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Plane vs Fibery
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Plane and Fibery — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Plane vs Fibery: at a glance
What is Plane?
Plane's AI layer is becoming programmable — saved skills and embedded AI docs change the category.
Plane ships every two weeks with a consistent mix of collaboration features, AI improvements, and documentation enhancements. Shared views, tabs in Pages, and collapsible blocks have brought the document layer closer to Notion-level expressiveness. The AI capabilities have moved from model access to structured, reusable workflow components (Skills). Audit logs and shared dashboards signal the beginning of an enterprise motion.
What is Fibery?
Fibery puts MCP setup in one settings page and speeds up entity views and formulas.
Fibery's November 5 release is quality-of-life: keyboard filters in search, more actions on whiteboard entity cards, faster entity pages and batched formula updates. Fibery MCP now has its own settings page with one-click Claude and ChatGPT connections and ready commands for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode. AI Connectors reached free beta on October 29.
Plane vs Fibery: editorial side-by-side
Plane
5.0PM
Plane's AI layer is becoming programmable — saved skills and embedded AI docs change the category.
◆ Current state
Plane ships every two weeks with a consistent mix of collaboration features, AI improvements, and documentation enhancements. Shared views, tabs in Pages, and collapsible blocks have brought the document layer closer to Notion-level expressiveness. The AI capabilities have moved from model access to structured, reusable workflow components (Skills). Audit logs and shared dashboards signal the beginning of an enterprise motion.
◆ Where it's heading
Plane is building a programmable project intelligence layer on top of its issue tracker. PQL (Plane Query Language) across dashboards and filters, AI Skills that save and replay workflow patterns, and embedded AI Blocks in Pages all point toward a product where AI-driven automation is constructed within Plane — not through external integrations. This is the direction Linear has avoided and where Plane is differentiating.
◆ Prediction
AI-generated project summaries or smart prioritization based on PQL patterns are the next logical release — the infrastructure (PQL, AI skills, AI block) is in place; applying it automatically to surface risks or bottlenecks is the natural next step.
Fibery
6.3PM
Fibery puts MCP setup in one settings page and speeds up entity views and formulas.
◆ Current state
Fibery's November 5 release is quality-of-life: keyboard filters in search, more actions on whiteboard entity cards, faster entity pages and batched formula updates. Fibery MCP now has its own settings page with one-click Claude and ChatGPT connections and ready commands for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode. AI Connectors reached free beta on October 29.
◆ Where it's heading
Fibery alternates big AI releases (AI agent, Custom Apps, AI-built integrations) with polish weeks. Making MCP setup a first-class setting shows it expects outside agents to work in Fibery as much as its own.
◆ Prediction
The pricing decision on AI Connectors is due by year end; MCP-based connector creation is still the open item from October.
Alternatives to Plane and Fibery
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Plane or Fibery.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
NocoBase
NocoBase's v3 beta lets apps ship their own CLI, separate from Agents.
Productboard
Productboard's v2 documents API now keeps plain web addresses and emoji as ordinary text.
Hive
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Tracecat
Tracecat 1.5 alpha patches add sub-cases and lock down agent sandboxes.
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Recent activity from Plane and Fibery
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 8d agoFiberyFibery MCP settings page, faster entity views and formulas
- 15d agoFiberyOctober 29, 2026 / AI Connectors are in Beta (and free), Select several blocks in rich text
- 22d agoFiberyMulti-file upload in rich text; MCP can upload local files
- 29d agoFiberyAI-built custom integrations (preview), MCP execute_code ⚡
- 1mo agoFiberyOctober 8, 2026 / 🫣 Hide Space data from Admins
- 1mo agoFiberyOctober 1, 2026 / 🔥 Custom Apps as Entity Views, Suggestion mode for rich text ⚡
- 2mo agoPlaneShared views and tabs in Pages
- 3mo agoPlaneCollapsible blocks and Intake form widgets
- 3mo agoPlaneAI Skills and audit logs ⚡
- 4mo agoPlaneShared dashboards, Bitbucket integration, and AI model options
- 4mo agoPlaneMermaid diagrams in Pages and PQL filters
- 5mo agoPlaneAI Block in Pages | Jun 15, 2026
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Plane and Fibery?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Fibery is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Plane better than Fibery?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Fibery is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Plane?
Top Plane alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Plane alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/plane for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Fibery?
Top Fibery alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Fibery alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/fibery for the full list with editorial commentary on each.