Agile Project Management SoftwareAgile management that accounts for budgets.
Backlog, sprints, kanban, and planning poker. And budget calculated automatically from your team's story points.
Forever free plan. No credit card required. No forced sales call.
Integrates natively into your existing stack
Code, issue trackers, video meetings, and team chat. Manifst connects directly to your daily tools.
Azure DevOps
Linear
Azure Boards
Jira Cloud
Google Meet AI
Complete Agile Platform: Backlog, Custom Workflows & Planning Poker
- 3-level backlog: Super Epic, Epic, Ticket
- Transition rules & custom workflows by Scrum role (List, Matrix & Journey views)
- Definition of Done (DoD) & AI User Story quality auditing
- Native in-session Planning Poker & Retrospectives accessible to guests
- 1-click Sprint Review export to PowerPoint (.pptx)
- 87 ready-to-use user stories with acceptance criteria
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- 1Active Sprint: goal, days remaining, completed tickets, and story points delivered, updated live above the board.
Automated EVM Budget Management & Project Metrics
Your teams estimate in points, complete tickets, and log work hours. These three actions are all that's needed to calculate an Earned Value budget. Manifst does the math.
× declared budget
member rate
Here, Earned Value is calculated in story points. A pure accounting tool cannot do this. A pure agile tool doesn't think to do it.
Real-Time Project Actual Cost Tracking
Time logged on tickets converts into actual cost using each member's daily rate. The gap with delivered value computes performance indices and completion forecast.
Zero extra screens for developers. The only step added is setting the project budget once.
Explore EVM Budget Formulas
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- 1CPI 1.37: every euro spent produced €1.37 of value. Above 1.0, the project is under budget.
- 2Earned Value €219,403: story points delivered, converted into currency prorated to declared budget.
Native Planning Poker & Team Story Point Estimation
In Jira, planning poker requires a paid Marketplace app. Here it's a native screen: participants, hidden-then-revealed votes, and points automatically saved to backlog items.
Everyone sees their relevant view: Scrum Master tracks voting progress, developers choose cards. The same live session, tailored to each role.
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Scrum Master
Developer
From Spec Document to First Sprint in Minutes
Purpose-built AI assistants to structure, audit, and accelerate your team's workflow.
AI Launchpad
Upload a product spec or requirements document: AI generates the full backlog hierarchy (Super Epics, Epics, and User Stories with acceptance criteria).
Google Meet ➔ Backlog
Import Google Meet meeting transcripts: AI extracts requirements and converts them into actionable tickets and epics ready for refinement.
AI Quality Audit & Score
Evaluate user story quality in 1 click (clarity, testability, acceptance criteria) and automatically split complex tickets into sub-tasks.
The spec, the meeting notes and the decision live next to the backlog
A ticket says what to ship. It never says why this option was chosen, or who decided. That half ends up in a second tool, on a second subscription, and is lost the moment someone leaves. Manifst keeps it in the same project, under the same permissions.
Alternatives ruled out
Migration
Multi-Project Portfolio Consolidation for PMOs & Leadership
The same real-time calculation, aggregated across programs.
Program Roadmap
Multiple projects overlaid on a single consolidated timeline.
Financial Roll-up
Consolidated metrics & totals, plus drill-down by project.
API & Power BI
Scoped API keys and documented Power BI connectors.
Data Sovereignty
French infrastructure, French AI (Mistral AI), no transfer outside the EU.
Agile Experts & Client Testimonials
Two recognized agile experts, and an engineering team that migrated from Jira.
"A very solid product after just a few months of development that already suits most SMBs and even enterprise companies."
Arnaud Lissajoux
Creator of France's first RNCP Agile curriculum, co-creator of OpenClassrooms Agile courses
"Manifst is already above market-leading solutions in project management."
Pierre E. Neis
MIT Graduate, Agile Coach & Author in Project Management
"We migrated our entire backlog from Jira to Manifst in under 10 minutes using their built-in connector, completely autonomously."
Anthony Tinson
Founder of Seikai & Koushin, Data Engineering Expert & Solutions Architect
Cold & Factual Benchmark from Leading AI Models
We submitted Manifst and 8 market leaders (Jira, ClickUp, Monday, Asana...) to the exact same neutral prompt. Here are the top 3 rankings assigned by each AI.
Claude
Anthropic · Claude 5 Opus« Most balanced agile solution thanks to native EVM and 100% French hosting, with zero add-on costs. »
Gemini
Google · Gemini 3.6 Flash« Comprehensive agile alternative offering native EVM financial modeling and unmatched data sovereignty. »
Grok
xAI · Grok 4.5« Ultra-smooth alternative to Jira's complexity, offering total sovereignty and immediate team adoption. »
Kimi
Moonshot AI · Kimi 3« The only market solution combining native Earned Value Management (EVM) with 100% France hosting. »
Qwen
Alibaba Cloud · Qwen 3.8« Eliminates paid add-on surcharges thanks to native agile features (Poker, Retros, EVM). »
GLM
Zhipu AI · GLM-5.2« Perfect alignment with enterprise and public sector governance requiring data sovereignty and financial control. »
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Manifst primarily an agile tool or a project management tool?
An agile tool first. Backlog, sprints, kanban boards, and retrospectives form the core product. The financial and portfolio layers are calculated directly from sprint data.
Do we have to use the financial tracking features?
No. Sections can be hidden by role and project. A pure Scrum team can ignore budget, risks, and RACI matrices.
Does Manifst replace Jira?
For most teams, yes. Unless you rely on highly custom workflows and dozens of Marketplace apps, Manifst provides all core agile features natively. Read full comparison.
Where is our data hosted?
All data is hosted and stored in France, fully GDPR compliant. The AI provider is Mistral AI, a French company: content submitted to AI features is processed within the European Union under a GDPR data processing agreement. Hosting and AI both fall under European law. See our commitments in detail.
Is AI included?
The nine AI assistants consume AI credits, included in paid plans. The free plan gives access to all core agile features without generative assistance.
Start with a single sprint. The rest follows naturally.
Governance metrics appear automatically as soon as your first sprint closes.
Enterprise inquiries or custom procurement? Contact us at contact@manifst.net.
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