Backlog vs Make

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Make is the stronger AI pick in Project Management: it has a visibility score of 7.2 versus 4.1 for Backlog, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Backlog if…

You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
Strong backlog management for complex, scaled engineering
Free tier with Scrum and Kanban boards and basic backlog management
Sprint and backlog management, sprint planning and release management

Choose Make if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (7.2 vs 4.1)
AI answers describe it more positively (41% vs 0% positive)
You need GDPR or SOC 2 Type II or SOC 3 or ISO 27001 coverage
Free tier with 1,000 credits per month

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Backlog	Make
Visibility score	4.1%	7.2%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Project Management	#18	#13
Share of voice	1.6%	1.8%
Mentions this run	9	10
Positive in AI answers	0%	41%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Backlog 0pp · Make 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Make leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

12.2%

AI Mode

2.6%

4.4%

Perplexity

7.6%

BacklogMake

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

0Backlog ranked higher

2Make ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Backlog	Make
How do companies plan and track team work without a dedicated tool?	Perplexity	#2	#1
Best project management tool for startups	AI Mode	#9	#4

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Backlog	Make
Pricing model	Flat tiers	—
Entry price	Free; paid from $35 / mo	—
Free plan	Yes	—
Deployment	Cloud-hosted by Nulab, with an on-premises self-hosted option on the customer's private servers	Cloud, hosted on Amazon AWS
Integrations	—	3500+
Compliance	—	GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001
Support	Email support from the customer team, 1:1 online training session, Dedicated customer success associate, Enterprise customer success manager	Help center, Community forum, 24/7 support on Enterprise plans, Dedicated support team on Enterprise plans
Founded	2004	2012
Headquarters	Fukuoka, Japan	Prague, Czech Republic
Employees	—	201–500
Funding	IPO · $6M raised	—
Best for	Business and software development teams that need task tracking, issue management and Git repositories with simple pricing	Teams and organizations deploying AI and automation across the business, from a single department to company-wide.