Taiga review

Taiga is a project management tool for teams using agile methods, particularly Scrum and Kanban. It combines backlog and sprint planning, customizable Kanban boards, issue tracking, dashboards, and reporting. Teams can configure workflow stages, roles, permissions, tags, and fields rather than relying only on fixed task statuses.

Taiga also offers self-hosting, so teams can run it on their own servers and customize the installation. That makes it a potential fit for organizations that want control over hosting, but it also means the team must account for setup and maintenance. For hosted use, the pricing page lists a free plan and paid tiers with different project and storage limits. The key question before switching is whether Taiga’s agile workflow fits your team—and whether its storage caps and authentication setup fit your requirements.

Taiga covers the core agile work in one product: teams can plan backlogs and sprints, estimate work, track issues, and use burn-down charts. Kanban boards support customizable workflows, swim lanes, and WIP limits; teams can also switch between Kanban and Scrum. Issue types, priorities, and severities are customizable, and issues can be added to sprints or promoted to user stories.

That breadth can reduce the need to split planning and issue tracking across separate tools. Dashboards, project timelines, notifications, and custom reports give teams several ways to follow work, while configurable roles and permissions offer control over how teams use projects.

The pricing page lists unlimited users on the Free plan as well as on paid plans, so pricing is based on project and storage allowances rather than per-user counts. Taiga also has self-hosted and on-premise options for teams that want to run it themselves. A Reddit thread about self-hosted project management raises concern about Taiga’s OIDC implementation with Keycloak, though that is one user’s report, not evidence that every setup will have the same issue.

The free plan’s limits are specific: one public project, one private project, and up to 10MB of storage. That is a tight ceiling for teams attaching files or keeping project history in the hosted service. Enthusiast raises the allowance to five public and five private projects and 100MB, at €5 per month or an annual-billing equivalent of €4.17 per month. Basic costs €20 monthly (€16.67 annual equivalent), with unlimited projects and 500MB; Premium is €60 monthly (€50 annual equivalent), with unlimited projects and 3GB.

Those paid plans still have published storage caps. Taiga Private Cloud lists a dedicated instance, 8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, and 100GB SSD, but its price is not published on the vendor's site. On-premise pricing is also not published. Self-hosting avoids the hosted plan’s stated project and storage limits, but the pricing details do not specify what infrastructure or maintenance will cost. Before switching, verify the OIDC setup you need: a Reddit user reported an outdated Taiga implementation while trying to integrate Keycloak.

Taiga’s listed plans start free, but storage is the first constraint. The Free plan includes unlimited users, one public project, one private project and 10MB of storage. Enthusiast costs €5 per month, or €4.17 per month with annual billing, and raises the limits to five public and five private projects with 100MB storage.

Basic is €20 monthly or €16.67 per month annually, with unlimited projects and 500MB storage. That’s a €15 monthly jump from Enthusiast. Premium costs €60 monthly or €50 per month annually, for up to 3GB storage—another €40 monthly jump. All three paid plans list unlimited users.

The pricing details list no add-ons. Annual billing is shown at a lower monthly equivalent; the exact annual invoice total isn’t specified here. Taiga also lists a dedicated private cloud with 8GB RAM, 2 vCPU and 100GB SSD, and an on-premise option, but neither has a published price in the published details. Check storage needs before switching; the free tier’s 10MB is tight.

Treat a move to Taiga as a planned migration, not a simple account swap. The published product details cover Scrum and Kanban workflows, issue tracking, reports and self-hosting, but don’t specify import tools, export formats or migration support. Map projects, issues, custom fields, permissions and attachments before choosing a cutover date, and confirm how your current tool’s data can be brought across.

Taiga’s open-source, self-hosted option can reduce dependence on a hosted vendor, but it doesn’t prove that data export or a later move will be painless. The published details don’t document an exit path, so check export options and backup procedures before committing—especially if you plan to customize your installation. Cloud buyers should also weigh the limited storage tiers and the listed dedicated-instance option, which has no published price here.

We don’t have a Reddit post or comment in the published sources to verify why users leave Taiga. So we can’t responsibly attribute departures to specific migration problems or product gaps; verify those points with current users before switching.