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Zenoba vs OpenProject
OpenProject is the choice of organizations that require open source and on-premise installation. It shares sovereignty with Zenoba; it has neither AI nor industry context. Zenoba targets the same requirement, with intelligence on top.
- For whom — OpenProject
- Organizations whose policy mandates open code and self-hosting, with an IT team to operate it.
- For whom — Zenoba
- Organizations managing real projects that want a choice of hosting in Québec, hosting in France or local installation.
Where they are strong — OpenProject
- Open code: auditable, no vendor dependency
- Low-cost on-premise installation, minimum twenty-five members
- Timesheets, budget and basic Gantt included
Where Zenoba stands out
- AI: document → plan, PMBOK review, contextual assistant, with your own key if you install on-premise
- A knowledge base by sector and geographic context, available in French
- Resource leveling, earned value, seven-day undo, committee reports in PowerPoint
When to stay with OpenProject
- If open source is a non-negotiable requirement: Zenoba is not open-source software.
- If you have no need for AI and a team to operate the instance: the cost per member is unbeatable.
Reference price — Surveyed 2026-08
OpenProject
Community free; Enterprise US$7.25/member/month, minimum 25 on-premise
Community edition free; the Enterprise edition adds support and features, on-premise or hosted.
Zenoba
CA$59 per Management license per month (Pro); contributors, observers and approvers are included within plan limits
Starter is free; Pro CA$59, Team CA$129 and Enterprise CA$249 per Management license per month, with displayed minimums. Beta reference grid; private deployment on annual quote.
Public prices surveyed in August 2026 in the vendor’s currency, annual billing unless stated; they vary by country and volume and change often — the source is authoritative. Zenoba’s grid is a beta reference per Management license; no payment is collected yet.
The seventeen criteria, side by side
Yes = native; Partial = through an add-on, a paid module or on request; No = absent
| Criterion | OpenProject | Zenoba |
|---|---|---|
| A complete plan from a document | No | Yes |
| AI that knows the organization and the project | No | Yes |
| Automatic PMBOK quality review | No | Yes |
| Knowledge base per industry | No | Yes8 industries, 700 sections |
| References adapted to the workspace country | No | Yes |
| Critical path, baselines, four link types | Partial | Yes |
| Resource leveling | No | Yes |
| Earned value (EVM), S-curve | No | Yes |
| Persistent seven-day undo, scenarios | No | Yes |
| Governance reports (steering committee, PowerPoint) | Partial | Yes11 reports, PowerPoint |
| Timesheets, expenses, budget | Yes | Yes |
| Forms, workflows, fields, lists | Partial | Yes |
| Project templates, “create from” | Yes | Yes |
| Hosting in Québec or France | Yeson-premise | YesQuébec (OVH Beauharnois); France option on request |
| On-premise installation | Yes | YesDocker, on quote |
| Sovereign AI or customer key | No | Yes |
| Complete native French | Partial | Yes+ English + Spanish |
See Zenoba next to OpenProject
Thirty minutes, your requirements document: you see the plan Zenoba draws from it, and you decide.
Sources — 2026-08
The capabilities of the products cited change every quarter; this page is a dated snapshot that we correct as soon as a reader reports an error: contact@zenoba.ai. “To our knowledge” applies to every “no” attributed to a competitor.