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Hive Review

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE

Choose Hive when you want a full work-management platform with a friendlier free/paid entry than monday.com’s 3-seat floor — especially for teams under ~10 seats starting out.

Last updated 2026-08-18Independent editorial review
  • Starting price

    $5.00/user/month

  • Free plan

    Yes

  • Free trial

    14 days

  • Best for

    SMB and mid-market teams wanting Work OS depth with a lower paid entry than monday

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SoftwareGlimpse review

7.6/10

Good

  • ease of use8
  • work planning8
  • automation workflows8
  • collaboration8
  • integrations7
  • reporting7
How we score →
By Lee M.FounderReviewed

See Hive in action

Official vendor demonstration of product surfaces. It supplements screenshots and editorial analysis — it is not independent SoftwareGlimpse testing.

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Official vendor tutorial

How To Start Using Hive

How Hive presents the product in an official vendor video.

What this shows

  • Hive product surfaces as shown in the official vendor video
  • UI/workflow layout marketed by the vendor

Pricing

Verified 2026-08-17 from hive.com/pricing. Free $0 (≤10 members, 200MB, 1k AI credits). Starter $5/user/mo annual (≤10 members/projects). Teams $12/user/mo annual unlimited. Enterprise contact. Flexible add-ons ~$5 each. 14-day trial. Confirm live add-on catalogue.Full pricing details →
  • Free

    $0.00

    Free plan

    Free: up to 10 members, 200MB storage, 1,000 AI credits.

    • maxMembers: 10
    • storageMb: 200
    • aiCredits: 1000
  • Starter

    $5.00

    per user / month (annual billing rate shown)

    $5/user/month billed annually — capped at ≤10 members/projects. Entry paid rung above Free.

  • Teams

    Most popular

    $12.00

    per user / month (annual billing rate shown)

    $12/user/month billed annually — unlimited members/projects for growing work-management teams.

  • Enterprise

    Custom

    Contact sales

    Enterprise — contact sales for governance, security and scale packaging.

Product screenshots

Verified captures from Hive's product interface.

Hive workspace overview

Workspace overview from the official Hive homepage.

Official Hive marketing UI asset

https://hive.com/ · Checked 2026-08-18

Our verdict

Choose Hive when you want a full work-management platform with a friendlier free/paid entry than monday.com’s 3-seat floor — especially for teams under ~10 seats starting out. Compare monday.com for mainstream Work OS brand and ecosystem depth, Office Timeline for PowerPoint Gantt specialists, and adjacent Foxit/Getscreen/WebCatalog only when those specialist jobs dominate. Scores reflect first-party documentation as of 2026-08-17 — not hands-on product testing. Confirm current packaging, minimums and usage rates on the vendor site before purchase.

Best for

  • SMB and mid-market teams wanting Work OS depth with a lower paid entry than monday
  • Teams that can start on Free (≤10) before upgrading to Teams
  • Buyers comparing monday.com as a primary Work OS peer

Not ideal for

  • Enterprises that need monday-class brand default and deepest published ecosystem claims
  • Buyers whose only job is PowerPoint timeline decks
  • PDF / remote-access / desktop-shell primary purchases

Bottom line

Free ≤10 members. Starter $5/user/mo annual (≤10), Teams $12/user/mo annual unlimited, Enterprise contact. Add-ons ~$5. 14-day trial. Confirm live.

Hive pros and cons

Pros

  • Generous Free plan (≤10 members)
  • Starter $5 and Teams $12 annual floors are accessible
  • Projects, chat, proofing and AI in one stack
  • Credible monday.com Work OS peer
  • 14-day trial reduces buy risk

Cons

  • Starter/Free caps push growing teams to Teams quickly
  • Add-ons can inflate TCO
  • Integrations breadth trails monday’s marketing narrative
  • Not a specialist timeline-presentation or PDF tool
  • Enterprise packaging is contact-sales

Pricing comparison

Full comparison →
 Hive(this review)monday.comOffice TimelineAsanaClickUp
Starting price$5.00/user/month$9.00/user/month$9.00/user/month$10.99/user/month$7.00/user/month
Free planYesYesYesYesYes
Free trialYesYesYesYesYes

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