# smartQ Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about smartQ Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Task Management products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/181723/smartQ --- # smartQ Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) smartQ ## What is smartQ? smartQ is a visual task board (Kanban) that allows you to easily distribute work, track its progress and collaborate with your team online. smartQ can track tasks, issues, tickets - it is customizable to fit any workflow. ## What is smartQ used for? [Task Management](https://www.capterra.com/task-management-software/)[Workflow Management](https://www.capterra.com/workflow-management-software/)[Agile Project Management](https://www.capterra.com/agile-project-management-tools-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 43 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 93% Neutral 7% Negative 0% Starting price $5 Per Feature, Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for smartQ?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.5pmweb.com&name=smartQ) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### smartQ 4.5 (43) VS. [4.4 (15,309)](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/reviews/) Starting Price $5 Per Feature, Per Month Starting Price $7.91 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.6 (43) Ease Of Use 4.1 (14,352) Value For Money 4.7 (27) Value For Money 4.3 (9,760) Customer Service 4.6 (29) Customer Service 4.2 (9,516) ## smartQ alternatives [4.5 (3,661)](https://www.capterra.com/p/136446/Confluence/reviews/) Starting price $5.42 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 92% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.5 (13,544)](https://www.capterra.com/p/184581/Asana-PM/reviews/) Starting price $10.99 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 92% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.5 (3,479)](https://www.capterra.com/p/79104/Smartsheet/reviews/) Starting price $12.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 92% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [4.6 (5,720)](https://www.capterra.com/p/147657/monday-com/reviews/) Starting price $9.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/181723/smartQ/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. 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Collaboration Tools 4.5 (6) 66.67% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together Alerts/Notifications 4.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Mobile Access 5.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Access software remotely via mobile devices Sub-Task Management 3.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Split and manage tasks into individual components Task Editing 4.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Edit task information and all related elements Task Progress Tracking 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track the status and progress of tasks smartQ 61 features An @mention is a way to tag or notify a specific person about a message/post Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems Iterative project Management approach that involves technologies such as Kanban, Scrum, XP, APF, XPM and more Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Assign issues and tasks based on availability or required skills The process of evaluating, scheduling, and assigning tasks that have been put on the back burner in favor of higher priority items. Manage patient documentation describing all clinical interactions, diagnoses, procedures, medications, etc. Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together Leave comments and notes on documents for others to view Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases Alter the layout and content of reports Import and export data to and from software applications Specify or track the date/time a project, task, etc., is due for completion Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components Manage, store and organize emails within the system or via third-party apps Convert emails into tasks Create, save, and store files Visual representation of project's schedule, sequence and duration of tasks, benchmarks and dependencies Create, design and modify the flow and processes of tasks in a project Visualization tool to organize and optimize tasks and track their status at every stage of workflow Access software remotely via mobile devices Ability to handle several projects simultaneously Arrange tasks based on the level of priority or urgency Document and report the progress of ongoing projects Reporting on how each user, task or process has advanced since its initiation Organize and schedule projects Pre-designed project plans that can be customized Measure time to completion or hours worked for projects Monitor the progress of projects from start to finish Create, manage, or update project workflows. Estimate or forecast of a future scenario based on the study of present trends Notifications that are delivered to users as soon as an event occurs Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Evaluating and prioritizing change requests that are received while working on the project Process of planning, scheduling and executing the optimal and effective use of human capital across projects Set & manage permission levels based on user roles and restrict access to only authorized individuals Automates and streamlines business processes by creating a sequence of predefined rules and actions that govern the flow of work Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria UI looks like a spreadsheet Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction Split and manage tasks into individual components Ability to accommodate the methodology that incorporates frequent work reassessment and continuous short periods of focused work. UI looks like task board Edit task information and all related elements Import tasks from external sources Create, manage and track all task activities and progression Track the status and progress of tasks Track and manage the scheduling of tasks Add labels or tags to tasks Organizing a group of people to accomplish a task Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc. Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes A digital list of items that need to be completed Alter the default workflow to meet your organization's needs Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.2 (43) 4.2 Based on 43 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.7 (27) Free Trial [View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/181723/smartQ/pricing/) Basic $5.00 Per Feature,Per Month It includes: - Unlimited Project Boards Pro $8.00 Per User,Per Month It includes: - Unlimited Project Boards - Reports - Custom Ticket Fields - Automation Value for money 4.7 (27) 4.7 Based on 27 reviews ## Integrations [ Google Drive](https://www.capterra.com/p/161425/Drive/)[ Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/)[ Dropbox Business](https://www.capterra.com/p/143068/Dropbox-Business/)[ Microsoft 365](https://www.capterra.com/p/227157/Microsoft-365/)[ Gmail](https://www.capterra.com/p/202338/Gmail/)[ OneDrive](https://www.capterra.com/p/161304/OneDrive/)[ Microsoft Outlook](https://www.capterra.com/p/227138/Microsoft-Outlook/)[ 5pm](https://www.capterra.com/p/80769/5pm/) Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.6 (29) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.6 (29) 4.6 Based on 29 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.5 Based on 43 reviews Filter by rating 5(23) 4(17) 3(3) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent SH Shannon H. Resume Writer Consumer Services ### "Good Project Management Software " 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 20, 2022 Pros This software enables us to organize projects and promote visibility of project progress and collaboration Cons It is difficult to search past projects once they are archived Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor September 21, 2022 You can easily search archived projects - you just had to switch the filter in the projects popup search to "all" from "active". There is a small arrow there to open the settings. JL Jeff L. Vice President Financial Services ### "Best product for the price" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 6, 2020 All positive. With the ability to customize and the introduction of new features and expanded capabilities, the software has allowed us to scale our operations, improve efficiency and meet customer demands for compliance. Pros Ability to customize, layout, ability to export for reporting integration. Simple and powerful. Cons There is no deficiencies with this software Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. RC Robert C. President Financial Services ### "No-brainer for project/task management" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 5, 2020 A+++ Pros Everyone on my staff uses this and it has become the basis for our weekly 1-1s. Its an ideal tool to track the status of every project someone is working on and you can either go high-level or dig into the details. Cons Zero complaints. We have used this software for 5+ years and everyone on the team loves it. Alternatives considered [Redtail CRM](https://www.capterra.com/p/121349/RedTail-CRM/) Reasons for choosing smartQ We ended up using Redtail for our core CRM but not for task/project management. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Owner Marketing and Advertising ### "Easy to use project management tool" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 September 29, 2020 Pros It is simple and easy to use. When I was looking for a tool for project management, I wanted it to make sure project management didn't become my full time job. This helps keeps projects organized without a ton of hassle. Cons It is a bit limited for exporting and chatting. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor September 30, 2020 Thank you for your review. Please use the General Report - it exports data to CSV and Excel. Do you want to see a chat app inside smartQ? You can email our support if you are having issues with export or have suggestions about the chat. ST Sydney T. Brand Manager Wine and Spirits ### "Straightforward and easy to use." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 September 29, 2020 Pros The user interface is straightforward and makes it easy to get a bird's eye view of all of our projects, and filter by status or project type. The comments on each ticket are easy to use and make communicating with team members easy. Cons There are frequently issues/delays in uploading large files to tickets, sometimes with the request timing out before the upload is completed, forcing me to start over several times uploading design documents or photos. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor September 30, 2020 Please email us at support \[at\] getsmartQ.com so we can look into your issues with uploading large files. SD Stephanie D. Account Manager Insurance ### "Great to use but need some improvement" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 September 29, 2020 Overall it satisfy our company needs and easily to understand how it works, some improvement might be needed in order to give more efficient ways for client to use it. Pros easily to understand its function, easily to implement and customize the outlook and feature we want. Cons After the update, ticket turn red if pass 'require by date', however it won't turn it back even i change/update require by date to a future date, every time need to manually adjust it. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor September 30, 2020 Stephanie, The coloring on overdue tickets in red happens because of Automation - that is the default Rule: https://www.getsmartq.com/feature\_automation.php You can pause this Rule or Delete it. Also, you can modify multiple tickets at the same time. including changing the color: https://www.getsmartq.com/feature\_multiedit.php But, in your case, if you open the ticket to edit its deadline, on the same screen you can change the color - the color box is to the right of the ticket name on the top. We hope this info helps. MG melina g. Centre de services opérationnels (rive-nord) Government Administration ### "smartq" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 3/10 September 29, 2020 Pros il est possible d'attitré des emails à des personnes Cons la présentation des emails est mélangeante et il est impossible de répondre par smartq Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor September 30, 2020 You can easily reply to smartQ email notifications and your answers will be posted into the corresponding smartQ ticket. Are you having issues with it? What are the "presentation" issues you mentioned? You do not like the way we format the emails? Or some information is missing? - smartQ team AG Alejandro G. CEO & Founder Marketing and Advertising ### "The Great Ops Manager" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 29, 2020 I needed a solution for my daily project tracking that was easy for everyone at the office to use it. We are all enjoying it, and happy since now we can have a nice visual of what is happening at the business on real time. Pros The visual is by far the most likeable feature. It lets you see the actual status of all projects (presents and futures) Cons The only con is that the archived projects are not easy to duplicate. You can, but it is not as easy as all the additional functions the software has. Alternatives considered [Google Workspace](https://www.capterra.com/p/247901/Google-Workspace/) [Soho66](https://www.capterra.com/p/148750/Soho66/) Reasons for choosing smartQ The easy functionality and visuals of it. It is really a great product for exactly what I needed. Will not changing for any other option. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor September 30, 2020 Thank you for your review. Actually, duplicating a project is very easy - when creating a new project, you can copy all settings from another existing project, even its tickets: https://blog.getsmartq.com/2019/07/copying-tickets-on-cloning-a-project/ There are more ways to do it, like using import from CSV file, but this one is the easiest and just takes a few clicks. Please email our support directly if you are having issues with it, and we will address it ASAP. - smartQ Team AB Allison B. Senior Product Compliance Specialist Chemicals ### "Simple, easy to use" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 May 12, 2020 Easy functionality, easy to use. Simple and basic, doesn't have any exciting features but gets the job done. Pros Easy way to track your work. Customizable to track steps as you see fit and relevant. Overall metrics help you report standard timing. Cons Not able to drag files into the ticket like a folder. Tags are hard to control and keep consistent since you can add them on the fly, duplicates can occur. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor May 14, 2020 Thank you for your feedback. You can drag files into notes in the ticket window... But we will look into dragging files into tickets on the Board View. When adding tags to tickets, there is a dropdown as you type, with matching tags suggestion... and also there is a "+" button on the right to select from existing tags. You can also delete duplicate tags via tags management window (same where you set their colors). - smartQ Team SB Steven B. Director Telecommunications ### "JabbaTalk Review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 12, 2019 None Pros I love the simplicity of this software having tried many others this just does what it says on the tin! Cons I would like to see a flashing option in the future if possible, this would highlight urgent jobs or similar rather than just changing colour Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. 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