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Work Management Platforms · Rank #8 of 10

Hive review and pricing

Mid-market work management with built-in chat and time tracking.

By Hive · Founded 2015 · New York, NY · private

Hive is a mid-market work management platform with native chat and time tracking, founded in 2015 by John Furneaux and Eric Typaldos in New York. The product is positioned as a single-tool alternative to combining Asana and Slack and Harvest, with native messaging, time tracking, projects, tasks, and automations on one surface. Strengths: native chat reduces the need for a separate Slack subscription for small teams, native time tracking reduces need for Harvest or Toggl, decent project and task management with multiple views (Kanban, Gantt, calendar, table), reasonable per-seat pricing (Teams at $5 to $12 depending on configuration), and a usable mid-market footprint without the feature-bloat of ClickUp or the per-seat compounding of Asana at scale. Trade-offs: roadmap velocity is mid-pack and visibly slower than Asana, Monday, or ClickUp through 2024-2026, the native chat and time tracking are functional but thinner than dedicated tools (Slack and Harvest each clearly better at their core use case), enterprise features (SAML SSO, audit log, advanced security) gated to higher tiers, less mature integration ecosystem than the top tier, and limited buyer-side procurement footprint (small G2 review count relative to Asana, Monday, ClickUp suggests the platform has not broken into mainstream enterprise procurement).

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Best for

Mid-market teams (20 to 200 employees) that want a single-tool alternative to combining Asana and Slack and Harvest. Particularly strong for service businesses, agencies, and consultancies that need integrated time tracking and asynchronous chat in the work management surface.

Worst for

Large enterprises needing portfolio rollup at scale (Asana or Smartsheet better), engineering teams using Jira, regulated buyers needing deepest compliance posture (Smartsheet better), or buyers committed to Slack and Harvest as their team chat and time tracking standards.

Vendor Trust Score

Is Hive a trustworthy vendor?

7.8/10
Mixed
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
8.0
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
8.0
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
7.5
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
8.0
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
8.0
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
7.5
Trust signal log
  • 2015-09-01
    Hive founded by John Furneaux and Eric Typaldos in New York
    Positioned as single-tool alternative combining work management, chat, and time tracking.
  • 2021-03-09
    Hive raised Series A funding
    Funding round supports product roadmap expansion and AI investment.
  • 2023-06-21
    Hive Mind AI launched
    AI features for summaries, drafting, and routing positioned competitively against Asana Intelligence and monday AI.
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 720 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Native chat reduces need for separate Slack subscription
    87% →
  • Native time tracking reduces need for Harvest or Toggl
    78% →
  • Reasonable per-seat pricing for mid-market teams
    71% →
  • Useful single-tool alternative without ClickUp feature-bloat
    64% →

Complaint patterns

  • Roadmap velocity slower than Asana, Monday, ClickUp
    51% →
  • Native chat thinner than Slack
    47% →
  • Native time tracking thinner than Harvest
    41% →
  • Limited buyer-side procurement footprint
    38% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
75/100 -1 pts
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10 to 50 employees (Teams) $3,600
50 to 200 employees (Teams Pro) $21,600
200+ employees (Enterprise) $96,000
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Native chat reduces need for separate Slack subscription for small teams
  • Native time tracking reduces need for Harvest or Toggl
  • Decent project and task management with Kanban, Gantt, calendar, table views
  • Reasonable per-seat pricing (Teams $5 to $12 per seat)
  • Useful mid-market footprint without ClickUp feature-bloat
  • AI features (Hive Mind AI) at competitive add-on pricing

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Roadmap velocity mid-pack; slower than Asana, Monday, ClickUp
  • Native chat thinner than Slack
  • Native time tracking thinner than Harvest or Toggl
  • Enterprise features gated to higher tiers
  • Less mature integration ecosystem than top tier
  • Limited buyer-side procurement footprint (small G2 review count)
  • Mobile apps rated weaker than Asana and Monday

Key features & integrations

  • +Tasks and projects with multiple views (Kanban, Gantt, calendar, table)
  • +Native chat (1-to-1 and group)
  • +Native time tracking and timesheets
  • +Automations and templates
  • +Forms for intake
  • +Goals and project portfolios
  • +Hive Mind AI for summaries and drafting
  • +SAML SSO and audit log at Enterprise
  • +REST API
  • +Mobile iOS and Android
1000+ integrations
SlackMicrosoft TeamsGoogle WorkspaceMicrosoft 365ZoomSalesforceHubSpotJiraGitHubZapierDropboxBox
Geography supported
Global; strongest in US, UK, EU, Canada
Best fit
10 to 500 employees · Mid-market teams, agencies, consultancies
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of Work Management Platforms

Hive ranks #8 in our editorial review of 10 work management platforms platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

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