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Bloated Project Software

Small teams and startups lack an affordable, simple project management tool that everyone will adopt, forcing them into spreadsheets, email, or bloated enterprise software they barely use.

In their words

my previous organisation had a plethora of project management tools, charts, templates and resources... They do not

r/projectmanagement on Reddit

it feels like we could build exactly what our team needs, leave out the features we never use, and own the entire system

r/vibecoding on Reddit

glorified spreadsheet that runs poorly once you put more than a couple hundred rows on it

r/mondaydotcom on Reddit

we currently use Confluence, Jira, and GitHub, but find that the back and forth switching is a lot

r/github on Reddit

Using a second tool is creating confusion between the team where to look and where to put things.

r/Slack on Reddit

The only thing missing is the "cards" that don't work, the automations that sometimes do not work and the rigid "everything is a task" hierarchy.

r/clickup on Reddit

I can’t seem to track action items well. I can have maybe 30 actions items pop up in a given day.

r/projectmanagement on Reddit

I’m responsible for managing all of the projects and doing the actual design work... the volume has become completely unmanageable.

r/graphic_design on Reddit

ClickUp takes upwards of 2 minutes to build a list of tasks that are due within the next 7 days.

r/clickup on Reddit

I just need something super simple - project, tasks, subtasks, status, start date and due date, filters.

r/smallbusiness on Reddit

if it's not in my face, I tend to forget it works

r/selfhosted on Reddit

Unfortunately, this place is small and doesn't have a true PM department. So trying to sit down and nail requirements isn't going to happen.

r/ADHD_Programmers on Reddit

I'm looking for a free or very low-budget tool (no dedicated budget).

Software Recommendations

it now has a feature request list a mile long. Finance is annoyed they can't pull the kinds of reports they want, and that it doesn't integrate into our CRM.

Hacker News

Small teams and startups

Where they talk

  • r/projectmanagement
  • r/projectmanagers
  • r/clickup
  • r/Software_Finder
  • r/mondaydotcom
  • r/SaaS
  • r/smallbusiness
  • r/civilengineering

Tools they use today

  • monday.com
  • Asana
  • ClickUp
  • Jira
  • Excel
  • Trello
  • Notion
  • Claude

Why those fall short

  • action items live in four places, none trusted as complete
  • free versions not viable; no money for subscriptions
  • organisation has no PM department or toolset; colleagues shrug it off
  • no adoption or use from people outside the PM team
  • dashboards and calculated views slow as workspace grows; support only says clear cache