GitHub Projects vs Zenhub: which one fits your team?
Both of these are systems of record for shipping software, and both are good at it. The choice is usually about how much process you want enforced and where the issues already live.
It turns on how heavy a workflow your team will tolerate, and whether everything already lives in GitHub.
Pick GitHub Projects if
every piece of work is an issue, it never leaves the repo, and everybody has a GitHub login. Where it stops: no calendar, and it assumes everyone is on GitHub.
Pick Zenhub if
your team runs agile entirely on GitHub Issues and wants the reporting to match. Where it stops: it is engineering shaped, and there is no calendar.
What it costs
For a team of 5, billed yearly: GitHub Projects does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, Zenhub does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
GitHub Projects: Included with GitHub. There is no separate charge for Projects. Zenhub: Paid per user, with a free tier for small teams. Check their current tiers.
Where they part company
GitHub Projects does more on 4 of them
- being the place the tasks actually live
- docs and a wiki inside
- AI that does the work rather than the scheduling
- being useful before you configure it
Zenhub does more on 4 of them
- dependencies and a timeline
- showing who has room
- turning email and chat into tasks
- portfolio and agile reporting
Side by side
| What it does | GitHub Projects | Zenhub | UnaTask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time blocking on a calendar | No | No | Core |
| A plan for today and this week | No | No | Core |
| Two way calendar sync | No | No | Yes |
| It is the task manager itself | Core | Partly. The issues live in GitHub. Zenhub is the layer that runs agile on them. | Core |
| Dependencies and a timeline | Partly | Yes | Yes. Dependencies with a timeline that shows what is waiting on what. |
| See who has room | Partly | Yes | Core |
| Booking links | No | No | Yes |
| Meetings become tasks | No | No | Yes |
| Email and chat become tasks | No | Partly | Yes |
| Pull requests linked to work | Core. Issues and pull requests are the items. Nothing to link. | Core | Yes |
| Docs and wiki inside | Partly. The repo wiki and markdown in the repo, not a workspace. | No | Partly. Docs live on a project, they are not a wiki you would run a company from. |
| Portfolio or agile reporting | Yes | Core. Burndown, velocity and story points, which is the reason to buy it. | Partly. Team workload and project progress, not portfolios that roll up to a board. |
| Rules that fire on their own | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI that does the work, not just the scheduling | Partly | No | Yes. AI teammates you assign a task to. The work comes back on the task for review. |
| Useful before you configure it | Yes | Partly | Core |
| A free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What should not decide it
They answer the same on 8: time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, linking pull requests to the work, rules that fire on their own and having a free plan.
And where UnaTask sits
UnaTask is not competing for this slot. It is the calendar around it: link the pull request to the task, block the hours for the review, include the people without a GitHub login.
It does more than both of them on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, showing who has room, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, turning email and chat into tasks, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and being useful before you configure it.
Common questions
GitHub Projects vs Zenhub: which should I pick?
Pick GitHub Projects if every piece of work is an issue, it never leaves the repo, and everybody has a GitHub login. Pick Zenhub if your team runs agile entirely on GitHub Issues and wants the reporting to match.
What is the biggest difference between GitHub Projects and Zenhub?
The clearest gap is being the place the tasks actually live, where GitHub Projects does more than Zenhub. Underneath that, GitHub Projects is a system of record for software work, built around issues and cycles, and Zenhub is a system of record for software work, built around issues and cycles.
Is GitHub Projects or Zenhub cheaper?
For a team of 5, billed yearly: GitHub Projects does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, Zenhub does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
What do GitHub Projects and Zenhub have in common?
They answer the same on 8 of our 16 axes, among them time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. Those are the things that should not decide it for you.
Where does UnaTask fit against GitHub Projects and Zenhub?
UnaTask does more than both on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. It is free on your own and €10 per seat for a team, with every feature included. Where it does less: it is not an issue tracker with sprints and burndown, and it is not a documentation workspace.
Details checked June 2026.