Comparison

Plane vs Taiga

Plane and Taiga both land on Depends.

Plane

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're an engineering-heavy or self-hosting team that wants an open-source Jira/Linear alternative.

Depends

Confidence: Low

Buy if your team runs scrum or kanban and wants a free or self-hosted tool.

Plane versus Taiga
Compare	Plane	Taiga
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Engineering teams fleeing Jira costs	Agile scrum and kanban teams
Who it's not for	Non-technical teams wanting polished zero-setup SaaS	Non-agile teams needing a simple task list
Privacy	Multiple CVEs disclosed in 2025-2026, including authorization bypass and unauthenticated information disclosure; vendor maintains a trust center.¹²	Solid infrastructure security: SSL everywhere, encrypted backups, least-privilege access, certified Madrid datacenter; no public vulnerabilities found.¹⁵
Support quality	No evidence in reviewed sources	No support-quality evidence found
Public sentiment	Genuine user feedback is scarce in reviewed sources . most search results matched the 2023 film 'Plane' . leaving only sparse positive G2 sentiment.^⁷	No independent user reviews were found; all praise in the sources comes from Taiga's own marketing site.¹⁴
Biggest gotcha	Self-hosting means you own patching; six CVEs surfaced, several high severity^⁹	Support runs through support@taiga.io and GitHub; no phone or SLA mentioned.¹⁵