Our verdict
Leantime and Worklenz are both work-management tools for restaurants. On our independent rubric, Leantime scores 4.1/5 versus 3.7/5 for Worklenz. Choose Leantime if you're Small teams and founders who are not formal project managers or Neurodivergent-friendly workflows needing clarity and reduced decision fatigue; choose Worklenz if you're Agencies and teams that need task tracking plus resource/workload views or Teams wanting client portals in a self-hosted tool.
Side-by-side comparison
| Metric | Leantime | Worklenz |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial score | 4.1/5 | 3.7/5 |
| G2 rating | — | — |
| Capterra rating | — | — |
| Starting price | Free (self-hosted core, AGPL-3.0) | Free (self-hosted, AGPL-3.0) |
| Free tier | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Integrations | 5 · REST/JSON API, Slack, Mattermost… | 4 · REST API, Webhooks, Slack… |
| Best for | Small teams and founders who are not formal project managers, Neurodivergent-friendly workflows needing clarity and reduced decision fatigue, Teams wanting strategy + execution (goals, canvases) in one tool | Agencies and teams that need task tracking plus resource/workload views, Teams wanting client portals in a self-hosted tool, Self-hosters who want a modern all-in-one work manager via Docker |
| Category | work-management | work-management |
| Founded | — | 2022 |
| HQ | — | Bandarawela, Sri Lanka |
A teal check marks the stronger option on each measurable row. Ratings are sourced from G2/Capterra with attribution on each listing.
Leantime
- Built for non-project-managers and neurodivergent users (ADHD/autism/dyslexia)
- Combines strategy (goals, canvases) with task execution
- Free, self-hostable AGPL-3.0 core via Docker
- Founder-led support and active development
- Some advanced features and integrations are Cloud/Enterprise-only
- Smaller integration ecosystem than enterprise suites
- Less suited to large, heavily governed organizations
Worklenz
- Free, self-hostable under AGPL-3.0 via Docker
- Includes resource/workload management and client portals
- Modern UI and active development
- Multiple project views
- Young project (open-sourced May 2024) with a small community
- Limited third-party integrations so far
- No code hosting or full ALM scope
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