# Backlog

Backlog is an online project management tool for business and software development teams. It covers task and issue tracking, Gantt and Kanban-style boards, and built-in Git and Subversion repositories. Plans have flat prices regardless of user count, and an AI Assistant is included on the Premium and Enterprise plans.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/backlog · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2004
- Headquarters: Fukuoka, Japan
- Latest funding: IPO
- Deployment: Cloud-hosted by Nulab, with an on-premises self-hosted option on the customer's private servers
- Best for: Business and software development teams that need task tracking, issue management and Git repositories with simple pricing

## Products

- Backlog: Project management software for task tracking, issues, boards, Gantt charts and Git repositories.
- Backlog AI Assistant: AI assistant that helps organize tasks, draft issues and generate plans and documents, with credits by plan.
- Cacoo: Online diagramming and real-time visual collaboration tool for flowcharts and prototypes.
- Nulab Pass: Security add-on for Nulab tools offering SAML single sign-on, user provisioning and audit logs.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Management | 18 of 65 | 4.1 | 9 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 2.0 | 7.4% |
| google_ai_mode | 2.6 | 7.4% |
| perplexity | 7.6 | 18.5% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Backlog AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/backlog, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).