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Most tools do one thing. Plain is the complete setup.
Every tool below is good at its one job. That is the problem: you need seven of them, glued together with integrations, each with its own bill, search, and permissions. See how Plain compares to each piece of the stack it replaces.
Plain vs GitHub
The default Git host, with everything else bolted on after.
code hosting
Plain vs GitLab
The single-application pitch, at an enterprise price.
code hosting
Plain vs Bitbucket
Git hosting that assumes you also buy the rest of Atlassian.
code hosting
Plain vs Jira
The deepest workflow engine in the business, and only that.
issue tracking
Plain vs Linear
The tracker that set the bar for speed. Just the tracker.
issue tracking
Plain vs Asana
General-purpose work management, a long way from the code.
work management
Plain vs ClickUp
The everything app for work, except the developer half.
work management
Plain vs Notion
A brilliant editor where docs go to drift from the code.
docs
Plain vs Confluence
The enterprise wiki, one Atlassian subscription among several.
docs
Plain vs Slack
Where the conversation happens, stranded from the work.
team chat
Plain vs CircleCI
Capable pipelines, billed by the minute, blind to the rest.
CI / CD
Plain vs Jenkins
Free to license. Expensive to live with.
CI / CD
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