Does the Starbrix free plan include analytics dashboards?
Yes. Starbrix Core includes project analytics and portfolio dashboards even on the free plan.
The free plan is not limited to basic task views such as Gantt, Kanban and Calendar. You can also analyze project performance at two levels:
- Project level – with a Summary dashboard for each individual project.
- Portfolio level – with dashboards that aggregate information across multiple projects.
Both are included in Starbrix Core Free, which is free for teams of up to three members.
This means that even a small team can move beyond simply managing tasks and use dashboards to understand how individual projects – and the project portfolio as a whole – are progressing.
Project performance analytics with the Summary dashboard
Every project in Starbrix Core has a Summary tab that provides an overview of the project's current performance.
Instead of opening individual tasks or switching between different project views, you can quickly see key information about the project in one place.
The Summary dashboard includes information such as:
- Current project status
- Project schedule and planned dates
- Schedule completion
- Manually updated completion
- Task-based completion
- Task status distribution
- Completed and open tasks
- On-time and overdue tasks
- Project managers and participants
- Resource participation in tasks
Because the dashboard uses the same project and task data as the rest of Starbrix, it gives you an up-to-date picture of how the project is progressing.
Portfolio dashboards across multiple projects
Starbrix Core also includes portfolio dashboards for analyzing performance across projects.
The dashboard can show both ongoing and upcoming projects as well as completed projects. This makes it possible to look at current performance and analyze what has happened over time.
Portfolio analytics include views such as:
- Project status distribution
- Schedule adherence
- Project completion levels
- Task-based completion levels
- Distribution of projects between project managers
- Completed projects over time
This gives project managers and organizations a higher-level view without having to open and review projects individually.
Analyze the whole organization – or filter the portfolio
The portfolio dashboard is not limited to one fixed portfolio.
You can analyze projects across the entire organization or narrow the dashboard to the projects that matter for a particular analysis.
For example, you can filter projects by:
- Workspace – analyze the projects belonging to a particular team, department or other workspace.
- Customer – see the performance of all projects related to a particular customer.
- Member – analyze projects involving a particular member of the organization.
This makes the same dashboard useful for different perspectives. Management can look at the entire project portfolio, while a team leader, project manager or customer-focused role can concentrate on a relevant subset of projects.
Work views and analytics dashboards work together
Starbrix Core combines operational project views with performance analytics.
Work views help you plan and manage the work:
- Gantt
- Kanban
- Calendar
- Tasks
- To-dos
Analytics dashboards help you understand how that work is progressing:
- Project Summary
- Project performance
- Schedule adherence
- Completion levels
- Task status
- Portfolio performance
- Completed-project trends
Because these views are based on the same underlying project and task data, you can move from the portfolio overview to an individual project and then into its tasks and schedule without maintaining a separate reporting system.
Do you need a paid plan for project dashboards?
No.
Both the project Summary dashboard and the portfolio dashboards are included in Starbrix Core Free.
The free plan supports teams of up to three members and includes the core tools needed to plan projects, manage tasks, track time, collaborate and analyze project performance.
So if you're looking for free project management software with Gantt, Kanban and portfolio dashboards, you don't need to upgrade just to get project and portfolio analytics in Starbrix Core.
You can start with the free plan and use the same project data for both day-to-day project management and higher-level performance analysis.
