Many operations and project managers start their search the same way: they've been using a scheduling tool for Gantt visibility and a separate board tool for day-to-day task flow, and at some point the gap between the two becomes a real operational problem.
Statuses don't match. Someone updates a task on the board but the Gantt still shows the original information. A stakeholder report gets built from one system while the team works in another. Dates, assignments, and task states gradually drift apart.
A better approach is to use Gantt and Kanban in one tool, with both views working from the same task data.
But there is an important difference between software that simply offers both views and software where Gantt and Kanban are genuinely equal, fully synchronized ways of managing the same work.
Starbrix Core takes the second approach. Gantt, Kanban, Table and Calendar are four fully synchronized views of the same tasks. Teams can choose the view that best suits how they work — or move freely between them without duplicating information.
This comparison looks at what to consider when choosing Gantt and Kanban software, how seven leading platforms approach the combination, and why synchronization becomes even more important when managing multiple projects, teams, and portfolios.
Why Gantt and Kanban in one tool is harder than it sounds
Gantt and Kanban address different aspects of work.
A Gantt chart focuses on time and scheduling: when tasks start and finish, how they depend on each other, and whether the project is progressing according to plan.
A Kanban board focuses on flow: what needs to be done, what is in progress, what is waiting, and what has been completed.
A table is often the fastest way to review, sort, filter, and update large numbers of tasks, while a calendar becomes particularly useful when work needs to be planned around specific dates and times.
The problem is that many project management platforms have evolved primarily around one of these models. Other views may have been added later as supplementary ways of visualizing the data.
That is fundamentally different from a system where all views are built around the same task information.
In Starbrix Core, Gantt, Kanban, Table and Calendar are all first-class views of the same tasks. A team can choose the view that best suits the work at hand without moving the work into another system or maintaining parallel information.
Some organizations use Starbrix Core primarily as a Gantt tool. Others work mainly in Kanban. Some prefer Excel-like tables for managing tasks, while others rely heavily on the Calendar when dates and times are central to the work.
They are all working with the same underlying tasks.
What to look for in Gantt and Kanban software
1. Fully synchronized views and a single source of truth
This is the most important criterion.
Ask whether Gantt, Kanban, Table, and Calendar are simply different views of the same task data or whether one view is effectively layered on top of another system.
In Starbrix Core, the views are fully synchronized.
Change a task date in Gantt and the same date is immediately used in Kanban, Table and Calendar. Change the task state in Kanban and you are changing the same task that appears in Gantt. Edit an assignment in the Table view and the change is reflected everywhere else.
There is no separate "Gantt task" and "Kanban card."
There is simply one task and multiple ways of working with it.
2. Gantt as a full project scheduling tool
For teams that prefer Gantt, Starbrix Core is not simply providing a timeline visualization.
Projects can be planned and managed directly in Gantt using tasks, start and end dates, milestones, dependencies, lead and lag times, critical path, and baseline comparison.
The Base Plan feature lets users save the approved schedule and later compare it visually with the current plan. Baseline tasks appear as thin red bars alongside the current schedule, making schedule deviations immediately visible.
The Days Left indicator provides a continuously updated view of how much time remains until each task's planned completion date.
For many Starbrix customers, this is the primary way they manage projects.
3. Kanban as a full task management tool
Kanban is equally native to Starbrix Core.
Teams can manage project tasks visually through Kanban boards, moving work through different states while maintaining the same dates, assignments, status information, and other task data used by Gantt and the other views.
This means teams do not have to decide whether Starbrix Core is a Gantt tool or a Kanban tool.
It is both.
4. Table and Calendar as full working views
The same principle extends beyond Gantt and Kanban.
The Table view provides an Excel-like way to review and manage tasks, which can be particularly effective when users need to work with larger amounts of structured task information.
The Calendar provides a date- and time-oriented view of the same work. This is especially useful when tasks and activities need to be coordinated around specific days and times.
A team can therefore move naturally between:
Gantt → Table → Kanban → Calendar
without changing systems, synchronizing separate tools, or duplicating information.
Gantt and Kanban across multiple projects and portfolios
The value of synchronized views becomes even greater when managing work across multiple projects.
Starbrix Core includes portfolio views where users can see tasks from multiple projects together rather than opening projects one by one.
At the organization level, users can get an overview of projects and their tasks across the entire organization.
Workspaces provide another level of organization. A Workspace can represent a department, team, business area, process, or other logical grouping of work. Its portfolio can bring together the relevant projects and tasks from that area.
This means Gantt is not limited to looking at one project at a time. Managers can use Gantt to understand schedules and dependencies across a broader collection of projects.
The same principle applies to other perspectives. Starbrix Core can bring together the projects and tasks associated with a particular person, customer, or supplier, making it possible to review related work without manually collecting information from separate projects.
Project Kanban and continuous-process Kanban
Starbrix Core also supports two different Kanban scenarios.
Within a project, the Kanban board represents the tasks belonging to that project. This is ideal for teams that want to manage project execution visually.
Workspaces can also contain Kanban boards for work that is not best understood as a single project.
This makes it possible to manage continuous processes centrally in Kanban — for example, incoming work, development requests, support activities, improvement initiatives, or other workflows where tasks continuously enter and move through a process.
The same Starbrix Core environment can therefore support both structured projects and ongoing operational workflows.
Gantt and Kanban software comparison
Platform-by-platform comparison
ClickUp
ClickUp offers a broad range of project and task management features with multiple views. It is particularly attractive to organizations that want extensive configuration possibilities and a large feature set in one environment.
Asana
Asana has a strong task and workflow orientation. Board, list, calendar, timeline, and Gantt-style views provide different ways of working with tasks, with more advanced views available on paid tiers.
monday.com
monday.com combines board-based work management with Timeline and Gantt views. Its visual interface and dashboard capabilities make it well suited to teams that organize much of their work around boards and configurable workflows.
Wrike
Wrike combines project scheduling with workflow and collaboration capabilities. Interactive Gantt charts and board views support teams that need both scheduling and operational task management.
Smartsheet
Smartsheet provides Gantt, table, board, and calendar views. Its spreadsheet heritage is particularly visible in its grid interface, making it familiar to organizations accustomed to managing structured information in spreadsheets.
Zoho Projects
Zoho Projects combines task management, Gantt scheduling, and collaboration and is particularly relevant to organizations already working within the broader Zoho ecosystem.
Trello
Trello remains primarily a Kanban-oriented platform. Timeline capabilities are available in higher tiers, while more traditional Gantt functionality generally depends on additional functionality or Power-Ups.
Why Starbrix Core combines Gantt and Kanban differently
Starbrix Core was not designed around the assumption that every organization — or every user — should manage work in the same way.
A project manager may prefer Gantt.
A development or operations team may prefer Kanban.
Someone reviewing hundreds of tasks may prefer the Table view.
A team coordinating appointments or time-specific activities may prefer Calendar.
And the same organization may need all four.
That is why Starbrix Core treats Gantt, Kanban, Table and Calendar as different working perspectives on the same information rather than separate modules or disconnected tools.
The approach also extends beyond individual projects. The same work can be viewed from broader perspectives through organization portfolios and Workspace portfolios, or in relation to a particular person, customer, or supplier.
Workspaces add another dimension by supporting both project portfolios and Kanban boards for continuous processes.
The result is that teams do not need to choose between Gantt project management and Kanban task management before adopting the system.
They can choose the view that best fits each situation — while Starbrix Core keeps the underlying work synchronized.
Test Gantt and Kanban synchronization yourself
A simple way to evaluate whether a project management platform genuinely supports multiple synchronized views is to create a small project and work with the same tasks in different ways:
- Create five to eight tasks in the Table view.
- Open the project in Gantt and schedule the tasks.
- Add dependencies between some of them.
- Switch to Kanban and move a task to another state.
- Return to Gantt and verify that you are looking at the same updated task.
- Change a task date in Gantt and check it in Calendar.
- Edit the task in the Table view and verify the change in Kanban.
- Finally, view the task from a broader portfolio or Workspace perspective.
In Starbrix Core, you are not testing integrations between four different tools or modules.
You are simply looking at the same work from four different perspectives.
For teams of up to three members, Starbrix Core is free, including Gantt, Kanban, Table, Calendar, time tracking, documents, collaboration, and unlimited projects and tasks.
If you're evaluating Starbrix Core for organization-wide use, including shared projects with external collaborators, custom access controls, and portfolio reporting across departments, a tailored demo with your specific project structure is the most efficient next step.
