Zoho Projects vs Ever-gauzy
Ever Gauzy is the stronger fit for organizations that want a self-hosted, open-source platform combining project work with time tracking, HR, CRM, accounting, and invoicing—and can operate a broader business-management stack. Zoho Projects remains the safer choice for teams prioritizing a managed cloud project-management service with documented Gantt planning, dependencies, workflow automation, customization, and an,
Decision guide
The practical reasons to choose either option, based on documented capabilities.
Choose Ever-gauzy if
- Agencies or studios combining projects, timesheets, employee management, budgeting, and invoicing in one self-hosted system
- Organizations requiring control over hosting and willing to maintain Docker- or Kubernetes-based infrastructure
- Teams that need project and task management alongside ERP, CRM, HRM, or applicant tracking workflows
Stay with Zoho Projects if
- Gantt charts and task dependencies are required; these are documented for Zoho Projects but not in the supplied Ever Gauzy sources
- Drag-and-drop workflow automation or personalized fields, layouts, statuses, and workflows are required; equivalent coverage is not documented for Ever Gauzy
- A managed, production-ready cloud service is required; Ever Gauzy’s supplied README labels its SaaS offering as alpha/testing mode and advises caution
Deployment and operations
Ever Gauzy is self-hostable and licensed under AGPL-3.0; the supplied pricing page says users must disclose source code under the same license, provide notices, and state changes. Docker Compose is available for demo and minimal production configurations, while Kubernetes is recommended for production. Production recommendations include PostgreSQL or MySQL, with optional or workload-dependent services such as Redis, OpenSearch, object storage, Jitsu, and Cube; operating and updating these remain
Migration considerations
Ever Gauzy documents generic data import/export, but the supplied material provides no Zoho Projects-specific importer, field mapping, API compatibility, or validated migration procedure. A migration would therefore require testing how projects, tasks, users, timesheets, dependencies, custom fields, and attachments transfer.
Feature fit
What Ever-gauzy covers
- Project and task management
- Time tracking and timesheets
- Scheduling capabilities
- Third-party integrations
- Reporting and analytics
- Invoicing-related workflows
What’s different or missing
- No documented Gantt-chart coverage
- No documented task-dependency coverage
- No documented drag-and-drop workflow automation
- No documented custom fields or layouts
- No documented mobile applications
- No documented Zoho Projects importer
Project snapshot
- GitHub stars
- 4,330
- Contributors
- 100
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last commit
- Aug 16, 2026
- Latest release
- Aug 16, 2026
Categories: Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management, Data Integration, Workflow Automation, Project Management, Task Management, Knowledge Management, Digital Whiteboards
Sources and editorial review13 linked sources
Public documentation supports this comparison. Automation assists collection and classification; editorial standards and corrections remain the responsibility of Kris.
- **Enterprise Resource Planning** (ERP) - **Customer Relationship Management** (CRM) - **Human Resource Management** (HRM) - **Applicant Tracking System** (ATS) - **Work and Project Management** (PM) - **Employee Time-Tracking, Activity & Productivity Tracking**
verdict · github.comEver® Gauzy™ - Open Business Management Platform for Collaborative, On-Demand and Sharing Economies.
readme · github.com- Projects / Tasks Management
readme · github.com- Time Management / Time Tracking / Activity Tracking / Timesheets
readme · github.comWe have Gauzy Server and two Desktop Apps (for Windows/Mac/Linux)
readme · github.comRun `docker-compose up -d`, if you want to run the platform in minimal production configuration
readme · github.comWe recommend deploying to Kubernetes for production workloads instead of Docker Compose!
readme · github.com- Time Management / Time Tracking / Activity Tracking / Timesheets
shared feature · github.com- Project Management / Tasks
shared feature · github.comFor Production, we recommend: - [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org) or [MySQL](https://dev.mysql.com) - [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io), [Docker](https://www.docker.com)
deployment · github.com- You must follow AGPL v3 license requirements. - You must Disclose Source Code under the same license, provide License and Copyright Notice and State Changes.
deployment · gauzy.coNote: it's currently in Alpha version/testing mode, please use it cautiously!
consider original · github.com- Data Import / Export
migration · github.com
