GRIST FOR Project Management
Meet the most flexible project management software
Tackle your team’s projects your way with Grist’s powerful customization and no-code app building.
Start with project management, end with everything management
Do you buy expensive, purpose-built solutions just to export results to a spreadsheet anyway? Save your money. Teams use Grist as their single source of truth for projects, dashboards, collaboration, and more – without compromising on security or vendor lock-in.
Old school project management
Scattered projects across teams and tools
Siloed information gated between departments and emails
Manual and repetitive updates needing consolidation between spreadsheets
Project management in Grist
Projects, tasks, conversations, and dashboards all in one place
Seamless real-time collaboration and easy task updates
AI-powered workflows and custom integrations to scale with you
The one-stop PM solution that continuously scales
Drill down without the spreadsheet sprawl
Dashboards as easy as drag-and-drop
Stay in sync, from the bird’s eye view to down in the weeds, with dashboards with progress tracking that flow seamlessly across all teams.
Understand resource allocation at a glance
Linked views and cards can show you the exact utilization of all members on your team. Make smarter decisions at speed and scale.
Collaborate everywhere, seamlessly
Granular access rules
Say goodbye to messy workflows. Share one copy with granular permissions, controlling who can see what down to each cell.
Keep the conversation flowing
One doc for your whole team. Comment anywhere and get notified, so nothing slips through the cracks.
Deep integrations for deep automations
AI meets the modern spreadsheet
Built-in AI assistance helps you build out solutions, craft powerful Python formulas, and analyze your data in natural language.
Automate the busywork
Automate your processes with a library of integrations like n8n, Zapier, Make, and more.
Custom solutions that grow with you
Custom widgets bring your process with you
Build the exact tools you need – risk assessment matrices, SWOT analyses, Kanban boards, Gantt charts – exactly the way you want them.
Open-source peace of mind to avoid vendor lock-in
Protect sensitive data by optionally hosting Grist on your own servers.
The project management software trusted by real teams, driving real results
“I love Grist. It’s crazy powerful. I still can’t believe what we’ve been able to achieve in it. It’s the dream that low-code was sold as for years – we can do incredible things in each column with Python and we can build our own widgets to run on those! Wild!”
Elliot Lee
User Researcher
“Grist has become our go-to for more complex, structured data. It sits somewhere between Excel and Access—powerful, relational, and flexible enough for prototyping real data-driven applications.”
Olivier Lambert
CEO at Vates
“The more I use Grist, the more I LOVE it. I have been surveying self-hosted database GUI tools, and I was consistently disappointed with their shortcomings or bugginess. Grist is the first to have tilted the balance the other way.”
Stephen S.
Publications, Personal City Guides
“Grist has given us incredible flexibility to solve data problems and find solutions, whether it is for a small team at the district, or at scale with the entire district staff. We’re really excited about the different ways we can use it going forward.”
Director of Product
EdTech Company
“What I like about Grist the most is its focus. It appears simple, but it’s very powerful in a focused way. Grist has really improved our workflow and communication.”
Chris Scott
Co-founder in Digital Marketing
“If people spend some time learning a new tool they’ll have more power to do their work and research. I said to one of my students, ‘You will be very very happy using Grist because you are miserable using Excel!'”
Eduardo Dalcin, Ph.D.
Biodiversity Informatics Expert
“Most CRMs don’t work the way Grist works. Grist’s layouts are simple and do exactly what we need.”
Jennifer Bledsoe
IT Tech at Law Firm
“I recently discovered Grist after becoming frustrated with the limitations of traditional spreadsheets like Excel and Google Sheets. Grist has been a breath of fresh air, especially with its ability to handle structured data in a way that feels familiar to anyone with experience in relational databases, but with the added flexibility of Python.”
Will Bailey
Small Business Manager
“Sharing an Access database is near impossible, but Grist makes sharing a relational database simple.”
Walt Rice
IT Consultant
“I needed an open-source master database that could connect to n8n and AI tools. After trying Notion, Airtable, Siyuan, Baserow, and NocoDB, I chose Grist for its Python-native AI support, flexible integrations, and simple n8n connections.”
Robin A.
Project Manager
Templates
Get started with pre-built project management templates
Recurring Tasks
Stay organized with this customizable spreadsheet template for managing recurring and one-time tasks efficiently.
View TemplateLab Project Management Template
Manage all projects in your lab, and effectively track tasks by project, person, and due date.
View TemplateEvent Planning Template
Manage event details, registrations, ticket revenue, and sponsorships in intuitive dashboards.
View TemplateProfessional Services
Grist Solutions
We’ll create a custom solution that makes your data more useful – now, and far in the future.
Plan your solution
Work with us to identify workflow pain points and improvements.
Customize based on your needs
We’ll create a solution that fits, and a solution that lasts.
Build with experts
Not just a custom solution, but expert advice from those closest to Grist.
Take control of your data
Unlock your data’s true potential with the better spreadsheet
