aworkvs
Taiga
Both score similarly on sovereignty (80 vs 84). The right choice depends on the details below – open source, self-hosting, pricing and focus.
Score comparison
| awork | Taiga | |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty | 80 | 84 |
| Privacy | 80 | 82 |
| Open Source | 10 | 92 |
| Business fit | 82 | 78 |
| Migration ease | 68 | 66 |
| Pricing transparency | 82 | 80 |
| Enterprise readiness | 72 | 74 |
Features & facts
| awork | Taiga | |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Germany | Spain |
| Open Source | No | Yes |
| Self-Hosting | No | Yes |
| Cloud/SaaS | Yes | Yes |
| EU data residency | Yes | Yes |
| DPA / AV-Vertrag | Yes | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | unknown |
| Data location | Germany (Frankfurt) | Spain (Madrid); self-determined when self-hosting |
| From | 5 € / Monat · pro Nutzer | on request |
| Founded | 2019 | 2014 |
awork
Germany
German project management and time tracking tool from Hamburg – especially for agencies and service providers, with servers in Germany.
Strengths
- Servers in Germany (Frankfurt), ISO 27001, GDPR-compliant
- Tailored to agencies/service providers (PM + time tracking)
- Modern, German-language tool with good support
Weaknesses
- Not open source, no self-hosting
- No permanently free plan
- Per-user billing can become expensive for large teams
Taiga
Spain
Open-source agile project management from Madrid – Scrum and Kanban, self-hostable or as an EU cloud.
Strengths
- Tailored to agile teams (Scrum & Kanban)
- Open source (AGPLv3) and self-hostable without user limits
- Cloud in Madrid according to the provider, DPA available
- Clean, modern interface
Weaknesses
- Focus on agile software teams, less on general PM
- Smaller ecosystem and fewer integrations than Jira
- Self-hosting requires operation and maintenance
Choose awork if…
- Agencies and service providers with project and time tracking needs
- German SMEs that want project management in a GDPR-oriented way
Choose Taiga if…
- Development and product teams using Scrum/Kanban
- Startups and agencies with data-control requirements
- Teams replacing Jira with an open-source, self-hostable option
Scores are editorial orientation, not legal advice. Details are based on public provider information and are not independently verified.