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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (43.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Per Month
$0.00
Backlog
Star Rating
(382)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansWrike
Star Rating
(4,472)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Backlog excels in ease of use with a score of 9.3 compared to Wrike's 7.9, making it more intuitive for new users. Reviewers mention that Backlog's interface is straightforward, allowing teams to get started quickly without extensive training.
- Reviewers mention that Backlog offers superior ease of setup, scoring 9.5 against Wrike's 7.8. Users appreciate how quickly they can configure their projects and start collaborating, highlighting the seamless onboarding process.
- Users on G2 say that Backlog's task management features, particularly the task prioritization and recurring tasks, are more robust, scoring 9.2 and 8.9 respectively, while Wrike scores 8.4 and 8.2. Reviewers highlight Backlog's ability to easily manage and automate repetitive tasks, enhancing productivity.
- Reviewers mention that Backlog's quality of support is rated higher at 9.1 compared to Wrike's 8.5. Users appreciate the responsiveness and helpfulness of Backlog's support team, often citing quick resolutions to their queries.
- Users say that Backlog shines in project budgeting and profitability features, scoring 9.1 and 9.3 respectively, while Wrike lags behind with 7.7 and 7.4. Reviewers highlight Backlog's comprehensive financial tracking tools that help teams stay within budget.
- G2 users report that Backlog's collaboration features, particularly in document management and communication channels, are superior, scoring 9.3 and 9.4 compared to Wrike's 8.8 and 8.3. Reviewers mention that Backlog facilitates better team communication and document sharing, which is crucial for project success.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Backlog
Free
Free
Per Month
For small projects
Up to 10 users
- 10 users
- 1 project
- 100 MB storage
Wrike
Free
$0.00
A simple, shared task list for small teams.
- Web, desktop, and mobile apps
- Project & task management
- Board view
Free Trial
Backlog
Free Trial is available
Wrike
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
301
8.5
3,655
Ease of Use
9.3
303
7.9
3,692
Ease of Setup
9.5
205
7.8
1,593
Ease of Admin
8.8
72
8.3
1,277
Quality of Support
9.1
261
8.5
2,890
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
66
8.5
1,222
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
294
8.2
3,491
Features by Category
Tasks
9.3
117
8.9
1564
|
Verified
9.1
116
8.8
1585
|
Verified
9.1
113
8.4
1538
|
Verified
8.9
110
8.5
1515
|
Verified
8.6
112
8.1
1443
|
Verified
8.7
111
7.7
1302
|
Verified
8.9
112
8.1
1436
|
Verified
8.9
109
8.2
1383
|
Verified
Projects
8.9
108
8.5
1402
|
Verified
8.7
109
8.2
1302
|
Verified
8.8
109
8.0
1274
|
Verified
8.8
108
8.0
1320
|
Verified
8.9
109
8.2
1354
|
Verified
8.7
108
7.5
1005
|
Verified
9.0
108
7.6
606
8.6
107
8.1
1280
|
Verified
8.6
107
7.7
1069
|
Verified
8.7
108
7.7
1033
|
Verified
8.7
106
7.8
1038
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.9
106
7.8
1077
|
Verified
8.9
106
7.8
1129
|
Verified
8.9
105
8.2
1213
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.9
106
7.7
1021
|
Verified
8.8
107
7.9
1091
|
Verified
8.9
107
8.3
1334
|
Verified
Generative AI
8.3
57
6.8
168
8.4
57
6.2
443
Agentic AI - Project Management
10.0
7
7.4
9
10.0
7
7.5
8
10.0
7
8.1
8
9.8
7
8.0
9
10.0
7
8.1
9
10.0
7
8.1
9
10.0
7
7.8
9
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.6
36
Not enough data
8.0
37
Not enough data
7.8
36
Not enough data
7.5
37
Project Management
Not enough data
8.1
39
Not enough data
8.3
38
Not enough data
7.7
36
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.0
37
Not enough data
8.1
36
Not enough data
7.9
34
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
7.4
35
Not enough data
7.3
37
Not enough data
7.5
35
Not enough data
7.4
34
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.1
28
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.5
29
Not enough data
7.6
30
Not enough data
7.4
30
Not enough data
7.1
30
Not enough data
7.5
30
Not enough data
7.4
30
Not enough data
7.6
31
Setup
Not enough data
8.3
763
Not enough data
8.3
780
Not enough data
8.0
766
Not enough data
8.2
841
Management
Not enough data
8.3
750
Not enough data
8.0
629
Not enough data
7.8
594
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
277
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
9.0
144
8.4
148
9.0
143
8.2
143
9.1
153
8.4
151
Bug Monitoring
Feature Not Available
8.1
141
9.1
155
8.3
142
9.1
148
8.4
143
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
9.8
8
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
10.0
8
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.0
87
Not enough data
8.0
86
Not enough data
7.8
88
Goal Creation
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
7.1
81
Not enough data
8.3
85
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
8.9
170
Not enough data
8.7
171
Not enough data
8.5
168
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
8.5
168
Not enough data
8.5
169
Not enough data
8.6
167
Planning
Not enough data
8.6
167
Not enough data
8.1
169
Not enough data
7.9
168
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.2
351
Not enough data
8.4
386
Not enough data
8.3
375
Not enough data
7.4
278
Not enough data
8.5
354
Not enough data
8.3
382
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.4
385
Not enough data
8.9
397
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
7.4
261
Not enough data
8.2
316
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Other Features
Not enough data
7.7
312
Not enough data
7.7
304
Task Creation
9.2
84
8.8
1269
9.1
84
8.8
1282
9.1
84
8.3
1196
9.2
83
7.8
1051
Task Management
9.3
84
8.4
1231
9.1
84
8.5
1239
9.0
84
8.1
1157
9.0
83
8.2
1122
Generative AI
8.4
37
6.1
408
8.6
37
6.2
408
Customer Management
Not enough data
7.9
23
Not enough data
7.1
22
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
8.2
23
Project Management
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.4
24
Not enough data
8.5
24
Accounting
Not enough data
7.1
23
Not enough data
6.4
23
Not enough data
6.5
23
Not enough data
6.7
23
Not enough data
6.7
23
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
7.9
22
Not enough data
7.5
22
Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
7.7
21
Administration
Not enough data
7.5
22
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
8.6
22
Platform
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.0
21
Not enough data
8.9
21
Not enough data
8.2
23
Not enough data
7.0
21
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
7.2
20
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
8.8
46
8.5
848
8.9
47
8.3
851
9.1
47
8.0
744
Administration
9.3
47
8.3
793
9.2
47
8.2
734
9.6
47
8.9
813
Project management
9.4
48
8.6
872
9.1
46
8.3
813
9.2
47
8.5
849
9.3
47
8.3
812
9.1
47
8.4
809
9.0
47
8.0
676
9.6
47
8.4
849
Workload
9.3
48
8.2
727
9.4
48
8.5
820
9.2
48
8.2
766
9.2
46
8.0
701
Communication & Collaboration
9.4
47
8.3
792
9.2
46
8.2
790
9.3
46
8.8
843
Cost Management
9.1
46
7.7
546
9.2
46
7.8
578
9.3
46
7.4
514
Integration
9.0
46
7.5
517
9.1
46
7.5
514
9.2
45
7.5
504
Generative AI
8.7
24
6.4
237
8.8
24
7.3
102
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Communication
8.1
66
Feature Not Available
8.4
68
8.5
1038
8.1
66
7.8
838
8.6
65
Feature Not Available
8.4
64
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
8.4
67
8.5
1075
8.6
71
8.6
1068
8.4
71
8.0
1064
8.4
68
8.0
905
Controls
8.5
68
8.2
995
8.4
65
8.1
905
8.6
69
8.4
989
8.4
63
8.0
951
8.3
63
7.9
810
Project Management
9.2
73
8.9
1141
9.1
69
8.6
1103
9.0
69
8.6
1087
8.6
65
8.1
894
Remote Collaboration
8.7
67
8.5
992
8.9
67
8.6
1019
8.7
65
8.6
990
8.0
63
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
6.7
30
6.9
139
6.7
30
6.1
329
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
7.4
22
Not enough data
6.9
20
Customization
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
8.4
103
Not enough data
8.8
106
Not enough data
7.9
110
Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
91
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
85
New Product Introduction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
CAD
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Product Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bill of Materials
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Engineering Change Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Simulation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Quality management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proofing Features - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
7.4
47
Not enough data
7.5
47
Not enough data
8.3
45
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Workflow and Collaboration - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.2
47
Not enough data
8.6
50
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Event Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
500
Not enough data
8.7
589
Not enough data
8.0
406
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
7.2
318
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
328
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
461
Administration
Not enough data
7.9
381
Not enough data
8.4
519
Not enough data
8.5
514
Not enough data
7.8
357
Not enough data
8.6
513
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
501
Not enough data
7.7
378
Not enough data
7.7
347
Not enough data
8.5
528
Not enough data
7.8
425
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Backlog and Wrike are categorized as Project Collaboration, Task Management, Bug Tracking, Project Management, and Work Management
Unique Categories
Backlog is categorized as Version Control Hosting
Wrike is categorized as Marketing Calendar, Kanban Project Management, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Workflow Management, Project and Portfolio Management, Online Proofing, Online Form Builder, Event Planning, Time Tracking, Professional Services Automation, Marketing Resource Management, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Backlog
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Wrike
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
46.3%
Computer Software
19.2%
Hospital & Health Care
2.4%
Marketing and Advertising
2.1%
Retail
1.5%
Other
28.6%
Marketing and Advertising
19.5%
Computer Software
7.5%
Information Technology and Services
7.4%
Higher Education
4.2%
Financial Services
3.6%
Other
57.7%
Discussions
When we can add more field in bug Life cycle ?
1 Comment
JT
Hi Pankaj,
Thank you for your feedback! Currently, the customisation status field is not available. We will share your feedback with the Dev team and...Read more
How do I use this app with other apps like this?
1 Comment
JT
Hi Akshay,
Backlog offers direct integrations - https://backlog.com/integrations/. If the apps you are looking at is not in the integration list, we...Read more
Can I attach documents like snip the screen area and click done.
1 Comment
JT
Hi Yashika,
Do you mean auto attached the screenshot? In Backlog, you can drag and drop files or select files to attach them. Read more
What is wrike used for?
14 Comments
HS
Wrike is a scaleable project management tool.
From Wrike: "Wrike is a SaaS-based, work management platform features
engaging collaboration, workflow and...Read more
Are there additional capabilities beyond project management? Seems like it going through this review process.
9 Comments
CM
1) Wrike Forms has allow us to assess all project requests submitted by stakeholders, allowing us to pull the right team and understand the needs of the...Read more
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