Backlog pricing 2026: plans and costs
Quick pricing summary
- Free: $0 forever
- Starter: $35 per month, billed monthly
- Standard: $100 per month, billed monthly
- Premium: $175 per month, billed monthly
- Enterprise: Custom (custom)
- Annual billing: saves 17% vs monthly
- Worth noting: Prices shown are monthly billed monthly; annual plans save 17%. Each plan has a flat price regardless of number of users. Enterprise is priced on request. Free trial is 30 days on any paid plan, no credit card required. AI credits reset monthly and do not roll over. A free AI credit allowance of 2,000 credits per month is included in Premium and Enterprise.
Plans
Free
$0 forever
- 1 project
- 100 MB storage
- Git & Subversion
- Board
Starter
$35 per month, billed monthly
- 30 users
- 5 projects
- 1 GB storage
- Git & Subversion
- Board
- Subtasking
Standard
$100 per month, billed monthly
- Unlimited users
- 100 projects
- 30 GB storage
- Git & Subversion
- Board
- Subtasking
- Gantt charts (6 months view)
- Burndown chart
- Issue templates
Premium
$175 per month, billed monthly
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited projects
- 100 GB storage
- AI Assistant
- Git & Subversion
- Board
- Subtasking
- 3rd level subtasks
- Gantt chart (unlimited view)
- Cross-project Gantt chart
- Custom fields
- Dedicated support
Enterprise
Custom custom
- Unlimited users
- 100 GB storage
- AI Assistant
- SAML Single Sign-On
- User provisioning (SCIM)
- Audit logs
- Advanced security & compliance
- Centralized user & access management
- Security integrations
- Enterprise Customer Success Manager
What you get on each plan
| Feature | Free | Starter | Standard | Premium | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Projects | 1 | 5 | 100 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Users | 10 | 30 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Total storage | 100 MB | 1 GB | 30 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| Git & Subversion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Board | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subtasking | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3rd level subtasks | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gantt chart | — | — | Up to 6 months view | Unlimited view | Unlimited view |
| Cross-project Gantt chart | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Burndown chart | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Issue templates | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom fields | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Assistant | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| SAML Single Sign-On | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| User provisioning (SCIM) | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Audit logs | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Attachment size in issues (per file) | 5 MB | 10 MB | 10 MB | 10 MB | 10 MB |
| No. of attachments in issues | 1 file | 10 files | 30 files | 50 files | 50 files |
Hidden costs & add-ons
| Cost driver | Price | When it applies |
|---|---|---|
| AI Credit Package Light (2,000 credits) | 60 per month | Premium and Enterprise plans |
| AI Credit Package Basic (5,000 credits) | 130 per month | Premium and Enterprise plans |
| AI Credit Package Advanced (9,000 credits) | 210 per month | Premium and Enterprise plans |
Backlog pricing vs alternatives
| Brand | Entry price | Free plan | Model | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backlog | Free; paid from $35 / mo | Yes | Flat tiers | — | |
| Asana | Free; paid from $10.99 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Individuals and teams from small groups up to large organizations scaling cross-functional work across departments. | Compare → |
| monday.com | Free; paid from $9 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Teams that want their CRM on the same platform as their project and delivery work | Compare → |
| Jira | — | — | — | — | Compare → |
| ClickUp | Free; paid from $9 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Teams that want to replace several fragmented work tools with one workspace for tasks, docs, chat and AI | Compare → |
List prices as published on nulab.com/pricing/backlog/. Totals are worked examples, not quotes.