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One tool for the whole project lifecycle — WBS, scheduling with Earned Value, risk, budget, stakeholders, workforce, a governed knowledge base and AI assistance — built on PMBOK 8th edition. Free to start.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Ahsan — solo founder, and VanillaPM is the thing I wished existed for years.
The frustration that started it: the tools that actually teach you project management are locked behind enterprise pricing, and the affordable ones teach you nothing. So I spent three months building the platform I wanted — the full PMBOK 8th-edition lifecycle, charter to closeout — and made it genuinely free. No trial, no seat limits, no paywall.
What's inside:
The whole predictive spine — WBS, critical-path Gantt, Earned Value, Monte Carlo schedule forecasting
Risk & assumption registers, stakeholder management, and a governed knowledge base with PDF export
Sprints & Kanban for adaptive delivery
A bring-your-own-key AI assistant that drafts charters and plans grounded in your real project data — it won't invent facts
A free Learn PMP course + an ITTO memory game for exam prep, in 7 languages
It's built for the people usually priced out of "serious" PM: PMP candidates, students, freelancers, small NGOs, and small teams.
I build in public and share the numbers — the wins and the flops (it cost under $700 to reach 1.0). New accounts can explore a fully-built sample project with zero setup, so you can poke around before creating anything.
I'd genuinely love your feedback — especially:
If you're a PM: does the PMBOK depth feel useful, or heavy?
If you're learning: is the free course something you'd actually use?
Anything broken or confusing — tell me, I'm here all day.
Thanks for checking it out 🙏 Ask me anything.
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About VanillaPM on Product Hunt
“Project management, by the book.”
VanillaPM was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #47 on the daily leaderboard. One tool for the whole project lifecycle — WBS, scheduling with Earned Value, risk, budget, stakeholders, workforce, a governed knowledge base and AI assistance — built on PMBOK 8th edition. Free to start.
VanillaPM was featured in Productivity (661.2k followers), Task Management (84.3k followers) and Free Games (9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 181.3k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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