10 Best Marketing Project Management Software Of 2025

ClickUp is a project management platform that allows leaders to manage every aspect of their campaigns. You can use Kanban boards to manage tasks and pipelines and Gantt charts to plot milestones. ClickUp’s tables help visualize resources and budget information, and ample file storage allows you to upload documents. However, what makes ClickUp shine is its collaboration tools that allow remote teams to create documents, such as marketing plans, in real time. An instant messenger, a whiteboard and an image proofing tool are also present.

Remote teams can use ClickUp’s collaborative tools to create everything from meeting agendas to detailed campaign plans.

I appreciate that ClickUp also supports integrations and automations. In the past, I have used ClickUp to create complex automated cross-platform workflows and recurring tasks that have helped save time. Despite being the best project management software, ClickUp is incredibly affordable. It offers one of the best free plans in the industry, and its plan prices range from $10 to $19 per person (billed monthly). Should you need a plan with extra security features, you can opt for the Enterprise plan.

Learn more: Read our full ClickUp review.

You can create any workflow imaginable with ClickUp’s Kanban boards.

Overall, ClickUp is a platform that most project teams will be able to get to grips with quickly. While bland, the interface is easy to navigate thanks to well-placed menus, and all the tools feature a silky drag-and-drop mechanic. Adding tasks and all pertinent information takes no time, and even creating automations is straightforward. The only tool that will pose a problem is the mind maps, which can take some getting used to. Unfortunately, I find ClickUp’s mobile apps to be lacking as they omit several views, but they’re still functional and will serve teams well.

I have recommended Monday.com to small to medium-sized businesses that are unfamiliar with project management software for years. The software’s beautiful design and intuitive task and project management tools are a delight to use. Whether you’re using boards, lists, Gantt charts or calendars, everything needed to create marketing workflows and social media planners is at your fingertips. It’s Monday.com’s templates for marketing and beyond that make the platform ideal for beginners, though. In minutes, you can be entering campaign tasks and data.

The project templates on Monday.com allow teams to be up and running in no time.

Like ClickUp, Monday.com offers reporting dashboards, collaborative docs and whiteboards so teams can analyze data, work together and brainstorm ideas. Unfortunately, Monday.com does not have a native proofing tool, but does offer an integration with PageProof and other third-party platforms. Users can also create workflow automations, too. Regarding pricing, Monday.com offers a poor free plan and the $12 per person Basic plan offers no value. However, at $14 and $24 per person (billed monthly), the Standard and Pro plans offer great value.

Learn more: Read our full Monday.com review.

The boards on Monday.com can be customized with 20 different types of columns.

Teams will have no problems learning how to use Monday.com. The menus are so well designed that you can flip between tools and get where you need to be in a click or two. Creating workflows is a cinch with its customizable boards, and thanks to automation templates, teams can create recurring tasks easily. If you do get stuck, fear not. I have interacted with Monday.com’s service team many times and I’ve always been impressed with the speediness of their replies.

Teamwork.com is another do-it-all project management solution that’s ideal for those using predictive project management methodologies and agile frameworks, as it offers everything from Gantt charts to Kanban boards to manage tasks. In addition, Teamwork.com offers a full suite of resource management and accounting tools that allow marketing teams to keep a watchful eye on employee workloads and project spend. These tools allow you to invoice clients, track time and billable hours and set rates for social media, print, video and ad campaigns.

Teamwork.com allows you to track everything from billable hours to actual spend.

Teamwork.com provides users with reports, software integrations, automations, collaboration tools, including docs and a messenger; proofing features and a document management system that can help organize marketing materials. You’ll find a free plan that helped the platform rank in my roundup of the best free project management software, but the paid plans are costly. The plans cost between $13.99 and $69.99 per user when billed monthly, and each plan has a minimum user requirement, which could further scare off budget-conscious SMBs.

Learn more: Read our full Teamwork.com review.

Teamwork.com’s image proofing tool clearly shows comments left on the image and in the side panel, making it easier to use than Asana’s proofing tool.

Teamwork.com is the only other project management suite that matches monday.com when it comes to design and ease of use. The interface is pleasing to the eye and enables rapid navigation. The workflow tools can be customized to your liking quickly, integrations and automations can be configured without fuss, due to nicely designed tools, and the collaboration features, such as the image proofer, allow team members, clients and stakeholders to collaborate efficiently. If not for the price, Teamwork.com would sit higher in this roundup.

Coda may lack some features, such as proofing tools for documents and images, but what it lacks in that department, it more than makes up for with the best collaborative workspaces you’ll find. In Coda, you start with a blank page or work hub, which can be customized to your liking. All tools, including collaborative docs, calendars, release schedules, Gantt charts, boards and reports, are located in one space, meaning every team member is literally on the same page. This can lead to enhanced productivity and communication, and higher quality work.

Coda’s collaborative workspaces can be customized to suit your needs.

Integrations and automations are present in Coda, as is a handy AI tool that can help you generate copy, turn data insights into summaries and tasks, and answer questions, just like ChatGPT. Coda’s pricing structure is unique. You only pay for doc makers (document owners), all editors (other users) are free. There is a free plan that supports one doc maker, unlimited editors and limited tools. The paid plans most SMBs will have an interest in cost $12 to $36 per person per month, making Coda affordable if you can survive with just one or two doc makers.

Learn more: Read our full Coda review.

Accessing the AI tool in Coda is as easy as selecting it from the menu.

I won’t sugarcoat things. Unless you have time to learn how to use Coda, it’s probably not the platform for you. Having a blank canvas to create a workspace can be overwhelming. However, if you embrace the collaborative workspace and move past siloed tools, you’ll wonder how you ever got anything done in the past. If you learn to use Coda, I promise you, going back to any other way of managing marketing campaigns will be difficult.

If you’re a project manager or scrum master who likes the simplicity of Kanban and scrum boards and the project visualization they provide, Jira could be the perfect software for you. Jira’s boards can be customized to work with simple or complex workflows, task cards can be loaded with as much or as little detail as needed, files can be attached to cards and comments can be left for team members quickly. Other tools, such as backlogs, timelines, and calendars, are also available to help you stay organized and on time.

Jira’s Confluence integration makes it easy to create project-related documents.

While Jira doesn’t offer any collaboration tools, it does integrate with Confluence. Teams can use this integration to produce marketing plans and project documents. Jira offers reports and automations and provides users with over 3,000 free and paid software integrations. Jira offers a free plan that supports 10 users and unlimited projects and tasks. The paid plans work on a sliding scale. The more users, the cheaper it becomes. Based on a team of up to 100, Jira’s plans cost between $8.60 and $17 per user when billed monthly, making it an attractive option.

Learn more: Read our full Jira review.

Jira scrum and Kanban boards can be customized to suit any workflow

One big difference between the likes of monday.com, Teamwork.com and Jira is that Jira’s user interface favors function more than form. While bland, I will say that every tool and menu is functional and gets the job done. Perhaps one of the biggest issues new users will face is the terminology used throughout Jira. The software is generally used by those working in software development and who use the scrum framework, so unless you’re familiar with scrum terms, you may get confused. Still, Jira’s project templates for marketing can help ease the sting.

Asana is another fine project management software solution that can help teams manage everything from tasks to resources and finances, thanks to its robust suite of tools and templates. All of the usual suspects are here, including boards, Gantt charts, lists and calendars. What sets Asana apart from others is its 100-plus native integrations. Users can connect Asana to Canva and Figma to design and embed assets, Mailchimp to manage email marketing campaigns and Campaign Monitor to automate the creation of new marketing tasks.

Asana’s proofing tool works well, but it does not automatically display comments left on the image like Teamwork.com’s and Smartsheet’s proofing tool.

Additionally, Asana offers a robust messaging system to help teams stay in touch, an easy-to-use proofing tool that allows teams, clients and stakeholders to approve or comment on work, and collaborative notes. Asana’s feature set earned it a place on my roundup of the best task management software, but its pricing may put off some SMBs. Asana offers a great free plan that supports 10 users and unlimited projects and tasks, but its paid plans are costly, ranging in price from $13.49 to $30.49 per person when billed monthly.

Learn more: Read our full Asana review.

Asana’s Gantt charts allow users to drag and drop tasks on the timeline.

I have used Asana many times to plan simple jobs to complex, large-scale projects, and I have always found it intuitive and easy to use. Navigation is a breeze, creating automations takes no time with the included builder and the messaging inbox makes communication manageable. Asana’s more recent additions, such as the collaborative notes, could be better, though. They lack features compared to those in competing products, such as ClickUp, but they get the job done. Overall, teams won’t run into problems when implementing Asana.

Depending on client demands, you may find yourself in a situation where your workflow is anything but normal. This is where customizable workflows come into play. Airtable’s interface designer allows teams to alter fonts, column widths, set filters, create pages with a page designer and add reports, Kanban boards, Gantt charts, lists,  image and video attachments. In no time, you can share the information your team needs to get their work done. Whether you work in marketing, sales, construction or IT, you can make Airtable work for you.

Airtable’s interface designer lets you create the workspace of your dreams.

Airtable’s other trick is relational databases, which can help align teams across departments. One area where Airtable is lacking is in integrations;  it offers under 30 of them, but you can link the platform to many social media sites. Automations are also supported. Airtable offers a free plan that supports five users, 1GB of attachments and 1,000 records per base (workspace). Unfortunately, paid plans are spendy and range from $24 to $54 per user when billed monthly.

Learn more: Read our full Airtable review.

Airtable offers clean Kanban boards to track tasks.

Given the amount of customizations available, Airtable is as simple or as complex as you make it. However, out-of-the-box Airtable does have a steep learning curve. The interface designer’s options will overwhelm, and the page designer will take time to learn. Basic tools such as boards and Gantt charts are smooth enough to use, though, and uploading files and documents is straightforward. If you want to get the most out of Airtable, ensure you have the time to get stuck in or to hire a change manager to ease the transition to new software.

Over the years, Smartsheet has transformed from a spreadsheet-forward work management solution designed for complex projects in finance to a platform that can support workers in a variety of industries, including marketing. The spreadsheets are still present and are as powerful as ever, but now, you’ll also find Kanban boards, Gantt charts, a proofing tool, dashboards for reports, integrations and even automations and AI.

Smartsheet’s image proofing tool is similar to Teamwork.com’s tool regarding comments left for editors.

I believe Smartsheet is one of the best tools for teams who handle complex datasets and projects, however, it’s not the the most intuitive software you’ll ever use and, despite it looking affordable on the surface, Smartsheet can become expensive due to paid add-ons for tools that other platforms include in their plans, such as a digital asset management system, a resource management tool and calendars. Paid plans range from $12 to $24 per user per month. There are also two plans for large organizations, but you must contact Smartsheet for a quote.

Learn more: Read our full Smartsheet review.

At the end of the day, Smartsheet is still a spreadsheet-forward platform.

Despite Smarthsheet trying to be everything to everyone, it is still a spreadsheet-forward platform. As such, unless you are comfortable using spreadsheets and formulas, it may not be for you, even though it offers Kanban boards and Gantt charts. Navigating Smartsheet is fine. The menus are well labeled and tools are placed logically. The AI assistant can help create content and formulas, which does make things a little easier, but unless you need spreadsheets with linkable cells for complex datasets, you’ll be better off with a platform such as ClickUp.

If you’re a solopreneur or a small marketing team that dabbles in simple marketing projects, Trello may be for you. This Kanban-forward software allows project leads to create and visualize marketing campaigns from start to finish. Trello’s task cards can be customized with colors and upgraded with custom fields galore. Users can also attach files, documents and links, and leave task descriptions and comments. Trello does offer dashboards, calendars and Gantt charts, but the charts are feature-lacking and don’t bring much to the table. Still, they’re nice to have.

Trello’s Kanban boards can be customized with different backgrounds and card stickers.

Trello offers unlimited Power-Ups (integrations) and an automation builder called Butler, which enables teams to create cross-platform automated workflows. Trello also integrates with Confluence for team collaboration. Trello offers a free plan that supports 10 users and unlimited cards (tasks). The paid plans are very affordable and range from $6 to $12.50 per person when billed monthly. An Enterprise plan for at least 50 users costs $17.50 per user per month (billed annually). The price of the Enterprise plan decreases as you add more members.

Learn more: Read our full Trello review.

There’s nothing complex about Trello, you just add workflow stages, create cards and move them through the workflow stages.

I have always found Trello very straightforward to use. Even those who have never used a Kanban board will be able to create workflows quickly. Simply create the steps of your workflow, add task cards with details such as the assignee and due date and then move the card through your stages as work is completed. Leaving comments is as easy as mentioning a user, and customizing your workspace takes just a few seconds. The only tool that may pose a problem is the automation builder, which uses an archaic and often confusing interface. Overall, Trello is painless to use.

Zoho Projects is one of the most affordable project management solutions available, making it ideal for teams who need full-featured software on a budget. Zoho Projects might not be the nicest-looking platform around, but everything teams need to plan campaign tasks, monitor campaign finances and resources, and collaborate is here, including boards, Gantt charts, timelines, calendars, an instant messenger, collaborative documents, reports and whiteboards. What’s the catch? There isn’t one, per se. Zoho just hopes to tangle you in its ecosystem.

Zoho Projects doesn’t have the prettiest interface, but it is very usable.

Zoho Projects is just one platform from Zoho; in fact, it can integrate with many Zoho platforms, such as Zoho CRM, Zoho Books, Zoho People, Zoho Analytics and Zoho Sprints, to name a few. Zoho Projects also integrates with third-party apps and supports automations. It even offers a free plan, so you can try it before you subscribe. Zoho Project’s paid plans cost between $5 and $10 per user when billed monthly. The value is outstanding. Just remember, while Zoho Projects may be cheap, the overall goal is to get you to sign up for Zoho’s other platforms, too.

Learn more: Read our full Zoho Projects review.

The reporting dashboards in Zoho Projects let you see key performance indicators quickly.

While Zoho Projects won’t dazzle you like monday.com, I do have to say that the overall design makes it easy to use the software, which is what matters. You can zip between tools quickly, and the tools themselves are very simple to configure and use. Even integrating Zoho Projects with other platforms is straightforward. If you need a no-thrills project management software solution for your next marketing campaign and don’t want to break the bank, I highly recommend checking out Zoho Projects.