# Quire — Project Management & Collaboration

Quire by PixelPlow Co., Ltd. holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-10-15. Provenance: provenance unknown; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: PixelPlow Co., Ltd. (https://quire.io)
- Category: [Project Management & Collaboration](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): provenance unknown
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/quire
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/quire/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/quire/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-21 · evaluated 2026-10-15 · oldest source captured 2026-10-13

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: PixelPlow Co., Ltd.
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Yes, per the vendor’s own page [S3]

## The panel's verdict

Quire, a project management tool from PixelPlow Co., Ltd., is strongest on collaboration depth at 7-8 and integrations at 7-8, with onboarding at 6-8. The judges credit external collaborators who stay outside the organization behind document, sublist and chat permission controls, dependencies in a Gantt-style Timeline View, and a workspace-wide Smart Folder, alongside a developer surface with a REST API using OAuth v2.0 and PKCE, webhooks with retries, a command-line tool with bulk operations up to 300 tasks per call, and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code. Reporting lands at 6-7, held back by plan gating — the Time Report appears in the Professional, Premium and Enterprise plans, the Timesheet in Premium and Enterprise — and we found no public information on budget reporting. Sovereignty sits at 1-2: no sovereignty attributes are on record, and we found no public information on data residency, a data-processing agreement, subprocessors or the vendor's jurisdiction. The 6-8 onboarding spread splits between the import paths from Asana, Trello, Wunderlist and Todoist and no public information on trial terms or the signup flow.

**Speaks for it:**
- External team members stay outside your organization behind document-, sublist- and chat-level permissions, with multiple assignees supported
- Dependencies render in a Gantt-style Timeline View, with a workspace-wide Smart Folder and real-time dashboards tracking progress, workloads and portfolio health
- The developer surface is deep and well documented: a REST API with OAuth v2.0 and PKCE, webhooks with retry behavior, an encrypted command-line tool with bulk operations up to 300 tasks per call, and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code
- JSON importers with stated behaviors bring work in from Asana, Trello, Wunderlist and Todoist, with CSV and JSON export for the way out
- Guide pages stay current — one last updated August 10, 2026 — alongside templates, webinars and a schedulable call with a Quire expert

**Held against it:**
- Sovereignty scored 1-2, with no public information on data residency, a data-processing agreement, subprocessors or the vendor's jurisdiction
- The Time Report is confined to the Professional, Premium and Enterprise plans, the Timesheet to Premium and Enterprise
- No price, billing period or seat figure appears on any captured page, so the real cost cannot be determined before talking to the vendor
- The evidenced native integrations are a free Microsoft Teams integration and email capture, with no public information on Slack, calendar sync or automation platforms
- Workload and capacity evidence rests on dashboard claims rather than a dedicated capacity view

**Best for:**
- You are migrating from Asana, Trello, Wunderlist or Todoist and want documented import paths plus paste-in capture on a Free plan
- You automate or script your tooling and want a real developer surface — OAuth v2.0 with PKCE, webhook retries, a CLI with bulk operations, and an MCP server for AI assistants
- You collaborate with external teams and clients who must stay outside your organization under document-, sublist- and chat-level permissions
- You want a documented exit path — export to CSV and JSON files is supported

**Avoid if:**
- You must verify data residency, a data-processing agreement or subprocessor exposure before signing — sovereignty scored 1-2 with nothing on record
- You need time reporting on an entry tier — the Time Report is confined to the Professional, Premium and Enterprise plans, the Timesheet to Premium and Enterprise
- Your team depends on native Slack, calendar or automation-platform connections — the captured pages evidence a free Microsoft Teams integration and email capture

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The Data Protection Officer | The Bootstrapper | The Enterprise Architect | The UX Purist | The Integrator | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Collaboration depth | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| Reporting | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Integrations | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Onboarding effort | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 0.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 |
| Support & documentation | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3.5/5** | **3.5/5** | **3/5** |

### The judges

- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Reads the DPA before the feature list. Optimizes for GDPR posture: EU hosting, subprocessor exposure, deletion guarantees. Rejects anything that cannot answer where the data lives.
- **The Bootstrapper** (v1.2): Pays with their own card. Optimizes for price/value at 3 seats and at 30, a usable free tier, and a price page that answers instead of qualifying. Rejects hidden seat minimums and "contact sales".
- **The Enterprise Architect** (v1.0): Buys for two hundred seats and answers for it later. Optimizes for SSO/SCIM, permissions, audit trails, certifications and a clean exit. Rejects anything that cannot survive procurement.
- **The UX Purist** (v1.0): Measures time-to-first-value with a stopwatch. Optimizes for clarity, density and software that teaches itself. Rejects fourteen-step setups and empty screens that offer no way forward.
- **The Integrator** (v1.0): Lives in the API docs before the product tour. Optimizes for webhooks, import/export and a tool that plays well in a stack. Rejects closed ecosystems and CSV-only exits.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.2): Assumes the marketing is lying until the evidence says otherwise. Hunts lock-in, dark patterns, hidden cost and dead changelogs. Exists to keep the rest of the panel honest.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

No sovereignty finding yet.

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Hosting**
- Uptime: uptime [S7]

**Integrations**
- API: yes · yes [S3]
- API: yes [S7]
- Auth: OAuth v2.0 [S6]
- Bulk dry run discount: half cost (ceil(N/2), min 1) [S6]
- Cli: @quire-io/quire-cli · yes [S6]
- Cli bulk limit: 300 [S6]
- Cli credential encryption: AES-256-GCM [S6]
- Cli install channels: yes · yes · Node 20 or later · yes [S6]
- Compact responses: full · compact [S6]
- Developer API: yes [S1]
- Endpoint base URL: https · 1.0.0 · https://quire.io/api [S6]
- Error code quota: quota exceeded (plan limits) · 469 · 402 [S6]
- Error code subscription expired: subscription expired · 470 · 402 [S6]
- Import alternatives: Import a CSV File · Import with JSON File · Copy Tasks to Other Applications [S8]
- Mcp auth: OAuth 2.1 · yes · yes [S6]
- Mcp server: https://mcp.quire.app/mcp · Claude · ChatGPT · Cursor · VS Code · yes [S6]
- Microsoft teams: free · yes [S7]
- Personal project metering: 50 · 12 [S6]
- Pkce: yes · yes [S6]
- Rate limit response: 429 [S6]
- Request size limit: 1048576 · 413 [S6]
- Rest API: Quire REST API with broad set of operations and resources [S6]
- Retry after header: Retry-After [S6]
- Teams updates: yes [S7]
- Token expiration: 6 [S6]
- Webhook retries: 2 hours later · 1 day later [S6]
- Webhooks: yes [S6]

**Legal**
- Entity: Potix Corporation [S3]
- Entity: Potix Corporation [S1]
- Entity: Potix Corporation [S7]

**Pricing**
- Free tier: yes [S3]
- Free tier: yes · no [S7]
- Rate limit enterprise: Enterprise · 500 × members · 100 × members [S6]
- Rate limit free: Free · 200 · 50 [S6]
- Rate limit premium: Premium · 5000 · 1000 [S6]
- Rate limit professional: Professional · 1250 · 300 [S6]

**Product**
- Agile scrum: yes [S1]
- Asana import behavior: Asana tasks go to Tree view; Asana task-description subtasks become nested subtasks. [S9]
- Board view: Board View tracks tasks by status in a Kanban-style board [S5]
- Calendar: yes [S1]
- Calendar view: Calendar View plans and reviews tasks by date [S5]
- Capture methods: text · Camera · Siri [S1]
- Charts: Charts turn task data into visual reports [S5]
- Chat project tied: real-time chat tied to a project [S2]
- Chat vs comments: whole project · single task [S2]
- Copy between projects: yes · header names and custom field formats must match between both projects [S8]
- Custom fields: yes [S1]
- Dashboard: Dashboard visualizes project data with widgets [S5]
- Dashboards: progress · workloads · portfolio_health · yes [S3]
- Document: yes [S1]
- Documents: create and share reference documents inside a project [S2]
- Export formats: Export to CSV and JSON files supported. [S9]
- External collaboration: team roles · external teams · share links to clients [S1]
- External collaborators: yes · yes · yes [S3]
- External no join required: no [S2]
- External permissions: Document Permission · Sublist Permission · Chat Permission [S2]
- External team: collaborate with people outside your organization [S2]
- Import alternatives: Alternative import methods: copy-and-paste and CSV file import. [S9]
- Import copy paste: documents · spreadsheets · emails · other Quire projects · yes [S8]
- Import spreadsheet paste: yes · spreadsheet header names must match Quire fields; custom fields must already exist [S8]
- Import text lists: Word · Notepad · email clients such as Gmail · yes [S8]
- Insights: Insights build custom calculated summaries [S5]
- Json import method: Upload a local JSON file via the project name dropdown menu in a new Quire project. [S9]
- Json import sources: Asana · Trello · Wunderlist · Todoist [S9]
- Kanban view: priorities · statuses · assignees · yes [S7]
- List view: List View · yes [S7]
- Mobile apps: yes · yes · yes [S7]
- My tasks: My Tasks for spontaneous tasks [S1]
- Other import export methods: Import a Quire CSV file · Import with JSON file (Migrate from other apps) · Copy to another Application · Export to CSV/JSON file [S8]
- Page last updated: 2026-08-10 [S9]
- Paste root or subtask choice: root tasks · subtasks [S8]
- Peekaboo: Peekaboo · yes [S7]
- Permission control: yes [S3]
- Platform apps: yes · yes · yes [S3]
- Platforms: web app · iOS · Android · Android APK [S1]
- Platforms web: yes [S7]
- Project sharing: yes [S3]
- Project transfer feature: Transfer feature can split tasks into multiple projects or organizations. [S9]
- Reports: Comprehensive Report · yes [S7]
- Smart folder: yes [S1]
- Smart folder: Smart Folder · yes [S7]
- Sublist: Focused Sublist view [S1]
- Sublists: group related tasks together across a project [S2]
- Table view: Table View shows tasks in a spreadsheet-style layout [S5]
- Task dependency: Task Dependency lets you set and view dependencies between tasks in Timeline View [S5]
- Team scale: 100000 [S1]
- Teams bot tasks: teams channel bot · add task · assign task · add comment [S7]
- Templates: Resources Management · Customer Relationship Management · yes [S3]
- Templates: yes [S1]
- Time report chart controls: Toggle Billable and Non-billable data [S4]
- Time report default range: default chart range is one week [S4]
- Time report description: all recorded time entries across tasks in chronological order [S4]
- Time report edit entries: yes [S4]
- Time report plan: Professional · Premium · Enterprise [S4]
- Time report task time comparison: total time spent compared with the estimated time [S4]
- Time report week navigation: week navigation via arrows or calendar picker [S4]
- Time tracker: Time Tracker reviews time totals and reports [S5]
- Time tracker project totals: Time Tracker aggregates per-task time into project-wide totals [S5]
- Time tracker views: Time Report and Timesheet [S4]
- Time tracking CSV export: csv · yes [S4]
- Timeline only dependencies view: Timeline View is the only view built to visualize schedules and dependencies [S5]
- Timeline view: Timeline View visualizes schedules and dependencies [S5]
- Timeline view: yes · yes [S7]
- Timesheet billable filter: filter by Billable [S4]
- Timesheet description: groups time entries by team member [S4]
- Timesheet edit entries: yes [S4]
- Timesheet plan: Premium · Enterprise [S4]
- Todoist export tool: Todoist export via open-source tool at darekkay.com/todoist-export [S9]
- Todoist import behavior: Todoist projects merged into one Quire project; Todoist sections can optionally be converted to task statuses. [S9]
- Track time: Track Time logs time spent on a task [S5]
- Tracking charts: Project tracking with interactive charts [S1]
- Trello import behavior: Trello boards/cards go to Kanban Board view; tags, descriptions, comments preserved; Tree view available. [S9]
- Unlimited nested tasks: yes · yes [S7]
- Users count: >500k [S7]
- Views: Nested Task List, Kanban Board, Timeline [S7]
- Wunderlist import behavior: Wunderlist list → root task; tasks → subtasks; subtasks → sub-subtasks. [S9]

**Support**
- Expert call: yes · yes [S3]
- Resources: Tutorial · Guide · Templates · App Directory · Developers & API · Security · FAQ [S1]
- Resources: Tutorial · Guide · Templates · App Directory · Developers & API · Security · FAQ [S7]
- Webinars: yes [S3]

## Questions

### Is Quire European?

Not determined: the vendor’s pages as captured do not say where Quire is based.

### Where does Quire store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### Does Quire have a free plan?

Yes. Quire has a free plan, per [the vendor’s page captured 13 Oct 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/8024).

### What are the best alternatives to Quire?

As of 21 Oct 2026, the panel rates [awork (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/awork), [Kantree (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/kantree) and [Teamwork.com (4/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/teamwork) highest among the other 60 Project Management & Collaboration products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [awork](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/awork) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [Quire alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/quire/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- We found no public information on compliance on the pages we read (quire.io, quire.io/guide/collaborating-with-your-team, quire.io/why-quire/team-collaboration, quire.io/guide/time-tracking-reports, quire.io/guide/tracking-progress-reporting, quire.io/dev/api and 3 more). If the vendor publishes it somewhere else, send us the page.
- 5 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 4 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 2 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor page: https://quire.io (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S2] Collaboration depth — found from sitemap: https://quire.io/guide/collaborating-with-your-team/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S3] Collaboration depth — found from sitemap: https://quire.io/why-quire/team-collaboration (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S4] Reporting — found from sitemap: https://quire.io/guide/time-tracking-reports/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S5] Reporting — found from sitemap: https://quire.io/guide/tracking-progress-reporting/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S6] Integrations — found from sitemap: https://quire.io/dev/api/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S7] Integrations — found from sitemap: https://quire.io/microsoft-teams-integration (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S8] Onboarding effort — found from sitemap: https://quire.io/guide/import-via-copy-paste/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S9] Onboarding effort — found from sitemap: https://quire.io/guide/import-with-json/ (checked 2026-10-13)

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Cite as: whats-best.ai, "Quire — Project Management & Collaboration", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-21. https://whats-best.ai/software/project-management/quire

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