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From Zoho Projects to Huly

Anyone who’s used Zoho Projects will agree, it’s kinda like a three-legged donkey on a cobbled street.

It gets you from A to B. Eventually. But the workflows are rigid. The reporting feels like it was designed by someone who’s never used a report in their life. And the interface… let’s just say it has a certain Nokia 3310 charm.

BUT — and this is where they had me — unlimited users.

That phrase does something to a founder. The math worked.

Well, until it didn’t.

Last year, they changed it to pay per user. And, suddenly, I’m staring at a €2,400 bill just to keep the whole team on board.

So I did what any rational, slightly ticked-off person would do.

I went to Reddit.

Tucked between Trump memes and yet another guy asking about mechanical keyboards, there it was, a post about something called Huly.

It’s the new kid on the block — wants to grow up to be Linear, Jira, Slack, and Notion — all rolled into one.

That kind of ambition usually comes with growing pains.

So, naturally, it’s not perfect. But there’s a lot to like:

Now, the elephant in the room: data migration.

I exported our tasks from Zoho. Asked ChatGPT to help write a Python script to turn them into individual .md files. Had to give it a few nudges — but in under 3 hours, we had a usable Huly instance up and running.

Sure, the messaging isn’t Slack. The docs aren’t Notion. And a bit more color wouldn’t go amiss.

But if I’m going to make compromises, I’d rather do it for free than while writing a €2,400 cheque.

So, to Zoho — thanks for the memories. But I am not ready to pay 4x when the product team doesn’t even want to challenge itself, at least every now and then.

And to Huly Labs — please don’t screw this up.

Not a sponsored post. Just a fellow SaaS hostage making a break for it.