GoProject vs Redmine
Redmine is an open-source system for managing projects and issues that can run in your own infrastructure and be extended with plugins. GoProject keeps the on-premises approach and adaptable workflows, while a Help Desk with SLA, automation, documents with approval and other work management capabilities are part of the product itself.
Capability comparison
| Capability | GoProject | Redmine |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities included | ||
| Planning and control | ||
| 01Gantt chart with dependencies and baselines | YesGantt with dependencies, baselines and working days | PartlyPartlyA Gantt view with limited planning |
| 02Portfolio management | YesPortfolios across projects with a roadmap and hour budgets | NoPlugins only |
| 03Risk register | YesA risk matrix with likelihood and impact | NoPlugins only |
| 04Goals with sub-goals | YesGoals with sub-goals and owners | No |
| Delivery | ||
| 05Work processes with approvals and rules | YesStatuses, transitions and rules in one visual editor | PartlyPartlyA matrix of transitions per role and tracker |
| 06Automation without a monthly limit | YesAutomation on events, a schedule, SLA thresholds, Git events and incoming webhooks | NoThe core product has no general automation engine built in |
| 07Test management | YesTest cases, test runs and cycles | NoPlugins only |
| 08Release management | YesReleases with what ships in each | YesVersions and a roadmap |
| 09Time tracking with hour budgets and client acceptance | YesLogged time, hour budgets and acceptance certificates for the client | PartlyPartlyTime tracking without budget management |
| One system | ||
| 10Your own server or the cloud, your choice | YesYour own server, a private cloud, a closed network or GoProject Cloud | PartlyPartlyYour own server only |
| 11Built-in documentation | YesDocuments beside the project, with versions and approval | PartlyPartlyA wiki per project, without document approval |
| 12Help Desk with SLAs and a customer portal | YesIncluded | PartlyPartlyAvailable through third-party plugins |
| 13Built-in team chat | YesChannels and direct messages beside the work | No |
| AI and integrations | ||
| 14AI assistant and AI agents | YesAn assistant and the agents you build, with MCP | NoOnly community plugins |
| 15Integrations | YesREST API, webhooks, GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket, Slack, Teams and Google Drive | YesA plugin directory and an API |
- YesYes: available and included
- PartlyPartly: available with limits, in another plan or in an alternative way
- NoNo: not available
- N/AN/A: does not apply
The competitor's capabilities were checked against public documentation and product lifecycle information. Last checked: September 2026.
Why teams move from Redmine
The problems we hear most often, and how GoProject addresses them.
“Everyday work needs a more modern and faster interface.”
GoProject offers editing right in the list, quick create from the keyboard, a command palette and boards that update in real time for every user.
“Test management comes only through plugins that need upkeep of their own.”
Test management is built in: test cases with steps and expected results, test plans, and cycles for regression, smoke and acceptance tests, run step by step. A failed test becomes a bug on the spot, and every cycle is tied to its release.
“IT tickets need a third-party plugin.”
The GoProject Help Desk is part of the product, with SLA deadlines by working calendar, request forms, a customer portal and a mailbox of its own for each Help Desk.
“People have to do repetitive actions by hand.”
GoProject automation can be started by events, a schedule, SLA thresholds, Git events and incoming webhooks. It can change work items, log time, send an e-mail or a message to Slack and Teams, and call an external URL.
“The Gantt view is not enough for detailed planning.”
GoProject Gantt lets you plan work with deadlines, dependencies and working days. Scrum and Kanban boards run the everyday work and update in real time.
Is there something else that gets in your way with Redmine?
Tell us about it.
Where Redmine is ahead today
We say this openly too. In these areas Redmine offers more today, and GoProject still has work to do.
- Open source with a long history of product development and use.
- A wide range of third-party plugins for many needs.
- The interface is available in considerably more languages; GoProject offers English, Latvian and German at present.
- Built-in repository browsing for several version control systems, and project forums.
- Wide deployment options in environments where the organisation already maintains the technology stack Redmine needs.
Moving from Redmine
Import the data straight from Redmine. Connect Redmine with a user API key. Trackers are moved as work item types, statuses keep their meaning of done, versions become releases and categories become components. Issues are moved together with their journal entries, watchers, files, links, custom fields, and estimated and logged time. The Redmine REST API does not describe workflow transitions, so statuses are moved with their transitions open; configure the transitions you need once after the import, in the GoProject visual workflow editor.
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