Shore Labs

Name

Shore Labs

Legal name

Shore Labs Zbigniew Zemła

Website

https://shorelabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Project Management Software

akta.pro primary industry

Project & Task Management (BPAMAMAF)

Keywords

• Kanban software
• Visual project management
• Lean management tools
• Agile workflow platform
• Process management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Katowice

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Kanban Tool Subscription: SaaS subscription revenue from Kanban Tool, a visual project and process management tool targeting businesses worldwide. The tool offers free trial with subscription-based paid tiers for continued access.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Shore Labs develops and operates Kanban Tool, a SaaS visual Kanban-based platform for project and process management. The product enables teams and businesses to plan, track, and manage work using intuitive, customizable boards resembling a physical whiteboard, and is used by over 1,000 businesses worldwide. The company also engages in web development to support its product and services.

Product overview

Shore Labs is a lean management and web development company founded in 2009 that operates its flagship product Kanban Tool, a visual project and process management SaaS platform. The company also provides custom web development services. Kanban Tool is Shore Labs' primary product offering, used by over 1,000 businesses worldwide for visual management and team collaboration purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kanban Tool: A visual management and process/project management tool used by over 1,000 businesses worldwide for lean management and workflow organization.

Products and services

• Kanban Tool A visual Kanban-based project and process management SaaS tool that enables teams and businesses to plan, track, and manage work using intuitive, customizable boards that resemble a physical whiteboard. The product supports team collaboration, is accessible from anywhere, and is fully customizable; it is offered on a freemium/subscription basis and is used by over 1,000 businesses worldwide.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Agentic Day MiamiminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 May 2026ShoreLabs sponsored the Agentic Day Miami summit held at Tesla Miami Design District, an event convening 400+ founders, investors, and operators focused on real-world deployment of agentic AI. The event featured seven panels covering AI infrastructure, radiology, fintech, and crypto applications.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Trello (Atlassian): Trello pioneered the visual Kanban board model and is the most direct conceptual competitor to Kanban Tool, serving SMB and team users with a freemium, self-serve PLG motion similar to Shore Labs.
• LeanKit (Planview): LeanKit specializes in Kanban-based lean and agile workflow management, sharing Kanban Tool's lean-management heritage and visual board DNA, and competes in the same Kanban-first category.
• ClickUp: ClickUp bundles task management, docs, goals, and visual boards into a single platform, competing head-to-head with Kanban Tool for SMB and team customers seeking consolidated workflow tools.
• Asana: Asana is a leading work/project management platform serving teams and enterprises with task and workflow visualization capabilities that overlap with Kanban Tool's horizontal team-collaboration value proposition.
• MeisterTask: MeisterTask is a Kanban-focused task and project management tool from Meister that competes directly with Kanban Tool on visual boards, automation, and SMB-friendly pricing, making it one of the closest feature-comparable peers.
• Monday.com: Monday.com offers visual, customizable workflow boards for project and process management targeting teams of all sizes, directly competing with Kanban Tool's whiteboard-style flexibility and SMB-friendly positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Airtable: Airtable provides customizable views including Kanban boards for managing projects and processes, overlapping with Kanban Tool's value proposition for SMB and operations teams seeking flexible, visual workflows.
• Jira (Atlassian): Jira dominates agile/Kanban project management in software teams and competes with Kanban Tool in the visual workflow category, though it targets larger and more technical organizations than Kanban Tool's SMB focus.
• Wrike (Citrix): Wrike is an established project management platform offering Kanban and Gantt views to mid-market and enterprise teams, competing for the same team-collaboration buyer that Kanban Tool addresses, though at a larger scale.
• Notion: Notion combines docs, databases, and lightweight project boards with Kanban views, competing for the same horizontal team-collaboration buyer that Kanban Tool targets, particularly among SMB and consumer-prosumer users.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kanbantool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shore-labs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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