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Comparison · PM
My Hours vs Planka
A side-by-side editorial comparison of My Hours and Planka — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
My Hours vs Planka: at a glance
What is My Hours?
My Hours is growing from a timer into payroll-grade timesheets, with Claude as a front door.
Version 10.0 introduces configurable timesheet periods with submission, reminders, and period-based locking. It lands on top of a summer of attendance reports, unpaid breaks, budget alerts, and invoice upgrades, plus a remote MCP server that lets Claude read and log time.
What is Planka?
Planka's release feed tracks its Helm chart, not the board app itself.
The four entries tracked for Planka, the self-hosted Kanban board, are Helm chart releases for deploying it on Kubernetes, from 2.0.2 in February to 2.2.0 in August. Each carries the same one-line chart description and no notes about what changed.
My Hours vs Planka: editorial side-by-side
My Hours
6.3PM
My Hours is growing from a timer into payroll-grade timesheets, with Claude as a front door.
◆ Current state
Version 10.0 introduces configurable timesheet periods with submission, reminders, and period-based locking. It lands on top of a summer of attendance reports, unpaid breaks, budget alerts, and invoice upgrades, plus a remote MCP server that lets Claude read and log time.
◆ Where it's heading
The product is moving up-market into approval and compliance workflows that finance and HR care about, while keeping invoicing in-house. The MCP connector hints at conversational time entry as a secondary interface.
◆ Prediction
Expect approval and payroll-export features built on the new timesheet periods; whether the MCP integration extends beyond Claude isn't visible yet.
Planka
0.0PM
Planka's release feed tracks its Helm chart, not the board app itself.
◆ Current state
The four entries tracked for Planka, the self-hosted Kanban board, are Helm chart releases for deploying it on Kubernetes, from 2.0.2 in February to 2.2.0 in August. Each carries the same one-line chart description and no notes about what changed.
◆ Where it's heading
The chart moved through two minor versions in six months, which points to ongoing support for Kubernetes deployments. The entries say nothing about changes to the Planka application itself.
◆ Prediction
Unclear from these entries; another chart release is likely when the app ships a new version, but its content can't be predicted.
Alternatives to My Hours and Planka
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either My Hours or Planka.
Camunda
Camunda's 8.10 RC train turns into a bug sweep while 8.7 Optimize stays on CVE duty.
SmartSuite
SmartSuite opens its workspace to AI assistants through a hosted MCP server that acts as the user.
Fibery
Fibery is letting AI build the entity page itself, not just the apps around it.
Float
Float is moving from who's-free scheduling toward staffing on experience and pricing on rate cards.
Tracecat
Tracecat is turning its agent runtime into enterprise infrastructure: sandbox limits, SCIM, unified executors.
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Recent activity from My Hours and Planka
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5d agoMy HoursTimesheet periods, locking & per-user working days (10.0.0)
- 17d agoMy HoursInvoice columns, client notes & breaks improvements (9.11.0)
- 24d agoMy HoursBreaks, simpler clocking & bulk edit for Basic (9.10.0)
- 1mo agoMy HoursMy Hours MCP for Claude ⚡
- 1mo agoMy HoursTask budget alerts, invoice references & Jira sync (9.9.0)
- 1mo agoMy HoursAttendance report, budget tracking & invoice links (9.8.0)
- 1mo agoPlankaPlanka Helm chart 2.2.0
- 6mo agoPlankaPlanka Helm chart 2.1.0
- 7mo agoPlankaPlanka Helm chart 2.0.3
- 7mo agoPlankaPlanka Helm chart 2.0.2
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between My Hours and Planka?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. My Hours is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is My Hours better than Planka?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. My Hours is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to My Hours?
Top My Hours alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "My Hours alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/myhours for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Planka?
Top Planka alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Planka alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/planka for the full list with editorial commentary on each.