Understand Why Kanban Zone is a Better Kanbanize Alternative
for Your Organization
for Your Organization
Key Points of Comparison
To help you understand how powerful Kanban Zone is and why it’s a better Kanbanize alternative for your organization, we offer you the opportunity to compare the two platforms from three key management angles: visualization features, collaboration features, and performance metrics.
Visualization Features |  |  |
| Kanban Columns |  |  |
| Kanban Swimlanes |  |  |
| Customizable Kanban Cards |  |  |
| Project List View |  |  |
| Project Summary View |  |  |
| Project Table View |  |  |
| Process Policies |  |  |
| Individual User Dashboard |  |  |
| Project/Portfolio Links |  |  |
| Project/Portfolio Dependencies |  |  |
| Industry Templates |  |  |
| Complete Board Layout Flexibility |  |  |
Collaboration Features |  |  |
| Work in Progress Limits |  |  |
| Mirror Tickets |  |  |
| File Attachment |  |  |
| Ticket Checklists |  |  |
| Access Controls/Permissions |  |  |
| Alerts/Notifications |  |  |
| Ticket Comments |  |  |
Process Metrics |  |  |
| Abandoned Effort |  |  |
| Work Allocation |  |  |
| Arrival Rate |  |  |
| Created VS Done |  |  |
| Cumulative Flow Diagram |  |  |
| Cycle Time |  |  |
| Throughput |  |  |
| Flow Efficiency |  |  |
| Performance Tuning |  |  |
Pricing |  |  |
| Monthly Plans per User | $6 – $13 | $11 – $20+ |
Better Kanbanize alternative in 3 out of the 3 key points of comparison.
Kanban Zone is a better Kanbanize alternative for any organization wanting to achieve all the benefits of visual management. It is an especially great choice for those applying Lean or Agile management to their work. Here are 4 reasons why you should make the switch.
4 Reasons for Switching from Kanbanize to Kanban Zone
Fully Customizable Boards
Setting up a simple board with columns is easy in both Kanbanize and Kanban Zone, but when it comes to customizing a board to create the ideal flow of work for your teams, Kanban Zone is a better Kanbanize alternative. It is equipped with a more powerful board editor capable of visualizing even the most complex workflows and value streams. Our board editor allows you to create any board you can imagine. It can be asymmetrical, and doesn’t have to be perfect grids! So when it comes to customizing your boards, you can gain more flexibility with the latter.
In the video above, you can see how Kanban Zone can create any board you can imagine. As the administrator of a paid plan user, you can also leverage our Kanban coaches to help you set up a single board or multiple connected boards to create your Portfolio Kanban solution.
Powerful Metrics
Kanbanize and Kanban Zone are equipped with powerful analytics to keep track of essential process metrics like Throughput and Cycle Time. What makes the latter a better Kanbanize alternative is the presence of several additional metrics like Abandoned Effort, Work Allocation, Arrival Rate, and others. The biggest differentiator on the analytics front is the Performance Tuning module integrated within Kanban Zone. With its help, you can enjoy a bird’s eye view of your process performance and clearly see opportunities for improvement at any stage of your workflow.
More Comprehensive Work Visualization
Another key aspect that makes Kanban Zone a better Kanbanize alternative is its power to visualize work in several valuable ways. Our platform is equipped with several different views that are applicable to any project you create in Kanban Zone. We call them “Zones” and you can switch with a single click between a Kanban, List, Summary, Table, and Calendar views. In addition, we dedicated a zone to all individual assignments a user has in Kanban Zone. With their help, you can look at your work from multiple angles and get more things done.
In the video above, you can see how much value Zones provide for improving your overall performance, making Kanban Zone a better Kanbanize alternative.
More Flexible Pricing
We know that every dollar counts and have developed a pricing model that makes Kanban Zone a better Kanbanize alternative, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. With our flexible plans, you only pay for licensed users. Yet, you can invite unlimited unlicensed users who can view and comment on cards. In addition, you can choose a pricing plan in your native currency for more convenience.
These are only a few reasons why we built Kanban Zone, and we sincerely believe that Kanban Zone is a better solution for improving how you achieve your goals. Although Kanban Zone can create simple boards to behave as to-do lists or cool boards to see cards, we also offer the ability to build complex boards and all the mechanisms to learn from the cards that flow on these boards.
Don’t Take Our Word for It
Try Kanban Zone for yourself by signing up for your Free Trial. Kanban Zone is not only ideal for helping you improve your productivity, but it also saves you money, which makes it a fantastic Kanbanize alternative.
To learn more about the advantages of using a Kanban board instead of just a to-do list board, read Doing, Being and Flowing in Kanban (5P/3M).
We are fanatical about improving how to work and achieving goals faster with higher quality. By its name, Kanban Zone will always remain true to Kanban and continue to provide innovative ways to help people collaborate and grow as a team.
