Zenhub

Score8 out of 10

17 Reviews and Ratings

What is Zenhub?

ZenHub is a project management solution that runs native within GitHub with collaboration boards, file sharing, and pipeline selection.

Categories & Use Cases

Media

Zenhub boards are similar to Kanban boards but more powerful as it's powered by data and objects from GitHub. You can also add multiple repos and automate issues across multiple boards.

Get real-time updates on a teams performance with Zenhub reports

See and share work in flight with Zenhub roadmaps

Automate hand offs between teams with workflow automation

Get a snapshot of a team's productivity from Zenhub board

Request, provide and review story point estimates right on the issue. Reduce time spent in meetings by allowing team members to estimate on their own time right in Zenhub

1 / 6

Timesheet Tracking
Timesheet tracking is the ability to track all billable and non-billable hours for each project.
Category average: 8.3
Quotes/estimates
Ability to create, manage and send project fee proposals to customers
Category average: 8.6
Change request and Case Management
Change request and change management enables tracking of all customer requests including priority and timeframe.
Category average: 8.8

Gantt Charts
Gantt charts are charts that show tasks or events along the y-axis displayed against time along the x-axis.
Category average: 8.3
Workflow Automation
Workflow automation is the ability to route work requests along an approval process automatically.
Category average: 8.6
Support for Waterfall Methodology
Waterfall methodology is a tradition development method that is linear and sequential.
Category average: 7.9

Thomas Clifford

Product Manager in Product Management at TravelLocal (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Zenhub is our planning and resource management tool of choice, helping keep projects and technical work on track and monitoring longer-term velocity. We use it to make sure that different teams aren't pulling in different directions and can collaborate on projects by having clearly written out goals, acceptance criteria, etc.

Pros

Task management.
Estimation
Acceptance criteria.

Cons

Non-technical work sometimes doesn't fit well with Zenhub/Github.

Return on Investment

Being so integrated with GitHub has reduced the feedback loop time.
It required less setup time than a non-GitHub alternative when applied to GitHub tasks.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

ClickUp, Trello and monday.com

Other Software Used

ClickUp, Google Meet

Verified User

Manager in Product Management (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Zenhub to plan, detail, and review work. It's the central tool for our agile way of working.

Pros

Integration with Github.
Label & template flexibility.
Stable & reliable.
The integration of AI is providing some interesting insights.

Cons

Reporting is often unclear on what it can be used for.
Linking many GitHub repos into a board causes performance issues.
AI add-ons.

Return on Investment

No official review done.
Saves developer time knowing what needs to be done next.
Saves leadership time to easily plan sprints and review work done.

Usability

Other Software Used

Miro, Aha! Roadmaps, Microsoft 365

Santino Pozzo

Account Executive in Sales at Tipalti (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Zenhub would assist us with development tasks for our software programs, additionally we would use it to help track implementation progress and project management. Business problems the product solved included coordinating team members, even customers for tasks that are required to successful capture customer revenue. Ultimately this software helped improve our bottom line leading to positive results.

Pros

organize complex projects
customize workflows
coordinate and communicate with customers around project updates

Cons

Additional communication/collaboration inside the platform would be helpful
Integration with additional systems like Slack would be a plus
sometimes web pages load slowly, but for the most part things are alright

Most Important Features

Product Roadmapping
Implementation Issue prioritizing
Long Term Project Planning Views

Return on Investment

End result is the ability to continuously improve team productivity
Increased bottom line revenue by saving on manual tasks
Acts as an organized space to reduce the amount of team spent solving simple problems all in 1 area

Alternatives Considered

GitHub

Other Software Used

Salesforce CPQ, 6sense, CaptivateIQ

Mithil Patel View profile

Growth Marketing in Marketing at Trevelino/Keller (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm a big fan of this project planning tool. It's not too complicated, but it still offers all the features I need to get my projects organized and on track. It's easy to use, and it makes me feel like I have control over my projects. I don't know how I got by without it!

Pros

- project scheduling and management features
- organizing with teams
- task/project management

Cons

Sometimes, updates to a GitHub project can get lost if they're made through ZenHub. You do need to open the GitHub project occasionally, as you don't have exactly the same ability to modify issues and milestones from within ZenHub.
It's great to be able to see your projects from within ZenHub, but sometimes you'll need to check in on the GitHub project itself, as well.
I've run into some problems with updates getting lost on occasion. I think this happens when you do the update from within ZenHub instead of from GitHub itself. I also don't have quite as much control over my issues or milestones from within ZenHub.

Most Important Features

Task management
Team cooirdination
API connect

Return on Investment

Helps coordination and hence time spent on projects
has made api processes simples with integrations
has helped meet deadlines better

Alternatives Considered

Jira Software

Other Software Used

HubSpot CRM, Trello, Asana

Kurt Martin View profile

Director of Software Development in Information Technology at Museum of the Bible (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

Integration with GitHub.
Great Kanban board functionality.

Cons

A way to display a read-only Kanban/Scrum board for corporate use. Currently, you must have an account to view a board.
While the reporting features are good, it would be great to have some updated Scrum sprint tools to assist with estimating and the like.