Runn alternatives

On 24 September 2026 Runn listed Lite at $7 and Standard at $11 per resource seat monthly on yearly billing, and asked for 20 seats minimum. Buyers switching away usually shortlist Float, Resource Guru, Productive.io and Teamwork.com. PeopleMuster is the strongest pick for a studio below that twenty-seat floor, or anyone who wants holidays, absences and logged hours feeding the forecast: $3 per person.

Why people leave

Twenty seats before the first plan. Runn's paid plans start at 20 seats. A studio of twelve pays for twenty, which sets its entry bill at Lite's per-seat price times twenty.
Month-to-month costs more. Lite is $7 a seat billed annually and $9 monthly; Standard moves from $11 to $13. Teams that don't want a yearly commitment pay the higher line.
Leave arrives from somewhere else. A capacity plan is only as true as its time-off data. If your leave is approved in a separate HR tool, somebody has to make sure the plan hears about it before Monday's staffing call.

The real options

Five products were compared on 24 September 2026 on what a delivery team of 8 to 40 people pays to plan capacity: the published per-seat price, any seat minimum, the gap between annual and monthly billing, and where leave comes from when the plan is drawn. Evaluated from Runn's own documentation and pricing, September 2026. Every other figure was read from that vendor's own pricing page the same day.

PeopleMuster

$3 per person a month, from the first person. No seat minimum, every module included, 14 days free.

Who it suits: Agencies, software houses and consultancies of any size that plan people across client projects.
Where it wins: A capacity plan across the team, by day, with under, full and over bands. Leave approved in PeopleMuster and the company holiday calendar are already in it, and logged hours feed utilisation by person and project.

Float

$7 on Starter, $12 on Pro, for each scheduled person monthly. Enterprise is quoted; viewer guests cost nothing. Checked September 2026.

Who it suits: Studios whose Monday question is who is booked on what.
Where it wins: A booking timeline that shows absences, with no-charge seats for stakeholders who only look.
Where it falls short: Built around bookings alone, so payroll-side staff details are kept in a separate HR system.

Resource Guru

Grasshopper $5, Blackbelt $8 and Master $12 per person a month; paying annually gives two months free. No setup fee, trial with no card. Verified 24 September 2026.

Who it suits: Teams that schedule people per person and want a low entry tier.
Where it wins: Three published tiers, a trial without a card, and no setup fee.
Where it falls short: Master is $12 against $5 for Grasshopper, so the tier you need sets the bill.

Productive.io

Yearly billing: $10 Essential, $25 Professional per user monthly. Paying month to month: $12 and $29. Three seats minimum. Checked 24 September 2026.

Who it suits: Agencies that want capacity planning inside a wider agency operations tool.
Where it wins: Absences and bookable hours shown alongside budgets, projects and tracked time.
Where it falls short: Stepping up from Essential to Professional more than doubles the seat price, and Productive points customers to BambooHR, Personio or Rippling for staff records.

Teamwork.com

Free for up to 5 users; Basics $9.99 and Accelerate $24.99 per user a month billed yearly. 14-day trial. Verified 24 September 2026.

Who it suits: Client-work teams that plan inside a project management tool and want a free start.
Where it wins: A free plan for five and a published ladder above it.
Where it falls short: Optimize and Enterprise are quote-only.

Questions people ask

How much does Runn cost?

Runn Lite is $7 and Standard is $11 per resource seat a month billed annually, or $9 and $13 monthly. Advanced is custom, paid plans start at 20 seats, and the trial runs 30 days. Read from runn.io/pricing on 24 September 2026.

Is there a Runn alternative with no seat minimum?

Yes. PeopleMuster has no seat minimum: a team of any size pays $3 per person a month, from the first person, with every module included. Resource Guru and Float also price per person, at the figures in the table above.

How do I move my projects and people from Runn?

We load your people, leave types and projects with you during setup, and there's no setup fee. The CSV importer takes people, leave balances and projects from a spreadsheet if you'd rather do it yourself. Your plan fills in as leave and hours arrive, inside the 14 days free.