FluentBoards
A self-hosted WordPress project management plugin with Kanban, List, Calendar, Table and Gantt views, time tracking and client portals, licensed per site from $104/year.
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Description
Most project management tools mean handing your task data to yet another cloud vendor — and paying a monthly fee per user forever. FluentBoards flips that: it's a plugin that runs inside a WordPress site you already control, so the boards, tasks, and client data live on your own server.
FluentBoards is a WordPress plugin for project management and team collaboration, offering unlimited projects, tasks, and assignees across Kanban, List, Calendar, Table, and Gantt Chart views. It includes real-time collaboration, time tracking, detailed reporting, and client portals, plus native integration with the Fluent ecosystem (FluentCRM, Fluent Forms, Fluent Support). It's self-hosted with GDPR compliance and supports external storage (S3, Cloudflare R2) rather than locking files into a proprietary cloud.
💬 Our review
The short version: a genuinely different pricing model from Trello or Asana — pay once (or annually) per site instead of per user forever — that only makes sense if you already run WordPress and want to keep project data on your own infrastructure.
Against Trello or Asana, which charge per user per month indefinitely, FluentBoards' per-site licensing ($104-489/year, or a lifetime option from $319) can be dramatically cheaper for larger teams, since headcount doesn't affect the price. The tradeoff is platform lock-in of a different kind: this only works if you're willing to run and maintain a WordPress site, and you lose the polish and mobile-app maturity of dedicated project tools that aren't tied to a CMS. Native FluentCRM/Fluent Forms/Fluent Support integration is a real plus for agencies already in that ecosystem, but a non-WordPress team gets none of that benefit. Best fit: WordPress-based agencies and small teams who want unlimited users without a per-seat bill and are comfortable self-hosting; skip it if you're not already on WordPress or want a polished standalone app.
💰 Pricing
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Annuel : Single 104 $/an (1 site), Agency 244 $/an (5 sites), Unlimited 489 $/an (domaines illimités). À vie : Single 319 $, Agency 639 $, Unlimited 1279 $. Toutes les licences incluent projets et utilisateurs illimités.
Pros
Licence par site, pas par utilisateur — coût fixe même si l'équipe grandit
Option de licence à vie disponible, contrairement à la plupart des concurrents SaaS
Intégration native avec l'écosystème Fluent (CRM, Forms, Support) pour les agences déjà équipées
Cons
Nécessite un site WordPress existant — inutilisable en dehors de cet écosystème
Moins mature côté applications mobiles que Trello ou Asana
Auto-hébergé : la maintenance du site WordPress reste à la charge de l'utilisateur