Nimble

Nimble is project and portfolio management software for organizing work across projects. Its listed tools cover portfolio prioritization, project intake, scenario planning, and capacity planning, helping teams assess proposed work and consider it alongside existing projects. Budget tracking and executive reporting support financial oversight and progress communication. Cross-project dependencies help teams account for relationships between separate projects. Nimble is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its free plan supports 10 users and 10 projects, while the Standard and Plus plans allow unlimited users and projects. The Team plan supports 50 users and 15 GB of file storage; Business supports 200 users and 50 GB; Enterprise supports 200 or more users and 1 TB. Nimble has a freemium pricing model and a 30-day trial. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States.

Nimble’s listed capabilities focus on portfolio-level planning, resource capacity, budgets, reporting, and dependencies. The free tier has explicit user and project caps, while paid plan prices are not provided.

Nimble suits teams that need to prioritize portfolios, plan capacity, track budgets, and report on work spanning multiple projects. Its free plan may fit smaller groups managing up to 10 users and 10 projects.

Nimble is project portfolio management software for organizations making choices across multiple projects. It is best suited to teams balancing proposed work against people and budgets; its broad planning scope is the main draw, while its free tier’s firm caps and paid plans’ custom pricing warrant consideration.

Overview

Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, Nimble centers on portfolio-level planning and oversight. Project intake and prioritization help teams assess incoming work, while scenario and capacity planning support decisions about what can be taken on. Budget tracking, cross-project dependencies, and executive reporting extend that view to financial constraints, connected projects, and leadership updates. This combination fits organizations managing competing initiatives better than teams that only need to coordinate a small set of independent projects.

Key features

Intake, prioritization, and planning

Project intake and portfolio prioritization address the early decision of which proposals deserve attention. Scenario planning and capacity planning help weigh possible work against available capacity, and budget tracking adds a financial consideration. These are useful capabilities for portfolio trade-offs, though they may be unnecessary overhead for teams seeking only basic project coordination.

Portfolio oversight

Cross-project dependencies help account for work that affects more than one project, and executive reporting gives leaders a way to review the portfolio at a higher level. Together, they suit organizations that need coordination and communication beyond individual project teams. Buyers without inter-project dependencies or executive reporting needs have less reason to favor Nimble’s broad scope.

Pricing

Nimble uses a freemium model, with a free plan and a 30-day trial. The Free plan costs nothing and allows 10 users and 10 projects. That cap makes it a bounded entry point for a small team evaluating portfolio planning, but it will not accommodate growth beyond either limit.

Standard and Plus include unlimited users and unlimited projects, making them the plans to consider when seat or project caps would constrain an organization. Team allows 50 users and 15 GB file storage; Business allows 200 users and 50 GB; Enterprise allows 200+ users and 1 TB. Paid plans use custom pricing. Their different user and storage limits give larger teams a basis for matching a plan to scale, but buyers must request pricing to compare the cost of those allowances. The free tier gives up that capacity, while its smaller caps may be sufficient for a limited portfolio.

Platforms

Nimble is available on Android, iOS, and the web, supporting access across mobile devices and browsers.

Who it's for

Nimble is a strong candidate for organizations that intake and prioritize work across a portfolio, plan capacity and budgets, and need to track dependencies or report to executives. Smaller teams can start with the capped Free plan if 10 users and 10 projects are enough. Teams with only standalone projects, or buyers unwilling to seek a custom quote for a paid plan, should look elsewhere.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Portfolio prioritization, intake, scenario planning, and capacity planning support decisions about which work to take on and whether it can be resourced.
• Pros: Budget tracking, executive reporting, and cross-project dependencies extend oversight across financial, leadership, and coordination needs.
• Pros: The Free plan costs nothing and includes up to 10 users and 10 projects.
• Cons: Free-plan caps may block teams that need more than 10 users or 10 projects.
• Cons: Paid plans have custom pricing, so buyers cannot compare their prices from the stated plan terms alone.
• Cons: Team, Business, and Enterprise have user and storage limits, unlike the unlimited user and project allowances in Standard and Plus.

Alternatives

For more options in this category, see Project Portfolio Management Software.

• Planforge is worth considering if a no-time-limit cloud free plan capped at four users, with no credit card required, better suits a smaller team.
• Project Insight may fit a small team looking for a free-forever plan capped at three users or a Pro plan priced at $9 a month.
• Planview AdaptiveWork is another paid option with pricing available by contacting an account executive.
• Ivanti Neurons for Enterprise Service Management includes a broader range of service-management capabilities alongside PPM.
• Oracle Primavera Cloud is an alternative with paid cloud service plans, including a Hosted Named User option priced at $12 a month.
• PDWare ResourceFirst is another paid alternative.
• Planisware Orchestra is a paid alternative with a free trial and pricing provided on request.
• OnePlan is a paid alternative with a free trial and no free plan.

Verdict

Choose Nimble if your organization needs portfolio-level intake, prioritization, capacity and budget planning, and executive oversight in one planning tool. Its breadth is the clearest reason to choose it; the free plan’s 10-user and 10-project ceilings and custom-priced paid tiers are the main reasons to compare alternatives first.