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Pricing from
$9 per user per month
Free Trial
Free version
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User industry
  1. Public sector and nonprofit organizations
  2. Education and training
  3. Professional services (engineering, legal, consulting, etc.)

What is Kerika

Kerika is a cloud-based work management tool that combines Kanban boards, task lists, and whiteboards for planning and tracking team work. It is used by small teams and distributed groups to manage projects, coordinate tasks, and collaborate on visual artifacts in a shared workspace. The product emphasizes simple board-based workflows, real-time collaboration, and access controls suitable for cross-organization work.

pros

Multiple board types in one

Kerika supports Kanban boards, task boards/lists, and collaborative whiteboards within the same product. This lets teams move between visual brainstorming and execution tracking without switching tools. It can reduce tool sprawl for teams that need both lightweight whiteboarding and task management.

Real-time collaborative editing

Kerika provides multi-user, real-time collaboration on boards and whiteboards. Changes appear immediately for other participants, supporting synchronous planning sessions and ongoing asynchronous updates. This fits distributed teams that need a shared source of truth for work status.

Practical permissions for teams

Kerika includes sharing and access controls to manage who can view or edit boards. This is useful when collaborating with external partners or across departments. It supports controlled collaboration without requiring a complex enterprise administration model.

cons

Limited enterprise PPM depth

Kerika focuses on team-level boards and task execution rather than full portfolio and program management. Organizations that need advanced capacity planning, financial tracking, or complex governance workflows may find gaps. Reporting and cross-project rollups are typically less extensive than in dedicated PPM suites.

Smaller integration ecosystem

Compared with larger work management and visual collaboration platforms, Kerika generally offers fewer native integrations and marketplace options. Teams that rely on extensive automation across chat, developer tools, and BI may need workarounds. This can increase dependence on manual updates or custom processes.

Whiteboard feature set is lighter

Kerika includes whiteboards, but the breadth of templates, facilitation features, and advanced diagramming capabilities may be narrower than specialized visual collaboration suites. For complex workshops or diagram-heavy use cases, teams may need supplemental tools. This can matter for organizations standardizing on a single whiteboard platform.

Plan & Pricing

Plan Price Key features & notes
Professional $9 per user/month (US pricing); $90 per user/year (annual = 10× monthly) Task Boards & Whiteboards, unlimited boards & tasks, file & board attachments, board chat, integrations (Google Workspace, Office 365, Box), role types (Team Members vs Visitors — Visitors are view-only). See official Kerika blog for feature descriptions and pricing notes.
Business $13 per user/month (US pricing); $130 per user/year (annual = 10× monthly) Everything in Professional plus additional business support (priority support / unlimited consulting on task management and custom templates according to Kerika communications).

Notes: Kerika displays local pricing and supports payment in many currencies (135 currencies). Academic & Nonprofit customers receive a 50% discount on plan pricing when eligible. Monthly and annual billing are offered; annual cost is explicitly 10× the monthly rate. Kerika offers a trial period for new users (see free-trial details).

Seller details

Kerika, Inc.
Seattle, WA, USA
2001
Private
https://www.kerika.com/
https://x.com/kerika
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kerika/

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