FairHour or Planyway?
Planyway is a planning tool for Trello: calendar, timeline, workload, and time tracking as one part of it. FairHour is only the time tracking part, and it is free.
Facts about Planyway are from its own website, read on 15 November 2026. Prices and plans change; check the links at the bottom.
| FairHour | Planyway | |
|---|---|---|
| With Trello | A Trello Power-Up. The timer is on the card. | A Power-Up, with a Chrome extension as well. You start a timer or log time from the Trello card. |
| Account | None. It uses your Trello account. | You sign in to Planyway with your Trello account. |
| Where time is kept | In Trello’s Power-Up storage, on your board. | Planyway keeps its data on its own servers (Microsoft Azure, according to its GDPR page). |
| Price | Free for any number of people and boards. | The free plan does not list time tracking. It is on the Team plan, from $3 per user per month billed annually (price shown for 3 seats). |
| Time shown inside Trello | Yes: totals on the card, your week on the board, and a weekly timesheet. | The timer and time log are on the card. Entries and reports are in Planyway’s views inside the Power-Up. |
| Beyond the timer | No invoices, rates, budgets, export or reports across boards. | Calendar, timeline and workload planning, estimate against actual, reports across boards, and export to Excel and CSV. |
Choose Planyway if
- You plan work on a calendar or timeline and want time tracking in the same tool.
- You compare estimates with actual time.
- You need reports across boards or an Excel export.
Choose FairHour if
- You only need time tracking, not planning.
- You want it free for the whole team.
- You want the records kept in Trello’s own storage.
Sources
- Time tracking by Planyway in the Trello directory
- Planyway: pricing
- Planyway help: time tracking
- Planyway and GDPR
Planyway is a trademark of its owner. FairHour is not affiliated with it. Found something out of date? Write to hello@fairhour.com.