Project management without a subscription
Subscriptions made sense when the vendor hosted your data. GanttPulse runs on your machine, so there is nothing to rent: you buy the tool once, and both the software and your projects are simply yours.
Do the math
Renting your roadmap adds up
A team of 5 on a typical $12 per user per month tool, versus owning it once.
Subscription tool
$0
after 3 years
and still counting every month...
GanttPulse
$0
once. 5 seats, forever
done. it's yours
Your license never expires. Minor updates free. No per-seat rent, ever.
What "no subscription" actually includes
One price, once
$79 per seat at launch ($49 for beta users). No renewal date, no per-seat creep, no invoice ever again for the version you bought.
A license that cannot be turned off
It validates offline with public-key cryptography. There is no activation server to shut down and no account to suspend.
Your projects are files
They live on your own disk or your own server, and export to Excel, CSV, MS Project XML or JSON whenever you want out.
Updates without a meter
Minor and patch updates are free for your version, forever. Major new versions are an optional paid upgrade; your version never stops working.
What you get in the box
"Buy once" does not mean "lite". One license includes the entire toolkit, no add-on tiers, no per-feature upsells.
AI assistant, 34 tools
Drafts whole plans, reschedules, levels overloads, simulates what-if slips, writes status reports and a Monday brief. Your key, any major provider or a local model.
A real scheduling engine
All 4 dependency types with lag, conflict detection, working-day and holiday math, and Critical Path Mode that lights up the chain setting your end date.
Baselines and variance
Snapshot the plan, measure drift with variance KPIs as work moves, and restore from a baseline when reality diverges.
Workload heatmap
Team capacity per person per week, across projects, with overload badges and a drill-down to the exact tasks driving the peak.
Executive Magic Overview
A one-page project story with KPIs, milestones and presentation mode. Exports to native PowerPoint for the steering meeting.
3D Timeline Show
Fly through your plan in a cinematic 3D scene: glass timeline, gem milestones, glowing dependency lines.
Dashboard and My Tasks
Project analytics for the manager, and a personal command center with inline edits, filters and bulk actions for everyone else.
Swimlanes and views
Group the timeline by person for a resource view, day/week/month zoom, a mini-map for big plans, and rich filters.
Undo with history
100 steps deep, with a history panel that can jump the whole plan back to any earlier point in the session.
10 export formats
Excel, CSV, MS Planner, MS Project XML, native PowerPoint, vector PDF reports, baseline reports and lossless JSON. Imports Excel, CSV, MS Planner and MS Project XML.
Real-time team server
Live updates over your own network, manager and member roles, comments with @mentions, an in-app notification feed plus email and a weekly brief digest.
Engineering you can measure
7,800+ automated tests, date math verified across nine timezones, and an offline Ed25519 license with no activation server.
Who this fits, honestly
A one-time license fits if
- You plan projects for a living and resent paying rent on your own roadmap
- Your projects are confidential: clients, legal, defense, R&D, anything under NDA
- You work offline, on site, or on networks where cloud tools are not allowed
- You buy tools the way you buy a good drill: once, and it is yours
A subscription still fits better if
- You need browser-only access from any device including phones
- Your workflow leans on hundreds of SaaS integrations and automations
- You want a vendor to host, back up and manage everything for you
If that is you, see how we compare anyway: vs Monday.com · vs Microsoft Project
No-subscription questions
Is there really project management software without a subscription?
Yes. GanttPulse is a full Gantt planner (dependencies, critical path, baselines, workload, AI assistant, real-time team server) sold as a one-time license: $79 per seat at launch, free during the beta. No monthly or yearly fee.
What does the one-time license actually include?
Everything: every feature, all three editions (desktop, single-file, self-hosted team server), the AI assistant on your own API key, and free minor and patch updates for your version. One license covers two machines, for example work and home.
How does the price compare with subscription tools?
A typical PM subscription runs $12 or more per user per month. For 5 people over 3 years that is about $2,160 and still counting. GanttPulse for the same team is $395 once, or $245 at the beta price.
What is the catch?
The honest trade-offs: it is a Windows desktop app (macOS and Linux builds on request), not a browser service, and collaboration happens on a server you host on your own network rather than in a vendor cloud. If you want a phone app or hundreds of SaaS integrations, a subscription tool fits better.
What happens when a new major version ships?
Nothing, unless you want it. Your version keeps working and keeps receiving minor and patch updates. Major versions are an optional paid upgrade, the same way desktop software worked before subscriptions.
Full details on the pricing page.
Try the full app free during the beta
No credit card, no cloud account. Beta users lock in the $49 launch price.
One email when the beta opens. Kept on our own infrastructure, used once, never shared.