Businessmap
Bulgarian project and portfolio management platform with EU data centres in Dublin or Frankfurt
Quick Overview
| Company | Businessmap Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Category | Project Management |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| EU Presence | EU (Bulgaria) |
| Data Location | Data centres in the EU and the USA; EU data centres in Dublin or Frankfurt for EU customers |
| Open Source | No |
| Compliance | ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (certificate I-1793, Transpacific Certifications Limited, valid to August 2028) |
| Pricing | Standard and Enterprise tiers, priced per user seat per month in the calculator on the vendor's pricing page; annual plan saves over 20%; free trial with full feature access |
| Free Option | Free trial with full feature access on real data |
| Replaces | Jira, Asana, monday.com |
Detailed Review
Businessmap is a Bulgarian project and portfolio management platform: portfolio boards that connect strategy, OKRs and KPIs to the work behind them, workflow automation rules, and the kind of governance features (SSO add-ons, dedicated cloud instances, unlimited API calls on Enterprise) that show up once a rollout has to cover more than one department, with Kanban, Scrum and stage-gate boards for the teams themselves.
Businessmap Ltd. is based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and its terms of use state plainly that Bulgarian law governs the contract.
Businessmap has data centres in the EU and the USA. For EU customers, data is stored in its EU data centres in Dublin or Frankfurt.
Pricing is tier-based, with Standard and Enterprise plans charged per user seat per month. The amounts come from a calculator on the pricing page rather than a static price list, Enterprise is quoted through sales, and the annual plan saves over 20% versus monthly.
The vendor supplied an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate (no. I-1793, issued by Transpacific Certifications Limited, valid to 7 August 2028, covering the design, development, integration, maintenance and service of information systems and software applications). It is not listed on Businessmap's public site, and we could not check it in the certifier's online register.
What Businessmap does well
- Portfolio and project management with Kanban, Scrum and stage-gate boards, built for multi-team scale
- Bulgarian company, Bulgarian governing law
- EU data centres in Dublin or Frankfurt for EU customers, plus a US data centre
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate (Transpacific Certifications, valid to August 2028), supplied by the vendor
- Annual billing saves over 20%
- Free trial with full feature access on real data
Where Businessmap falls short
- Prices appear in a seat calculator rather than a static price list, and Enterprise is quoted by sales
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate is not listed on the public site and could not be checked in the certifier's register
- Built for enterprise portfolio management, heavier than small teams need
Standout feature. Portfolio boards that tie OKRs and KPIs to the initiatives and tasks behind them, with progress updated from the work itself rather than from manual reports.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Portfolio and project management with Kanban, Scrum and stage-gate boards, built for multi-team scale
- Bulgarian company, Bulgarian governing law
- EU data centres in Dublin or Frankfurt for EU customers, plus a US data centre
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate (Transpacific Certifications, valid to August 2028), supplied by the vendor
- Annual billing saves over 20%
- Free trial with full feature access on real data
Cons
- Prices appear in a seat calculator rather than a static price list, and Enterprise is quoted by sales
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate is not listed on the public site and could not be checked in the certifier's register
- Built for enterprise portfolio management, heavier than small teams need
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Businessmap?
Businessmap is a Bulgarian project and portfolio management platform: portfolio boards that connect strategy, OKRs and KPIs to the work behind them, workflow automation rules, and the kind of governance features (SSO add-ons, dedicated cloud instances, unlimited API calls on Enterprise) that show up once a rollout has to cover more than one department, with Kanban, Scrum and stage-gate boards for the teams themselves.
Businessmap Ltd. is based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and its terms of use state plainly that Bulgarian law governs the contract.
Which tools does Businessmap integrate with?
Its integrations page lists Power BI, Tableau and Looker Studio for reporting, OneLogin, Azure and Okta for single sign-on, and Jira, GitLab, Bitbucket and Subversion for work and code tracking. Make, Zapier and Power Automate cover middleware automation, and a REST API (V2) is available from your account for custom integrations.
Can I migrate from Jira or Asana to Businessmap?
Yes. Businessmap says it supports data migration from common project management tools, including Jira and Asana, so you do not start from scratch. Its Jira integration can also create Businessmap cards from Jira issues, with standard and custom fields, assignee details and links back to the original issues. Its pricing page lists free migration from other tools under the Enterprise plan.
How do the Standard and Enterprise plans differ?
The pricing page lists most features, including OKRs/KPIs, Gantt planning, dashboards and analytics, on both plans. Enterprise adds a dedicated cloud instance, IP whitelisting, a dedicated customer success manager, a 24/7 hotline, a custom contract, unlimited API calls and 1 TB of file storage, against 100 GB on Standard. Automation rules are an add-on on Standard (up to 300 rules) and unlimited on Enterprise, and SSO is an add-on on both.
Who is Businessmap best for?
Enterprises and PMOs running project and portfolio management across several teams. Portfolio boards that tie OKRs and KPIs to the initiatives and tasks behind them, with progress updated from the work itself rather than from manual reports.
Is Businessmap a good alternative to Jira?
Businessmap is built as a European alternative to Jira: Bulgarian project and portfolio management platform with EU data centres in Dublin or Frankfurt. It will not be a like-for-like feature match in every respect, so check the review above for where the two genuinely differ before switching.
How does Businessmap compare to other Project Management tools?
Businessmap is one of several European Project Management tools we cover. It is most often compared with Jira, Asana, monday.com.