices, key tools like Gantt charts, time track­ing, or advanced reports are only avail­able in pre­mi­um pack­ages. Teams are forced to over­pay sev­er­al times for one nec­es­sary option, get­ting dozens of ​“unnec­es­sary” fea­tures that they do not even use.

3️⃣Addi­tion­al plu­g­ins for basic functions

Some ser­vices offer basic fea­tures only through sep­a­rate mod­ules or inte­gra­tions: from access restric­tions and email noti­fi­ca­tions to reports or even sim­ple time track­ing. This not only increas­es costs but also cre­ates chaos in oper­a­tions — one has 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 may fit a start­up with a few peo­ple, but as soon as the team grows, one has to look for dif­fer­ent 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 cost­ly plans. This allows teams of any size to effec­tive­ly man­age tasks and com­mu­ni­ca­tion at a trans­par­ent price.

Afford­able price and trans­par­ent pric­ing policy

In Work­sec­tion, there are no hid­den charges: even in basic plans, you get a full suite of tools for task man­age­ment, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and report­ing — from Gantt charts to time track­ing. Prices start at $3.4 per user per month — with no hid­den lim­i­ta­tions or need for upgrades.
What this means for the team:
  • No need to pur­chase more expen­sive pack­ages just for a sin­gle 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 bud­get on excess.

Full fea­ture set with­out addi­tion­al payments

📊Inter­ac­tive dashboards

In Work­sec­tion, the main page of each project is a dash­board that pro­vides access to all key met­rics:
  • task com­ple­tion progress and dead­line adherence;
  • team work­load and work distribution;
  • finan­cial met­rics — bud­get usage, time spent, 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 appear­ance, and dis­play data accord­ing to your tasks. This trans­forms the dash­board into a con­ve­nient real-time work­ing tool rather than just sta­t­ic ana­lyt­ics. That’s why there’s no need for addi­tion­al BI ser­vices or com­plex add-on modules.

📆Gantt Chart

The Gantt chart allows you to visu­al­ize all tasks on a shared time­line. This helps to see how dif­fer­ent stages are inter­con­nect­ed, under­stand the team’s work­load, and make quick informed man­age­ment deci­sions. In a Gantt chart, you can: 
  • set dead­lines and edit tasks direct­ly from the time­line in real-time;
  • spec­i­fy depen­den­cies between tasks;
  • con­fig­ure fil­ters to dis­play only the rel­e­vant 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 get a pow­er­ful plan­ning tool with­out need­ing to upgrade 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 via Drag&Drop accord­ing to the workflow.

The Work­sec­tion Kan­ban eas­i­ly adapts to any type of project, the team’s work­ing style, or work­flows. This allows for quick mon­i­tor­ing of task sta­tus­es, under­stand­ing work­load, and respond­ing to changes in real-time.

Work­sec­tion Kan­ban capabilities:
  • Project kan­ban — dis­plays tasks with­in a sin­gle project.
  • Project overview — a con­ve­nient account-lev­el overview, use­ful for agen­cies and com­pa­nies with mul­ti­ple clients (avail­able in Pre­mi­um plans and above).
  • Peo­ple kan­ban — group­ing tasks by respon­si­ble indi­vid­u­als for assess­ing workload.
  • Dai­ly kan­ban — cal­en­dar view of tasks with deadlines.
  • Cus­tom sta­tus­es and tags — adap­ta­tion to the team’s workflows.
  • Process automa­tion — rules for quick­ly assign­ing respon­si­bil­i­ties or deadlines.
  • Fil­ters — search for tasks by assignees, tags, or deadlines.
You get most fea­tures in the basic plan — only for the project kan­ban fea­ture is a Pre­mi­um plan required. 


⏱️Time Tracking

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

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

📈Reports with­out Excel and unnec­es­sary modules

In Work­sec­tion, reports are gen­er­at­ed auto­mat­i­cal­ly based on key met­rics: plan exe­cu­tion, par­tic­i­pant progress, time spent, 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 to 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 the need to pur­chase 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 with­in tasks. This allows the team not to waste time search­ing for nec­es­sary emails or mes­sages in chats.

Main fea­tures and advantages:
  • Task dis­cus­sions — all com­ments are tied 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 con­text of work is pre­served, allow­ing new par­tic­i­pants to quick­ly famil­iar­ize them­selves with the project.
  • Team trans­paren­cy — every­one sees who is doing what, increas­ing trust and control.
Thus, there is no need for third-par­ty mes­sen­gers and numer­ous chats — and, accord­ing­ly, costs asso­ci­at­ed with them.
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🔔Per­son­al­ized notifications

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

Noti­fi­ca­tions can be received:
  • in the form of email letters;
  • 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 setups.
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🖥️A sin­gle plat­form for work

Work­sec­tion com­bines tasks, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, files, and reports in a sin­gle envi­ron­ment. The team no longer needs to switch between mul­ti­ple ser­vices — every­thing need­ed for project man­age­ment is imme­di­ate­ly available.

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.
  • Sim­ple onboard­ing of new­com­ers — new employ­ees quick­ly adapt, as they need to learn only 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 com­bines all the nec­es­sary ser­vices in 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 — to syn­chro­nize with sales processes;
  • Mes­sen­gers — to receive impor­tant updates also in Slack, Telegram, and others.
Import from Trel­lo, Asana, Base­camp, Jira, Google Sheets and oth­er plat­forms auto­mat­i­cal­ly transfers:
  • all projects and tasks with subtasks;
  • dead­lines and assignees;
  • com­ments and discussions;
  • attached files — they will stay with­in the cor­re­spond­ing tasks and orga­nized by projects.
Thanks to inte­gra­tions and easy migra­tion, Work­sec­tion allows teams to quick­ly set up work in a uni­fied envi­ron­ment and replace sev­er­al sep­a­rate ser­vices, sav­ing time and budget.​

How Work­sec­tion saves the team’s 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 dupli­ca­tion, and confusion.
  • Quick­er deci­sion making​
All dis­cus­sions, files, and dead­lines are tied to tasks. The team doesn’t have to waste time search­ing for nec­es­sary emails or mes­sages in chat — deci­sions are made faster and more confidently.
  • Com­plete project overview​
Dash­boards and reports show the team’s work­load, progress, and bot­tle­necks. This allows man­agers to respond to prob­lems in a time­ly man­ner and avoid missed deadlines.
  • Bud­get savings​
One sub­scrip­tion replaces sev­er­al sep­a­rate ser­vices: task man­ag­er, time track­er, report­ing sys­tem, and inter­nal com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The team gets full func­tion­al­i­ty with­out unnec­es­sary expenses.
  • Quick onboard­ing of newcomers​
New employ­ees quick­ly adapt, as they only need to mas­ter one tool — Worksection.

Com­par­i­son of Work­sec­tion fea­tures with Asana, Mon​day​.com, and Trello

Para­me­terWork­sec­tionAsanaMon​day​.comTrel­lo
Price*From $3.4From $10.99From $8From $5
Kan­ban✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
Gantt Chart✔️
🔒In the Pre­mi­um plan✔️
❌Inte­gra­tion required
Time Track­ing✔️
🔒In the Pre­mi­um plan🔒In the Pre­mi­um plan❌Inte­gra­tion required
Reports✔️
🔒In the Pre­mi­um plan✔️
❌Lim­it­ed
Inte­gra­tions✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
User Rat­ings
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 is list­ed per user/​month

Work­sec­tion boasts the low­est price among com­peti­tors while main­tain­ing a 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 settings.​

Con­clu­sions

As a team grows, project man­age­ment becomes more com­pli­cat­ed, and soft­ware costs increase. Many ser­vices require addi­tion­al sub­scrip­tions, and to func­tion effec­tive­ly, one often has to use mul­ti­ple plat­forms simul­ta­ne­ous­ly. This not only adds expens­es but also cre­ates chaos and takes time.

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

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