Alternatives — questions and answers
Honest comparisons with the tools Polaris replaces, including what each one still does better.
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- Is Polaris really free, or is there a seat charge hiding somewhere?
Alternatives to the work tools you pay for by the seat
- What is the catch on two dollars per hour?
Alternatives to the work tools you pay for by the seat
- How current is the competitor pricing on these pages?
Alternatives to the work tools you pay for by the seat
- Do I have to leave my current tools to use Polaris?
Alternatives to the work tools you pay for by the seat
- Which of these tools does Polaris genuinely not replace?
Alternatives to the work tools you pay for by the seat
- Can Polaris import a Notion workspace?
A Notion alternative for teams tired of maintaining the database
- Is Polaris genuinely free, or free until it is not?
A Notion alternative for teams tired of maintaining the database
- How does Polaris AI differ from Notion AI?
A Notion alternative for teams tired of maintaining the database
- What happens to Notion's per-seat cost if I run both?
A Notion alternative for teams tired of maintaining the database
- Does Polaris have a block editor like Notion?
A Notion alternative for teams tired of maintaining the database
- Can Polaris import Jira issues?
A Jira alternative that does some of the work, not just the tracking
- Is Polaris a like-for-like Jira replacement for a 60-engineer org?
A Jira alternative that does some of the work, not just the tracking
- How much does Jira actually cost per year?
A Jira alternative that does some of the work, not just the tracking
- What does two dollars per hour buy on an engineering task?
A Jira alternative that does some of the work, not just the tracking
- Does Polaris connect to GitHub the way Jira does?
A Jira alternative that does some of the work, not just the tracking
- Does Polaris have a board view like Trello?
A Trello alternative for teams who outgrew ten boards
- Can I import my Trello boards?
A Trello alternative for teams who outgrew ten boards
- What replaces my Butler automations?
A Trello alternative for teams who outgrew ten boards
- Is Polaris free forever or is this a beta price?
A Trello alternative for teams who outgrew ten boards
- We are five people and Trello Free is fine. Why switch?
A Trello alternative for teams who outgrew ten boards
- Should a Linear team actually switch to Polaris?
A Linear alternative for the work Linear was never meant to hold
- Does Polaris have keyboard shortcuts as good as Linear's?
A Linear alternative for the work Linear was never meant to hold
- What does the Linear connection let an AI worker do?
A Linear alternative for the work Linear was never meant to hold
- How does Polaris pricing compare to Linear at twenty people?
A Linear alternative for the work Linear was never meant to hold
- Is Polaris ready for a production engineering team?
A Linear alternative for the work Linear was never meant to hold
- Does Polaris replace Slack completely?
A Slack alternative where the message becomes a task, not scrollback
- Will connecting Slack create tasks without me knowing?
A Slack alternative where the message becomes a task, not scrollback
- What does Slack cost a twenty-person team per year?
A Slack alternative where the message becomes a task, not scrollback
- How is Slack authorised, and can anyone read the token?
A Slack alternative where the message becomes a task, not scrollback
- Does Polaris keep full message history on the free plan?
A Slack alternative where the message becomes a task, not scrollback
- Is the Asana free plan really limited to two users now?
An Asana alternative for teams pushed off the free plan
- Can Polaris do Asana-style rules and forms?
An Asana alternative for teams pushed off the free plan
- How do I move Asana projects into Polaris?
An Asana alternative for teams pushed off the free plan
- What is the catch on two dollars per human-hour?
An Asana alternative for teams pushed off the free plan
- Does Polaris have anything like Asana Goals?
An Asana alternative for teams pushed off the free plan
- How much does ClickUp AI cost on top of a ClickUp plan?
A ClickUp alternative where AI is not a second subscription
- Does Polaris charge extra for AI?
A ClickUp alternative where AI is not a second subscription
- Does Polaris have Gantt charts and whiteboards?
A ClickUp alternative where AI is not a second subscription
- Can I export my ClickUp workspace?
A ClickUp alternative where AI is not a second subscription
- Is Polaris actually free, or free for now?
A ClickUp alternative where AI is not a second subscription
- How much does monday.com cost for a team of fifteen?
A monday.com alternative that is one product, not a product line
- Does Polaris have a CRM?
A monday.com alternative that is one product, not a product line
- Can I export my monday boards?
A monday.com alternative that is one product, not a product line
- What replaces monday automation recipes?
A monday.com alternative that is one product, not a product line
- Is Polaris free because it is unfinished?
A monday.com alternative that is one product, not a product line
- Is Basecamp cheaper than Polaris?
A Basecamp alternative for teams who already refused per-seat pricing
- Does Polaris have anything like Hill Charts?
A Basecamp alternative for teams who already refused per-seat pricing
- Can I share a Polaris workstream with a client the way Basecamp does?
A Basecamp alternative for teams who already refused per-seat pricing
- Why would a Basecamp team add Polaris at all?
A Basecamp alternative for teams who already refused per-seat pricing
- How do I export from Basecamp?
A Basecamp alternative for teams who already refused per-seat pricing
- Can Polaris replace Confluence for a regulated company?
A Confluence alternative for documentation that maintains itself
- How do I export Confluence content?
A Confluence alternative for documentation that maintains itself
- What does an AI worker actually do to a document?
A Confluence alternative for documentation that maintains itself
- What does Confluence cost for twenty-five people?
A Confluence alternative for documentation that maintains itself
- Does Polaris keep document history?
A Confluence alternative for documentation that maintains itself
- Is Polaris a good personal task manager?
A Todoist alternative for the point where a list becomes a team
- How much does Todoist cost per year?
A Todoist alternative for the point where a list becomes a team
- Can Polaris import my Todoist projects?
A Todoist alternative for the point where a list becomes a team
- What would an AI worker do with items from a personal list?
A Todoist alternative for the point where a list becomes a team
- Does Polaris work on a phone?
A Todoist alternative for the point where a list becomes a team
- Can Polaris do what Airtable does?
An Airtable alternative for teams billed per editor
- Who does Airtable actually bill?
An Airtable alternative for teams billed per editor
- What are the free plan limits?
An Airtable alternative for teams billed per editor
- How would an AI worker help with data work?
An Airtable alternative for teams billed per editor
- Is there really no seat charge in Polaris?
An Airtable alternative for teams billed per editor
- What is the actual difference between Height and Polaris?
A Height alternative, and the difference between two kinds of autonomy
- Why does this page not quote Height's prices?
A Height alternative, and the difference between two kinds of autonomy
- Can a Polaris AI worker be edited or corrected?
A Height alternative, and the difference between two kinds of autonomy
- How do I know an AI worker is not inflating its hours?
A Height alternative, and the difference between two kinds of autonomy
- Is Polaris mature enough to compare against a shipped product?
A Height alternative, and the difference between two kinds of autonomy
- How much is Shortcut per user?
A Shortcut alternative for teams who just crossed the free seat limit
- Does Polaris have iterations or sprints?
A Shortcut alternative for teams who just crossed the free seat limit
- Can I move Shortcut stories into Polaris?
A Shortcut alternative for teams who just crossed the free seat limit
- What kind of engineering work can an AI worker actually take?
A Shortcut alternative for teams who just crossed the free seat limit
- Is there a seat charge in Polaris at any team size?
A Shortcut alternative for teams who just crossed the free seat limit
- Why does Wrike sell seats in groups?
A Wrike alternative for teams buying seats in blocks
- What does Wrike cost for a team of fifteen?
A Wrike alternative for teams buying seats in blocks
- Does Polaris have proofing or approval workflows?
A Wrike alternative for teams buying seats in blocks
- Can I export my Wrike data?
A Wrike alternative for teams buying seats in blocks
- How is a two dollar hour calculated?
A Wrike alternative for teams buying seats in blocks
- Is Coda still called Coda?
A Coda alternative for teams caught by the Superhuman rebrand
- What does Superhuman Docs cost now?
A Coda alternative for teams caught by the Superhuman rebrand
- Does Polaris have anything like Coda formulas or Packs?
A Coda alternative for teams caught by the Superhuman rebrand
- Can I export a Coda doc?
A Coda alternative for teams caught by the Superhuman rebrand
- Why is Polaris free if everything else here charges per seat?
A Coda alternative for teams caught by the Superhuman rebrand