For startups
Project management for startups
Ember is calm, privacy-first project management built for small startups. Move fast without bloat, keep your team aligned, and start free, with flat, predictable pricing as you grow.
- Free for solo use
- Built in the EU, no tracking
- macOS, Windows, Linux, and web
Sound familiar?
Lean by default, calm as you scale
A project tool that needs its own admin.
Statuses that work out of the box, and access that's just Owner or Member.
Status meetings just to find out where things are.
A project overview anyone can open: progress, overdue work, remaining estimate.
Per-user pricing eating your runway.
Free for two collaborators, then a flat €5/seat/month.
Keep the team aligned without the overhead
The core a small team needs to plan and ship, and nothing that turns into a part-time job.
Start free, scale on flat pricing
Free for up to 2 collaborators with unlimited projects and tasks. When you grow, it's a flat €5/seat/month, with no per-feature upsells.
Aligned without constant check-ins
Everyone works from the same source of truth. People see what's next and get on with it, without notification overload.
No tool to administer
No schemes, workflows, or automations to maintain. A founder wearing five hats doesn't have to wear a sixth.
Set up once, stay clear as you grow
Workspaces map to teams or product areas, projects live inside them, and access is Owner or Member. It stays legible from two people to twenty.
Project overview
Replace the status meeting
Every project opens with progress, open and overdue tasks, and the next milestone in its header, and a Report tab with the breakdown. The Activity tab shows who changed what, when anyone needs to know.
Notes
Specs and decisions next to the work
Share a spec with the team and write it together live. Turn any line into a task that shows its live status right in the note, or sketch the flow on a board.
More about notes
Privacy that protects your company
Ember is built in the European Union and GDPR-compliant by design. Your roadmap and plans stay yours, with no lock-in as you grow.
- No behavioral analytics or session recording
- No ads, and no selling or sharing your data
- No AI trained on your content
- Export everything, any time
Coming from another tool?
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Startup questions, answered
Is Ember free for early-stage startups?
Yes. Ember is free for up to 2 collaborators with unlimited projects and tasks, so an early team can start at no cost. Beyond two people it's a flat €5/seat/month, with a 14-day free trial and education/nonprofit discounts.
Does Ember scale as the team grows?
Yes. Workspaces map to teams or product areas with simple Owner/Member access, so the same setup stays clear from two people to twenty — without adding configuration overhead.
How is Ember different from Jira or Asana for startups?
Ember deliberately leaves out sprints, rule builders, workload reports, and notification feeds. For a small startup, those are usually overhead, not value. Ember keeps a calm, focused core so the team ships instead of managing the tool.
Is our startup's data private with Ember?
Yes. Ember is built in the EU and GDPR-compliant by design — no behavioral tracking, no ads, no selling data, and no AI trained on your content. You can export everything at any time.
Can the whole team use Ember on any platform?
Yes. Ember has native desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux plus a web app, so a mixed startup team can all work the same way.
Build your startup calmly.
Free to start. No configuration required. Open it and get your team moving.