No per-seat pricing, no minimum
Runn bills per resource seat each month and starts at a 20 seat minimum, so the cost grows with every resource you plan. Planara is free, with no seats to count.
- No per-resource fee
- No seat minimum
- Free to use
Runn alternative
A Runn alternative that is free and runs in your browser.
Runn is a cloud resource planner billed per resource seat each month, with a 20 seat minimum. Planara plans the same team capacity for free, with no account and no data leaving your machine.
- Free to use
- No account
- Runs in your browser
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Why teams look for a Runn alternative
No account, no cloud
Runn is a hosted SaaS you sign in to. Planara runs entirely on your device, so your roadmap and people data never leave your machine.
- No sign-up
- No cloud upload
- Private by default
Start in seconds
No trial to activate and no sales call for smaller plans. Open the app in any modern browser and start planning capacity right away.
- No trial clock
- No install
- Any modern browser
Yours to keep and move
Export a .planara file to back up or hand off, or a styled Excel workbook to share the plan. No export gated behind a higher tier.
- .planara export
- Excel export
- Easy hand-off
Still a full planner
What you keep when you switch
Net capacity, not headcount
Work schedules, public holidays, vacations and a productivity baseline turn people into the hours actually available.
- Offline holiday database
- Per-person overrides
- Per team and per person
An availability-driven Gantt
Schedule work against real capacity, with bars sized by the hours a team genuinely has, not a flat headcount.
- Bars sized by availability
- Day to quarter zoom
- Dependencies and milestones
Share without seats
Hand the plan to anyone as a styled Excel workbook or a .planara file. No invites and no resource seats to buy.
- Styled Excel
- .planara handoff
- No seat licences
Planara vs Runn, at a glance
- Price
- Planara: free. Runn: from $7 per resource seat/month (Lite), $11 (Standard)
- Minimum
- Planara: none. Runn: 20 resource seats
- Account
- Planara: none. Runn: sign-in required
- Hosting
- Planara: local in your browser. Runn: cloud SaaS
- Export
- Planara: Excel + .planara, free
Questions, answered
Is Planara really a free alternative to Runn?
Yes. Planara is free to use. Runn is priced per resource seat each month (from $7 on its Lite plan, $11 on Standard) with a 20 seat minimum, so cost scales with the resources you plan.
Do I need an account like I do with Runn?
No. Planara runs entirely in your browser and stores everything locally. There is no sign-up and no login.
Can Planara do capacity planning and Gantt scheduling like Runn?
Yes. Planara turns people into net available hours and schedules work on an availability-driven Gantt with dependencies and milestones.
Where is my data stored?
In your browser IndexedDB, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to a server, unlike a hosted tool.
Is there a seat minimum?
No. Planara has no seats and no minimum. Runn starts at a 20 resource seat minimum on its paid plans.
Try the free Runn alternative
No account, no per-seat fee, no seat minimum. Plan your team capacity right in the browser.