Free Gantt Chart · For Freelancers
Free Gantt Chart for Freelancers
GanttFather is a free Gantt chart for freelancers managing multiple clients. The free tier gives you 1 project you own with 2 editor seats and unlimited free viewers and guests, plus public read-only client share links — no per-seat tax, no Excel paywall, no signup required for stakeholder review. Editing a project someone else owns is always free. Own extra projects for a flat $5/month each ($30/year).
Why most Gantt tools fail freelancers
- Per-seat pricing on competing tools breaks the budget the moment a client wants to log in.
- Free tiers cap at 1 project and 3 users, which fails when you juggle several active clients at once.
- Excel export is paywalled in most "free" tools — but clients still ask for spreadsheet handoffs.
- Sharing a project with a non-technical client requires forcing them to sign up for yet another SaaS.
- Onboarding eats hours that you cannot bill, before you have even moved the first task.
What GanttFather gives freelancers for free
Unlimited free viewers and guests
Invite every client, contractor, and stakeholder to view your projects for free — viewers and guests are always unlimited. Editing a project someone else owns is free too; the owner covers it. Each project you own includes 2 editor seats; extra active editors are just $2/month.
Solves: Per-seat pricing pain
Public Spectator Link — no client signup
Generate a read-only public URL for any project. The client clicks the link, sees the live timeline in their browser, no account needed. Zero friction for review meetings.
Solves: Client onboarding pain
Round-trip Excel sync
Import client briefs from Excel; export the live Gantt back to Excel for invoicing or stakeholder reports. No manual retyping. Round-trip preserves dates, dependencies, assignees.
Solves: Excel handoff pain
Flat per-project pricing, no per-seat tax
Own 1 project free, with 2 editor seats and unlimited free viewers. Each extra project you own is a flat $5/month ($30/year — 50% off), regardless of how many clients view it. Need another active editor on a project? $2/month. Cancel anytime, 7-day refund window.
Solves: Multi-client juggling
No card, no trial, no hidden tier
Sign up with email, start the first project in 30 seconds. No 30-day clock. No "sales call required" wall. Critical path, dependencies, AI agents — all included on day one.
Solves: Onboarding time pain
AI agents via MCP
Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant to your project. Agents can ingest a client brief and draft a full Gantt timeline before you touch the timeline.
Solves: Time-to-plan pain
Real freelancer workflows
Onboarding a new design client
A boutique agency hires you for a 6-week brand refresh. The client wants weekly progress visibility but refuses to sign up for another tool.
How GanttFather helps: Create the project, generate a Spectator Link, paste it into the kickoff email. The client bookmarks one URL and sees the live timeline forever — no password, no upgrade, no per-viewer fee.
Reusing an existing Excel project plan
A returning client hands you their last Gantt as an .xlsx file with 80 tasks, dependencies, and assignees from the previous engagement.
How GanttFather helps: Use the Excel importer to bring the file in directly — task names, dates, dependencies, and assignees all map across. Adjust dates for the new engagement without retyping a single row.
Drafting a project plan from a brief with AI
You receive a 2,000-word RFP and need to estimate hours and propose a timeline by tomorrow.
How GanttFather helps: Connect Claude (or any MCP agent) to a fresh GanttFather project. Paste the RFP into chat, ask for a draft plan with milestones and dependencies. The agent calls create_task and update_task to build the timeline directly in the project — you review, refine, send to the client.
Frequently asked questions
Is GanttFather actually free for freelancers?
Yes. The free tier gives you 1 project you own, 2 editor seats on it, and unlimited free viewers and guests. Every feature — dependencies, critical path, Kanban, Excel sync, AI agents — is included at $0. Owning extra projects is a flat $5/month each ($30/year), and an additional active editor beyond the 2 included is $2/month — only if you need them.
Can I share a project with a client without making them sign up?
Yes. Generate a Spectator Link from the project Settings — it is a public read-only URL that anyone can view in their browser. Clients see the live Gantt timeline, current status, and assignees without creating an account or installing anything.
How does GanttFather compare to TeamGantt for freelancers?
TeamGantt limits the free plan to 1 project and 3 users with no Excel export and no Kanban view. GanttFather lets unlimited viewers and guests in for free, includes Kanban synced with the Gantt, and offers two-way Excel sync for free. For freelancers handling multiple clients, GanttFather avoids the per-seat tax — clients who only view never cost a thing, and editing a project someone else owns is always free. See the full comparison at /vs/teamgantt.
Can I bill clients per project from inside GanttFather?
Not directly — billing and invoicing are not built in. But you can export the project to Excel for time tracking and use the virtual resources feature to track equipment and software costs per project, then export those to your invoicing tool of choice.
What happens if a client wants to edit the project too?
Invite them as an editor. Each project you own includes 2 editor seats at no cost — they get an email invite, sign up free, and can edit tasks directly. Need a third active editor on the same project? That seat is $2/month. You control everyone's permission level (Owner, Admin, Member, Guest) from project Settings, and unlimited viewers stay free.
Can I migrate from Trello, Asana, or Monday for free?
Yes, via Excel. Export tasks from your current tool to .xlsx, then import the .xlsx into GanttFather using the built-in Excel importer. Task names, dates, and assignees migrate cleanly. Dependencies survive if your source tool exported them; otherwise, recreate dependencies in the GanttFather UI in a few clicks.
Try GanttFather free
Every feature is free — Gantt, Kanban, dependencies, critical path, real-time collaboration, Excel sync, AI agents. Free tier includes 1 project you own, 2 editor seats, and unlimited viewers and guests.
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