Milestone is a modern project management platform designed as an alternative to Microsoft Project. It's built specifically for R&D and engineering teams managing complex multi-site projects with overlapping phases, percentage-based resource allocation, and cross-location coordination.

Is Milestone compatible with Microsoft Project?

Yes, Milestone supports importing .mpp files and exporting in MS Project compatible file format. It supports all four dependency types (FS, SS, FF, SF) and preserves task hierarchies, resources, and lag times.

What makes Milestone different from other project management tools?

Milestone is purpose-built for R&D and engineering workflows with features like percentage-based resource allocation, multi-site coordination with confidentiality controls, What-If scenario planning, and support for overlapping project phases.

Where is Milestone hosted?

Milestone is hosted on EU-based infrastructure, ensuring your data stays in the European Union. The software is made in Switzerland.

What features does Milestone offer?

Key features include interactive Gantt charts with drag-and-drop, multi-site resource planning, percentage-based staff and equipment allocation, Microsoft Project import/export, What-If scenario planning, skill-based filtering, real-time capacity tracking, and enterprise-grade security with SSO support.

Who is Milestone designed for?

Milestone is designed for R&D teams, engineering departments, and project managers in organizations that manage complex projects across multiple sites or locations. It's particularly well-suited for industries like pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, biotechnology, and engineering services.

The modern alternative to Microsoft Project

Self-hosted project planning with multi-site resource management and multi-tenant workspaces. Give each department their own space while maintaining organization-wide visibility.

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Made in Switzerland

Capabilities

Everything MS Project offers.
Plus what it doesn't.

Purpose-built for organizations with distributed teams, overlapping phases, and cross-site visibility needs.

Multi-Tenant Workspaces

Give each department—Engineering, R&D, Sales, Marketing, IT—their own isolated workspace while maintaining organization-wide resource visibility.

Multi-Site Resource Planning

Coordinate resources across locations with intelligent visibility controls. See capacity without exposing confidential project details between teams.

Interactive Gantt Charts

Drag, resize, and link phases with intuitive controls. Visualize all four dependency types and overlapping timelines at a glance.

Percentage-Based Allocation

Assign staff and equipment across multiple projects with fine-grained control. Real-time capacity tracking prevents overallocation.

MS Project Compatible

Import .mpp files and export in MS Project compatible file format. Work with your existing project data—no migration headaches.

What-If Scenario Planning

Sandbox mode lets you explore resource scenarios without affecting live data. Test changes, then commit with confidence.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Microsoft Entra SSO, role-based access control, and database-per-tenant isolation. Self-hosted means your data stays yours.

Preview

See Milestone in action

Staff Capacity Planning

Track allocation percentages and identify availability in real-time with the synchronized Staff Overview panel.

Milestone equipment scheduling view displaying project timelines with equipment bookings and availability status

Equipment Planning

Schedule equipment across projects and prevent double-booking of critical resources.

Milestone What-If planning mode with sandbox environment indicator for testing schedule changes

What-If Mode

Test schedule changes in a sandbox, then apply or discard with confidence.

Milestone skill management interface with role and competency filters for finding qualified team members

Skill Management & Filtering

Filter staff by roles and skills to find the right people for each task.

About

Built from real-world project challenges

Milestone was born from firsthand experience managing complex projects across multiple sites. Whether you're in Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, IT, or Professional Services—if you've struggled with tools that don't understand overlapping phases, percentage-based resource allocation, or cross-site coordination, you're not alone.

Cloud-based tools mean your sensitive project data lives on someone else's servers. We built Milestone as an open source, self-hosted solution—deploy it on your own infrastructure, keep full control of your data, and contribute to its development on GitHub.

Need to give each department their own workspace? Milestone's multi-tenant architecture lets Engineering, R&D, Sales, Marketing, and IT each have isolated environments while you maintain central oversight. One installation, complete departmental separation.

Open source

Fully open source. Inspect the code, contribute features, and own your tooling

MS Project compatible

Import and export .mpp files. Work with existing project data without migration pain

Docker deployment

Single Docker Compose command to get up and running. No complex infrastructure required